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; [[Press releases/SOSChildrenUK2007|SOS Children UK and the Wikimedia Foundation Launch Wikipedia Selection for Schools]] : 05/29/2007 : SOS Children UK and the Wikimedia Foundation have launched the Wikipedia Selection for schools. The Selection DVD has the content of a 15 volume encyclopedia - with 24,000 pictures, 14 million words and articles on 4,625 topics. It includes the best of Wikipedia, and many thousands of pages of extra material specifically selected to be of interest to children aged 8-17 who follow the UK National Curriculum and similar curricula elsewhere in the world. |
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; [[Press releases/Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation|Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation]] : 04/20/2007 : Contrary to what some press reports pretend, Wikipedia does not plan to start a search engine, and Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia. |
; [[Press releases/Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation|Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation]] : 04/20/2007 : Contrary to what some press reports pretend, Wikipedia does not plan to start a search engine, and Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia. |
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; [[Press releases/version_5|Wikipedia Version 0.5 Released]] : 01/17/2007 : The Wikimedia Foundation announces the release of Wikipedia Version 0.5, a compact disc collection of approximately 2,000 articles from the English Wikipedia. The project paves the way for many such collections, with larger releases planned in a variety of languages. |
; [[Press releases/version_5|Wikipedia Version 0.5 Released]] : 01/17/2007 : The Wikimedia Foundation announces the release of Wikipedia Version 0.5, a compact disc collection of approximately 2,000 articles from the English Wikipedia. The project paves the way for many such collections, with larger releases planned in a variety of languages. |
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Primary press contacts
By phone - contact Sandra Ordonez, Communication Manager at +1-727-231-0101
You can contact Wikimedia Foundation chair Florence Devouard (aka "Anthere") directly
- by email - fdevouard (at) wikimedia.org
- by email - jwales (at) wikimedia.org
Regional press contacts
To obtain a interview contact in your area or speaking your language, beyond those listed below, talk to Sandra at the Wikimedia Foundation office. She maintains a list of dozens of specialty contacts.
Australia
- Melbourne
- Email: abeesley@wikimedia.org
- Phone: +61 (0)3 9018 7308
The Americas
United States
- Kat Walsh - Herndon, VA, Member Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation
- kat (at) wikimedia (dot) org
- Mark Pellegrini, Newark, DE
- mapellegrini (at) comcast (dot) net
Canada
- Nicholas Moreau, Toronto ON (English)
- nicholasmoreau@gmail.com
Europe
Belgium
Finland
France
Germany and Austria
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Italy
Poland See Biuro prasowe
Switzerland
UK
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- Norway: Chris Nyborg, chris.nyborg (at) online (dot) no , see also Presse
Note that most press contacts do not speak in an "official" capacity, merely as recognised and trusted volunteers.
Contact briefs