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Founded in June 2003, the Wikimedia Foundation has from the start been dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.<!--http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home--> It coordinates with a [[Board of Trustees]] in developing strategies for advancing the educational missions of the projects: [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Commons],[http://en.wikibooks.org/ Wikibooks], [http://en.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary], [http://en.wikisource.org/ Wikisource], [http://en.wikinews.org/ Wikinews], [http://en.wikiversity.org/ Wikiversity], [http://en.wikiquote.org/ Wikiquote], and [http://species.wikimedia.org/ Wikispecies]. It operates several hundred servers in three locations to maintain smoothly functioning websites for the 500 million + people who visit the projects every month. In conjunction with {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} independent, local Wikimedia Chapters, it coordinates public and corporate fundraising to sustain the projects, and, in coordination with a large body of volunteers, it helps to develop and maintain the [[:en:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software used by all of the projects.
Founded in June 2003, the Wikimedia Foundation has from the start been dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.<!--http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home--> It coordinates with a [[Board of Trustees]] in developing strategies for advancing the educational missions of the projects: [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Commons],[http://en.wikibooks.org/ Wikibooks], [http://en.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary], [http://en.wikisource.org/ Wikisource], [http://en.wikinews.org/ Wikinews], [http://en.wikiversity.org/ Wikiversity], [http://en.wikiquote.org/ Wikiquote], and [http://species.wikimedia.org/ Wikispecies]. It operates several hundred servers in three locations to maintain smoothly functioning websites for the 500 million + people who visit the projects every month. In conjunction with {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} independent, local Wikimedia Chapters, it coordinates public and corporate fundraising to sustain the projects, and, in coordination with a large body of volunteers, it helps to develop and maintain the [[:en:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software used by all of the projects.


One of the areas the Wikimedia Foundation focuses on in furthering its goals is outreach. Outreach opportunities include aiding in new user recruitment (such as, for instance, in educational institutions) and in expanding markets (as with mobile and offline). Analyzing trends and developments, it is constantly looking for new ways to sustain and nurture the projects, as, for instance, with the provision of training videos or new tools for experienced and new users. --[[User:Mdennis|Mdennis]] 17:16, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
One of the areas the Wikimedia Foundation focuses on in furthering its goals is outreach. Outreach opportunities include aiding in new user recruitment (such as, for instance, in educational institutions) and in expanding markets (as with mobile and offline). Analyzing trends and developments, it is constantly looking for new ways to sustain and nurture the projects, as, for instance, with the provision of training videos or new tools for experienced and new users. --[[User:Mdennis|Maggie Dennis]] 17:29, 14 September 2011 (UTC)




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This long answer was composed with kind assistance of staff members [[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe Beaudette]], [[User:Guillom|Guillaume Paumier]] and [[User:Jwild|Jessie Wild]]. None of them are responsible for any errors I might have made.
This long answer was composed with kind assistance of staff members [[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe Beaudette]], [[User:Guillom|Guillaume Paumier]] and [[User:Jwild|Jessie Wild]]. None of them are responsible for any errors I might have made.


[[Staff|The staff page]] offers listings of many staff members organized by department. It's a good idea to keep an eye on that page if you're interested in who is doing what at the Wikimedia Foundation. [[Job openings]] will keep you up to date on emerging roles, and [[:Category:Job Descriptions]] includes more in-depth descriptions of some of the jobs already filled. --[[User:Mdennis|Mdennis]] 17:16, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
[[Staff|The staff page]] offers listings of many staff members organized by department. It's a good idea to keep an eye on that page if you're interested in who is doing what at the Wikimedia Foundation. [[Job openings]] will keep you up to date on emerging roles, and [[:Category:Job Descriptions]] includes more in-depth descriptions of some of the jobs already filled. --[[User:Mdennis|Maggie Dennis]] 17:29, 14 September 2011 (UTC)






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