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Welcome to the Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki.

This public wiki is where the Wikimedia Foundation and its related entities publish governance materials such as:

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Wikidata Free knowledge base	Wikifunctions Free function library	Wikinews Free news source
Wikiquote Free quote compendium	Wikisource Free content library	Wikispecies Free species directory
Wikiversity Free learning resources	Wikivoyage Free travel guide	Wiktionary Free dictionary
MediaWiki Free & open wiki software		Meta-Wiki Community coordination & documentation

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Test Wikipedia For testing software changes	Wikimania The International Conference	Wikimedia Cloud Services Hosting environment for community tools
Wikimedia Incubator For language versions in development	Wikimedia Mailservices Wikimedia mailing lists	Wikimedia Outreach Wikimedia outreach wiki
Wikimedia Phabricator Issue tracker & planning tool for software projects	Wikistats Wikimedia statistics	Wikitech Wikimedia technical documentation
Wikimedia Endowment Ensuring free knowledge for future generations	Wikipedia Store Where everything Wikimedia comes to life	Wikimedia Enterprise APIs for high volume use

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