Our projects
All major projects of the Wikimedia Foundation are collaboratively developed by its users using the MediaWiki software. The content is free under the GNU Free Documentation License, meaning that it may be freely used, freely edited, freely copied and freely redistributed subject to the restrictions of that license. See also our link to all projects.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a project to build free encyclopedias in all languages of the world. The project started in January 2001 and has reached 1.000.000 articles in about 140 languages. The largest Wikipedia is in English language, followed by German, Japanese and French.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a project to create free content dictionaries and thesauruses in every language. The project started in December 2002 and is now available in 146 languages. The largest Wiktionary is in English, followed by Polish, Dutch, Swedish and French.
- English Wiktionary
- Polish Wiktionary
- Dutch Wiktionary
- Swedish Wiktionary
- French Wiktionary
- Full list of languages
Wikiquote
Wikiquote is a multilingual project to build a free- and open-content repository of quotations. The project started in 2004 and currently includes over 2000 pages in 15 languages. The largest Wikiquote in English with over 1500 pages, followed by German, French and Polish.
Wikibooks
Wikibooks is a multilingual project to build a collection of free and open content e-book resources aimed specifically toward students. The project includes textbooks, manuals, and annotated public domain books. It aims to help both (self-)instruction of students and teachers in high-schools and universities. The project began in July, 2003 and has approximately 5,000 modules in 250 books in six languages. The largest Wikibooks is in English language.
A Wikibooks portal named Wikiversity is now planned.
Wikisource
Wikisource is a multilingual project to build a collection of primary source texts, distributed as free and open content. It serves Wikimedia's other projects as a useful archive of classics, laws, and other free texts. It started in November, 2003. Sources in all languages are gathered on one site.
Wikispecies
Wikispecies is an open, wiki-based, species database. Wikispecies will provide a central, more extensive database for taxonomy. Wikispecies is aimed specifically at the needs of scientific users.
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons was launched in September 2004, with the goal of providing a central repository for free images, music and, possibly, texts and spoken texts, to be used by all Wikimedia projects. Still in the planning stage, the project will, in future, allow images to be reused across projects.
Related projects
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is wiki engine released under the GPL. The software is used by all Wikimedia projects and many other sites.
Meta
"Meta" is a central wiki for all of Wikimedia's projects to come together. The portal includes the help guide to MediaWiki, as well as discussions about proposed and existing projects, policies, development issues, and adminstration of all of Wikimedia's wikis.