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One Laptop Per Child Includes Wikipedia on $100 Laptops
08/04/2006 : WMF announced today that the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) association has chosen to load a snapshot of select Wikipedia articles onto the laptops it is developing. OLPC is an MIT-based project established to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and the opportunity to explore, experiment and express themselves.
Angela Beesley resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board
07/07/2006 : This week, Angela Beesley resigned from the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
Wikimedia Foundation Announces Interim Executive Director
06/12/2006 : WMF announced today that it has hired Brad Patrick as general counsel and interim executive director, where he will oversee its staff and operations. In this capacity he will lead the search for a permanent executive director to be in charge of administering the Wikimedia Foundation's activities, after which he will settle into his permanent role as general counsel.
English Wikipedia Announces Thousandth Featured Article
06/08/2006 : WMF announced today the 1000th featured article on the English Wikipedia. Featured articles are the best articles on Wikipedia, and are required to be comprehensive, factually accurate, and written from a neutral point of view.
English Wikipedia Publishes Millionth Article
03/01/2006 : WMF announced today the creation of the 1,000,000th article in the English language edition of Wikipedia. The article is about the Jordanhill railway station in Scotland.

Archived releases: 2005, 2004

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Press contacts

General press inquiries should be sent to: press@wikimedia.org

Additionally, interview contacts from regions or languages not listed may be reached through this contact address.


You can contact Wikipedia founder Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales directly:

  • by email - jwales (at) wikimedia.org
  • by phone - contact Danny Wool at 727-231-0101.
"My travel schedule is here. I am eager to meet journalists everywhere I go. Even if I am out of the U.S. do not assume you can't reach me -- I try to stay in constant contact with email and/or phone to Danny. I speak only English, but if you want to do an email interview in some other language, we can easily find someone to assist us." -- Jimmy Wales

Asia

Australia

Email: abeesley@wikimedia.org
Phone: +61 (0)3 9018 7308

The Americas

United States

mindspillage (at) gmail (dot) com
mapellegrini (at) comcast (dot) net

Canada

Europe

Belgium

walter (at) wikipedia (dot) be

France

fdevouard (at) wikimedia (dot) org
nicolas.weeger (at) wikimedia (dot) fr

Germany, Switzerland and Austria See Presse

  • Kurt Jansson, Berlin
kurt.jansson (at) wikimedia (dot) de
  • Arne Klempert, near Frankfurt
arne.klempert (at) wikimedia (dot) de

Italy

ubifrieda (at) gmail (dot) com

Norway See Presse

chris.nyborg (at) online (dot) no

Sweden See Press och media

  • Mats Halldin
Email: matshalldin**at**gmail**dot**com
Phone: (+46)-08-843794 or (+46)-0733-555274

UK

Email: jdforrester@gmail.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7193 1193
Skype: jdforrester
Email: wp@davidgerard.co.uk
Phone: 07733 223 584 or (+44) 7733 223 584
Is also a press contact for Wikimedia UK

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