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'''ウィキメディア財団の基本指針'''の一部はウィキメディア財団の仕事を導くものとして、2013年5月付で{{LL|Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees|ウィキメディア財団理事会}}による承認を得ており、ウィキメディア財団の{{LL|Mission|使命}}ならびに{{LL|Vision|理想}}をその仕事においてどのように実施するか述べてあります。これらはウィキメディア運動全般に適用する原理ではなく、対象はウィキメディア財団に限定されます。これら原則の目指すところは、現在の取り組み、今後も続けていくことの説明です。この文書は既存の{{LL|Values|価値の一覧}}に根差し、それに代わることになる見込みです。
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|year = 2013
公式版は、財団ウィキにある[[Foundation:Resolution:Wikimedia Foundation Guiding Principles|Wikimedia Foundation Guiding Principles(ウィキメディア財団の基本指針)]]を参照。
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|title = ウィキメディア財団の基本指針
|notes = 決議はオンラインにより満場一致で2013年5月30日に承認された。
}}
理事会の理事は、これらをウィキメディア財団の基本指針として、承認した。


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
These principles are intended to guide the work of the Wikimedia Foundation, by describing how the Wikimedia Foundation's [[{{foundationsite|about/mission}}|Mission]] and [[{{foundationsite|about/vision}}|Vision]] are implemented in our work. These are not principles intended to cover the entire Wikimedia movement - just the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of these principles is to describe what we do today, and what we intend to keep doing. This document draws from and may come to replace the previous [[{{foundationsite|about/values}}|list of values]].
</div>
{{anchor|freedomopensource}}
<span id="Freedom_and_open_source"></span>
<span id="Freedom_and_open_source"></span>
==自由とオープンソース==
==自由とオープンソース==


ウィキメディア財団フリーの文化とフリーソフトウェア運動の価値観深く根付いています。"フェ・ユーズ"の素材例外として、ウィキメディアプロジェクト群の全ての情報は、永続的に、商用・非商用を問わず、いかなる目的であっても、フリーに共有され、フリーに配布され、フリー加工され、フリー用できます。
ウィキメディア財団はフリーカルチャーとフリーソフトウェア運動の価値観深く根付いています。「公平な利用」のマテリ除き、ウィキメディアプロジェクトにおけるすべての情報は自由に共有され、自由に配布され、自由変更され、任意の目的、商業的または非商業目的で永久自由に使することができます。


ウィキメディア財団によって書かれた全てのソフトウェアのコードは、適切なフリー・ソフトウェアのライセンスが与えられています。私たちは、コードの共有のみならず、上流行程プロジェクトとの作業やコード改良への意見の反映等、ソースコードの改善のため、健全なコミュニティとして、親交を深めることも認識しています。
ウィキメディア財団によって書かれた全てのソフトウェアのコードは、適切なフリー・ソフトウェアのライセンスが与えられています。私たちは、コードの共有のみならず、上流行程プロジェクトとの作業やコード改良への意見の反映等、ソースコードの改善のため、健全なコミュニティとして、親交を深めることも認識しています。


プロジェクトにおけるすべての資料は,ユーザーにプロプライエタリソフトウェアをインストールする必要のない無料形式で提供されています.
All material in our projects is available in free formats that do not require the user to execute proprietary software.


Consistent with the above principles, we support the right of third parties to make and maintain licensing-compliant copies and forks of Wikimedia content and Wikimedia-developed code, regardless of motivation or purpose. While we are generally not able to individually assist such efforts, we enable them by making available copies of Wikimedia content in bulk, and avoiding critical dependencies on proprietary code or services for maintaining a largely functionally equivalent fork.
Consistent with the above principles, we support the right of third parties to make and maintain licensing-compliant copies and forks of Wikimedia content and Wikimedia-developed code, regardless of motivation or purpose. While we are generally not able to individually assist such efforts, we enable them by making available copies of Wikimedia content in bulk, and avoiding critical dependencies on proprietary code or services for maintaining a largely functionally equivalent fork.


As an organization, we strive to use open source tools over proprietary ones, although we use proprietary or closed tools (such as software, operating systems, etc.) where there is currently no open-source tool that will effectively meet our needs.
As an organization, we strive to use open source tools over proprietary ones, although we use proprietary or closed tools (such as software, operating systems, etc.) where there is currently no open-source tool that will effectively meet our needs.
{{anchor|everyhuman}}

<span id="Serving_every_human_being"></span>
<span id="Serving_every_human_being"></span>
==全人類のために==
==全人類のために==
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The Wikimedia Foundation aims to make material in the Wikimedia projects broadly accessible to all. Ensuring continued reliability, availability and responsiveness of all Wikimedia sites and services is our first priority. In prioritizing new products and features, our goal is to impact the largest-possible number of readers and contributors, and to eliminate barriers that could preclude people from accessing or contributing to our projects, such as poor usability and accessibility, lack of language support, and limited access to technology. We endeavour to create the structural support and the necessary preconditions for bottom-up innovation by others. We do not form agreements in which one organization is given access to material or functionality that others are denied. Where possible, we aim to preserve and support frictionless use of the material in the projects, so that people can share it widely and easily.
The Wikimedia Foundation aims to make material in the Wikimedia projects broadly accessible to all. Ensuring continued reliability, availability and responsiveness of all Wikimedia sites and services is our first priority. In prioritizing new products and features, our goal is to impact the largest-possible number of readers and contributors, and to eliminate barriers that could preclude people from accessing or contributing to our projects, such as poor usability and accessibility, lack of language support, and limited access to technology. We endeavour to create the structural support and the necessary preconditions for bottom-up innovation by others. We do not form agreements in which one organization is given access to material or functionality that others are denied. Where possible, we aim to preserve and support frictionless use of the material in the projects, so that people can share it widely and easily.


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
We do not form agreements in which one organization is given access to material or functionality that others are denied. Where possible, we aim to preserve and support frictionless use of the material in the projects, so that people can share it widely and easily.
</div>
{{anchor|transparency}}{{anchor|Transparency}}
<span id="Transparency"></span>
<span id="Transparency"></span>
== 透明性 ==
== 透明性 ==
The Wikimedia Foundation values transparency. In general, our policies and practices are publicly available on our site unless there’s a particular reason they shouldn't be. Our financial statements, annual plans, Form 990 and other performance/accountability documents are published on our site, often accompanied by explanatory material. As a matter of general practice, unless there’s a particular reason not to, we aim to publish internal organizational policies and procedures, including employee guidelines, financial policies, etc. Detailed site performance information is publicly available, and each month we publicly report on our activities. Most information is available to the public, except where publishing it would infringe on the privacy of other organizations or of individuals. In general, where possible, we aim to do much of our work in public, rather than in private, typically on public wikis. <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Detailed site performance information is publicly available, and each month we publicly report on our activities. Most information is available to the public, except where publishing it would infringe on the privacy of other organizations or of individuals. In general, where possible, we aim to do much of our work in public, rather than in private, typically on public wikis.</span>

{{anchor|accountability}}{{anchor|Accountability}}
The Wikimedia Foundation values transparency. In general, our policies and practices are publicly available on our site unless there’s a particular reason they shouldn't be. Our financial statements, annual plans, Form 990 and other performance/accountability documents are published on our site, often accompanied by explanatory material. As a matter of general practice, unless there’s a particular reason not to, we aim to publish internal organizational policies and procedures, including employee guidelines, financial policies, etc. Detailed site performance information is publicly available, and each month we publicly report on our activities. Most information is available to the public, except where publishing it would infringe on the privacy of other organizations or of individuals. In general, where possible, we aim to do much of our work in public, rather than in private, typically on public wikis.

<span id="Accountability"></span>
<span id="Accountability"></span>
==説明責任==
==説明責任==


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
The Wikimedia Foundation wants to be accountable to the people who create the Wikimedia projects, to donors, and to readers. Our primary stakeholders are i) Wikimedia editors and other contributors, who have created the overwhelming majority of the value in the projects and who are responsible for the goodwill that the projects and the Wikimedia Foundation enjoy, ii) Wikimedia Foundation donors, who give funding that supports the projects’ technical and other needs, and iii) the readers of the Wikimedia projects.
The Wikimedia Foundation wants to be accountable to the people who create the Wikimedia projects, to donors, and to readers. Our primary stakeholders are i) Wikimedia editors and other contributors, who have created the overwhelming majority of the value in the projects and who are responsible for the goodwill that the projects and the Wikimedia Foundation enjoy, ii) Wikimedia Foundation donors, who give funding that supports the projects' technical and other needs, and iii) the readers of the Wikimedia projects.
</div>


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
We aim to be careful with donors' money. We pay salaries that are fair but not lavish, and provide reasonable benefits (e.g., health and dental insurance) that are the same for all employees regardless of their title or position. We aim to incur only reasonable travel costs, and to keep work-related entertainment costs moderate.
We aim to be careful with donors' money. We pay salaries that are fair but not lavish, and provide reasonable benefits (e.g., health and dental insurance) that are the same for all employees regardless of their title or position. We aim to incur only reasonable travel costs, and to keep work-related entertainment costs moderate.
</div>

{{anchor|stewardship}}{{anchor|Stewardship}}
<span id="Stewardship"></span>
<span id="Stewardship"></span>
=== スチュワードの構成要件 ===
=== スチュワードの要件 ===


The Wikimedia Foundation has been entrusted with stewardship of key assets of the Wikimedia movement, such as the Wikimedia brand identity, and we raise large amounts of money for the Wikimedia mission. When we give out movement resources such as grants and trademark permissions, when we allocate internal time and resources, and when we give out money to other movement players, we do so in consideration of the interests of the mission and the entire global community. We aim to enable movement entities to have the freedom and flexibility they need to pursue the mission as they see fit, and yet we also acknowledge that the Wikimedia Foundation plays a special role in safeguarding the projects’ assets and reputation.
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The Wikimedia Foundation has been entrusted with stewardship of key assets of the Wikimedia movement, such as the Wikimedia brand identity, and we raise large amounts of money for the Wikimedia mission. When we give out movement resources such as grants and trademark permissions, when we allocate internal time and resources, and when we give out money to other movement players, we do so in consideration of the interests of the mission and the entire global community.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">We aim to enable movement entities to have the freedom and flexibility they need to pursue the mission as they see fit, and yet we also acknowledge that the Wikimedia Foundation plays a special role in safeguarding the projects' assets and reputation.</span>
{{anchor|sharedpower}}
<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
== Shared power ==
</div>


<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The Wikimedia Foundation works in partnership with a global community of volunteers made up of article writers, copy-editors, photographers, administrators, page patrollers, quality assessors, translators, wiki-gnomes, help-desk staffers, developers, bot creators, people who do outreach work and many others. These are the people who build the projects, and they are the Wikimedia Foundation's partners in developing the platform.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This community selects Board members who oversee the Wikimedia Foundation's work. And within the framework of our shared principles and values, the participants on each Project develop their own policies and structures.</span>
<span id="Shared_power"></span>
== 権限の分散 ==


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
The Wikimedia Foundation works in partnership with a global community of volunteers made up of article writers, copy-editors, photographers, administrators, page patrollers, quality assessors, translators, wiki-gnomes, help-desk staffers, developers, bot creators, people who do outreach work and many others. These are the people who build the projects, and they are the Wikimedia Foundation's partners in developing the platform. This community selects Board members who oversee the Wikimedia Foundation’s work. And within the framework of our shared principles and values, the participants on each Project develop their own policies and structures.
The Wikimedia Foundation shares decision-making with the global community, for instance by creating roles for community members to influence key funding decisions (e.g., our various grant processes), by inviting input on-wiki for our own plans and practices, and by actively developing and maintaining relationships with community leaders, agnostic to language, culture, or geography.

</div>
The Wikimedia Foundation shares decision-making with the global community, for instance
by creating roles for community members to influence key funding decisions (e.g., our various grant processes),
by inviting input on-wiki for our own plans and practices,
and by actively developing and maintaining relationships with community leaders, agnostic to language, culture, or geography.


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
In addition to our partnerships with individual volunteers, we work in collaboration with a network of chapter organizations and other Wikimedia movement entities, in our shared pursuit of the Wikimedia mission. Beyond the Wikimedia community, we strive to partner with other users of our technology platform whose interests are aligned with ours in enriching and extending it.
In addition to our partnerships with individual volunteers, we work in collaboration with a network of chapter organizations and other Wikimedia movement entities, in our shared pursuit of the Wikimedia mission. Beyond the Wikimedia community, we strive to partner with other users of our technology platform whose interests are aligned with ours in enriching and extending it.
</div>

{{anchor|internationalism}}
<span id="Internationalism"></span>
<span id="Internationalism"></span>
== 国際主義 ==
== 国際主義 ==


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
The Wikimedia Foundation supports projects that are international in scope, and we aspire to reflect that internationalism in our own work. We make efforts to support the translation of key documents into multiple languages. We aim to recruit staff who speak multiple languages and who have lived or worked outside the country they were born in. We aim to recruit talented people regardless of where they live, and depending on their preferences and the needs of the job, we support them in working remotely or relocating to the United States. When we consider the community as a whole, we aim to consider all its languages and geographies and to avoid global initiatives that favor communities speaking only our languages.
The Wikimedia Foundation supports projects that are international in scope, and we aspire to reflect that internationalism in our own work. We make efforts to support the translation of key documents into multiple languages. We aim to recruit staff who speak multiple languages and who have lived or worked outside the country they were born in. We aim to recruit talented people regardless of where they live, and depending on their preferences and the needs of the job, we support them in working remotely or relocating to the United States. When we consider the community as a whole, we aim to consider all its languages and geographies and to avoid global initiatives that favor communities speaking only our languages.
</div>

{{anchor|freespeech}}
<span id="Free_speech"></span>
<span id="Free_speech"></span>
==言の自由 ==
==言の自由==


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
The Wikimedia Foundation believes that everyone in the world has a right to free access to information, and we are proud of the work the Wikimedia community does to compile information and make it available. Except where required by applicable law, we do not remove information from the Wikimedia projects to satisfy private or government interests. We will never facilitate, enable or condone censorship of the Wikimedia projects.
The Wikimedia Foundation believes that everyone in the world has a right to free access to information, and we are proud of the work the Wikimedia community does to compile information and make it available. Except where required by applicable law, we do not remove information from the Wikimedia projects to satisfy private or government interests. We will never facilitate, enable or condone censorship of the Wikimedia projects.
</div>
In making decisions, we will not allow censorship of the projects as a means to facilitate other strategic goals: to the contrary, our strategic goal is to preserve and make available the material in the projects in perpetuity, and other initiatives must be consistent with that mission.


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
In making decisions, we will not allow censorship of the projects as a means to facilitate other strategic goals: to the contrary, our strategic goal is to preserve and make available the material in the projects in perpetuity, and other initiatives must be consistent with that mission.
</div>
{{anchor|independence}}
<span id="Independence"></span>
<span id="Independence"></span>
== 独立==
==独立==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
Part of the job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to ensure that the freedom and independence of the projects is never compromised. To that end, and also because it is extremely effective, we have deliberately chosen a revenue strategy in which a large majority of the funding for the Wikimedia Foundation comes from a large number of small donors in multiple countries around the world. This model limits risk, preserves independence by reducing the ability of any one organization or individual to influence our decisions, and aligns our fundraising practices with our mission by encouraging us to pay attention to the projects' readers.
</div>

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
Because the Wikimedia Foundation does not want to compromise the editorial integrity and independence of the projects, nor risk a perception that we have been compromised, we would be extremely reluctant to put advertising on the projects, or anything that might be perceived as advertising. We do not say that would never happen, because if it were a choice between shutting down the projects and accepting advertisements we would consider doing it. But we think this is highly unlikely, and would only be considered in the gravest of circumstances.
</div>


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
Part of the job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to ensure that the freedom and independence of the projects is never compromised. To that end, and also because it is extremely effective, we have deliberately chosen a revenue strategy in which a large majority of the funding for the Wikimedia Foundation comes from a large number of small donors in multiple countries around the world. This model limits risk, preserves independence by reducing the ability of any one organization or individual to influence our decisions, and aligns our fundraising practices with our mission by encouraging us to pay attention to the projects’ readers.
For similar reasons, our Board of Trustees selection process is designed to attract a variety of voices and skillsets, rather than primarily acknowledging donors or celebrities. Other governance structures and processes, such as Board committees, generally function according to this same principle.
</div>


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Because the Wikimedia Foundation does not want to compromise the editorial integrity and independence of the projects, nor risk a perception that we have been compromised, we would be extremely reluctant to put advertising on the projects, or anything that might be perceived as advertising. We do not say that would never happen, because if it were a choice between shutting down the projects and accepting advertisements we would consider doing it. But we think this is highly unlikely, and would only be considered in the gravest of circumstances.


=== {{resolution|string=votes}} ===
類似の理由により、理事選出の過程は基本本的に功績のある寄付者あるいは著名人を選ばず、さまざまな声や技能習得者(skillsets)をひきつけるように設計してあります。これとは別に組織統治の構造として理事会委員会などを置き、このページの原理を守って活動します。


; {{resolution|string=approve}} Kat Walsh, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Bishakha Datta, Sam Klein, Patricio Lorente, Jimmy Wales, Stu West, and Alice Wiegand
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation{{#translation:}}|Guiding Principles]]

Latest revision as of 02:21, 16 April 2024

決議 ウィキメディア財団の基本指針 Feedback?
決議はオンラインにより満場一致で2013年5月30日に承認された。

理事会の理事は、これらをウィキメディア財団の基本指針として、承認した。

These principles are intended to guide the work of the Wikimedia Foundation, by describing how the Wikimedia Foundation's Mission and Vision are implemented in our work. These are not principles intended to cover the entire Wikimedia movement - just the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of these principles is to describe what we do today, and what we intend to keep doing. This document draws from and may come to replace the previous list of values.

自由とオープンソース

ウィキメディア財団はフリーカルチャーとフリーソフトウェア運動の価値観に深く根付いています。「公平な利用」のマテリアルを除き、ウィキメディアプロジェクトにおけるすべての情報は自由に共有され、自由に配布され、自由に変更され、任意の目的、商業的または非商業目的で永久に自由に使用することができます。

ウィキメディア財団によって書かれた全てのソフトウェアのコードは、適切なフリー・ソフトウェアのライセンスが与えられています。私たちは、コードの共有のみならず、上流行程プロジェクトとの作業やコード改良への意見の反映等、ソースコードの改善のため、健全なコミュニティとして、親交を深めることも認識しています。

プロジェクトにおけるすべての資料は,ユーザーにプロプライエタリソフトウェアをインストールする必要のない無料形式で提供されています.

Consistent with the above principles, we support the right of third parties to make and maintain licensing-compliant copies and forks of Wikimedia content and Wikimedia-developed code, regardless of motivation or purpose. While we are generally not able to individually assist such efforts, we enable them by making available copies of Wikimedia content in bulk, and avoiding critical dependencies on proprietary code or services for maintaining a largely functionally equivalent fork.

As an organization, we strive to use open source tools over proprietary ones, although we use proprietary or closed tools (such as software, operating systems, etc.) where there is currently no open-source tool that will effectively meet our needs.

全人類のために

The Wikimedia Foundation aims to make material in the Wikimedia projects broadly accessible to all. Ensuring continued reliability, availability and responsiveness of all Wikimedia sites and services is our first priority. In prioritizing new products and features, our goal is to impact the largest-possible number of readers and contributors, and to eliminate barriers that could preclude people from accessing or contributing to our projects, such as poor usability and accessibility, lack of language support, and limited access to technology. We endeavour to create the structural support and the necessary preconditions for bottom-up innovation by others. We do not form agreements in which one organization is given access to material or functionality that others are denied. Where possible, we aim to preserve and support frictionless use of the material in the projects, so that people can share it widely and easily.

We do not form agreements in which one organization is given access to material or functionality that others are denied. Where possible, we aim to preserve and support frictionless use of the material in the projects, so that people can share it widely and easily.

透明性

The Wikimedia Foundation values transparency. In general, our policies and practices are publicly available on our site unless there’s a particular reason they shouldn't be. Our financial statements, annual plans, Form 990 and other performance/accountability documents are published on our site, often accompanied by explanatory material. As a matter of general practice, unless there’s a particular reason not to, we aim to publish internal organizational policies and procedures, including employee guidelines, financial policies, etc. Detailed site performance information is publicly available, and each month we publicly report on our activities. Most information is available to the public, except where publishing it would infringe on the privacy of other organizations or of individuals. In general, where possible, we aim to do much of our work in public, rather than in private, typically on public wikis. Detailed site performance information is publicly available, and each month we publicly report on our activities. Most information is available to the public, except where publishing it would infringe on the privacy of other organizations or of individuals. In general, where possible, we aim to do much of our work in public, rather than in private, typically on public wikis.

説明責任

The Wikimedia Foundation wants to be accountable to the people who create the Wikimedia projects, to donors, and to readers. Our primary stakeholders are i) Wikimedia editors and other contributors, who have created the overwhelming majority of the value in the projects and who are responsible for the goodwill that the projects and the Wikimedia Foundation enjoy, ii) Wikimedia Foundation donors, who give funding that supports the projects' technical and other needs, and iii) the readers of the Wikimedia projects.

We aim to be careful with donors' money. We pay salaries that are fair but not lavish, and provide reasonable benefits (e.g., health and dental insurance) that are the same for all employees regardless of their title or position. We aim to incur only reasonable travel costs, and to keep work-related entertainment costs moderate.

スチュワードの要件

The Wikimedia Foundation has been entrusted with stewardship of key assets of the Wikimedia movement, such as the Wikimedia brand identity, and we raise large amounts of money for the Wikimedia mission. When we give out movement resources such as grants and trademark permissions, when we allocate internal time and resources, and when we give out money to other movement players, we do so in consideration of the interests of the mission and the entire global community. We aim to enable movement entities to have the freedom and flexibility they need to pursue the mission as they see fit, and yet we also acknowledge that the Wikimedia Foundation plays a special role in safeguarding the projects' assets and reputation.

Shared power

The Wikimedia Foundation works in partnership with a global community of volunteers made up of article writers, copy-editors, photographers, administrators, page patrollers, quality assessors, translators, wiki-gnomes, help-desk staffers, developers, bot creators, people who do outreach work and many others. These are the people who build the projects, and they are the Wikimedia Foundation's partners in developing the platform. This community selects Board members who oversee the Wikimedia Foundation's work. And within the framework of our shared principles and values, the participants on each Project develop their own policies and structures.

The Wikimedia Foundation shares decision-making with the global community, for instance by creating roles for community members to influence key funding decisions (e.g., our various grant processes), by inviting input on-wiki for our own plans and practices, and by actively developing and maintaining relationships with community leaders, agnostic to language, culture, or geography.

In addition to our partnerships with individual volunteers, we work in collaboration with a network of chapter organizations and other Wikimedia movement entities, in our shared pursuit of the Wikimedia mission. Beyond the Wikimedia community, we strive to partner with other users of our technology platform whose interests are aligned with ours in enriching and extending it.

国際主義

The Wikimedia Foundation supports projects that are international in scope, and we aspire to reflect that internationalism in our own work. We make efforts to support the translation of key documents into multiple languages. We aim to recruit staff who speak multiple languages and who have lived or worked outside the country they were born in. We aim to recruit talented people regardless of where they live, and depending on their preferences and the needs of the job, we support them in working remotely or relocating to the United States. When we consider the community as a whole, we aim to consider all its languages and geographies and to avoid global initiatives that favor communities speaking only our languages.

言論の自由

The Wikimedia Foundation believes that everyone in the world has a right to free access to information, and we are proud of the work the Wikimedia community does to compile information and make it available. Except where required by applicable law, we do not remove information from the Wikimedia projects to satisfy private or government interests. We will never facilitate, enable or condone censorship of the Wikimedia projects.

In making decisions, we will not allow censorship of the projects as a means to facilitate other strategic goals: to the contrary, our strategic goal is to preserve and make available the material in the projects in perpetuity, and other initiatives must be consistent with that mission.

独立

Part of the job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to ensure that the freedom and independence of the projects is never compromised. To that end, and also because it is extremely effective, we have deliberately chosen a revenue strategy in which a large majority of the funding for the Wikimedia Foundation comes from a large number of small donors in multiple countries around the world. This model limits risk, preserves independence by reducing the ability of any one organization or individual to influence our decisions, and aligns our fundraising practices with our mission by encouraging us to pay attention to the projects' readers.

Because the Wikimedia Foundation does not want to compromise the editorial integrity and independence of the projects, nor risk a perception that we have been compromised, we would be extremely reluctant to put advertising on the projects, or anything that might be perceived as advertising. We do not say that would never happen, because if it were a choice between shutting down the projects and accepting advertisements we would consider doing it. But we think this is highly unlikely, and would only be considered in the gravest of circumstances.

For similar reasons, our Board of Trustees selection process is designed to attract a variety of voices and skillsets, rather than primarily acknowledging donors or celebrities. Other governance structures and processes, such as Board committees, generally function according to this same principle.


Votes

Approve: Kat Walsh, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Bishakha Datta, Sam Klein, Patricio Lorente, Jimmy Wales, Stu West, and Alice Wiegand