Wikimedia muivement
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| Teep | Anarchy o individual contributors, chapters, uiser groups an thematic organizations |
|---|---|
| Focus | Free, open-content, wiki-based Internet projects |
Aurie served | Warldwide |
| Services | Authorin and editin Wikiaapedia, Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, and Wikivoyage Developing MediaWiki software |
| Wabsteid | meta |
The Wikimedia muivement, or simply Wikimedia, is the global commonty o contributors tae Wikimedia Foondation projects. The muivement wis creatit aroond Wikipaedia's commonty, an haes syne expandit tae the ither Wikimedia projects, includin the commons projects Wikimedia Commons an Wikidata, an volunteer software developers contributin tae MediaWiki. These volunteers are supportit bi numerous organizations aroond the warld, includin the Wikimedia Foondation, related chapters, thematic organizations, an uiser groups.
The name "Wikimedia", a compoond o wiki an media, wis coined bi American author Sheldon Rampton in a post tae the Inglis mailin leet in Mairch 2003,[1] three months efter Wiktionary became the seicont wiki-based project hostit on Jimmy Wales' platform, an three months afore the Wikimedia Foondation wis annooncit an incorporatit.[2][3] "Wikimedia" mey an aw refer tae the Wikimedia projects.
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- ↑ Rampton, Sheldon (March 16, 2003). "Wikipedia English mailing list message". Archived frae the oreeginal on November 1, 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ Jimmy Wales (June 20, 2003). "Announcing Wikimedia Foundation". mail:wikipedia-l. Archived frae the oreeginal on March 30, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ↑ Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Record Archived 2016-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. and Electronic Articles of Incorporation for Wikimedia Foundation Archived 2016-06-18 at the Wayback Machine., filed June 20, 2003
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Wikimedia home page
- Wikimedia movement structure description @ Meta-Wiki
