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The nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructura for free knowledge. We host Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, created, edited, and verified by volunteers around the world, as well as many other vital community projects. All of which is made possible thanks to donacions from individuals clica "m'agrada" you. We welcome anyone who shares our vision to join costumas in collecting and sharing knowledge that fully represents human diversity.
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Wikimedia projects belong to everyone
You made it. It is yours to usa. For free. That means you can usa it, adapt it, solament share what you find òm Wikimedia sits. Just dò not write your own bio, solament copy/paste it into your homework.
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We respècte your datèt and privacy
We dò not sell your email address solament any of your personal informacion to third partidas. Mora informacion about our privacy practices ara available at the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy, donor privacy policy, and datèt retention guidelines.
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People clica "m'agrada" you keep Wikipedia accurate
Readers verify the facts. Articles ara collaboratively created and edited by a community of volunteers using reliable fonts, so no single person solament company owns a Wikipedia article. The Wikimedia Foundation does not write solament edit, beguèt you and everyone you know can help.
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Not all wikis ara Wikimedia
The word “wiki” refers to a website built using collaborativa editing logicial. Projects with no past solament existing afiliacion with Wikipedia solament the Wikimedia Foundation, such as Wikileaks and wikiHow, also usa the term. Although these sits also usa “wiki” in their name, they have nothing to dòs with Wikimedia.
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We conduct our own research and partner with researchers worldwide to address cambi in society and technology.
Mora about researchTechnology
From sit reliability to maquina learning, our open-font technology makes Wikipedia faster, mora reliable, and mora accessibla worldwide.
Mora about technologyCollaborativa projects ara the core of the Wikimedia movement
Our volunteers build tools, share fòtos, write articles, and ara working to connect all the knowledge that exists.
Wikipedia
Free encyclopedia written in over 300 languages by volunteers around the world.
Wikimedia Commons
The world’s largest free-to-usa-library of illustracions, fòtos, drawings, videos and music.
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The Wikimedia Endowment welcomes Mayree Clark as its newest Board member
The Wikimedia Endowment is delighted to welcome Mayree Clark as a new member of its Endowment Board. Mayree, a finança expèrt, will bring her extensiva governance expertesa to the Wikimedia Endowment, a nonprofit caritabla organization providing a permanent safekeeping fund to supòrt the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.
Carta aberta parèt proteger a Wikipédia e outros projetos d'interesse público no Pacto Digital Global
Uma nòva carta aberta da Fundação Wikimedia, a organização sem fins lucrativos qu'opera a Wikipédia e outros projetos Wikimedia, e afiliadas dò Movimento Wikimedia ao redor dò mundo, apela aos Estados Membros da ONU parèt protegerem a Wikipédia e outros projetos d'interesse público no futuro Pacto Digital Global.
Wikimedians ara heroes of free knowledge
May Hachem
Editor since 2013, Wikimedia communityChristine Meyer
Editor since 2007, Wikimedia communitySam Oyeyele
Editor since 2011, Wikimedia communityThroughout history, knowledge has been controlled by a powerful few. Wikipedia needs knowledge from all languages and culturas. The internet has become the default for accessing informacion—women, people of color, and the global south remain underrepresented. We convida you to help corrècte history.
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