Wikimedia Foundation
Nonprofit Organization and Technology Company
Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia is focusing on accuracy...and wait to see if they are uploaded. " Wikipedia is run as a charity by the Wikimedia Foundation so, free from commercial pressures, Mr Wales can be very candid about the site. He admits that he's not quite sure why the rate of... In this article: Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, Wikia, Arabic Wikipedia, Finnish Wikipedia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wikia Search, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Wikimedia Foundation, and Princess Caroline |
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The Times of India - World | November 13, 2009
Killers sue Wiki to clear name
...victim, Walter Sedlmayr. Now Stopp, in suits in German courts, is demanding that the Wikimedia Foundation, the American organization that runs Wikipedia, do the same with the English-language version of the article. That has free-speech...
In this article: Wikipedia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Jennifer Granick, and George Orwell
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 15, 2009
Germans take on Wikipedia for naming punished killers
...version about the victim, Walter Sedlmayr. But Mr Stopp has also filed a suit in Germany demanding that the Wikimedia Foundation remove their names from the English-language article. This has triggered intense online debate. Jennifer...
In this article: Wikipedia, Floyd Abrams, United States, Germany, English-language Wikipedia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Jennifer Granick
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
Wikipedia Runs Ads Highlighting Their No-Ad Policy
Wikipedia Runs Ads Highlighting Their No-Ad Policy Moments after Craigslist founder Craig Newmark joins the Wikimedia/Wikipedia advisory board things start to go crazy. Way back in 2006 Jason Calacanis, then an executive at AOL, was trying...
In this article: Wikipedia, AOL, Revenue, Firefox, MediaWiki, Craigslist, Jason Calacanis, and Craig Newmark
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ResourceShelf | 5 days ago
Huffington Post Readers Select Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director the Media Game Change of the 2009
...interest to information professionals, educators and journalists. Huffington Post Readers Select Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director the Media "Game Change" of the 2009 As they say, one Wikipedia post (see post immediately below his...
In this article: The Huffington Post, Wikipedia, Sue Gardner, Recession, National Institutes of Health, Jimmy Wales, and Bethesda, MD.
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
Craigslist founder joins Wikimedia advisory board
...Craigslist, to its advisory board. The Wikimedia Foundation said it chose Newmark as an adviser because of his work as an innovator and evangelist and his understanding of Web-based communities. Newmark founded Craigslist as an e-mail...
In this article: The Wikimedia Foundation, Craigslist, Craig Newmark, San Francisco, Web-based, Wikipedia, and Electronic Frontier Foundation
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VentureBeat | November 10, 2009
Wikipedia seeks to raise $7.5M in 'Wikipedia Forever' campaign
November 10, 2009 | Anthony Ha | Comments | The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that manages Wikipedia, is passing the hat around in its annual fundraising campaign. The foundation blasted through its $6 million goal...
In this article: Wikipedia, Anthony Ha, Wikimedia, Twitter, Cloud computing, Stanford University, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Facebook, and San Francisco
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TechCrunch | November 13, 2009
Craigslist's Craig Newmark Joins Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board
...Newmark Joins Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Craigslist founder Craig Newmark will join the advisory board of Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia. The Wikimedia Foundation advisory board was created in...
In this article: Craig Newmark, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Global Voices Online, Aalto University, Mozilla Foundation, Lotus Development, and Wikia
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Digital Trends | November 15, 2009
Craigslist Founder Joins Wikimedia
Craigslist Founder Joins Wikimedia Craigslist founder Craig Newmark will be joining the Wikimedia advisory board. The nonprofit group that runs online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Friday that it named Craig Newmark, the founder of Web...
In this article: The Wikimedia Foundation, Craigslist, Craig Newmark, Web-based, Wikipedia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and San Francisco
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The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based. It operates several online collaborative wiki projects including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks (including Wikijunior), Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Incubator and . Its flagship project, the English-language Wikipedia, ranks among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide.
The creation of the foundation was officially announced on June 20, 2003 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, who had been operating Wikipedia under the aegis of his company Bomis.
- Name:
- Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
- Type:
- 501(c)(3) charitable organization
- Location:
- San Francisco, California
- Key People:
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- Sue Gardner, Executive Director
- Michael Snow, Chair of the Board
- Jimmy Wales, Chairman Emeritus
- Revenue:
- $5,032,981 (2007–2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 23 (as of November 2008)
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