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     NPR boss Katherine Maher opposed ‘free and open’ approach at Wikipedia: ‘White male Westernized construct’

     Prior to her being named CEO at NPR late last month, Maher, 41, was CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that hosts

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     Wikipedia co-founder blasts successor Katherine Maher, says NPR should 'let her go right away'

     City Journal's Christopher Rufo has been unearthing comments Maher had made during her tenure as executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation. In one ...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wikimedia_FoundationWikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., abbreviated WMF, is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. It is best known as the host of Wikipedia, the seventh most visited website in the world. However, the foundation also hosts 14 other related content projects.

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3. diff.wikimedia.org › 2024/04/12 › the-wikimediaThe Wikimedia Foundation’s Latest Transparency Report

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   Apr 12, 2024 · This transparency report reaffirms the Wikimedia Foundation’s commitment to the principles of transparency, privacy, and freedom of expression. It also represents the diligent work of Wikimedia volunteers, who build Wikimedia projects and the knowledge available on them.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MediaWikiMediaWiki - Wikipedia

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   5 days ago · MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software originally developed by Magnus Manske for use on Wikipedia on January 25, 2002, and further improved by Lee Daniel Crocker, after which it has been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.

   • Initial release: January 25, 2002; 21 years ago
   • Developer(s): Wikimedia Foundation

   • Stable release: 1.40.0, / 30 June 2023; 3 months ago
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5. meta.wikimedia.org › wiki › Wikimedia_FoundationWikimedia Foundation/Communications/Resource center - Meta

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   Mar 28, 2024 · In 2016, the Wikimedia Foundation Communications Department began work on developing and maintaining this resource center as a part of the Foundation's larger effort to develop resource centers for the Wikimedia community.

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   What is the Wikimedia Foundation?

   • The Wikimedia Foundation was established, in 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida, by Jimmy Wales as a nonprofit way to fund Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and other crowdsourced wiki projects. ( Until then, they had been hosted by Bomis, Wales's for-profit company.)

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   How does the Wikipedia Foundation work?

   • Instead, this is done by editors who work as volunteers, such as the Wikipedians who create and maintain Wikipedia. However, the foundation does collaborate with a network of individual volunteers and affiliated organizations, such as Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, user groups and other partners.

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   What is a wiki Foundation & why is it important?

   • It is best known as the host of Wikipedia, the seventh most visited website in the world. However, the foundation also hosts 14 other related content projects. It also supports the development of MediaWiki, the wiki software that underpins them all.

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   How does the Wikimedia Foundation make money?

   • The Wikimedia Foundation mainly finances itself through donations from the public, collected through email campaigns and annual fundraising banners placed on Wikipedia, as well as grants from various tech companies and philanthropic organizations.

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7. meta.wikimedia.org › wiki › Wikimedia_FoundationWikimedia Foundation/Communications/Wiki Unseen - Meta

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   Mar 28, 2024 · Wiki Unseen is a Wikimedia Foundation project in partnership with AfroCROWD, up-and-coming artists, and Behance, a global network for creativity. In its pilot phase, the project will be expanding the visual representation of six Black figures in Wikimedia projects coinciding with February, which marks Black History Month in some countries.