From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
The
Wikimedia movement
is the totality of people, activities, and values which revolve around Wikimedia sites and projects:
- a collection of values shared by individuals (freedom of speech, knowledge for everyone, community sharing, etc.);
- a collection of projects (
Wikipedia
,
Wiktionary
,
Wikimedia Commons
,
Wikinews
,
Wikiquote
,
Wikidata
,
Wikivoyage
,
Wikisource
,
Wikispecies
,
Wikiversity
,
Wikibooks
,
Incubator
...);
- a collection of activities (conferences, workshops, wikiacademies, etc.);
- a collection of organizations (
Wikimedia Foundation
,
Wikimedia chapters
, etc.), as well as some free electrons (individuals without chapters) and similar-minded organizations.
Shared values
- a collection of values shared by individuals (freedom of speech, knowledge for everyone, community sharing, etc.);
Shared projects
- a collection of activities around
Wikimedia projects
:
- Wikipedia
, in more than 314 language versions,
- other content related wikis, such as
Wikisource
,
Wikibooks
or
Wikidata
,
- 'backstage' wikis or organizational wikis, such as this Meta-Wiki,
- conferences, workshops, wikiacademies etc. (offline activities);
Wikimedia organizations
- a collection of organizations, as well as some free electrons (individuals acting outside any group) and similar-minded organizations:
The Wikimedia Foundation
The owner of the trademark
Wikimedia
is the
Wikimedia Foundation
(WMF). Linked to the WMF are the Wikimedia Foundation's own organs and committees:
- board
- staff
- advisory board
- Independent Committees installed by the WMF board
Wikimedia stakeholders
More generally speaking,
Wikimedia stakeholders
may also be part of the Wikimedia movement, i.e. readers of Wikimedia content, donors, schools,
GLAM
, similar-minded institutions, and companies co-operating with the Wikimedia Foundation or other Wikimedia organizations.
See also