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In November 2014, Meta's open-source [[mw:HHVM|HHVM]] PHP interpreter tool was deployed on Wikimedia servers, in order to decrease loading time on Wikimedia projects. In September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation adopted a plan to drop HHVM. (See [[phab:T176370]].)
In November 2014, Meta's open-source [[mw:HHVM|HHVM]] PHP interpreter tool was deployed on Wikimedia servers, in order to decrease loading time on Wikimedia projects. In September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation adopted a plan to drop HHVM. (See [[phab:T176370]].)


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== Meta's use of Wikimedia content ==
On April 19, 2010, Facebook introduced Community Pages, which are Pages that are populated with articles from [[Wikipedia]]. In 2017, Facebook integrated Wikipedia articles into its Article Context feature. The WMF responded to this in [[wmf:Press releases/Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding Facebook’s Wikipedia integration|a statement]].

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This page documents linkages between the Wikimedia community and Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.).

Facebook social network channels

A number of Wikimedia communities have robust communication via Facebook pages and groups.

Certain Wikimedia projects have policies restricting linking to Facebook.[1]

Past proposals to add "like" buttons or "share" widgets on pages have been rejected on English Wikipedia due to concerns over neutrality and design,[2] but they are used on some other projects.[3]

There was a proposal to add Facebook-login as an optional login-method, which was rejected.[4]

HHVM

In November 2014, Meta's open-source HHVM PHP interpreter tool was deployed on Wikimedia servers, in order to decrease loading time on Wikimedia projects. In September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation adopted a plan to drop HHVM. (See phab:T176370.)

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