Relationship between Wikimedia and Facebook, Inc.
Use of Facebook products on Wikimedia
Facebook social network
Some Wikimedia organizations maintain Facebook pages.
Certain Wikimedia projects have policies restricting linking to Facebook.[1]
Perennial proposals to add "like" buttons or "share" widgets on pages, or to use Facebook-login, have been rejected due to concerns over neutrality and privacy.[2][3]
HHVM
In November 2014, Facebook'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.)
Use of Wikimedia projects on Facebook
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 a statement.
Donations
In December 2018, Facebook donated $1 million to the Wikimedia Endowment.[4]
The Wikimedia Foundation has begun work to allow donations through Facebook.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ See for example, w:WP:FACEBOOK
- ↑ Phabricator task T61631, Enable Facebook login on Wikimedia wikis: Closed, rejected
- ↑ w:Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Share pages on Facebook, Twitter etc.
- ↑ https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2018/12/20/facebook-makes-1-million-gift-to-support-the-future-of-free-knowledge/
- ↑ Phabricator task T213179, Activate donations through Facebook