Wikimedia movement

Chandpreet Singh

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 activities (conferences, workshops, wikiacademies etc.);
• • Wikipedia, in more than 277 language versions,
  • other content related wikis, such as Wikisource, Wikibooks or Wikidata,
  • 'backstage' wikis or organisational 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:
  • Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Chapters,
  • Wikimedia Thematic Organisations,
  • Wikimedia User Groups.

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
  • Affiliations committee
  • Language committee
  • Funds Dissemination Committee

• Complementary projects