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{{Infobox Wikimedia Chapter
Relationship between Wikimedia and [[w:Apple Inc.|Apple]].
|name = Apple
|image = Honeycrisp.jpg
|caption = Fruit of the [[Honeycrisp]] [[cultivar]]
|location = [[Plant]]ae
|budget = [[Vascular plant|Tracheophytes]]
|skype = [[flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
|extinction = [[Eudicots]]
|reports = [[Rosales]]
|twitter = ''[[Malus]]''
|remarks = '''''M. domestica'''''
}}
An '''apple''' is an edible [[fruit]] produced by an '''apple tree''' ('''''Malus domestica'''''). Apple [[fruit tree|trees]] are [[agriculture|cultivated]] worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the [[genus]] ''[[Malus]]''. The tree originated in [[Central Asia]], where its wild ancestor, ''[[Malus sieversii]]'', its still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in [[Asia]] and [[Europe]] and where brought to North America by [[European colonization of the Americas|European colonists]]. Apples have religious and [[myth|mythological]] significance in many cultures, including [[Norse mythology|Norse]], [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Christianity in Europe|European Christian]] tradition.


Apple trees are large
As of December 2015, "most" of the Wikimedia Foundation staff use Apple computers with MacOS.<ref>[[User:Yurik/When Should Pragmatism Outweigh Philosophy?|"Most of the foundation uses Apple computers with MacOS instead of some open source hardware and software."]] - Yuri Astrakhan, when he was a WMF employee</ref>

The Wikimedia Foundation listed "Apple Inc. [https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Matching_Gifts Matching Gifts] Program" as a "leading donor" ($5,000-$14,999) in 2011-12, a "patron" ($15,000-$49,999) every year from 2012-13 until 2015-16, a "major Benefactor" ($50,000+) in 2016-17,<ref>[[wmf:Benefactors/2016-2017]]</ref> and again as a "major benefactor" for gifts since in 2017-18.<ref>[[wmf:Benefactors/2017-2018]]</ref> In 2018-2019, donations from Apple's Matching Gifts program totaled $207,542.<ref>[[Fundraising/2018-19_Report#Matching_Gifts]]</ref>

Over 40% of Wikimedia mobile traffic comes from users using Apple's iOS and 38% from users using Apple's Safari browser, and 11% of desktop traffic comes from users using Mac OS X and 4% from Safari, as of 2019.<ref>https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/browsers/</ref> There is a Phabricator project for [[phab:project/profile/350|issues relating to Apple Safari]]. The WMF also develops the Wikipedia app for iOS. See [[mw:Wikimedia Apps/Team/iOS|iOS team]].

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Revision as of 21:46, 8 August 2020

Apple
Fruit of the Honeycrisp cultivar
LocationPlantae
ExtinctionEudicots
BudgetTracheophytes
ReportsRosales
SkypeAngiosperms
TwitterMalus
RemarksM. domestica

An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus domestica). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, its still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe and where brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have religious and mythological significance in many cultures, including Norse, Greek and European Christian tradition.

Apple trees are large