Wikimedia movement

organization chart of the movement

Mindmap of the Wikimedia movement (2019)

Movement ecosystem and actors

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.);
• 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 303 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,
• board
• staff
• advisory board
• Independent Committees installed by the WMF board
  • Affiliations committee
  • Language committee
  • Funds Dissemination Committee

• Complementary projects