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| | type = [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]], [[charitable organization]]
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| | tax_id = 20-0049703<ref name="WMF 2014 IRS 990">{{cite web | url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/27/Form_990_FY_2014-2015_-_Public.pdf | title=2014 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (form 990) | publisher=WMF (Public Inspection Copy) | date=11 May 2016 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914023823/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/27/Form_990_FY_2014-2015_-_Public.pdf | archive-date=September 14, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>
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| | founder = [[Jimmy Wales]]<ref name="Rupert Neate">{{cite news | first = Rupert | last = Neate | title = Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales goes bananas | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html | work = The Daily Telegraph | date = October 7, 2008 | access-date = October 25, 2009 | quote = The encyclopedia's huge fan base became such a drain on Bomis's resources that Mr Wales, and co-founder Larry Sanger, thought of a radical new funding model – charity. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081110041546/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html | archive-date = November 10, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation"/>
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| | focus = Free, [[open content|open-content]], [[wiki]]-based [[Internet]] projects
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| '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' ('''WMF''', also colloquially referred to as '''Wikimedia''') is a [[nonprofit organization]] headquartered in [[San Francisco, California]], registered as a [[Foundation (United States law)|foundation]] under US law.<ref name="Hanson2016">{{cite book|first=Jarice|last=Hanson|title=The Social Media Revolution: An Economic Encyclopedia of Friending, Following, Texting, and Connecting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePEZDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|year=2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-768-2|page=375}}</ref> It owns and operates the [[#Wikimedia projects|Wikimedia projects]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Julia |title=Wikipedia Isn't Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/wikipedia-harassment-wikimedia-foundation.html |work=The New York Times |date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Cohen |first1=Noam |title=Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up |url=https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-finally-asking-big-tech-to-pay-up/ |magazine=Wired |date=16 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kolbe |first1=Andreas |title=Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/ |work=The Daily Dot |date=24 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Culliford |first1=Elizabeth |title=Exclusive: Wikipedia launches new global rules to combat site abuses |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikipedia-rules-exclusive-idUSKBN2A21PW |work=Reuters |date=2 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| It has the stated goal of developing and maintaining [[open content]], [[wiki]]-based projects and providing the full contents of those projects to the public [[free of charge]].<ref name="wikimedia-mission">{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement | title = Mission statement | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = January 28, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080117000000/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement | archive-date = January 17, 2008 | first = Florence | last = Devouard | author-link = Florence Devouard | url-status = live }}</ref> Another objective is [[advocacy group|political advocacy]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jasper |date=12 Feb 2017 |title='We always look for reliability': why Wikipedia's editors cut out the Daily Mail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/12/wikipedia-daily-mail-reliability-ban-katherine-maher |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=13 Feb 2017 |quote="Another core job for the foundation – and Maher – is political advocacy. While copyright and press freedom are important issues for Wikipedia, there is one area even more fundamental to its operation - the rules that protect web firms from full liability for what their users post." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213213309/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/12/wikipedia-daily-mail-reliability-ban-katherine-maher |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| It was granted section [[501(c)(3)]] status by the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Code]] as a public charity in 2005.<ref>Charity Navigator
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| [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.irs&ein=200049703#.Vq6z_FMrKV4 Charity Navigator IRS (Forms 990) Tab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218054913/http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.irs&ein=200049703#.Vq6z_FMrKV4 |date=December 18, 2015 }}. Page accessed January 31, 2016</ref> Its [[National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities]] (NTEE) code is B60 ([[Adult education|Adult]], [[Continuing education]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.guidestar.org/npo/ntee.jsp | title = NTEE Classification System | access-date = January 28, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080202052634/http://www.guidestar.org/npo/ntee.jsp | archive-date = February 2, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://nccs2.urban.org/ntee-cc/b.htm#b60 | title = NCCS definition for Adult Education | access-date =January 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226053606/http://nccs2.urban.org/ntee-cc/b.htm|archive-date=December 26, 2007}}</ref> The foundation's [[by-law]]s declare a statement of purpose of collecting and developing educational content and to disseminate it effectively and globally.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | title = Wikimedia Foundation bylaws | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = January 28, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080123082936/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | author = Jd | author-link = foundation:User:Jd | archive-date = January 23, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref>
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| == History == | | [[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of [[Special:Contributions/Merajul Islam|your recent contributions]] did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our [[Bharatpedia:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]]. You can find information about these at our [[Help:Getting started|welcome page]] which also provides further information about [[Bharatpedia:Contributing to Bharatpedia|contributing constructively to this encyclopedia]]. If you only meant to make test edits, please use your [[User:Merajul Islam/sandbox|sandbox]] for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on [[User_talk:WikiDwarf|my talk page]]. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-disruptive1 --> [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf|talk]]) 13:53, 28 January 2022 (IST) |
| [[Internet entrepreneur]] Jimmy Wales and online community organizer/[[philosophy]] professor [[Larry Sanger]] founded Wikipedia in 2001 as an Internet encyclopedia to supplement [[Nupedia]]. The project was originally funded by [[Bomis]], Jimmy Wales's for-profit business. Since Wikipedia was depleting Bomis's resources, Wales and Sanger thought of a charity model to fund the project.<ref name="Rupert Neate" /> The Wikimedia Foundation was incorporated in Florida on June 20, 2003.<ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation">{{cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Wales|author-link=Jimmy Wales|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html|title=Announcing Wikimedia Foundation|date=June 20, 2003|publisher=[[mail:wikipedia-l]]|access-date=November 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330033331/http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html|archive-date=March 30, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. [http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a&searchTerm=Wikimedia&listNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc Record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618194844/http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a&searchTerm=Wikimedia&listNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230 |date=June 18, 2016 }} and [http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR1%5C2003%5C0620%5C90039369.tif&documentNumber=N03000005323 Letters of Incorporation, Wikimedia Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618163144/http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR1%5C2003%5C0620%5C90039369.tif&documentNumber=N03000005323 |date=June 18, 2016 }}, filed June 20, 2003</ref> It applied to the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] to trademark ''Wikipedia'' on September 14, 2004. The mark was granted registration status on January 10, 2006. Trademark protection was accorded by Japan on December 16, 2004, and, in the [[European Union]], on January 20, 2005. There were plans to license the use of the Wikipedia trademark for some products such as books or DVDs.<ref>{{cite news |first=Vipin |last=Nair |title=Growing on volunteer power |date=December 5, 2005 |newspaper=Business Line |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm |access-date=December 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011182601/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |
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| The name "Wikimedia", a [[Compound (linguistics)|compound]] of [[wiki]] and [[media (communication)|media]], was coined by American author [[Sheldon Rampton]] in a post to the English mailing list in March 2003,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/001887.html | title = Wikipedia English mailing list message | date = March 16, 2003 | first = Sheldon | last = Rampton | author-link = Sheldon Rampton | access-date = July 11, 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051101074301/http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/001887.html | archive-date = November 1, 2005 | url-status = live }}</ref> three months after [[Wiktionary]] became the second wiki-based project hosted on Wales' platform.
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| | {{short description|Tutorial for newcomers who want to contribute to Wikipedia}} |
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| | This page takes you through a set of tutorials aimed at '''complete newcomers''' interested in contributing. It covers all the basics<noinclude>, and each tutorial takes only a few minutes, so you could become a proficient [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]] in no time!</noinclude> |
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| On September 25, 2007, the foundation's board gave notice that the operations would be moving to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Some considerations cited for choosing San Francisco were proximity to like-minded organizations and potential partners, a better talent pool, as well as cheaper and more convenient international travel than is available from [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], Florida.<ref name="MoncadaWikimoveTribune">{{cite web | url = http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/25/wikimedia-foundation-moving-another-bay-area/?news-breaking | title= Wikimedia Foundation Moving To Another Bay Area | first = Carlos| last = Moncada | work = [[The Tampa Tribune]] |date = September 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228091301/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/25/wikimedia-foundation-moving-another-bay-area/?news-breaking|archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="MullinsWikimoveTribune">{{cite web | url= http://www.tbo.com/news/money/MGBNF5F517F.html | title = Online Encyclopedia To Leave St. Petersburg For San Francisco | first = Richard| last = Mullins | work = The Tampa Tribune |date = September 26, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228091316/http://www.tbo.com/news/money/MGBNF5F517F.html|archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="KimWikimoveSFChronicle">{{cite web | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/10/BU69SNMQ2.DTL&tsp=1 | title = Wikipedia team plans move to San Francisco | first = Ryan | last = Kim | work = San Francisco Chronicle | date = October 10, 2007 | access-date = August 7, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020807/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F10%2F10%2FBU69SNMQ2.DTL&tsp=1 | archive-date = October 11, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref> The move from Florida was completed by January 31, 2008, with the headquarters on Stillman Street in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Relocation|title=Press releases/Relocation - Wikimedia Foundation|date=October 9, 2007|website=wikimediafoundation.org|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152024/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Relocation|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref>
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