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Projects with no past or existing affiliation with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, such as Wikileaks and wikiHow, also use the term. Although these sites also use “wiki” in their name, they have nothing to do with Wikimedia.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-align-buttons-bottom tweet-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group has-border-radius has-radius-big has-base-70-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <p class="is-style-h1">280,000+</p> <p><strong>editors contribute to Wikimedia projects every month</strong></p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=300%2C000%2B%20editors%20contribute%20to%20%40Wikimedia%20projects%20every%20month https%3A%2F%2Fwikimediafoundation.org%2F" class="tweet-this wp-block-shiro-button is-style-as-link has-icon has-icon-social-twitter-blue">Share on X</a> </div></div> </div> 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call-to-action" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118/https://wikimediafoundation.org/technology/">More about technology</a></div><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-57415 size-image_16x9_small content-card__image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-1.24.58-PM-e1533254033550.png?w=600&h=338&crop=1" height="338" width="600"/></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-shiro-card content-card click-to-call-to-action"><div class="content-card__contents"><h2 class="content-card__heading is-style-h3">Advocacy</h2><p class="content-card__body has-small-font-size">We fight to protect everyone’s right to access free and open knowledge.<br><br></p><a class="content-card__call-to-action call-to-action" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118/https://wikimediafoundation.org/advocacy/">More about 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wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-as-link"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="/web/20240917104118/https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/">See all projects</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group has-base-90-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="935" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wikipedia-logo-e1534036958292.png?w=1024" alt="Wikipedia puzzle globe" class="wp-image-58340" style="width:60px;height:55px" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wikipedia-logo-e1534036958292.png 1024w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wikipedia-logo-e1534036958292.png?resize=300,274 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wikipedia-logo-e1534036958292.png?resize=768,701 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></figure></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-sans-h3">Wikipedia</h3> <p class="is-style-sans-p">Free encyclopedia written in over 300 languages by volunteers around the world.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-as-link"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" 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https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/446px-commons-logo-svg.png?resize=223,300 223w" sizes="(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px"/></figure></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading is-style-sans-h3">Wikimedia Commons</h3> <p class="is-style-sans-p">The world’s largest free-to-use-library of illustrations, photos, drawings, videos and music.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-as-link"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118/https://commons.wikimedia.org/">Visit Wikimedia Commons</a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-base-90-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div class="double-heading"> 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/events/wikimania/">Wikimania</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>The nineteenth edition of the global event will take place in Katowice, Poland (the 2024 European City of Science), from 7 – 10 August.</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 31 July 2024 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240917104118/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/07/31/wikimania-poland-celebrates-global-volunteers/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Wikimania 2024 in Poland celebrates global volunteers who make Wikipedia and sister projects possible"> Read 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