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That's what we're doing. <strong style="color: #3f3f6f; display: block"><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising" title="Fundraising">And we need your help</a>.</strong></p> <div class="banner" align="center" style="margin: 1em; font-size: 100%;"></div> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E8F1FF"> <p>The <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/About_Wikimedia" title="About Wikimedia">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, Inc. is an international non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:free_content" class="extiw" title="w:en:free content">free</a>, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wiki" class="extiw" title="en:wiki">wiki</a>-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects" title="Our projects">largest collaboratively-edited reference projects</a> in the world, including <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://www.wikipedia.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.wikipedia.org" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>, one of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3m&size=large&compare_sites=&y=t&url=wikipedia.org#top" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic details?&range=3m&size=large&compare sites=&y=t&url=wikipedia.org#top" rel="nofollow">25 most visited</a> websites.</p> <p>The Foundation mostly relies on support from individuals. Please consider making a donation today, be it <b>time, <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising" title="Fundraising">money</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia servers">hardware</a></b>. <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Benefactors" title="Benefactors">Benefactors</a>'s page is dedicated to some of the larger <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q3" title="Fund drives/2005/Q3">donations</a> made by companies and individuals which are helping to sustain the projects of Wikimedia. The Wikimedia Foundation does not necessarily endorse the activities of its Corporate Benefactors.</p> <p>The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Deductibility_of_donations" title="Deductibility of donations">deductibility of donations</a> for details. Please see our <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising" title="Fundraising">fundraising</a> page for details of making donations via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact the Wikimedia Board at <tt>board at wikimedia.org</tt>.</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><br/></p> <table align="center" style="background-color:#E8F1FF; padding:2px; border:1px solid gray;"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="border: 0px solid black;padding-left:1em;width:55%;"> <div style="clear:both"></div> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"> <tr> <td> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#From_the_board"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">From the board</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Quarterly_reports"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Quarterly reports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#From_the_projects"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">From the projects</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Features"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Features</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Latest_news"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Latest news</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Corporate_details"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Corporate details</span></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <p><script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //]]> </script></p> <div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Home&action=edit&section=1" title="Home">edit</a>]</div> <a name="From_the_board" id="From_the_board"></a> <h2>From the board</h2> <p><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/2/En-2" title=""><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/thumb/6/64/Founder.png/40px-Founder.png" alt="Founder"/></a><small><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Letters" class="external text" title="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Letters" rel="nofollow">Request a translation</a></small></p> <p><small>Letters from the Founder and <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" title="Board of Trustees">Board</a> of the Wikimedia Foundation.</small></p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Founder_letter" title="Founder letter">From the Founder</a> - the latest words from Jimmy Wales, our founder.</li> </ul> <div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Home&action=edit&section=2" title="Home">edit</a>]</div> <a name="Quarterly_reports" id="Quarterly_reports"></a> <h2>Quarterly reports</h2> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/thumb/9/97/Reports.png/40px-Reports.png" alt="Reports"/><small><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Reports" class="external text" title="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Reports" rel="nofollow">Request a translation</a></small></p> <p><small>Regular reports on various aspects of the Foundation, written by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Official" class="extiw" title="m:Official">officers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_staff" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia staff">employees</a> and active members of the Foundation.</small></p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr align="center"> <th><b>Report</b></th> <th>Last updated</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Finance_report" title="Finance report">Finances</a></td> <td>december 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Grant_report" title="Grant report">Grants</a></td> <td>spring 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Legal_report" title="Legal report">Legal issues</a></td> <td>spring 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Software_report" title="Software report">Software</a></td> <td>spring 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Hardware_and_hosting_report" title="Hardware and hosting report">Hardware : Avoiding becoming Lohipedia</a></td> <td>November 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Local_chapter_report" title="Local chapter report">Local chapters</a></td> <td>september 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_report" title="Press report">Press and PR</a></td> <td>spring 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Research_report" title="Research report">Research</a></td> <td>september 2005</td> </tr> </table> <div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Home&action=edit&section=3" title="Home">edit</a>]</div> <a name="From_the_projects" id="From_the_projects"></a> <h2>From the projects</h2> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:Projects.png" class="image" title=""><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/thumb/a/ac/Projects.png/40px-Projects.png" alt="" width="40" height="40" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Projects.png"/></a></span></div> <p><small><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Projects" class="external text" title="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Projects" rel="nofollow">Request a translation</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Edit" class="external text" title="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Edit" rel="nofollow">Add an article</a> / <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Project_archives" title="Project archives">Project archives</a></small></p> <p><small>This is a free area, with reports by various people on various issues :-) For example, a report on Wikinews, or Wikicommons; a text on a new arbitration committee, a wikijunior publication, a new grassroots initiative to develop a project, etc. Please feel free to add participate and add reports yourself, by following the link above.</small></p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_use_or_reuse_our_content&action=edit" class="new" title="How to use or reuse our content">How to use or reuse our content</a> : All the projects but one are under the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GFDL" class="extiw" title="w:en:GFDL">GFDL</a> Licence: Wikinews is now under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/" class="external text" title="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Projects/Wikinews_finally_decided_on_a_licensing_scheme%21" title="Projects/Wikinews finally decided on a licensing scheme!">Projects/Wikinews finally decided on a licensing scheme!</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/German_DVD/Book_release_-_december_2005" title="German DVD/Book release - december 2005">German DVD/Book release - december 2005</a> - dec 2005</li> <li>Here are some of the <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects" title="Our projects">projects</a> strengths and highlights, as well as our <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Statistics" title="Statistics">latest statistics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Projects/An_exciting_growth%21" title="Projects/An exciting growth!">An exciting growth!</a> - august 2005</li> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Projects/Wikinews_state_report_sept_2005" title="Projects/Wikinews state report sept 2005">Wikinews state report sept 2005</a> - september 2005</li> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Projects/Wikipedia_increasingly_used_as_book_source" title="Projects/Wikipedia increasingly used as book source">Wikipedia increasingly used as book source</a> - september 2005</li> <li>Information on prizes and awards are collected in our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trophy_box" class="extiw" title="m:Trophy box">Trophy box</a>.</li> </ul> <p><br/></p> <div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Home&action=edit&section=4" title="Home">edit</a>]</div> <a name="Features" id="Features"></a> <h2>Features</h2> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:International2.png" class="image" title=""><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/thumb/3/31/International2.png/40px-International2.png" alt="" width="40" height="40" longdesc="/wiki/Image:International2.png"/></a></span></div> <small><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Features" class="external text" title="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WQ/Translations#Features" rel="nofollow">Request a translation</a></small> <p><b>Meetups</b><br/></p> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:Asiangroup_Wikimania2005.jpg" class="image" title="Asian participation at Wikimania 2005"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Asiangroup_Wikimania2005.jpg/200px-Asiangroup_Wikimania2005.jpg" alt="Asian participation at Wikimania 2005" width="200" height="150" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Asiangroup_Wikimania2005.jpg"/></a></span></div> A growing number of conferences were attended by Wikimedians this quarter, both as speakers and as booth-tenders. However, the most visible event of the last months was nevertheless the Wikimania conference, the first international Wikimedia conference, held in August 2005. The next Wikimania city has now been chosen and will be ... Boston ! <ul> <li>Wikimania: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki" class="external text" title="http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki" rel="nofollow">2005</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimania 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Community_meetups" title="Community meetups">Community meetups</a></li> </ul> <div class="center"><big><b>~ ~ ~</b></big></div> <p><b>Interviews</b><br/></p> <div class="floatright"><span><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:Wikimania05-day3-ward.jpg" class="image" title="Ward at Wikimania (Sj on the left)"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Wikimania05-day3-ward.jpg/150px-Wikimania05-day3-ward.jpg" alt="Ward at Wikimania (Sj on the left)" width="150" height="100" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Wikimania05-day3-ward.jpg"/></a></span></div> The <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto" title="Wikimedia Quarto">Quarto</a> caught up with the father of the wiki movement before breakfast on an early Oregon morning, while he was recovering from the recent Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP) conference held in Illinois. In between cans of Moxie, we picked his brain about the evolution of wiki, copyright, and the Wikipedia community. Afterward, he came onto IRC to hang out in #wikipedia for a while, where he was duly lauded. See our <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Interview/Ward_Cunningham" title="Interview/Ward Cunningham">interview with Ward Cunningham</a>. <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:LawrenceLessig_sml.JPG" class="image" title=""><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/LawrenceLessig_sml.JPG/100px-LawrenceLessig_sml.JPG" alt="" width="100" height="133" longdesc="/wiki/Image:LawrenceLessig_sml.JPG"/></a></span></div> The <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto" title="Wikimedia Quarto">Quarto</a> also tracked down <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig" class="extiw" title="w:Lawrence Lessig">Lawrence Lessig</a>, Stanford law professor, founder and chairman of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons" class="extiw" title="w:Creative Commons">Creative Commons</a>, and free culturesmith, in a lull at the end of a long December day. In a whirlwind session, he talked to us about copyright, copyleft, barriers to free culture, legal pitfalls for Wikipedia, and fighting the good fight. <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Interview/Larry_Lessig" title="Interview/Larry Lessig">read more</a>.</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#E8F1FF" valign="top" colspan="2" style="border: 0px solid black;padding-left:1em;"> <div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Home&action=edit&section=5" title="Home">edit</a>]</div> <a name="Latest_news" id="Latest_news"></a> <h2>Latest news</h2> <p><br/> <b>Mediawiki software: the mythical Universal Login soon a reality</b><br/> Brion, our head developer, visited Berlin to drop in on the 22C3 conference and get some face-to-face chatting done with some of our European folks (such as Magnus and JeLuf). He posted <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Brion_VIBBER/Berlin_roundup" class="extiw" title="m:User:Brion VIBBER/Berlin roundup">a report about that on Meta</a>. <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Anthere" title="User:Anthere">Anthere</a>, 02 January 2006)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b>Directmedia's next edition of German Wikipedia content</b><br/> Directmedia's next edition of German Wikipedia content was issued in December 2005. A 139 page book explaining Wikipedia, its history and policies was accompanied by a 7.5 GB DVD containing 300,000 articles and 100,000 images. The book with DVD is sold for 9.90 Euro; both are also available for free download. <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/German_DVD/Book_release_-_december_2005" title="German DVD/Book release - december 2005">Read more...</a><small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Anthere" title="User:Anthere">Anthere</a>, 30 December 2005)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b><i>Nature</i> compares Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica</b><br/> Science magazine Nature asked expert reviewers from varied disciplines to review 50 articles in each encyclopedia. The study found that "Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Press_releases/Nature_compares_Wikipedia_and_Britannica" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Press releases/Nature compares Wikipedia and Britannica">read more...</a> <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Elian" title="User:Elian">elian</a>, 15 December 2005)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b>Wikipedia wins two Awards in Italy</b><br/> At the Premio WWW event of the Italian business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore Wikipedia was honored as "best website" in the category Education and Work. The free encyclopedia also received a special award from Il Sole 24 Ore in cooperation with the Italian ministry of Technology and Innovation. <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Elian" title="User:Elian">elian</a>, 14 December 2005)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b>Wikimedia Foundation supporting non-profit medical research....</b><br/> The Wikimedia Foundation is supporting non-profit medical research by participating in the Folding@Home program, donating computer-time on servers when these do not have any other work to do.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=wikimedia.org" class="external text" title="http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=wikimedia.org" rel="nofollow">fah-web.stanford.edu</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/20563" class="external text" title="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/20563" rel="nofollow">article.gmane.org</a></li> </ul> <hr/> <p><b>A meeting of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was held on irc on November 13, 2005</b><br/> Notes may be found at <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Meetings/November_13%2C_2005" title="Meetings/November 13, 2005">Meetings/November 13, 2005</a>. <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Anthere" title="User:Anthere">Florence Devouard</a>, 27 November 2005)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b>The Wikimedia Foundation is honored by a World Technology Award in Communications Technology</b><br/> This week, the Wikimedia Foundation was honored by a World Technology Award in communication, joining the ranks of other World Technology Network members. See <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://www.wtn.net/2005/summit/" class="external free" title="http://www.wtn.net/2005/summit/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wtn.net/2005/summit/</a> <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Anthere" title="User:Anthere">Florence Devouard</a>, 15 November 2005)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b>Wikimania 2006 will take place in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Boston" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimania 2006/Boston">Boston</a>, USA</b><br/> After a very tight vote (5 to 4 and 1 abstention), Boston has been chosen to host Wikimania 2006, the second International Wikimedia Conference. All information about the location can be found on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Boston" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimania 2006/Boston">this page</a>. We wish to thank all participants for the work they have put into their bids, and especially the supporters of Toronto whose city made it to the shortlist. Definite dates and agenda to be confirmed shortly. <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Notafish" title="User:Notafish">Delphine Ménard</a>, 22 October 2005)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b>Answers.com and Wikimedia Foundation to Form New Partnership</b><br/> <i>1-Click Answers, Wikipedia Edition</i> software will be linked from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Tools" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wikipedia:Tools">English Wikipedia Tools</a> page. Please see the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://www.answers.com/main/ir/press10202005.jsp" class="external text" title="http://www.answers.com/main/ir/press10202005.jsp" rel="nofollow">press release</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia_talk:Tools/1-Click_Answers" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wikipedia talk:Tools/1-Click Answers">discussion</a> for more information. <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Anthere" title="User:Anthere">Florence Devouard</a>, 20 October 2005)</small></p> <hr/> <p><b>Vote over the creation of a new project: Wikiversity</b><br/> The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity" class="extiw" title="m:Wikiversity">Wikiversity</a> project, which currently resides on Wikibooks, has started <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity/Vote" class="extiw" title="m:Wikiversity/Vote">a vote</a> to move to wikiversity.org, which currently hosts a near-dormant German Wikiversity project. The vote will last until November 1. Wikimedia Foundation board of Trustee will have the final decision over the creation of that new project after the community gave its opinion (a two-thirds majority and board approval is required to start a project beta period). The potential project was presented at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_reports/FLOSS,_South_Africa_2005/Workshop_2" class="external text" title="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference reports/FLOSS, South Africa 2005/Workshop 2" rel="nofollow">Floss Workshop</a> in september by Florence Devouard. <small>(<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Anthere" title="User:Anthere">User:Anthere</a>)</small></p> <hr/> <p><i>Read the latest Wikimedia Foundation newsletter:</i><b>The <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto" title="Wikimedia Quarto">Wikimedia Quarto</a></b>, or see <b><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_events" title="Current events">current events</a></b> for more information.</p> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Home&action=edit&section=6" title="Home">edit</a>]</div> <a name="Corporate_details" id="Corporate_details"></a> <h2>Corporate details</h2> <p>The Wikimedia <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" title="Board of Trustees">Board of Trustees</a> is the ultimate corporate authority in the Wikimedia Foundation Inc., and has the power to direct the activities of the Foundation. The Foundation bylaws may be seen at <b><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws" title="Wikimedia Foundation bylaws">Wikimedia Foundation bylaws</a></b>.</p> <p>The Foundation manages <b>the <a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Budget" title="Budget">Budget</a>, which pays primarily for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers/hardware_orders" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia servers/hardware orders">computer equipment</a> and hosting</b>. Other costs include <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_staff" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia staff">human resources</a> necessary to the running of the Wikimedia projects, though most people are volunteers. This site includes a complete list of <b><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Meetings" title="Meetings">notes from Board meetings</a></b>.</p> <p><b><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" title="Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></b> : If you browse the Wikimedia project websites, we gather no more information than is typically collected in server logs. If you contribute to the Wikimedia projects, you are publishing every word you post publicly. You should assume that anything you write will be retained forever. This includes articles, user pages and talk pages.</p> <hr/> <div class="plainlinks"> <table align="center" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:Wikipedia-logo.png" class="image" title=" "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/35px-Wikipedia-logo.png" alt=" " width="35" height="35" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Wikipedia-logo.png"/></a></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613/http://www.wikipedia.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.wikipedia.org" rel="nofollow"><b>Wikipedia</b></a><br/> <small>Free encyclopedia</small></td> <td><a href="/web/20060217214613/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:Wikibooks_without_text-35px.png" class="image" title=" "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217214613im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Wikibooks_without_text-35px.png" alt=" " 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