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We host Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world, as well as many other vital community projects. We welcome anyone who shares our vision to join us in collecting and sharing knowledge that fully represents human diversity.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100p cta mod-margin-bottom_sm cta-secondary bg-img--turquoise img-left-content-right"> <div class="mw-1360"> <div class="card"> <div class="bg-img-container"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wikimedia_Conference_2017_–_228-e1533253661801.jpg?w=1024);"></div> </div> <div class="card-content w-45p"> <div class="mar-bottom"> <h2 class="h2">Research</h2> </div> <div class="mar-bottom"> <p class="cta-description">We conduct our own research and partner with researchers worldwide to address change in society and technology.</p> </div> <div class="uppercase">  <a class="btn btn-white cta-btn" href="/web/20180905133642/https://wikimediafoundation.org/research/">More about research</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100p cta mod-margin-bottom_sm cta-secondary bg-img--turquoise img-right-content-left"> <div class="mw-1360"> <div class="card"> <div class="bg-img-container"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-1.24.58-PM-e1533254033550.png?w=1024);"></div> </div> <div class="card-content w-45p"> <div class="mar-bottom"> <h2 class="h2">Technology</h2> </div> <div class="mar-bottom"> <p class="cta-description">From site reliability to machine learning, our open-source technology makes Wikipedia faster, more reliable, and more accessible worldwide.</p> </div> <div class="uppercase">  <a class="btn btn-white cta-btn" href="/web/20180905133642/https://wikimediafoundation.org/technology/">More about technology</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100p cta mod-margin-bottom_sm cta-secondary bg-img--turquoise img-left-content-right"> <div class="mw-1360"> <div class="card"> <div class="bg-img-container"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SOPA_protest_in_Midtown_NYC-e1533254825755.jpg?w=768);"></div> </div> <div class="card-content w-45p"> <div class="mar-bottom"> <h2 class="h2">Advocacy</h2> </div> <div class="mar-bottom"> <p class="cta-description">We fight to protect everyone’s right to access free and open knowledge.</p> </div> <div class="uppercase">  <a class="btn btn-white cta-btn" href="/web/20180905133642/https://wikimediafoundation.org/advocacy/">More about advocacy</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100p bg-white related-news-container mod-margin-bottom white-bg"> <div class="mw-1360 std-mod"> <h3 class="h3 color-gray">NEWS — <span> </span></h3> <h2>See what we have been up to</h2> <div class="related-news"> <div class="card card-vertical w-50p"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642/https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/09/04/internet-under-threat-european-copyright-reform/"> <div class="img-container"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Graduated-neutral-density-filter.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1);"> <div class="card-heading"> <h3 class="color-white mar-bottom_sm">Your internet is under threat. Here’s why you should care about European Copyright Reform.</h3> <span class="date color-white">4 September 2018</span> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="card-content"> <p>You can also read this post in Spanish and in French. Back in 2001, the European Parliament came together to pass regulations and set up copyright laws for the internet, a technology that was just finding its footing after the dot com boom and bust. Wikipedia had just been born, and there were 29 million websites. No one….</p> </div> </div> <div class="card card-vertical w-50p"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642/https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/08/30/diversity-inclusion-numbers/"> <div class="img-container"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2018_-_Myleen_Hollero_58-e1535567452492.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1);"> <div class="card-heading"> <h3 class="color-white mar-bottom_sm">Diversity and inclusion information for Wikimedia workers, by the numbers</h3> <span class="date color-white">30 August 2018</span> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="card-content"> <p>The Wikimedia vision is a world in which every single person can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe knowledge belongs to everyone, and that people from diverse backgrounds should be empowered to participate in the collaborative creation of knowledge. While we often discuss diversity and inclusion in the context of the….</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100p mod-margin-bottom home-project-list-container"> <div class="mw-1360 std-mod mod-margin-bottom"> <div class="flex flex-medium home-project-list"> <div class="w-50p home-project-list-item home-project-list-item_blue"> <h3 class="h3 color-white">Projects — <span></span></h3> <p class="h3 color-white mar-bottom_lg">Collaborative projects are the core of the Wikimedia movement.</p> <p class="color-white mar-bottom_lg"> Our volunteers build tools, share photos, write articles, and are working to connect all the knowledge that exists. </p> <div class="link-list hover-highlight uppercase color-white"> <a href="/web/20180905133642/https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/">See all projects</a> </div> </div> <div class="w-50p home-project-list-item home-project-list-item_map"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180905133642/https://www.wikipedia.org/"> 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url(https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/home-pattern2-e1531510172862.jpg?w=908);"></div> </div> <div class="home-project-list-item-content"> <div class="home-project-logo"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180905133642im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wikimedia_Commons_logo_white-e1530817295853.png?w=250&h=250" alt="Wikimedia Commons logo"> </div> <p class="h3 color-white mar-bottom">Wikimedia Commons</p> <p class="color-white">The world's largest free-to-use library of illustrations, photos, drawings, videos and music.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100p white-bg mod-margin-bottom"> <div class="mw-1360 std-mod"> <h3 class="h3 color-gray uppercase"> PARTICIPATE — <span></span> </h3> <h2>Wikimedians are heroes of free knowledge.</h2> </div> <div class="mw-1360 std-mod people-container mod-margin-bottom_xs"> <div class="people slider-on-mobile flex 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