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class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Highlights</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Highlights-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Highlights subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Highlights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2003–2005" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2003–2005"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>2003–2005</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2003–2005-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006-2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006-2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>2006-2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006-2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011-2015" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011-2015"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>2011-2015</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011-2015-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2016-2020" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016-2020"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>2016-2020</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016-2020-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2021-2025" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2021-2025"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>2021-2025</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2021-2025-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2003" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2003"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>2003</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-2003-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle 2003 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-2003-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-June" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#June"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>June</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-June-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>October</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-November" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#November"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2004" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>2004</span> </div> 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<span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>May</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-May-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-June_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#June_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>June</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-June_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-September" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#September"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-September-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-November_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#November_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2005" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2005"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>2005</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-2005-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-August_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#August_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>August</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-August_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-September_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#September_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-September_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2007" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2007"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>2007</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-2007-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle 2007 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-2007-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>January</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>April</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>October</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>2008</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-2008-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle 2008 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-2008-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>January</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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<div style="font-size:125%; text-align:center;"><b>Other Wikimedia Timelines</b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Overall_timeline" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Overall timeline">Overall timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Sister_projects_timeline" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Sister projects timeline">Sister projects timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Site_operations_timeline" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Site operations timeline">Site operations timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki_timeline" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki timeline">MediaWiki timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_timeline" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia timeline">Wikimedia timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia_timeline" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia timeline">Wikipedia timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedians_timeline" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedians timeline">Wikipedians timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Timeline_of_public_perception_of_Wikipedia" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Timeline of public perception of Wikipedia">Timeline of public perception of Wikipedia</a></li></ul> </div> <p><span id="introduction"></span> </p><p><br /> This is the <b>official timeline of the Wikimedia Foundation</b> — which YOU can assist in developing! </p><p>Since the Wikimedia Foundation's founding in 2003, the organization has supported the growth of the Wikimedia Movement through a uniquely strong commitment to transparency, collaboration, and empowering people around the world to share their knowledge. In that tradition, we invite you to join us in developing this ever-evolving collection of just some of the expansive story of the Wikimedia Foundation. </p><p>This resource is about and from the Wikimedia Foundation specifically. It serves as a supplement to the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_history" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia history">ongoing efforts</a> by the Wikimedia community to document the Wikimedia Movement's story. </p><p><br /> </p> <p><span id="contribute"></span></p><div style="background:#F9F9F0; margin:auto; width:90%; padding:.1em 0 .5em .5em; border: 1px solid #EAECF0;"> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="How_to_contribute">How to contribute</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suggest_an_entry_to_the_timeline_or_potential_future_use">Suggest an entry to the timeline or potential future use</h3></div> <p><big><b>Anyone may suggest a timeline entry!</b></big> There is a lot here already – but it is not everything! In true Wikimedia spirit, we need your help developing this resource. </p><p>Visit the <a href="/wiki/Memory_talk:Timeline" title="Memory talk:Timeline">timeline's talk page</a> for more information on making a suggestion! We also encourage you to participate in the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_history" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia history">Wikimedia community's efforts</a> to document the Wikimedia Movement's story and timelines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Help_provide_translations_of_this_page">Help provide translations of this page</h3></div> Anyone with a <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Registered_user" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Registered user">registered Wikimedia account</a> may assist in providing translations of this page's content. Please visit this wiki's <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Translations" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Translations">translation guide</a> or the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation_example" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation example">translators guide on MediaWiki.org</a> for more information.</div><p><span id="highlights"></span> </p><div style="border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F8F9FA; border-radius: 5px; margin:3em 0 3em; padding:.1em 0 .5em .5em;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Highlights">Highlights</h2></div> <div style="float:right; padding:.5em; background:#EEEAFF; width:300px; clear:right;"> <div style="font-size:125%; text-align:center;"><b>Sampling from 200+ articles about the Wikimedia Foundation within Wikimedia projects</b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="c:Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Commons</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180" class="extiw" title="d:Q180">Wikidata</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia Foundation">Meta-Wiki</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/av:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4" class="extiw" title="w:av:Викимедиа Фонд">Avaric Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="w:de:Wikimedia Foundation">Dutch Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wikimedia Foundation">English Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="w:de:Wikimedia Foundation">German Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Fundaci%C3%B3n_Wikimedia" class="extiw" title="w:es:Fundación Wikimedia">Spanish Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/zh:Category:%E7%BB%B4%E5%9F%BA%E5%AA%92%E4%BD%93" class="extiw" title="b:zh:Category:维基媒体">Chinese Wikibooks</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/fr:Cat%C3%A9gorie:Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="n:fr:Catégorie:Wikimedia Foundation">French Wikinews</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/pl:Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="q:pl:Wikimedia Foundation">Polish Wikiquote</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/ar:%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7" class="extiw" title="v:ar:مؤسسة ويكيميديا">Arabic Wikiversity</a></li></ul> </div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Evolution_of_Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_with_dates.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Evolution of Wikimedia Foundation logo with dates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Evolution_of_Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_with_dates.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="220" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="220" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation logo changes over the years</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003–2005"><span id="2003.E2.80.932005"></span>2003–2005</h3></div> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2003" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2003</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 986,819<sup id="cite_ref-2003projects_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003projects-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>footnotes 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 0<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 0<sup id="cite_ref-wpsoftware_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpsoftware-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>footnotes 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="06-20">20 June</span>:</b> Wikimedia Foundation founded in Florida, United States.</li> <li><b>June:</b> The "Wikipedia software" is officially named "MediaWiki" and adopted as the Foundation's fourth official project.<sup id="cite_ref-mediawiki1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mediawiki1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="07-10">10 July</span>:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its fifth official project, Wikibooks.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="07-10">10 July</span>:</b> Foundation launches its sixth official project, Wikiquote.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="10-15">15 October</span>:</b> Wikimedia Foundation adopts its first logo.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="11-24">24 November</span>:</b> Foundation launches its seventh official project, Wikisource.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2004" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2004</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 4,216,131<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 0<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 59,926</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation hires its first staff member.</li> <li>Wikimedia Foundation begins to recognize <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia movement affiliates">Wikimedia movement affiliates</a>.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="06-13">13 June</span>:</b> <a href="https://wikimedia.de//" class="extiw" title="wmde:/">Wikimedia Deutschland</a> becomes Foundation's first movement affiliate.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="09-07">7 September</span>:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its eighth official project, Wikimedia Commons.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="09-14">14 September</span>:</b> Foundation launches its ninth official project, Wikispecies.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="11-08">8 November</span>:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its tenth official project, Wikinews.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2005" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2005</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 21,381,995<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 2<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 107,768</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikiversity_home.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Wikiversity_home.png/220px-Wikiversity_home.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Wikiversity_home.png/330px-Wikiversity_home.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Wikiversity_home.png/440px-Wikiversity_home.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="989" /></a><figcaption>Homepage of Wikiversity, launched in 2005, shown in Italian language</figcaption></figure> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><b>April:</b> Foundation receives its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization status in the United States.</li> <li><b>4–8 August:</b> Wikimedia Foundation supports volunteers efforts to host first annual Wikimania in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.</li> <li><b>15 August:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its eleventh official project, Wikiversity.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006-2010">2006-2010</h3></div> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2006" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2006</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 73,565,528<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 5<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 141,131</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C_Bass_and_D_Wool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/C_Bass_and_D_Wool.jpg/220px-C_Bass_and_D_Wool.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/C_Bass_and_D_Wool.jpg/330px-C_Bass_and_D_Wool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/C_Bass_and_D_Wool.jpg/440px-C_Bass_and_D_Wool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation staff, Cary Bass and Danny Wool, in the Foundation's first office in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>January:</b> Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which remains in use until March 2012.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="06-12">12 June</span>:</b> Brad Patricks becomes the Foundation's first Interim Executive Director and non–interim General Counsel.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2007" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2007</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 205,528,495<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-4" class="reference"><a 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Philippine-based languages</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="04-11">11 April</span>:</b> <b>Wikimedia Foundation introduces its finalized <a href="/wiki/Mission_statement" title="Mission statement">Mission statement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vision" title="Vision">Vision</a>.</b></li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="10-09">9 October</span>:</b> Wikimedia Foundation announces it will relocate its headquarters from Florida to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" class="extiw" title="en:San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, California, United States.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="12-03">3 December</span>:</b> Sue Gardner is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's first Executive Director.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2008" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2008</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 386,664,377<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 13<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 327,829</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="01-10">10 January</span>:</b> Erik Möller is announced as the Wikimedia Foundation's first Deputy Executive Director.</li> <li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="01-31">31 January</span>:</b> Foundation finishes its move to San Francisco, California, United States and closes its office in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.</li> <li><b>April:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches <a class="external text" href="https://diff.wikimedia.org">Wikimedia Blog</a> using the WordPress platform.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2009" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2009</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 582,028,543<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 21<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 510,356</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WMF_office_shots_April_2016-12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/WMF_office_shots_April_2016-12.jpg/220px-WMF_office_shots_April_2016-12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/WMF_office_shots_April_2016-12.jpg/330px-WMF_office_shots_April_2016-12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/WMF_office_shots_April_2016-12.jpg/440px-WMF_office_shots_April_2016-12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption>Exterior view of Wikimedia Foundation's headquarters at 149 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation relocates from its headquarters at 39 Stillman Street to 149 New Montgomery Street - also in San Francisco, California, United States.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2010" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2010</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 774,422,659<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 27<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 634,252</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="05-13">13 May</span>:</b> Foundation releases a new interface for MediaWiki on the Wikimedia projects featuring new navigation tools and a link wizard.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011-2015">2011-2015</h3></div> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2011" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2011</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,007,741,486<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 27<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 733,379</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WC-Wikiconf-2011-wardkeynote-awardpresentation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/WC-Wikiconf-2011-wardkeynote-awardpresentation.jpg/220px-WC-Wikiconf-2011-wardkeynote-awardpresentation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/WC-Wikiconf-2011-wardkeynote-awardpresentation.jpg/330px-WC-Wikiconf-2011-wardkeynote-awardpresentation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/WC-Wikiconf-2011-wardkeynote-awardpresentation.jpg/440px-WC-Wikiconf-2011-wardkeynote-awardpresentation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Sue Gardner and Ward Cunningham speaking at a Wikipedia 10 celebration in San Francisco, California, United States</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>15 January:</b> Wikimedia Foundation joins and supports activities and events celebrating Wikipedia's 10-year anniversary.</li> <li><b>October:</b> Foundation announces the launch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia Zero">Wikipedia Zero</a>, an initiative to enable free mobile access to Wikimedia projects through partnerships with mobile operators.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2012" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2012</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,226,630,755<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 36<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 850,036</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Servers-0051_16.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Wikimedia_Servers-0051_16.jpg/220px-Wikimedia_Servers-0051_16.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Wikimedia_Servers-0051_16.jpg/330px-Wikimedia_Servers-0051_16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Wikimedia_Servers-0051_16.jpg/440px-Wikimedia_Servers-0051_16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation servers in July 2012</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>18 January:</b> Wikimedia Foundation partners with other organizations in the United States to opposed the proposed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act" class="extiw" title="en:Stop Online Piracy Act">Stop Online Piracy Act</a> (SOPA).</li> <li><b>March:</b> Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which remains in use until July 2016.</li> <li><b>30 March:</b> Wikimedia Foundation joins Wikimedia Deutschland in launching the Foundation's twelve official project, <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="d:">Wikidata</a>.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2013" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2013</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,465,877,854<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 39<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 953,140</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b>15 January:</b> Wikimedia Foundation acquires and relaunches <a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="v:">Wikivoyage</a>, the Foundation's thirteenth official project.</li> <li><b>July:</b> Foundation releases the VisualEditor editing system.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2014" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2014</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,791,656,096<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 49<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 999,564</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b>1 May:</b> Lila Tretikov is appointed as the organization's second Executive Director.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2015" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2015</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 2,092,638,259<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 66<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,017,086</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video 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that it is working with the ACLU to file a lawsuit against the National Security Agency, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_v._NSA" class="extiw" title="en:Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA">Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016-2020">2016-2020</h3></div> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2016" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2016</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 2,431,002,340<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 92<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,136,714</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b>January:</b> Wikimedia Foundation announces the creation of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//wikimediaendowment.org/">Wikimedia Endowment</a>.</li> <li><b>23 June:</b> Katherine Maher is appointed as the organization's third Executive Director.</li> <li><b>July:</b> Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which is still in use as of June 2023.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2017" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2017</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 2,817,771,529<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 112<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,323,325</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SharedPower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/SharedPower.jpg/220px-SharedPower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/SharedPower.jpg/330px-SharedPower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/SharedPower.jpg/440px-SharedPower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2994" data-file-height="2133" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation staff at annual all staff gathering in 2017 held in San Francisco, California, United States</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>29 April:</b> The government of Turkey blocks access to all language editions of Wikipedia.</li> <li><b>October:</b> Wikimedia Foundation relocates to its current (as of June 2023) headquarters within One Montgomery Tower in San Francisco, California, United States.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2018" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2018</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 3,264,470,113<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 121<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,422,340</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b>29 October:</b> Wikimedia Foundation joins the Global Network Initiative as an observer.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2019" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2019</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 3,730,634,634<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 144<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,522,268</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li><b>23 August:</b> Government of China expands block of Wikipedia to include all language versions.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2020" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2020</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 4,249,325,240<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 164<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,592,114</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Case_Statistics_of_COVID-19_and_English_Wikipedia_Views.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Case_Statistics_of_COVID-19_and_English_Wikipedia_Views.png/220px-Case_Statistics_of_COVID-19_and_English_Wikipedia_Views.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Case_Statistics_of_COVID-19_and_English_Wikipedia_Views.png/330px-Case_Statistics_of_COVID-19_and_English_Wikipedia_Views.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Case_Statistics_of_COVID-19_and_English_Wikipedia_Views.png/440px-Case_Statistics_of_COVID-19_and_English_Wikipedia_Views.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Confirmed cases in four countries compared with increase in views of English Wikipedia in early days of COVID-19 pandemic</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:World_Health_Organization" class="extiw" title="en:en:World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to support the Wikimedia community's development of Wikipedia as a resource for the dissemination of verifiable COVID-19-related information and help stop the spread of misinformation.</li> <li><b>March:</b> With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the Foundation becomes a remote-first organisation with all staff working remotely.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021-2025">2021-2025</h3></div> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2021" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2021</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 4,851,745,926<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 179<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,717,798</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia_20_birthday_cake_virtual_party.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Wikipedia_20_birthday_cake_virtual_party.jpg/220px-Wikipedia_20_birthday_cake_virtual_party.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Wikipedia_20_birthday_cake_virtual_party.jpg/330px-Wikipedia_20_birthday_cake_virtual_party.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Wikipedia_20_birthday_cake_virtual_party.jpg/440px-Wikipedia_20_birthday_cake_virtual_party.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Virtual party hosted by Wikimedia Foundation celebrating the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>15 January:</b> Wikimedia Foundation supports communities around the world in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia and responds to inquires from hundreds of media outlets in numerous nations.</li> <li><b>25 October:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches Wikimedia Enterprise</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2022" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2022</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 5,373,396,306<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 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January:</b> Maryana Iskander is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's fourth Chief Executive Officer, with the Board of Trustees removing Executive Director from the role's title.</li> <li><b>September:</b> Lisa Seitz-Gruwell is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, in addition to existing role of Chief Advancement Officer.</li></ul> <hr /> <p><big><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline#2023" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Timeline">2023</a></b></big><br /> <i>Quick facts (as of 1 January):</i><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 5,922,185,933<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></dd> <dd><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 184<br /></dd> <dd><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,896,504</dd></dl> <hr width="40%" /> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation introduces first sound logo to audibly identify Wikimedia.</li> <li>Staff based outside the US now make up almost half of the workforce and the majority of staff are now based outside of San Francisco.</li> <li><b>January:</b> The default desktop interface for MediaWiki on Wikimedia projects was changed for the first time since 2010, to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_2022" class="extiw" title="en:Vector 2022">Vector 2022</a>"</li></ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div><div style="width:33%; float:left;height:4px; background:#396;"></div> <div style="width:34%; float:left;height:4px; background:#0063BF;"></div> <div style="width:33%; float:left;height:4px; background:#900;"></div> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2003"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2003">2003</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of servers maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation:</b> 1<sup id="cite_ref-earlyassets_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlyassets-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>footnotes 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> 0<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 3<sup id="cite_ref-earlyassets_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlyassets-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>footnotes 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 986,819<sup id="cite_ref-2003projects_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003projects-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>footnotes 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 0<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 0<sup id="cite_ref-wpsoftware_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpsoftware-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>footnotes 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$56,666<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aus_img_small.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Aus_img_small.jpg/220px-Aus_img_small.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Aus_img_small.jpg/330px-Aus_img_small.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Aus_img_small.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="263" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation founder Jimmy Wales showing Wikipedia on his computer in 2003</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IconaVetrina.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/IconaVetrina.png/220px-IconaVetrina.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/IconaVetrina.png/330px-IconaVetrina.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/IconaVetrina.png/440px-IconaVetrina.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Screenshot of Aldo Busi article on Italian Wikiquote</figcaption></figure><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Wikimedia.png" decoding="async" width="143" height="142" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="142" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation's first logo, by <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Neolux" class="extiw" title="m:User:Neolux">Neolux</a>, introduced in October 2003 and in use until January 2006</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://wikimedia.org">Wikimedia.org</a> launches as a single page website for the Wikimedia Foundation.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" class="extiw" title="en:Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a> announces formation of Wikimedia and intention to create a charity and select a governing board. The intention is to provide a not-for-profit charitable framework for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="en:Main Page">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikt:">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="b:">Wikibooks</a>, and the growing technical and organizational infrastructure necessary to support them.</li> <li><b>9:</b> MediaWiki's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN" class="extiw" title="en:ISBN">ISBN</a> interface is amended to make ISBNs in articles link to Special:Booksources, which fetches its contents from a page editable by contributors.</li> <li><b>20:</b> Wikimedia Foundation founded in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" class="extiw" title="en:Florida">Florida</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" class="extiw" title="en:United States">United States</a>. Until this time, the Wikimedia sites and servers were supported by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomis" class="extiw" title="en:Bomis">Bomis</a>, Jimmy Wales's for-profit business at the time.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org">WikimediaFoundation.org</a> launches as a redirect to <a class="external text" href="https://wikimedia.org">Wikimedia.org</a></li> <li>The "Wikipedia software" is officially named "MediaWiki", a wordplay by Daniel Mayer on the Wikimedia Foundation's name. It is adopted as the Foundation's fourth official project.<sup id="cite_ref-mediawiki1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mediawiki1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>10:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its fifth official project, Wikibooks.</li> <li><b>10:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its sixth official project, Wikiquote.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> The second place logo of the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/International_logo_contest" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/International logo contest">2003 Wikipedia international logo contest</a>, created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Neolux" class="extiw" title="en:User:Neolux">Neolux</a>, is appointed as the logo for Wikimedia by logo contest organizer Erik Möller. A version by Neolux is adopted for the Wikimedia Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This specific version would remain in use until January 2006, and the overall design remains in use by the Foundation as of June 2023.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3></div> <ul><li><b>24:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its seventh official project, Wikisource.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3></div> <ul><li>A major computer crash takes Wikipedia offline for a week and prompts Jimmy Wales to launch a fundraising drive. In less than a week more than US$30,000 is raised, thanks partly to mentions on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot" class="extiw" title="en:Slashdot">Slashdot</a>. The money allows the Wikimedia Foundation to purchase nine new servers.</li> <li><b>6:</b> Wikimedia Foundation developers support ending system messages within MediaWiki displayed to Wikimedia project users from being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_coding" class="extiw" title="en:Hard coding">hard coded</a>, allowing for contributors to modify and translate them easier.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2004"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2004">2004</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 7<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 4,216,131<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 0<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 59,926<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$201,418<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NYC_meetup_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/NYC_meetup_5.jpg/220px-NYC_meetup_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/NYC_meetup_5.jpg/330px-NYC_meetup_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/NYC_meetup_5.jpg/440px-NYC_meetup_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="1257" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee members Florence Devouard and Jimmy Wales, along with future member Samuel J. 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Recognition will provide affiliates with legal access to the Foundation's trademarks and other resources such as grants, support, and brand awareness.</li> <li>Tim Starling is hired as the Foundation's first employee and tasked with improving the MediaWiki software. Tim is joined soon after by a Chief Financial Officer, and a Content Partnership Coordinator. As of June 2023, Tim is still with the Wikimedia Foundation and is still working to improve the MediaWiki software.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation purchases new servers with proceeds from the December 2003 fundraiser and installs them in Florida.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3></div> <ul><li><b>12:</b> Foundation's server operations in California, United States are relocated to Florida, bringing them closer to the Foundation's at that time Florida-based operations.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3></div> <ul><li><b>30:</b> Wikimedia Foundation introduces MediaWiki's first instance of categorization, allowing contributors of Wikimedia projects to create a larger automatic categorization of content on Wikimedia projects.</li> <li><b>30:</b> Foundation also introduces support for "templates", enabling contributors to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transclusion" class="extiw" title="en:Transclusion">transclude</a> standard content within a given wiki.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3></div> <ul><li><b>3:</b> China becomes the first country to restrict access to a Wikimedia project when its government restricts access to Wikipedia. Access is restored without explanation later that month, on 22 June 2004.</li> <li><b>13:</b> <a href="https://wikimedia.de/" class="extiw" title="wmde:">Wikimedia Deutschland</a> is approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as the first Wikimedia movement affiliate, becoming the official Wikimedia chapter in the country of Germany.</li> <li><b>18:</b> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere" class="extiw" title="m:User:Anthere">Florence Devouard</a> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Angela" class="extiw" title="m:User:Angela">Angela Beesley</a> are the first user representatives selected for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org">WikimediaFoundation.org</a> is relaunched as a MediaWiki-based wiki.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3></div> <ul><li><b>7:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its eighth official project, Wikimedia Commons.</li> <li><b>14:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its ninth official project, Wikispecies.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3></div> <ul><li><b>8:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its tenth official project, Wikinews.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3></div> <ul><li><b>16:</b> Foundation's trademark of Wikipedia is accorded by Japan.</li> <li><b>18:</b> Wikimedia Foundation installs its first servers outside of the United States at a data center in France where they cache content for parts of Europe.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2005"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2005">2005</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of servers maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation:</b> 39<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 10<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 200<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 21,381,995<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 2<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 107,768<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$791,907<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zuhoerer2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Zuhoerer2.jpg/220px-Zuhoerer2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Zuhoerer2.jpg/330px-Zuhoerer2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Zuhoerer2.jpg/440px-Zuhoerer2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Participants at Wikimania 2005 in Germany</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimania_conference1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Wikimania_conference1.jpg/220px-Wikimania_conference1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Wikimania_conference1.jpg/330px-Wikimania_conference1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Wikimania_conference1.jpg/440px-Wikimania_conference1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="537" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees members – Jimbo Wales, Angela Beesley, Florence Devouard, and Tim Shell – at Wikimania 2005</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>A formal fundraiser for the Foundation is held in the first quarter of the year and raises almost US$100,000 for system upgrades to handle growing demand.</li> <li>Wikimedia Foundation receives its first grant. It is from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lounsbery_Foundation" class="extiw" title="en:Richard Lounsbery Foundation">Richard Lounsbery Foundation</a> and used to cover daily operations as well as support the launch of Wikispecies and ongoing improvement of official projects.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>20:</b> Foundation's trademark of Wikipedia is accorded by the European Union.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3></div> <ul><li>Foundation receives 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization status in the United States.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation adds second full-time employee.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3></div> <ul><li><b>7:</b> The bulk of the Wikimedia Foundation's Florida-based servers are relocated to a nearby facility, also within Florida. All Wikimedia projects are offline during this time.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3></div> <ul><li><b>4–8</b> Foundation supports volunteers efforts to host first annual Wikimania in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2006"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2006">2006</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of servers maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation:</b> 100+<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 10<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 215<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 73,565,528<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 5<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 141,131<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$2,077,843<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_RGB_logo_with_text.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Wikimedia_Foundation_RGB_logo_with_text.svg/220px-Wikimedia_Foundation_RGB_logo_with_text.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Wikimedia_Foundation_RGB_logo_with_text.svg/330px-Wikimedia_Foundation_RGB_logo_with_text.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Wikimedia_Foundation_RGB_logo_with_text.svg/440px-Wikimedia_Foundation_RGB_logo_with_text.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Updated Wikimedia Foundation logo introduced in January 2006 and in use until March 2012</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WM2006_0029.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/WM2006_0029.jpg/220px-WM2006_0029.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/WM2006_0029.jpg/330px-WM2006_0029.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/WM2006_0029.jpg/440px-WM2006_0029.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a><figcaption>Brad Patrick, Wikimedia Foundation's first Interim Executive Director and non-interim General Counsel at Wikimania 2006</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which remains in use until March 2012.</li> <li><b>10:</b> Wikipedia becomes a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3></div> <ul><li><b>27:</b> A second developer is hired by the Wikimedia Foundation.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_4">June</h3></div> <ul><li><b>12:</b> Brad Patrick becomes the Foundation's first Interim Executive Director and non-interim General Counsel.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3></div> <ul><li><b>31:</b> Wikimedia Foundation formally approves the development of an Advisory Board.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches its eleventh official project, Wikiversity.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> Brooke Vibber switches the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Sep11wiki" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Sep11wiki">September 11 wiki</a> to read-only "due to longstanding concerns about lack of activity and abuse by spammers and vandals."</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3></div> <ul><li><b>11:</b> After investigating numerous nonprofit membership models, and in order to meet the statuary laws of Florida (where the Wikimedia Foundation is legally registered), the Foundation amends its bylaws to recognize the Board of Trustees as Foundation's only official members.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2007"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2007">2007</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> 8<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 11<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 250<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 205,528,495<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 7<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 207,462<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$3,540,724<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sue_Gardner_Headshot_A_(medium)_FULL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sue_Gardner_Headshot_A_%28medium%29_FULL.jpg/220px-Sue_Gardner_Headshot_A_%28medium%29_FULL.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sue_Gardner_Headshot_A_%28medium%29_FULL.jpg/330px-Sue_Gardner_Headshot_A_%28medium%29_FULL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sue_Gardner_Headshot_A_%28medium%29_FULL.jpg/440px-Sue_Gardner_Headshot_A_%28medium%29_FULL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="893" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation's first Executive Director, in June 2007</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation achieves a three-star (out of four) rating from Charity Navigator.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_4">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>29:</b> Wikimedia Foundation announces the formation of its Advisory Board.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3></div> <ul><li><b>11:</b> Wikimedia Foundation introduces its finalized <a href="/wiki/Mission_statement" title="Mission statement">Mission statement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vision" title="Vision">Vision</a>.</li> <li><b>17:</b> Wikimedia Foundation announces the release of Wikipedia Version 0.5, "a CD collection of articles from the English Wikipedia".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_4">July</h3></div> <ul><li>Foundation's first Chief Operating Officer leaves the organization after having their criminal record publicly exposed.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Gardner" class="extiw" title="en:Sue Gardner">Sue Gardner</a> joins the Wikimedia Foundation as a consultant and special advisor to the Board of Trustees.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3></div> <ul><li><b>09:</b> Wikimedia Foundation announces it will relocate its headquarters from Florida to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" class="extiw" title="en:San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, California, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_4">December</h3></div> <ul><li><b>03:</b> Sue Gardner is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's first Executive Director.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2008"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2008">2008</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 11<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 730<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 253<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 386,664,377<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 13<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 327,829<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$5,178,168<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Office_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Office_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.jpg/220px-Office_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Office_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.jpg/330px-Office_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Office_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.jpg/440px-Office_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1071" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation's new San Francisco, California, United States headquarters at 39 Stillman Street in October 2008</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is expanded to ten members: three whom will be selected by the community, two selected by Wikimedia movement affiliates, four selected by the Board itself, and a founder's seat reserved for Jimmy Wales.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_5">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>10:</b> Erik Möller is announced as the Wikimedia Foundation's first Deputy Executive Director.</li> <li><b>24:</b> Wikimedia Foundation and UNU-MERIT announce agreement to conduct first-ever survey of Wikipedia volunteers.</li> <li><b>31:</b> Foundation finishes its move to San Francisco, California, United States and closes its office in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation launches <a class="external text" href="https://diff.wikimedia.org">Wikimedia Blog</a> using the WordPress platform. It allows the Wikimedia Foundation to provide news and updates from across the Wikimedia movement.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2009"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2009">2009</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> ~20<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 11<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 784<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 265<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 582,028,543<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 21<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 510,356<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$10,266,793<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Wikimedia_Foundation_Office_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/New_Wikimedia_Foundation_Office_09.jpg/220px-New_Wikimedia_Foundation_Office_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/New_Wikimedia_Foundation_Office_09.jpg/330px-New_Wikimedia_Foundation_Office_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/New_Wikimedia_Foundation_Office_09.jpg/440px-New_Wikimedia_Foundation_Office_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation's new headquarters at 149 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States in October 2009</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation relocates from its headquarters at 39 Stillman Street to a nearby building in San Francisco, California, United States located at 149 New Montgomery Street.</li> <li>Foundation updates the license of Wikimedia projects to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike" class="extiw" title="en:Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike</a> license.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_5">June</h3></div> <ul><li><b>25:</b> Immediately following news of the death of Michael Jackson, a dramatic increase in traffic and edits to the main article <a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_effect" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Michael Jackson effect">causes Wikimedia's servers to crash</a>. Foundation staff are able to quickly restore full access and address the increased activity.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2010"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010">2010</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of servers maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation:</b> 344<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 11<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 789<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 267<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 774,422,659<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 27<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 634,252<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$17,889,794<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vector_screen_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Vector_screen_2.png/220px-Vector_screen_2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Vector_screen_2.png/330px-Vector_screen_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Vector_screen_2.png/440px-Vector_screen_2.png 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="551" /></a><figcaption>New interface for MediaWiki, known as Vector, as introduced in 2010</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation achieves a four-star (out of four) rating from Charity Navigator, a score it has maintained every year since.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3></div> <ul><li><b>11:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches a <a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Initiative" class="extiw" title="outreachwiki:Public Policy Initiative">Public Policy Initiative education program</a> with funding from the Stanton Foundation.</li> <li><b>13:</b> Foundation releases a new interface, known as Vector, for MediaWiki on the Wikimedia projects featuring new navigation tools and a link wizard.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_5">July</h3></div> <ul><li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" class="extiw" title="en:Federal Bureau of Investigation">United States Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> sends a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation demanding removal of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" class="extiw" title="en:Symbols of the Federal Bureau of Investigation">its seal</a> from Wikipedia. In reply, the Foundation sent a letter defending Wikipedia's use of the image and refusing to remove it.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2011"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2011">2011</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 11<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 809<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 272<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,007,741,486<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 27<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 733,379<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$29,260,652<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WMF_All-Staff_2011-48.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/WMF_All-Staff_2011-48.jpg/220px-WMF_All-Staff_2011-48.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/WMF_All-Staff_2011-48.jpg/330px-WMF_All-Staff_2011-48.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/WMF_All-Staff_2011-48.jpg/440px-WMF_All-Staff_2011-48.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation staff at the Foundation's All Hands 2011 gathering for all staff</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_6">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> Wikimedia Foundation joins and supports activities and events celebrating <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia_10" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia 10">Wikipedia's 10-year anniversary</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3></div> <ul><li>At its August 2011 meeting, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees releases a letter outlining new procedures for fundraising by the Wikimedia Foundation involving Wikimedia movement affiliates. The new procedures shift more fundraising operations on the official projects to the Foundation and outline methods for movement affiliates to receive financial support from the Wikimedia Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3></div> <ul><li>Foundation announces the launch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia Zero">Wikipedia Zero</a>, an initiative to enable free mobile access to Wikimedia projects through partnerships with mobile operators.</li> <li><b>2–4:</b> Wikimedia Foundation assists the Italian Wikipedia community in intentionally becoming inaccessible in protest against the Italian Parliament's proposed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDL_intercettazioni" class="extiw" title="en:DDL intercettazioni">DDL intercettazioni</a> law, which, if approved, would allow any person to force websites to remove information that is perceived as untrue or offensive, without the need to provide evidence.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_5">December</h3></div> <ul><li>In response to legislative threats to the future of the Wikimedia projects and movement, the Foundation hires its first lobbying firm to begin alerting the United States Congress to possible, and usually unintentional, threats to free knowledge.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2012"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2012">2012</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> ~110<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 11<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 846<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 283<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,226,630,755<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 36<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 850,036<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$35,704,796<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_(2012-2016).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_%282012-2016%29.svg/220px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_%282012-2016%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_%282012-2016%29.svg/330px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_%282012-2016%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_%282012-2016%29.svg/440px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_%282012-2016%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption>Updated Wikimedia Foundation logo introduced in March 2012 and in use until July 2016</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_7">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>18:</b> Wikimedia Foundation partners with other organizations in the United States to opposed the proposed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act" class="extiw" title="en:Stop Online Piracy Act">Stop Online Piracy Act</a> (SOPA). It also provides support to the community's wishes to redirect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="en:Main Page">English Wikipedia</a> for a day to statement raising awareness of the risks of the proposed legislation to numerous internet and free knowledge projects.</li> <li><b>24:</b> Foundation announces first Wikipedia Zero partnership.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which remains in use until July 2016.</li> <li><b>30:</b> Wikimedia Foundation joins Wikimedia Deutschland in launching the Foundation's twelve official project, <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="d:">Wikidata</a>.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2013"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2013">2013</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 12<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 863<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 285<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,465,877,854<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 39<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 953,140<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$45,900,745<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Screenshot_of_the_splash_page_that_appears_when_visiting_fa.wikivoyage.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Screenshot_of_the_splash_page_that_appears_when_visiting_fa.wikivoyage.png/220px-Screenshot_of_the_splash_page_that_appears_when_visiting_fa.wikivoyage.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Screenshot_of_the_splash_page_that_appears_when_visiting_fa.wikivoyage.png/330px-Screenshot_of_the_splash_page_that_appears_when_visiting_fa.wikivoyage.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Screenshot_of_the_splash_page_that_appears_when_visiting_fa.wikivoyage.png/440px-Screenshot_of_the_splash_page_that_appears_when_visiting_fa.wikivoyage.png 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="1122" /></a><figcaption>Screenshot of main page of Persian Wikivoyage in August 2016</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_8">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> Wikimedia Foundation acquires and relaunches <a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="v:">Wikivoyage</a>, the Foundation's thirteenth official project.</li> <li><b>22:</b> Foundation's Florida-based servers are relocated to a data center in Virginia.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3></div> <ul><li>The first phase of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" class="extiw" title="en:Wikidata">Wikidata</a> interwiki database becomes available across Wikipedia's language editions.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_4">April</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation provides support to French community after a French participant is threatened with arrest by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direction_centrale_du_renseignement_int%C3%A9rieur" class="extiw" title="en:Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur">French secret service</a> if the volunteer did not delete information from French Wikipedia about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-sur-Haute_military_radio_station" class="extiw" title="en:Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station">Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_4">May</h3></div> <ul><li>Edit access to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org">WikimediaFoundation.org</a> restricted primarily to Wikimedia Foundation staff as organization's capacity and legal requirements motive a change in operations of the wiki.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_6">July</h3></div> <ul><li>Foundation releases the VisualEditor editing system, the first implementation of an effort to allow editing of MediaWiki articles with a word processor-like interface without the need of using wiki markup while writing content.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2014"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2014">2014</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> ~200<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 879<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 287<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 1,791,656,096<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 49<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 999,564<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$52,596,782<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_%281%29.jpg/220px-Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_%281%29.jpg/330px-Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_%281%29.jpg/440px-Lila_Tretikov_16_April_2014_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="5616" /></a><figcaption>Lila Tretikov, Wikimedia Foundation's second non-interim Executive Director, in April 2014</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_5">May</h3></div> <ul><li><b>1:</b> Lila Tretikov is appointed as the organization's second Executive Director.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_4">August</h3></div> <ul><li>Members of the Wikimedia community raise concerns about Wikimedia Foundation spending with founder Jimmy Wales. In response, the organization modifies its public financial reporting practices to help address future concerns.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2015"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2015">2015</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 888<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 288<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 2,092,638,259<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 66<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,017,086<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$65,947,465<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_office_dog.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Wikimedia_Foundation_office_dog.jpg/220px-Wikimedia_Foundation_office_dog.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Wikimedia_Foundation_office_dog.jpg/330px-Wikimedia_Foundation_office_dog.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Wikimedia_Foundation_office_dog.jpg/440px-Wikimedia_Foundation_office_dog.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>A Wikimedia Foundation office mascot inspecting the Wikipedia 3D puzzle globe inside the Wikimedia Foundation Headquarters in October 2015</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees votes to remove one of its members recently selected by the community. They were reappointed in 2017 after being selected by the community to serve again.</li> <li>Foundation initiates a search engine project, known as Knowledge Engine, to locate and display verifiable and trustworthy information from public-information sources. Following concerns from staff and members of the Wikimedia community over how the initiative began, it was abandoned by the Foundation. Some of the ideas developed during the initiative's time are later pursued to improve MediaWiki's search functionality.</li> <li>In late 2015, the Wikimedia Foundation launches a Public Policy website outlining the public policy priorities and concerns of the organization.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> Wikimedia Foundation announces that it, along with eight additional plaintiffs, was working with the ACLU to file a lawsuit against the National Security Agency. The lawsuit, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_v._NSA" class="extiw" title="en:Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA">Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA</a></i>, calls into question the NSA's practice of mass surveillance, which infringes the constitutional rights of the Foundation's readers, contributors, and staff. The case continued until February 2023, when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> ultimately declined to hear the case.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2016"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2016">2016</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> ~300<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 892<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 291<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 2,431,002,340<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 92<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,136,714<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$69,136,758<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katherine_Maher_in_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Katherine_Maher_in_2016.jpg/220px-Katherine_Maher_in_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Katherine_Maher_in_2016.jpg/330px-Katherine_Maher_in_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Katherine_Maher_in_2016.jpg/440px-Katherine_Maher_in_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Katherine Maher, Wikimedia Foundation's third Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, in March 2016</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg/220px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg/330px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg/440px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="383" /></a><figcaption>Updated Wikimedia Foundation logo introduced in July 2016 and still in use as of June 2023</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_9">January</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation announces the creation of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//wikimediaendowment.org/">Wikimedia Endowment</a> to safeguard the financial future of the Wikimedia Movement. During the development years of the endowment, it will operate as a donor-advised fund at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tides_Foundation" class="extiw" title="en:Tides Foundation">Tides Foundation</a>.</li> <li>Member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees resigns following concerns from the Wikimedia community about activities while at a previous employer. Foundation modifies its screening process to try and identify such concerns before formal appointment of future members.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_4">March</h3></div> <ul><li><b>14:</b> Katherine Maher becomes organization's interim Executive Director.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_6">June</h3></div> <ul><li><b>23:</b> Katherine Maher is appointed as the organization's third Executive Director.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_7">July</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which is still in use as of June 2023.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2017"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2017">2017</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> ~300<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 898<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 295<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 2,817,771,529<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 112<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,323,325<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$81,442,265<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_office_at_One_Montgomery_Tower_-_reception_area_(4611).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Wikimedia_Foundation_office_at_One_Montgomery_Tower_-_reception_area_%284611%29.jpg/220px-Wikimedia_Foundation_office_at_One_Montgomery_Tower_-_reception_area_%284611%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Wikimedia_Foundation_office_at_One_Montgomery_Tower_-_reception_area_%284611%29.jpg/330px-Wikimedia_Foundation_office_at_One_Montgomery_Tower_-_reception_area_%284611%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Wikimedia_Foundation_office_at_One_Montgomery_Tower_-_reception_area_%284611%29.jpg/440px-Wikimedia_Foundation_office_at_One_Montgomery_Tower_-_reception_area_%284611%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3804" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation's headquarters at 149 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States in November 2017</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_5">April</h3></div> <ul><li><b>29:</b> The government of Turkey blocks access to all language editions of Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation responds with support to local community and filing of multiple court actions. The block lasts until 15 January 2020 when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Turkey" class="extiw" title="en:Judicial system of Turkey">court of Turkey</a> ruled that the block violates human rights.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_8">July</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org">WikimediaFoundation.org</a> is relaunched as a WordPress-based website.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20180831193640/https://blog.wikimedia.org/">Wikimedia Blog</a> is archived, remaining online and accessible – but no longer receiving new blog posts.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_4">October</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation relocates to its current (as of June 2023) headquarters within One Montgomery Tower in San Francisco, California, United States.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//wikimediaendowment.org">Wikimedia Endowment website</a> launches as official website for the organization's new endowment.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_6">December</h3></div> <ul><li><b>28:</b> Government of China blocks access within China to the encrypted Japanese Wikipedia. As of June 2023, the block remains in effect.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2018"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2018">2018</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 916<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 299<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 3,264,470,113<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 121<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,422,340<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$91,414,010<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Global_Preferences_%E2%80%93_Screenshot_German_01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Global_Preferences_%E2%80%93_Screenshot_German_01.png/220px-Global_Preferences_%E2%80%93_Screenshot_German_01.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Global_Preferences_%E2%80%93_Screenshot_German_01.png/330px-Global_Preferences_%E2%80%93_Screenshot_German_01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Global_Preferences_%E2%80%93_Screenshot_German_01.png/440px-Global_Preferences_%E2%80%93_Screenshot_German_01.png 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption>Screenshot of MediaWiki global preferences introduced in 2018, shown in German language</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation introduces global preferences in MediaWiki, enabling registered users to set their preferences at one wiki for use across all Wikimedia projects.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_5">October</h3></div> <ul><li><b>29:</b> Wikimedia Foundation joins the Global Network Initiative as an observer.</li> <li><b>30:</b> Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia community members in Jordan, and Hashemite University sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance cultural cooperation and access to free knowledge resources in the Arabic language. It is the first MOU of its type signed with any university in the Middle East.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2019"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2019">2019</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> ~400<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 932<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 303<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 3,730,634,634<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 144<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,522,268<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$112,489,397<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Set_Knowledge_Free_mural_photo_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Set_Knowledge_Free_mural_photo_%283%29.jpg/220px-Set_Knowledge_Free_mural_photo_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Set_Knowledge_Free_mural_photo_%283%29.jpg/330px-Set_Knowledge_Free_mural_photo_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Set_Knowledge_Free_mural_photo_%283%29.jpg/440px-Set_Knowledge_Free_mural_photo_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4027" data-file-height="3020" /></a><figcaption>Set Knowledge Free mural in Wikimedia Foundation's One Montgomery Tower headquarters in November 2019</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_10">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>30:</b> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees changes title of Executive Director to Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_5">August</h3></div> <ul><li><b>23:</b> Government of China expands block of Wikipedia to include all language versions. The timing of the block coincides with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_anniversary_of_the_1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests" class="extiw" title="en:30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests">30th anniversary</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" class="extiw" title="en:1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre</a> and the 100th anniversary of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Fourth_Movement" class="extiw" title="en:May Fourth Movement">May Fourth Movement</a>. The block expansion is part of a wider effort to enact stricter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China" class="extiw" title="en:Internet censorship in China">internet censorship in China</a>.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2020"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2020">2020</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 937<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 306<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 4,249,325,240<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 164<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,592,114<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$111,839,819<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2020_-_Myleen_Hollero.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2020_-_Myleen_Hollero.jpg/220px-Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2020_-_Myleen_Hollero.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2020_-_Myleen_Hollero.jpg/330px-Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2020_-_Myleen_Hollero.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2020_-_Myleen_Hollero.jpg/440px-Wikimedia_Foundation_All_Hands_2020_-_Myleen_Hollero.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2671" data-file-height="1502" /></a><figcaption>Wikimedia Foundation staff at the 2020 All Hands gathering for all Foundation staff</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://techblog.wikimedia.org">Wikimedia Tech Blog</a> launches as the organization's blog for tech related posts primarily by Wikimedia Foundation technical staff.</li> <li>Wikimedia Blog is relaunched as <i><a class="external text" href="https://diff.wikimedia.org">Diff</a></i>, becoming a movement-wide focused blog with easier submission guidelines than previous iterations.</li> <li>Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is expanded to allow up to 16 members: eight seats selected by the Wikimedia community, seven selected by the board itself, and a founder's seat reserved for Jimmy Wales.</li> <li><b>March</b> With the beginning of the pandemic the Foundation becomes a remote-first organisation with all staff working remotely.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization" class="extiw" title="en:World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to support the Wikimedia community's development of Wikipedia as a resource for the dissemination of verifiable COVID-19-related information and help stop the spread of misinformation.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_4">September</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation's application to become an observer at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is blocked based on objections from the government of China over the existence of a Wikimedia movement affiliate existing in Taiwan. Subsequent applications have also been blocked by the government of China for the same reason.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2021"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2021">2021</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 957<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 314<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 4,851,745,926<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 179<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,717,798<br /><b>Wikimedia Foundation's annual expenses (June through July of following year):</b> US$145,970,915<sup id="cite_ref-financials_7-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-financials-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Endowment.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Wikimedia_Endowment.svg/220px-Wikimedia_Endowment.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Wikimedia_Endowment.svg/330px-Wikimedia_Endowment.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Wikimedia_Endowment.svg/440px-Wikimedia_Endowment.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="119" /></a><figcaption>First logo for the Wikimedia Endowment</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Enterprise_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Wikimedia_Enterprise_logo.svg/220px-Wikimedia_Enterprise_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Wikimedia_Enterprise_logo.svg/330px-Wikimedia_Enterprise_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Wikimedia_Enterprise_logo.svg/440px-Wikimedia_Enterprise_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="423" /></a><figcaption>First logo for Wikimedia Enterprise</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_11">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> Wikimedia Foundation supports communities around the world in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia and responds to inquires from hundreds of media outlets in numerous nations.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3></div> <ul><li><b>15:</b> The government of Myanmar restricts access to Wikimedia projects. The restrictions remain in place as of June 2023.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_7">June</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation announces that the Wikimedia Endowment has reached its initial US$100 million fundraising goal and will begin to establish and eventually transition the funds to an independent nonprofit organization bearing the Wikimedia Endowment name and purpose.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_6">October</h3></div> <ul><li><b>25:</b> Wikimedia Foundation launches Wikimedia Enterprise, a limited liability company owned by the Foundation which provides content delivery of Wikimedia content to high-volume users of Wikimedia's APIs such as big-tech companies and websites.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2022"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2022">2022</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> 569<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 980<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 325<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 5,373,396,306<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 177<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,802,442<br /> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maryana_Iskander_in_2022_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Maryana_Iskander_in_2022_02.jpg/220px-Maryana_Iskander_in_2022_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Maryana_Iskander_in_2022_02.jpg/330px-Maryana_Iskander_in_2022_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Maryana_Iskander_in_2022_02.jpg/440px-Maryana_Iskander_in_2022_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5180" data-file-height="7766" /></a><figcaption>Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation's fourth Chief Executive Officer, in June 2022</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_12">January</h3></div> <ul><li><b>3:</b> Maryana Iskander is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's fourth Chief Executive Officer, with the Board of Trustees removing Executive Director from the role's title.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_8">June</h3></div> <ul><li>Google and the Internet Archive are announced as the first customers of Wikimedia Enterprise, with Internet Archive qualifying for free access to the service.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_9">July</h3></div> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation archives its public policy website, and redirects it to updated information at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org">organization's official website</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_5">September</h3></div> <ul><li>Lisa Seitz-Gruwell is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer, in addition to the role of Chief Advancement Officer that she has held at the Foundation since September 2011. She is the second person to hold the role.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2023"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2023">2023</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of Foundation staff:</b> 718<br /><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 13<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 992<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of languages supported by MediaWiki in use by Wikimedia projects:</b> 333<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Total number of edits to official Wikimedia projects supported by Foundation:</b> 5,922,185,933<sup id="cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 184<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 1,896,504<br /> </p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sound_logo_campaign_lockup_-_English.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sound_logo_campaign_lockup_-_English.png/220px-Sound_logo_campaign_lockup_-_English.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sound_logo_campaign_lockup_-_English.png/330px-Sound_logo_campaign_lockup_-_English.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sound_logo_campaign_lockup_-_English.png/440px-Sound_logo_campaign_lockup_-_English.png 2x" data-file-width="2538" data-file-height="1226" /></a><figcaption>Logo for campaign to identify Wikimedia's first sound logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Wikimedia Foundation introduces first sound logo to audibly identify Wikimedia.</li> <li>Staff based outside the US now make up almost half of the workforce and the majority of staff are now based outside of San Francisco.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_13">January</h3></div> <ul><li>The Foundation begins implementing a new default desktop interface for MediaWiki on Wikimedia projects. The change to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_2022" class="extiw" title="en:Vector 2022">Vector 2022</a>" was the desktop interface since 2010.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both; border: 1px solid #EAECF0; background: #F1F3F5; border-radius: 5px; padding: 1px 1em 1em 1em; margin:3em 0 1em;"><span id="2024"></span> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2024">2024</h2></div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-top:1em;"><b>Quick facts (as of 1 January)</b></div><hr width="40%" /> <p><b>Number of official Wikimedia Foundation projects:</b> 14<sup id="cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of individual Wikimedia wikis supported by the Foundation:</b> 1,017<sup id="cite_ref-sitematrix_10-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Number of Wikimedia movement affiliates:</b> 186<br /><b>Lines of code in MediaWiki core:</b> 2,026,595<br /> </p> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div style="width:33%; float:left;height:4px; background:#396;"></div> <div style="width:34%; float:left;height:4px; background:#0063BF;"></div> <div style="width:33%; float:left;height:4px; background:#900;"></div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <p><span id="moreinfo"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_information_on_this_timeline">Additional information on this timeline</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adapted_Wikipedia20symbol_puzzleglobe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Adapted_Wikipedia20symbol_puzzleglobe.svg/220px-Adapted_Wikipedia20symbol_puzzleglobe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Adapted_Wikipedia20symbol_puzzleglobe.svg/330px-Adapted_Wikipedia20symbol_puzzleglobe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Adapted_Wikipedia20symbol_puzzleglobe.svg/440px-Adapted_Wikipedia20symbol_puzzleglobe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="401" /></a><figcaption>Wikipedia puzzle globe logo illustrated with black outlines</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Strategy" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Movement Strategy">Wikimedia Movement Strategy</a> recommends that we <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Strategy/Recommendations/Manage_Internal_Knowledge" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Movement Strategy/Recommendations/Manage Internal Knowledge">manage internal knowledge</a>. It asks us to make the internal knowledge of our movement easy to capture, discover, consume, and adapt by all contributors to facilitate sustainability and resilience, individual and organizational skill development, and growth in an equitable way across all communities. The development of this timeline is an effort to enhance documentation of the Wikimedia Foundation's story. We are providing it as a supplement to the growing array of materials continuously under development which document the 20+ year Wikimedia story. </p><p>Given the interconnected nature of the Wikimedia Movement, it is likely that entries on this timeline will appear in other timelines. That is okay! It is important to document all aspects of our collective story. Over the coming months and years, we will continue to look for opportunities to further these documentation efforts, including ways we can use the knowledge gathered via this timeline. If you have ideas for how this timeline could be used or distributed, <a href="/wiki/Memory_talk:Timeline" title="Memory talk:Timeline">please let us know</a>. </p><p>If you have ideas on what other efforts to help share the Wikimedia Foundation story, please feel free to share them with us via this <a href="/wiki/Memory_talk:Timeline" title="Memory talk:Timeline">timeline's talk page</a> or email (<bdi dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5;font-family:monospace">answers<span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145" /></span></span>wikimedia<span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/4px-Dot.svg.png" decoding="async" width="4" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/7px-Dot.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/9px-Dot.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4" data-file-height="13" /></span></span>org</bdi>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translations">Translations</h3></div> <p>Anyone with a <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Registered_user" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Registered user">registered account on this wiki</a> is invited to <a class="external text" href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=agg-Institutional_knowledge_documentation&filter=%21translated&action=page&language=">help translate this timeline's content</a>. </p><p>Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the original English version takes precedence. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2003projects-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2003projects_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2003projects_1-1">1.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">While the Wikimedia Foundation did not yet exist on 1 January 2003, three of the Foundation's early projects had already launched as of 1 January 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wpsoftware-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wpsoftware_3-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wpsoftware_3-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Until July 2003, the software which operated the Wikimedia sites was known as the Wikipedia software. As such, there was no MediaWiki code on 1 January 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-earlyassets-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-earlyassets_5-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-earlyassets_5-1">3.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">While the Wikimedia Foundation had not yet been founded as of 1 January 2003, what would become its initial assets existed and were housed within Bomis, Jimmy Wales's for-profit business at the time.</span> </li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <p>Where possible, we are making every effort to provide references. However, as official documentation, some information comes from internal knowledge that cannot be referenced for security, privacy, or practical reasons. </p> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-wikistats-edits-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-0">1.00</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-1">1.01</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-2">1.02</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-3">1.03</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-4">1.04</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-5">1.05</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-6">1.06</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-7">1.07</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-8">1.08</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-9">1.09</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-10">1.10</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-11">1.11</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-12">1.12</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-13">1.13</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-14">1.14</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-15">1.15</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-16">1.16</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-17">1.17</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-18">1.18</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-19">1.19</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-20">1.20</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-21">1.21</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-22">1.22</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-23">1.23</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-24">1.24</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-25">1.25</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-26">1.26</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-27">1.27</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-28">1.28</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-29">1.29</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-30">1.30</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-31">1.31</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-32">1.32</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-33">1.33</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-34">1.34</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-35">1.35</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-36">1.36</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-37">1.37</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-38">1.38</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-39">1.39</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-40">1.40</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikistats-edits_2-41">1.41</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/all-projects/contributing/edits/normal%7Cbar%7C2-year%7C~total%7Cmonthly">"All wikis - Edits"</a>. <i>Wikimedia Statistics</i>. Wikimedia Foundation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=All+wikis+-+Edits&rft.genre=book&rft.pub=Wikimedia+Foundation&rft_id=%2F%2Fstats.wikimedia.org%2F%23%2Fall-projects%2Fcontributing%2Fedits%2Fnormal%26%23124%3Bbar%26%23124%3B2-year%26%23124%3B~total%26%23124%3Bmonthly&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mediawiki1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-mediawiki1_4-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-mediawiki1_4-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Mayer, Daniel (19 July 2003). <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-July/011021.html">"[Wikipedia-l] Phase IV, Wikibooks.org/.com and WikimediaFoundation.org/.com (was Wikis and uniformity)"</a>. <i>lists.wikimedia.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft.aulast=Mayer&rft.btitle=%5BWikipedia-l%5D+Phase+IV%2C+Wikibooks.org%2F.com+and+WikimediaFoundation.org%2F.com+%28was+Wikis+and+uniformity%29&rft.date=19+July+2003&rft.genre=book&rft_id=%2F%2Flists.wikimedia.org%2Fpipermail%2Fwikipedia-l%2F2003-July%2F011021.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wikimediaorg-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-0">3.00</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-1">3.01</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-2">3.02</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-3">3.03</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-4">3.04</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-5">3.05</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-6">3.06</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-7">3.07</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-8">3.08</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-9">3.09</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-10">3.10</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-11">3.11</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-12">3.12</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-13">3.13</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-14">3.14</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-15">3.15</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-16">3.16</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-17">3.17</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-18">3.18</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-19">3.19</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-20">3.20</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wikimediaorg_6-21">3.21</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://www.wikimedia.org/">"Wikimedia.org"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved June 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Wikimedia.org&rft.genre=book&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikimedia.org%2F&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.wikimedia.org/">Wayback Machine</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-financials-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-0">4.00</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-1">4.01</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-2">4.02</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-3">4.03</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-4">4.04</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-5">4.05</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-6">4.06</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-7">4.07</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-8">4.08</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-9">4.09</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-10">4.10</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-11">4.11</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-12">4.12</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-13">4.13</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-14">4.14</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-15">4.15</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-16">4.16</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-17">4.17</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-financials_7-18">4.18</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/">"Financial Reports"</a>. <i><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="extiw" title="foundationsite:">wikimediafoundation.org</a></i>. Wikimedia Foundation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved June 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Financial+Reports&rft.genre=book&rft.pub=Wikimedia+Foundation&rft_id=%2F%2Fwikimediafoundation.org%2Fabout%2Ffinancial-reports%2F&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_logo_contest/Results">"International logo contest/Results"</a>. <i>Meta-Wiki</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=International+logo+contest%2FResults&rft.genre=book&rft_id=%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FInternational_logo_contest%2FResults&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Board_elections/2004/Results&oldid=126924">"Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections/2004/Results"</a>. <i>Meta-Wiki</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Wikimedia+Foundation+elections%2FBoard+elections%2F2004%2FResults&rft.genre=book&rft_id=%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DBoard_elections%2F2004%2FResults%26oldid%3D126924&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sitematrix-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-0">7.00</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-1">7.01</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-2">7.02</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-3">7.03</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-4">7.04</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-5">7.05</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-6">7.06</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-7">7.07</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-8">7.08</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-9">7.09</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-10">7.10</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-11">7.11</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-12">7.12</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-13">7.13</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-14">7.14</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-15">7.15</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-16">7.16</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-17">7.17</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-18">7.18</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-19">7.19</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-20">7.20</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-21">7.21</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-22">7.22</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-23">7.23</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-24">7.24</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-25">7.25</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-26">7.26</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-27">7.27</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-28">7.28</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-29">7.29</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-30">7.30</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-31">7.31</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-32">7.32</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-33">7.33</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-34">7.34</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-sitematrix_10-35">7.35</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SiteMatrix">"Wikimedia wikis"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Meta-Wiki" title="Meta-Wiki">Meta-Wiki</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved June 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Wikimedia+wikis&rft.genre=book&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3ASiteMatrix&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/*/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SiteMatrix">Wayback Machine</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=78483359&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch">"Trademark Status & Document Retrieval"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Trademark+Status+%26+Document+Retrieval&rft.genre=book&rft_id=%2F%2Ftsdr.uspto.gov%2F%23caseNumber%3D78483359%26caseType%3DSERIAL_NO%26searchType%3DstatusSearch&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Archive:Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Announces_Interim_Executive_Director">"Archive:Press releases/Wikimedia Foundation Announces Interim Executive Director"</a>. Wikimedia Foundation. June 12, 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Archive%3APress+releases%2FWikimedia+Foundation+Announces+Interim+Executive+Director&rft.date=June+12%2C+2006&rft.genre=book&rft.pub=Wikimedia+Foundation&rft_id=%2F%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FArchive%3APress_releases%2FWikimedia_Foundation_Announces_Interim_Executive_Director&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Archive:Press_releases/Relocation">"Archive:Press releases/Relocation"</a>. Wikimedia Foundation. October 9, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Archive%3APress+releases%2FRelocation&rft.date=October+9%2C+2007&rft.genre=book&rft.pub=Wikimedia+Foundation&rft_id=%2F%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FArchive%3APress_releases%2FRelocation&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees_letter_regarding_fundraising_accountability">"Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees letter regarding fundraising accountability"</a>. <i>Meta-Wiki</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffoundation.wikimedia.org%3AMemory%3ATimeline&rft.btitle=Wikimedia+Foundation+Board+of+Trustees+letter+regarding+fundraising+accountability&rft.genre=book&rft_id=%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees_letter_regarding_fundraising_accountability&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span> </li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Referencing_this_timeline">Referencing this timeline</h3></div> <p>This timeline may be referenced as an official document of the Wikimedia Foundation. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:2px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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