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It is yours to use. For free. That <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content">means</a> you can use it, adapt it, or share what you find on Wikimedia sites. Just <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest">do not write your own bio</a>, or copy/paste it into your homework.</p> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container"> <p></p> </div></div> </div> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:25%"> <p class="is-style-h1">2</p> <h2 class="is-style-sans-h3">We respect your data and privacy</h2> <p class="is-style-sans-p has-small-font-size">We do not sell your email address or any of your personal information to third parties. More information about our privacy practices are available at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy">Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donor_privacy_policy/en">donor privacy policy</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_retention_guidelines">data retention guidelines</a>.</p> </div> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:25%"> <p class="is-style-h1">3</p> <h2 class="is-style-sans-h3">People like you keep Wikipedia accurate</h2> <p class="is-style-sans-p has-small-font-size">Readers <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability">verify the facts</a>. Articles are collaboratively created and edited by a community of volunteers using <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#What_counts_as_a_reliable_source">reliable sources</a>, so no single person or company owns a Wikipedia article. The Wikimedia Foundation does not write or edit, but <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents">you and everyone you know can help</a>.</p> </div> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:25%"> <p class="is-style-h1">4</p> <h2 class="is-style-sans-h3">Not all wikis are Wikimedia</h2> <p class="is-style-sans-p has-small-font-size">The word “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki">wiki</a>” refers to a website built using collaborative editing software. Projects with no past or existing affiliation with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, such as Wikileaks and wikiHow, also use the term. Although these sites also use “wiki” in their name, they have nothing to do with Wikimedia.</p> </div> </div> <div class="is-layout-flex wp-container-18 wp-block-columns is-style-align-buttons-bottom tweet-columns"> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-column"> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-group has-border-radius has-radius-big has-base-70-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container"> <p class="is-style-h1">300,000+</p> <p><strong>editors contribute to Wikimedia projects every month</strong></p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=300%2C000%2B%20editors%20contribute%20to%20%40Wikimedia%20projects%20every%20month https%3A%2F%2Fwikimediafoundation.org%2F" class="tweet-this wp-block-shiro-button is-style-as-link has-icon has-icon-social-twitter-blue">Tweet this</a> </div></div> </div> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-column"> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-group has-border-radius has-radius-big has-base-70-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container"> <p class="is-style-h1">90+ million</p> <p><strong>media files on Wikimedia Commons and counting</strong></p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=82%2B%20million%20media%20files%20on%20%40Wikimedia%20Commons https%3A%2F%2Fwikimediafoundation.org%2F" class="tweet-this wp-block-shiro-button is-style-as-link has-icon has-icon-social-twitter-blue">Tweet this</a> </div></div> </div> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-column"> <div class="is-layout-flow wp-block-group has-border-radius has-radius-big has-base-70-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container"> <p class="is-style-h1">1.7+ billion</p> <p class="is-style-default"><strong>unique devices access Wikimedia projects every month</strong></p> <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/equity/">Equity</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/community/gender-gap-community/">Gender gap</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/equity/otk-stories/">OTK Stories</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/equity/womens-history-month/">Women's History Month</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>All of the information found on Wikipedia is created and shared by volunteers around the world. However, since 2020, only 15% of these contributors are women. This imbalance has a real impact on how information is covered and presented on the world’s largest online encyclopedia. This problem is often called the “gender gap” and is….</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 1 March 2023 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/barbara-kandek/" title="Posts by Barbara Kandek" class="author url fn" rel="author">Barbara Kandek</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/01/closing-the-gender-gap-women-in-reds-efforts-to-add-more-women-to-wikipedia/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Closing the gender gap: Women in Red’s efforts to add more women to Wikipedia"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/equity/otk-stories/">OTK Stories</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/equity/womens-history-month/">Women's History Month</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>It’s called the ‘great man theory‘: the idea that large swaths of human history can be explained by the actions of so-called great men.  These days, that theory has been resoundingly discredited—but popular history’s long reliance on it has contributed towards an imbalance of stories told about women in the history learned in schools and….</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 1 March 2023 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102843/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/eerhart/" title="Posts by Ed Erhart" class="author 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