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;'''[[Press releases/Wikipedia Academies|Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales leads South African Wikipedia Academies in Johannesburg]]''' : '''31 Oct 2007''' The Wikimedia Foundation will co-host with iCommons the Wikipedia Academy workshops in various locations throughout South Africa on November 10 and 11, 2007 to be lead by Jimmy Wales. |
;'''[[Press releases/Wikipedia Academies|Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales leads South African Wikipedia Academies in Johannesburg]]''' : '''31 Oct. 2007''' The Wikimedia Foundation will co-host with iCommons the Wikipedia Academy workshops in various locations throughout South Africa on November 10 and 11, 2007 to be lead by Jimmy Wales. |
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;'''[[Press releases/Relocation|Wikimedia Foundation to Relocate to San Francisco]]''' : '''9 Oct. 2007''' The Wikimedia Foundation will be relocating its headquarters from St. Petersburg, Fl to San Francisco, CA. The move will take place this winter. |
;'''[[Press releases/Relocation|Wikimedia Foundation to Relocate to San Francisco]]''' : '''9 Oct. 2007''' The Wikimedia Foundation will be relocating its headquarters from St. Petersburg, Fl to San Francisco, CA. The move will take place this winter. |
Revision as of 18:33, 9 November 2007
- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales leads South African Wikipedia Academies in Johannesburg
- 31 Oct. 2007 The Wikimedia Foundation will co-host with iCommons the Wikipedia Academy workshops in various locations throughout South Africa on November 10 and 11, 2007 to be lead by Jimmy Wales.
- Wikimedia Foundation to Relocate to San Francisco
- 9 Oct. 2007 The Wikimedia Foundation will be relocating its headquarters from St. Petersburg, Fl to San Francisco, CA. The move will take place this winter.
- Wikipedia Reaches 2 Million Articles
- 12 Sept. 2007. On September 9, 2007, at 8:21 UTC, the English-language Wikipedia published its two millionth article with the entry "El Hormiguero," about the popular Spanish TV show of the same name. The article was created by registered Wikipedia contributor Zzxc.
- New Consultant and Special Advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees
- 27 June 2007. The Wikimedia Foundation, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, is delighted to announce today it has engaged digital media executive Sue Gardner as a consultant and special advisor to the board.
- SOS Children UK and the Wikimedia Foundation Launch Wikipedia Selection for Schools
- 29 May 2007. SOS Children UK and the Wikimedia Foundation have launched the Wikipedia Selection for schools. The Selection DVD has the content of a 15 volume encyclopedia - with 24,000 pictures, 14 million words and articles on 4,625 topics. It includes the best of Wikipedia, and many thousands of pages of extra material specifically selected to be of interest to children aged 8-17 who follow the UK National Curriculum and similar curricula elsewhere in the world.
- Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation
- 20 April 2007. Contrary to what some press reports pretend, Wikipedia does not plan to start a search engine, and Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia, Stronger and More Stable than ever, thanks to our Community's Support
- 13 Feb. 2007 (press statement) (Chinese, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish)
- Wikimedia creates an Advisory Board
- 29 Jan. 2007. The Wikimedia Foundation announces the creation of an Advisory Board to the Board of Trustees. Comprised of individuals well known in their respective fields, the new Advisory Board will provide Wikipedia's governing body with their expertise and consultation in several areas, including strategic long term planning. Angela Beesley, former Wikimedia Foundation Board member and co-founder of Wikia, will act as Chair. (Japanese)
- Wikipedia Version 0.5 Released
- 17 Jan. 2007. The Wikimedia Foundation announces the release of Wikipedia Version 0.5, a compact disc collection of approximately 2,000 articles from the English Wikipedia. The project paves the way for many such collections, with larger releases planned in a variety of languages.