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Was macht die Wikimedia-Stiftung?

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Dies ist die offizielle Zeitleiste der Wikimedia-Stiftung — bei deren Entwicklung DU helfen kannst!

Seit der Gründung der Wikimedia-Stiftung im Jahr 2003 unterstützt die Organisation das Wachstum der Wikimedia-Bewegung durch ein einzigartig starkes Engagement für Transparenz, Zusammenarbeit und die Befähigung von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt, ihr Wissen zu teilen. In dieser Tradition laden wir dich ein, gemeinsam mit uns diese sich ständig weiterentwickelnde Sammlung von Teilen der umfangreichen Geschichte der Wikimedia-Stiftung zu entwickeln.

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Änderungen des Logos der Wikimedia-Stiftung im Laufe der Jahre

2003–2005

• 20 June: Gründung der Wikimedia-Stiftung in Florida, Vereinigte Staaten.

• June: Die "Wikipedia-Software" wird offiziell "MediaWiki" genannt und als viertes offizielles Projekt der Stiftung aufgenommen.

• 10 July: Die Wikimedia Foundation startet ihr fünftes offizielles Projekt, Wikibooks.

• 10 July: Die Stiftung startet ihr sechstes offizielles Projekt, Wikiquote.

• 15 October: Die Wikimedia-Stiftung bekommt ihr erstes Logo.

• 24 November: Die Stiftung startet ihr siebtes offizielles Projekt, Wikisource.

• Die Wikimedia-Stiftung stellt ihren ersten Mitarbeiter ein.

• Die Wikimedia-Stiftung beginnt mit der Anerkennung von Partnern der Wikimedia-Bewegung.

• 13 June: Wikimedia Deutschland wird der erste von der Stiftung anerkannte Partner der Bewegung.

• 7 September: Die Wikimedia-Stiftung startet ihr achtes offizielles Projekt, Wikimedia Commons.

• 14 September: Die Stiftung startet ihr neuntes offizielles Projekt, Wikispecies.

• 8 November: Die Wikimedia-Stiftung startet ihr zehntes offizielles Projekt, Wikinews.

Hauptseite von Wikiversity, gestartet 2005, in italienischer Sprache

• April: Foundation receives its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization status in the United States.
• 4–8 August: Wikimedia Foundation supports volunteers efforts to host first annual Wikimania in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• 15 August: Wikimedia Foundation launches its eleventh official project, Wikiversity.

2006-2010

Die Mitarbeiter der Wikimedia-Stiftung Cary Bass und Danny Wool im ersten Büro der Stiftung in St. Petersburg, Florida, Vereinigte Staaten

• January: Die Wikimedia-Stiftung führt eine aktualisierte Version ihres Logos ein, die bis März 2012 genutzt wird.

• 12 June: Brad Patricks wird der erste interimsweise Geschäftsführer und nicht-interimsweise Syndikus der Stiftung.

Sticker mit der Wikimedia-Vision auf Englisch und in unterschiedlichen Sprachen von den Philippinen

• 11 April: Die Wikimedia-Stiftung führt ihre endgültige Stellungnahme zu ihrer Mission und Vision ein.

• 9 October: Die Wikimedia-Stiftung kündigt den Umzug ihres Hauptsitzes von Florida nach San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten, an.

• 3 December: Sue Gardner wird zur ersten Geschäftsführerin der Wikimedia-Stiftung ernannt.

• 10 January: Erik Möller wird zum ersten stellvertretenden Geschäftsführer der Wikimedia-Stiftung ernannt.

• 31 January: Die Stiftung beendet ihren Umzug nach San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten, und schließt ihr Büro in St. Petersburg, Florida, Vereinigte Staaten.

• April: Die Wikimedia-Stiftung startet ihren Wikimedia-Blog auf der Plattform WordPress.

Außenansicht des Hauptsitzes der Wikimedia-Stiftung an der New Montgomery Street 149 in San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten

• Die Wikimedia-Stiftung zieht mit ihrem Hauptsitz von der Stillman Street 39 an die New Montgomery Street 149 um - ebenfalls in San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten.

• 13 May: Die Stiftung veröffentlicht ihre neue Benutzeroberfläche für MediaWiki in den Wikimedia-Projekten mit neuen Navigationswerkzeugen und einem Link-Assistenten.

2011-2015

Sue Gardner und Ward Cunningham sprechen bei einer Feier zum 10. Jubiläum von Wikipedia in San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten

• 15 January: Wikimedia Foundation joins and supports activities and events celebrating Wikipedia's 10-year anniversary.
• October: Foundation announces the launch of Wikipedia Zero, an initiative to enable free mobile access to Wikimedia projects through partnerships with mobile operators.

Server der Wikimedia-Stiftung im Juli 2012

• 18 January: Wikimedia Foundation partners with other organizations in the United States to opposed the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
• March: Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which remains in use until July 2016.
• 30 March: Wikimedia Foundation joins Wikimedia Deutschland in launching the Foundation's twelve official project, Wikidata.

• 15 January: Wikimedia Foundation acquires and relaunches Wikivoyage, the Foundation's thirteenth official project.
• July: Foundation releases the VisualEditor editing system.

• 1 May: Lila Tretikov is appointed as the organization's second Executive Director.

Was ist die Wikimedia-Bewegung für freies Wissen?

• March 15: Wikimedia Foundation announces that it is working with the ACLU to file a lawsuit against the National Security Agency, Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA.

2016-2020

• January: Wikimedia Foundation announces the creation of the Wikimedia Endowment.
• 23 June: Katherine Maher is appointed as the organization's third Executive Director.
• July: Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which is still in use as of June 2023.

Mitarbeiter der Wikimedia-Stiftung bei der jährlichen Versammlung aller Mitarbeiter 2017 in San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten

• 29 April: The government of Turkey blocks access to all language editions of Wikipedia.
• October: Wikimedia Foundation relocates to its current (as of June 2023) headquarters within One Montgomery Tower in San Francisco, California, United States.

• 29 October: Wikimedia Foundation joins the Global Network Initiative as an observer.

• 23 August: Government of China expands block of Wikipedia to include all language versions.

Bestätigte Fälle in vier Ländern verglichen mit dem Anstieg der Aufrufzahlen der englischsprachigen Wikipedia zu Beginn der COVID-19-Pandemie

• World Health Organization 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.
• March: With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the Foundation becomes a remote-first organisation with all staff working remotely.

2021-2025

Virtuelle Feier der Wikimedia-Stiftung zum 20. Jubiläum der Wikipedia

• 15 January: 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.
• 25 October: Wikimedia Foundation launches Wikimedia Enterprise

Wie kann man der Wikimedia-Bewegung für freies Wissen beitreten?

• 3 January: 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.
• September: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, in addition to existing role of Chief Advancement Officer.

• Wikimedia Foundation introduces first sound logo to audibly identify Wikimedia.
• 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.

• January: The default desktop interface for MediaWiki on Wikimedia projects was changed for the first time since 2010, to "Vector 2022"

Jimmy Wales, der Gründer der Wikimedia-Stiftung, zeigt Wikipedia auf seinem Computer im Jahr 2003

Bildschirmfoto des Artikels Aldo Busi im italienischen Wikiquote

Das erste Logo der Wikimedia-Stiftung von Neolux, eingeführt im Oktober 2003 und in Verwendung bis Januar 2006

• Wikimedia.org launches as a single page website for the Wikimedia Foundation.

June

• Jimmy Wales 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 Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and the growing technical and organizational infrastructure necessary to support them.
• 9: MediaWiki's ISBN interface is amended to make ISBNs in articles link to Special:Booksources, which fetches its contents from a page editable by contributors.
• 20: Wikimedia Foundation founded in Florida, United States. Until this time, the Wikimedia sites and servers were supported by Bomis, Jimmy Wales's for-profit business at the time.

July

• WikimediaFoundation.org launches as a redirect to Wikimedia.org
• 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.

• 10: Wikimedia Foundation launches its fifth official project, Wikibooks.
• 10: Wikimedia Foundation launches its sixth official project, Wikiquote.

October

• 15: The second place logo of the 2003 Wikipedia international logo contest, created by Neolux, is appointed as the logo for Wikimedia by logo contest organizer Erik Möller. A version by Neolux is adopted for the Wikimedia Foundation. This specific version would remain in use until January 2006, and the overall design remains in use by the Foundation as of June 2023.

November

• 24: Wikimedia Foundation launches its seventh official project, Wikisource.

December

• 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 Slashdot. The money allows the Wikimedia Foundation to purchase nine new servers.

• 6: Wikimedia Foundation developers support ending system messages within MediaWiki displayed to Wikimedia project users from being hard coded, allowing for contributors to modify and translate them easier.

Die Mitglieder des Kuratoriums der Wikimedia-Stiftung Florence Devouard und Jimmy Wales zusammen mit dem zukünftigen Mitglied Samuel J. Klein bei einem Wikipedia-Treffen im Dezember 2004 in New York City, New York, Vereinigte Staaten

Server der Wikimedia-Stiftung in Frankreich nach der Installation im Dezember 2004

Welche Projekte für freies Wissen unterstützt die Wikimedia-Stiftung?

• Wikimedia Foundation begins to recognize Wikimedia movement affiliates, organizations around the world working primarily to advance the Wikimedia Vision. Recognition will provide affiliates with legal access to the Foundation's trademarks and other resources such as grants, support, and brand awareness.
• 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.

January

• Wikimedia Foundation purchases new servers with proceeds from the December 2003 fundraiser and installs them in Florida.

February

• 12: 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.

May

• 30: 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.
• 30: Foundation also introduces support for "templates", enabling contributors to transclude standard content within a given wiki.

June

• 3: 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.
• 13: Wikimedia Deutschland 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.
• 18: Florence Devouard and Angela Beesley are the first user representatives selected for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

July

• WikimediaFoundation.org is relaunched as a MediaWiki-based wiki.

September

• 7: Wikimedia Foundation launches its eighth official project, Wikimedia Commons.
• 14: Wikimedia Foundation launches its ninth official project, Wikispecies.

November

• 8: Wikimedia Foundation launches its tenth official project, Wikinews.

December

• 16: Foundation's trademark of Wikipedia is accorded by Japan.
• 18: 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.

Teilnehmer der Wikimania 2005 in Deutschland

Mitglieder des Kuratoriums der Wikimedia-Stiftung – Jimbo Wales, Angela Beesley, Florence Devouard und Tim Shell – bei der Wikimania 2005

• 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.
• Wikimedia Foundation receives its first grant. It is from the Richard Lounsbery Foundation and used to cover daily operations as well as support the launch of Wikispecies and ongoing improvement of official projects.

January

• 20: Foundation's trademark of Wikipedia is accorded by the European Union.

April

• Foundation receives 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization status in the United States.

May

• Wikimedia Foundation adds second full-time employee.

June

• 7: 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.

August

• 4–8 Foundation supports volunteers efforts to host first annual Wikimania in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Aktualisiertes Logo der Wikimedia-Stiftung, eingeführt im Januar 2006 und in Verwendung bis März 2012

Brad Patrick, erster interimsweiser Geschäftsführer und nicht-interimsweiser Syndikus der Wikimedia-Stiftung bei der Wikimania 2006.

January

• Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which remains in use until March 2012.
• 10: Wikipedia becomes a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation in the United States.

February

• 27: A second developer is hired by the Wikimedia Foundation.

June

• 12: Brad Patrick becomes the Foundation's first Interim Executive Director and non-interim General Counsel.

July

• 31: Wikimedia Foundation formally approves the development of an Advisory Board.

August

• 15: Wikimedia Foundation launches its eleventh official project, Wikiversity.

September

• 15: Brion Vibber switches the September 11 wiki to read-only "due to longstanding concerns about lack of activity and abuse by spammers and vandals."

December

• 11: 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.

Sue Gardner, erste Geschäftsführerin der Wikimedia-Stiftung, im Juni 2007

• Wikimedia Foundation achieves a three-star (out of four) rating from Charity Navigator.

January

• 29: Wikimedia Foundation announces the formation of its Advisory Board.

April

• 11: Wikimedia Foundation introduces its finalized Mission statement and Vision.
• 17: Wikimedia Foundation announces the release of Wikipedia Version 0.5, "a CD collection of articles from the English Wikipedia".

July

• Foundation's first Chief Operating Officer leaves the organization after having their criminal record publicly exposed.
• Sue Gardner joins the Wikimedia Foundation as a consultant and special advisor to the Board of Trustees.

October

• 09: Wikimedia Foundation announces it will relocate its headquarters from Florida to San Francisco, California, United States.

December

• 03: Sue Gardner is appointed as the Wikimedia Foundation's first Executive Director.

Neuer Hauptsitz der Wikimedia-Stiftung an der Stillman Street 39 in San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten im Oktober 2008

• 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.

January

• 10: Erik Möller is announced as the Wikimedia Foundation's first Deputy Executive Director.
• 24: Wikimedia Foundation and UNU-MERIT announce agreement to conduct first-ever survey of Wikipedia volunteers.
• 31: Foundation finishes its move to San Francisco, California, United States and closes its office in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.

April

• Wikimedia Foundation launches Wikimedia Blog using the WordPress platform. It allows the Wikimedia Foundation to provide news and updates from across the Wikimedia movement.

Neuer Hauptsitz der Wikimedia-Stiftung an der New Montgomery Street 149 in San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten im Oktober 2009

• 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.
• Foundation updates the license of Wikimedia projects to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

June

• 25: Immediately following news of the death of Michael Jackson, a dramatic increase in traffic and edits to the main article causes Wikimedia's servers to crash. Foundation staff are able to quickly restore full access and address the increased activity.

Neue Benutzeroberfläche für MediaWiki, bekannt als Vector, eingeführt im Jahr 2010

• Wikimedia Foundation achieves a four-star (out of four) rating from Charity Navigator, a score it has maintained every year since.

May

• 11: Wikimedia Foundation launches a Public Policy Initiative education program with funding from the Stanton Foundation.
• 13: Foundation releases a new interface, known as Vector, for MediaWiki on the Wikimedia projects featuring new navigation tools and a link wizard.

July

• The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation sends a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation demanding removal of its seal from Wikipedia. In reply, the Foundation sent a letter defending Wikipedia's use of the image and refusing to remove it.

Mitarbeiter der Wikimedia-Stiftung bei der Versammlung aller Mitarbeiter im Jahr 2011

January

• 15: Wikimedia Foundation joins and supports activities and events celebrating Wikipedia's 10-year anniversary.

August

• 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.

October

• Foundation announces the launch of Wikipedia Zero, an initiative to enable free mobile access to Wikimedia projects through partnerships with mobile operators.

• 2–4: Wikimedia Foundation assists the Italian Wikipedia community in intentionally becoming inaccessible in protest against the Italian Parliament's proposed DDL intercettazioni 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.

December

• 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.

Aktualisiertes Logo der Wikimedia-Stiftung, eingeführt im März 2012 und in Verwendung bis Juli 2016

January

• 18: Wikimedia Foundation partners with other organizations in the United States to opposed the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). It also provides support to the community's wishes to redirect English Wikipedia for a day to statement raising awareness of the risks of the proposed legislation to numerous internet and free knowledge projects.
• 24: Foundation announces first Wikipedia Zero partnership.

March

• Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which remains in use until July 2016.

• 30: Wikimedia Foundation joins Wikimedia Deutschland in launching the Foundation's twelve official project, Wikidata.

Bildschirmfoto der Hauptseite des persischen Wikivoyage im August 2016

January

• 15: Wikimedia Foundation acquires and relaunches Wikivoyage, the Foundation's thirteenth official project.
• 22: Foundation's Florida-based servers are relocated to a data center in Virginia.

March

• The first phase of the Wikidata interwiki database becomes available across Wikipedia's language editions.

April

• Wikimedia Foundation provides support to French community after a French participant is threatened with arrest by the French secret service if the volunteer did not delete information from French Wikipedia about the Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station.

May

• Edit access to WikimediaFoundation.org restricted primarily to Wikimedia Foundation staff as organization's capacity and legal requirements motive a change in operations of the wiki.

July

• 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.

Lila Tretikov, zweite nicht-interimsweise Geschäftsführerin der Wikimedia-Stiftung, im April 2014

May

• 1: Lila Tretikov is appointed as the organization's second Executive Director.

August

• 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.

Ein Maskottchen des Büros der Wikimedia-Stiftung inspiziert den Wikipedia-3D-Puzzleglobus im Hauptsitz der Wikimedia-Stiftung im Oktober 2015

• 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.
• 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.
• In late 2015, the Wikimedia Foundation launches a Public Policy website outlining the public policy priorities and concerns of the organization.

March

• 15: 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, Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA, 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 Supreme Court of the United States ultimately declined to hear the case.

Katherine Maher, dritte Geschäftsführerin der Wikimedia-Stiftung, im März 2016

Aktualisiertes Logo der Wikimedia-Stiftung, eingeführt im Juli 2016 und in Verwendung bis Juni 2023

January

• Wikimedia Foundation announces the creation of the Wikimedia Endowment 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 Tides Foundation.
• 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.

March

• 14: Katherine Maher becomes organization's interim Executive Director.

June

• 23: Katherine Maher is appointed as the organization's third Executive Director.

July

• Wikimedia Foundation introduces updated version of its logo, which is still in use as of June 2023.

Hauptsitz der Wikimedia-Stiftung an der New Montgomery Street 149 in San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten im November 2017

April

• 29: 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 court of Turkey ruled that the block violates human rights.

July

• WikimediaFoundation.org is relaunched as a WordPress-based website.
• Wikimedia Blog is archived, remaining online and accessible – but no longer receiving new blog posts.

October

• Wikimedia Foundation relocates to its current (as of June 2023) headquarters within One Montgomery Tower in San Francisco, California, United States.

November

• Wikimedia Endowment website launches as official website for the organization's new endowment.

December

• 28: Government of China blocks access within China to the encrypted Japanese Wikipedia. As of June 2023, the block remains in effect.

Bildschirmfoto der globalen MediaWiki-Einstellungen, eingeführt 2018, in deutscher Sprache

September

• Wikimedia Foundation introduces global preferences in MediaWiki, enabling registered users to set their preferences at one wiki for use across all Wikimedia projects.

October

• 29: Wikimedia Foundation joins the Global Network Initiative as an observer.
• 30: 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.

Wandbild Set Knowledge Free am One Montgomery Tower am Hauptsitz der Wikimedia-Stiftung im November 2019

January

• 30: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees changes title of Executive Director to Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director.

August

• 23: Government of China expands block of Wikipedia to include all language versions. The timing of the block coincides with the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement. The block expansion is part of a wider effort to enact stricter internet censorship in China.

Mitarbeiter der Wikimedia-Stiftung bei der Versammlung aller Mitarbeiter im Jahr 2020

• Wikimedia Tech Blog launches as the organization's blog for tech related posts primarily by Wikimedia Foundation technical staff.
• Wikimedia Blog is relaunched as Diff, becoming a movement-wide focused blog with easier submission guidelines than previous iterations.
• 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.
• March With the beginning of the pandemic the Foundation becomes a remote-first organisation with all staff working remotely.
• World Health Organization 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.

September

• Wikimedia Foundation's application to become an observer at the 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.

Erstes Logo für das Wikimedia Endowment

Erstes Logo für Wikimedia Enterprise

January

• 15: 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.

February

• 15: The government of Myanmar restricts access to Wikimedia projects. The restrictions remain in place as of June 2023.

June

• 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.

October

• 25: 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.

Maryana Iskander, vierte Geschäftsführerin der Wikimedia-Stiftung, im Juni 2022

January

• 3: 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.

June

• Google and the Internet Archive are announced as the first customers of Wikimedia Enterprise, with Internet Archive qualifying for free access to the service.

July

• Wikimedia Foundation archives its public policy website, and redirects it to updated information at organization's official website.

September

• 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.

Logo für die Kampagne zur Bestimmung des ersten Wikimedia-Soundlogos

• Wikimedia Foundation introduces first sound logo to audibly identify Wikimedia.
• 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.

January

• The Foundation begins implementing a new default desktop interface for MediaWiki on Wikimedia projects. The change to "Vector 2022" was the desktop interface since 2010.

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