Wikipedia:Presenting Wikipedia/Wikimedia Foundation
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This is a new project page to provide recommendations to individuals giving Wikipedia--based presentations to a live audience. The purpose is to make each presentation as accurate, convenient to assemble, and as high--impact as possible. As a secondary purpose, this project page will coordinate efforts to upload transcripts, audio, and/or video of useful presentations. A Wikimania 2006 workshop is in the works.
Wikipedia article: Wikimedia Foundation Corporate Website: [1]
Understanding the Foundation[edit]
There is a lot of behind--the--scenes activity to keep Wikipedia up and running. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non--profit organization that runs Wikipedias in dozens of languages in addition to managing major sister projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is fueling a revolution of freely--available and comprehensive educational information.
Basic Structure[edit]
- Corporate Flowchart
- Committee Structure & Transparency
- Role of Jimmy Wales, Brad Patrick
- Importance of Community
Philosophy & Activism[edit]
- Build by volunteers, handful of paid employees
- Welcoming of newcomers
- Educated world citizenry
- Radical Openness
- Importance of logic, anti--credentialism, constructive criticism
Foundation Events[edit]
- Wikimania
- Local Meetups
- Official Foundation Chapters
Sister Projects to Wikipedia[edit]
- Wikinews, Wikisource, etc...
Future Projects[edit]
- Purpose of Meta, Mailing Lists, IRC
- Explanation of Principles