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Wikipedia and Other Wikimedia Sites See 500M+ Uniques a Month

Wikipedia and Other Wikimedia Sites See 500M+ Uniques a Month

By Josh Wolford April 19, 2013

Wikimedia sites, which include Wikipedia, Wikionary, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote, and nearly a dozen more, now see over 500 million unique visitors a month. The previous high was set in May of 2012, when Wikimedia Foundation sites saw 492 million …

Wikimedia Foundation Breaks Record With Fundraising Campaign Wikimedia Foundation Breaks Record With Fundraising Campaign
By · January 3, 2012 · 1 Comment

The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has wrapped up its annual fund raising campaign, breaking a record with $20 million raised from over a million donors in “nearly every country in the world”. It appears those big banners at the …

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Wikimedia Expands On Wikipedia’s Thoughts Concerning SOPA Wikimedia Expands On Wikipedia’s Thoughts Concerning SOPA
By · December 14, 2011

While the position of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales concerning SOPA is now well known, his “Put SOPA on Blast” essay essentially spoke for himself, although, one would be inclined to believe Wales shares the thoughts of his co-workers. Now, however, …

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Wikimedia Reels In $500,000 Grant
By · August 21, 2009 · 1 Comment

It looks like everyone’s favorite source for info about sci-fi characters, historical trivia, and other random stuff will be safe for a while longer.  The Wikimedia Foundation, which is the organization behind Wikipedia, has received a $500,000 grant.

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Wikipedia to Go Creative Commons
By · May 21, 2009 · 3 Comments

It appears that all Wikimedia content will become available for free under the Creative Commons License soon. This has been approved by a 75% majority of community voters, though the decision has not yet been approved by the Wikimedia Foundation’s board of trustees. The licensing update/result page says:

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Wikipedia Founder Slams Wikipedia Art
By · May 11, 2009 · 67 Comments

Some controversy stirred up earlier this week after the Electronic Frontier Foundation stepped in on behalf of the creators of Wikipediaart.org, a site dedicated to a Wikipedia-related art project. The EFF was responding to demands by a lawyer for the Wikimedia Foundation, the parent company of Wikipedia, that the artists turn over control of the domain.

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Wikipedia Art Pushes The Elastic Boundaries Of Fair Use
By · April 27, 2009 · 5 Comments

UDPATE, 5/1/09: Wales got back with us with his comments about the matter. They are as follows:

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Wikimedia Enters Partnership With Orange
By · April 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia, is partnering with European mobile provider Orange. The partnership will see Orange devices carrying co-branded content for customers in France, the UK, Spain, and Poland.

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Wikipedia Founder Has the Answers
By · February 2, 2009 · 7 Comments

Have you heard of Wikianswers? No, not Wiki Answers, Wikianswers. Yes it’s a little confusing, but I’m not just babbling incoherently. Wikianswers is a recently (re)launched site from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.

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In The Newsletter
Wikimedia Attracts Over 14,000 Donors
By · November 5, 2007 · 1

By all accounts, Radiohead’s name-your-own-price album was downloaded millions of times.  No one’s sure how much people paid, however.  And although the Wikimedia Foundation has apparently received over 14,000 donations, the dollar value of those gifts remains unknown.

Wikimedia Will Move To San Francisco
By · October 10, 2007

At this point, Mountain View, California more or less is Google.  Everyone knows Microsoft’s based in Redmond, and Yahoo’s associated with Sunnyvale.  Now, shaking things up, Wikimedia will move from St. Petersburg, Florida to San Francisco.

Wikipedia / Wikimedia Traffic
By · June 12, 2007

Leuksman.com published some revealing statistics on Wikimedia traffic.

Google to Host Some Wikimedia Projects?
By · February 11, 2005

According to Wikimedia, Google has made a proposal to host some of the content of the Wikimedia projects.

Can Wikimedia Revolutionize Journalism with Open Source News?
By · January 7, 2005

Can Wikinews revolutionize journalism the way Wikipedia did encyclopedias … CNET interviews Wikimedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to find out.

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