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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

Logo of the Wikimedia Foundation
Type 501(c)(3) charitable organization
Founded St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
June 20, 2003 (2003-06-20) (4 years ago)
Headquarters San Francisco, California
Flag of the United States United States
Key people Florence Nibart-Devouard, Chair of the Board
Jimmy Wales, Chairman Emeritus[1]
Sue Gardner, Executive Director
Area served Worldwide
Focus Free, open content, wiki-based internet projects
Method Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks (including Wikijunior), Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity and MetaWiki
Revenue $2,734,909 (2007)[2]
Employees 14 paid employee positions[3]
Website wikimediafoundation.org

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A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language. ***************************************************************************************** * * Wiktionary (a Portmanteau of Wiki and Dictionary) is a multilingual, Web -based project to create a Free Wikiquote is one of a family of Wiki -based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software Wikibooks (previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks) is a Wikimedia Foundation Wiki for the creation of Wikisource is a Wikimedia project to build a free, Wiki Library of Source texts along with translations into any language Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is a repository of Free content images sound and other multimedia files Wikispecies is a Wiki -based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation that aims to create a comprehensive Free content catalogue of all Wikinews is a free-content News source Wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project which supports learning communities their learning materials and resulting activities Its flagship project, the English-language Wikipedia, ranks among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide. The English Wikipedia is the English language edition of Wikipedia. [4]

The foundation's creation was officially announced by Wikipedia co-founder[5] Jimmy Wales, who was running Wikipedia within his company Bomis, on June 20, 2003. ***************************************************************************************** * * Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7 1966 is an American Internet entrepreneur known Bomis (ˈbɑməs is a Dot-com company founded in 1996 Its primary business is the sale of Advertising on the Bomis Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. [6]

Contents

Goals

The Wikimedia Foundation falls under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code as a public charity. 501(c is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code ( listing 28 types of Non-profit organizations exempt from some federal The Internal Revenue Code (or IRC; more formally the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended) is the main body of domestic statutory Tax law A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage Its National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code is B60 (Adult, Continuing Education). [7][8] The foundation's by-laws declare a statement of purpose of collecting and developing educational content and to disseminate it effectively and globally. [9]

The Wikimedia Foundation's stated goal is to develop and maintain open content, wiki-based projects and to provide the full contents of those projects to the public free of charge. A foundation is a legal categorization of Nonprofit organizations. Open content, a Neologism coined by analogy with " Open source " describes any kind of Creative work published in a format that explicitly allows A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language. [10]

In addition to the multilingual general encyclopedia Wikipedia, the foundation manages a multi-language dictionary and thesaurus named Wiktionary, an encyclopedia of quotations named Wikiquote, a repository of source texts in any language named Wikisource, and a collection of e-book texts for students (such as textbooks and annotated public domain books) named Wikibooks. An encyclopedia (or '''encyclopædia''') is a comprehensive written Compendium that contains Information on either all branches of Knowledge A dictionary is a book of alphabetically listed Words in a specific language with definitions etymologies pronunciations and other information or a book of alphabetically A thesaurus is a book that contains Synonyms and sometimes Antonyms, in contrast to a Dictionary, which contains Definitions and Pronunciations Wiktionary (a Portmanteau of Wiki and Dictionary) is a multilingual, Web -based project to create a Free For the Wikipedia quotation templates see:CategoryQuotation templates. Wikiquote is one of a family of Wiki -based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software Wikisource is a Wikimedia project to build a free, Wiki Library of Source texts along with translations into any language An e-book (for electronic book: also ebook) is the Digital media equivalent of a conventional printed Book. A textbook is a manual of instruction or a standard book in any branch of study The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone Wikibooks (previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks) is a Wikimedia Foundation Wiki for the creation of Wikijunior is a subproject of Wikibooks that specializes in books for children.

Operations

The continued technical and economic growth of each of the Wikimedia projects is dependent mostly on donations but the Wikimedia Foundation also increases its revenue by alternative means of funding such as grants, sponsorship, services (datafeed) and brand merchandising. In the United States Federal grants are economic Aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue In March 2008 the foundation announced its largest donation to date: a three-year, $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Alfred P Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic Non-profit organization in the United States. [11]

History and growth

The name "Wikimedia" was coined by Sheldon Rampton in a post to the English Wikipedia's mailing list in March 2003. A neologism (from Greek neo = "new" + logos = "word" is a word that although devised relatively recently in a specific time period has been Sheldon Rampton (born August 4, 1957) is the editor of PR Watch, and the Author of several books that criticize the [12] The name has been criticized for its similarity "Wikipedia" and the software it runs on, "MediaWiki"; this sometimes leads to confusion among people new to the project. ***************************************************************************************** * * MediaWiki is a web-based Wiki software application used by all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, all wikis hosted by Wikia, and

With the foundation's announcement, Wales also transferred ownership of all Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Nupedia domain names to Wikimedia along with the copyrights for all materials related to these projects that were created by Bomis employees or Wales himself. Nupedia was an English-language Web-based Encyclopedia whose articles were written by experts and licensed as Free content. In Computer networking, a domain name is a name given to a collection of network devices that belong to a domain which is an administrative space managed according Bomis (ˈbɑməs is a Dot-com company founded in 1996 Its primary business is the sale of Advertising on the Bomis The computer equipment used to run all the Wikimedia projects was also donated by Wales to the foundation, which also acquired the domain names wikimedia.org and wikimediafoundation.org. In Computer networking, a domain name is a name given to a collection of network devices that belong to a domain which is an administrative space managed according

Michael Davis established the "very stringent controls in place regarding all expenses" initially used by Wikipedia/Wikimedia; which included matching every receipt to a credit card item, and numbering, photocopying, scanning and filing in two separate locations: paper and electronic. [13]

In April 2005, the U. S. Internal Revenue Service approved (by letter) the foundation as an educational foundation in the category "Adult, Continuing Education" meaning all contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation are tax deductible for U. The A tax deduction or a tax-deductible expense affects a taxpayer's Income tax. S. federal income tax purposes.

On December 11, 2006 the Wikimedia Foundation board noted that the corporation could not become the membership organization initially planned but never implemented due to an inability to meet the registration requirements of Florida Statute. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Accordingly the bylaws were amended to remove all reference to membership rights and activities. The decision to change the bylaws was passed by the board unanimously.

On September 25, 2007 the Wikimedia Foundation board gave notice that the operations would be moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in late 2007. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the Major considerations cited for choosing San Francisco were proximity to like-minded organizations and potential partners as well as cheaper and more convenient international travel than is available from St. Petersburg. [14][15][16]

Board of Trustees

In January 2004, Jimmy Wales appointed his business partners Tim Shell and Michael Davis to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7 1966 is an American Internet entrepreneur known Bomis (ˈbɑməs is a Dot-com company founded in 1996 Its primary business is the sale of Advertising on the Bomis In June 2004, an election was held for two user representative board members. Following one month of campaigning and two weeks of online voting, Angela Beesley and Florence Nibart-Devouard were elected to join the board. Angela Ruth Beesley (born 1977 in Norwich England) is a British Internet Entrepreneur. Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard née Nibart (born September 10, 1968) was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation In late 2004, Wales and Beesley launched a startup company, Wikia, affiliated with neither Wikimedia nor Bomis. Wikia (originally Wikicities) is a selective Free web hosting service for Wikis (or Wiki farm) operated by Wikia Inc In July 2005, Beesley and Nibart-Devouard were re-elected to the board.

On July 1, 2006, Beesley resigned from the board effective upon election of her successor, expressing concern about "certain events and tendencies that have arisen within the organization since the start of this year," but stating her intent to continue to participate in the Wikimedia projects, and in the formation of an Australian chapter. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A special election was held in September to finish Beesley's term, ending with the mid-2007 election. The election was won by Erik Möller.

In October 2006, Nibart-Devouard replaced Wales as chair of the Foundation. On December 8, 2006, the board expanded to seven people with the appointments of Kat Walsh and Oscar van Dillen. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Effective December 15, 2006, Jan-Bart de Vreede was appointed to replace Shell. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

In the June 2007 election, Möller and Walsh were reelected; van Dillen, who ran for re-election, was narrowly edged by Frieda Brioschi.

Davis left the board in November 2007. Nibart-Devouard's elected term expires in June 2008. The appointed terms for Wales and de Vreede expire in December 2008. Brioschi's and Walsh's elected terms expire in June 2009.

In December 2007, Möller resigned from the Board of Trustees, and was hired as the foundation's deputy director by the executive director.

In February 2008, Florence Devouard announced the addition of two new board members (1) American lawyer and Chair of the Communication Committee, Michael Snow; (2) Lithuanian computer software engineer, MySQL employee, and longtime member of the core tech team, Domas Mituzas. [17]

In April 2008, the board announced a restructuring of its membership, increasing the number of board positions to 10 overall, as follows:

Volunteer committees and positions

In 2004, the foundation appointed Tim Starling as developer liaison to help improve the MediaWiki software, Daniel Mayer as chief financial officer (finance, budgeting and coordination of fund drives), and Erik Möller as content partnership coordinator. MediaWiki is a web-based Wiki software application used by all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, all wikis hosted by Wikia, and Management accounting is concerned with the provisions and use of Accounting information to managers within organizations to provide them with the basis to make informed business Budget (from French bougette, purse generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues

In May 2005, the foundation announced the appointment of seven people to official positions:[19]

Möller resigned in August 2005, due to differences with the board, and was replaced by James Forrester. In February 2007, Forrester resigned, and the board appointed Gregory Maxwell to the position, renamed "chief research coordinator". [20]

In January 2006, the foundation created several committees, including the Communication Committee, in an attempt to further organize activities essentially handled by volunteers at that time. [21] Starling resigned that month to spend more time on his PhD program.

Employees

Organization chart as of January 2008
Organization chart as of January 2008[22]

The functions of the Wikimedia Foundation were, for the first few years, executed almost entirely by volunteers. In 2005, the foundation had only two employees, Danny Wool, a coordinator, and Brion Vibber, a software manager. Though the number of employees has grown, the foundation's staff is still very small, and the bulk of foundation work continues to be done by volunteers.

As of October 4, 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation had five paid employees:[23] two programmers, an administrative assistant, a coordinator handling fundraising and grants, and an interim executive director,[24] Brad Patrick, previously the foundation's general counsel. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator A general counsel is the chief Lawyer of a legal department usually in a corporation or government department Patrick ceased his activity as interim director in January 2007, and then resigned from his position as legal counsel, effective April 1, 2007. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He was replaced by Mike Godwin as general counsel and legal coordinator in July 2007. Michael Wayne Godwin (born October 26, 1956) is an American attorney and Author. [25] Three further technical contractors were also appointed in December 2006: part-time hardware manager Kyle Anderson in Tampa, full-time MediaWiki software developer Tim Starling, and part-time networking coordinator Mark Bergsma.

In January 2007, Carolyn Doran was named chief operating officer and Sandy Ordonez came on board as head of communications. A chief operating officer or chief operations officer ( COO) is a Corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the Corporation [26] Doran had begun working as a part-time bookkeeper in 2006 after being sent by a temporary agency. Temporary work or temporary employment refers to a situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time Doran later left the foundation in July 2007, and Sue Gardner was hired as consultant and special advisor (later CEO). Sue Gardner is the current Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Some months after Doran's departure, it was identified[27] that she was a convicted felon, with a DUI arrest during her tenure at the foundation and a substantial criminal history, including shooting her boyfriend and complicity in credit card forgery. Driving under the influence of alcohol ( driving while intoxicated, drunk driving, drinking and driving, drink-driving) or other drugs [28] Her departure from the organization was cited as one of the reasons the foundation took about seven months to release its fiscal 2007 financial audit. [29] She was incarcerated at the Middle River Regional Jail near Staunton, Virginia. Staunton ( is an Independent city within the confines of Augusta County in the commonwealth of Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state [30]

Danny Wool, officially the grant coordinator but also largely involved in fundraising and business development, resigned in March 2007. In April 2007, the foundation added a new position, chapter coordinator, and appointed Delphine Ménard, then in the position of volunteer coordinator, to fill it, with Cary Bass appointed to replace Ménard in coordinating volunteer services. In May 2007, Vishal Patel was hired to assist in business development. [31]. In January 2008, the foundation appointed three new staff, Veronique Kessler was appointed the new Chief Financial Operating Officer along with Kul Wadhwa replacing Vishal Patel as the new head of business development and Jay Walsh appointed as head of communications.

As of May 8, 2008, the number of employees had grown to fourteen. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [32]

Current Board of Trustees

These are the current members of the Board:[33]

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is an international network of experts who have agreed to give the foundation meaningful help on a regular basis in many different areas, including law, organizational development, technology, policy, and outreach. Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard née Nibart (born September 10, 1968) was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7 1966 is an American Internet entrepreneur known [34] The current members are:

Wikimedia projects

The Wikimedia projects logo family
The Wikimedia projects logo family

The launch dates shown below are when official domains were established for the projects and/or beta versions were launched; preliminary test versions at other domains are not considered. Angela Ruth Beesley (born 1977 in Norwich England) is a British Internet Entrepreneur. Heather Ford is a South African who has worked in the fields of Internet policy law and management in South Africa the United Kingdom and the United States William Daniel "Danny" Hillis (born September 25, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American Inventor, Mitchell David Kapor (born November 1, 1950) is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the " Rebecca MacKinnon (born September 16, 1969) is a former CNN Journalist who headed the CNN bureaus in Beijing and later in Tokyo before Benjamin Mako Hill (born December 2, 1980) is a Debian hacker, intellectual property researcher activist and author Erin McKean (born 1971 is an American Lexicographer. She is the Chief Consulting Editor for American Dictionaries at Oxford University Press and was Jay Rosen (born May 5 1956 in Buffalo New York) is a press critic a writer and a professor of journalism at New York University. Clay Shirky (born 1964 is an American writer consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies Peter Suber (born November 8, 1951) is the creator of the Game Nomic and a leading voice in the Open access movement Raoul Weiler is President of the EU-Chapter of The Club of Rome. Ethan Zuckerman was a co-founder of Tripodcom, a Web hosting enterprise and later founder of Geekcorps.

Name URL Launching date Description
Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org 2001-01-15 Encyclopedia containing more than 9 million articles in 252 languages. ***************************************************************************************** * * Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign
Wiktionary www.wiktionary.org 2002-12-12 Dictionary cataloging meanings, synonyms, etymologies and translations. Wiktionary (a Portmanteau of Wiki and Dictionary) is a multilingual, Web -based project to create a Free See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
Wikibooks www.wikibooks.org 2003-07-10 Collection of free educational textbooks and learning materials. Wikibooks (previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks) is a Wikimedia Foundation Wiki for the creation of Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
Wikiquote www.wikiquote.org 2003-07-10 Collection of quotations structured in numerous ways. Wikiquote is one of a family of Wiki -based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
Wikisource www.wikisource.org 2003-11-24 Project to provide and translate free source documents, such as public domain texts. Wikisource is a Wikimedia project to build a free, Wiki Library of Source texts along with translations into any language Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal
Wikimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org 2004-09-07 Repository of images, sounds, videos and general media, containing more than 1,500,000 files. Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is a repository of Free content images sound and other multimedia files "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. A repository is a place where Data or specimens are stored and maintained for future retrieval
Wikimedia Incubator incubator.wikimedia.org 2006-06-02 Used to test possible new Wikimedia projects and new languages for existing projects. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
Wikispecies species.wikimedia.org 2004-09-13 Directory of species data on animalia, plantae, fungi, bacteria, archaea, protista and all other forms of life. Wikispecies is a Wiki -based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation that aims to create a comprehensive Free content catalogue of all "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
Wikinews www.wikinews.org 2004-12-03 News source containing original reporting by citizen journalists from many countries. Wikinews is a free-content News source Wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth
Wikiversity www.wikiversity.org 2006-08-15 Educational and research materials and activities — in beta phase. Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project which supports learning communities their learning materials and resulting activities Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Software testing is an Empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test, with respect to the

Finances

The Wikimedia Foundation relies on public contributions and grants to fund its mission of providing free knowledge to every person in the world. [35] It is exempt from federal income tax[35][36] and from state income tax. [35][37] It is not a private foundation, and contributions to it qualify as tax-deductible charitable contributions. [35]

At the beginning of 2006, the foundation's net assets were $270,000. Net Asset Value (NAV is a term used to describe the value of an entity's assets less the value of its liabilities During the year, the organization received support and revenue totaling $1,510,000, with concurrent expenses of $790,000. Net assets increased by $720,000 to a total of over one million dollars. Net Asset Value (NAV is a term used to describe the value of an entity's assets less the value of its liabilities [35] In 2007, the foundation continued to expand, ending the year with net assets of $1,700,000. [38] Both income and expenses nearly doubled in 2007. [38] (See also Finance report)

Local chapters

World map showing countries that have local chapters in blue.
World map showing countries that have local chapters in blue.

Wikimedia projects have an international scope. To continue this success on an organizational level, Wikimedia is building an international network of associated organizations.

Local chapters are self-dependent organizations that share the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation and support them within a specified geographical region. They support the foundation, the Wikimedia community and Wikimedia projects in different ways — by collecting donations, organizing local events and projects and spreading the word of Wikimedia, free content and Wiki culture. They also provide the community and potential partners with a point of contact capable of fulfilling specific local needs.

Local chapters are self-dependent associations with no legal control of nor responsibility for the websites of the Wikimedia Foundation and vice versa.

Country Title URL Since
Flag of Argentina Argentina Wikimedia Argentina www.wikimedia.org.ar 02007-09-01 1 September 2007
Flag of Australia Australia Wikimedia Australia meta.wikimedia.org 02008-03-01 1 March 2008
Flag of Austria Austria Wikimedia Austria meta.wikimedia.org 02008-02-26 26 February 2008
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Wikimedia Czech Republic meta.wikimedia.org 02008-03-06 6 March 2008
Flag of France France Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr 02004-10-23 23 October 2004
Flag of Germany Germany Wikimedia Deutschland www.wikimedia.de 02004-06-13 13 June 2004
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 香港維基媒體協會 meta.wikimedia.org 02008-03-04 4 March 2008
Flag of Israel Israel Wikimedia Israel il.wikimedia.org 02007-06-26 26 June 2007
Flag of Italy Italy Wikimedia Italia www.wikimedia.it 02005-06-17 17 June 2005
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Wikimedia Nederland nl.wikimedia.org 02006-03-27 27 March 2006
Flag of Poland Poland Wikimedia Polska pl.wikimedia.org 02005-11-18 18 November 2005
Flag of Serbia Serbia Wikimedia Србије rs.wikimedia.org 02005-12-03 3 December 2005
Flag of Sweden Sweden Wikimedia Sverige meta.wikimedia.org 02007-12-11 11 December 2007
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Wikimedia CH www.wikimedia.ch 02006-05-14 14 May 2006
Flag of the Republic of China Republic of China 中華民國維基媒體協會 www.wikimedia.tw 02007-07-04 4 July 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Wikimedia UK www.wikimedia.org.uk 02006-02-14 14 February 2006

Wikimedia Deutschland

German Wikipedians were the first to form a chapter of Wikimedia outside the United States. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Wikimedia Deutschland was formed as an Eingetragener Verein (e. Eingetragener Verein or eV ("registered association" is a legal status for a Registered Voluntary association in Germany V. ) (registered association) on June 13, 2004. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The chapter organized several Wikipedia presentations, among others at the computer fairs Cebit in 2005, the Systems in Munich 2005 and the bookfair in Leipzig 2005. CeBIT ( Ce ntrum der B üro- und I nformations' t' echnik; German for "Centre of Office and Information technology" is the

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  36. ^ See also Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the Florida Statutes
  37. ^ See also Chapter 220. 13 of the Florida Statutes
  38. ^ a b Finance report 2007

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