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Welcome to the Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki.

This public wiki is where the Wikimedia Foundation and its related entities publish governance materials such as:

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• Legal documentation
• Organization policies
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• Wikimedia Enterprise governance documentation
• Wikimedia Foundation Memory Bank

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Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation

Wikipedia
The Free Encyclopedia

Commons
Free media collection

Wikibooks
Free textbooks

Wikidata
Free knowledge base

Wikifunctions
Free function library

Wikinews
Free news source

Wikiquote
Free quote compendium

Wikisource
Free content library

Wikispecies
Free species directory

Wikiversity
Free learning resources

Wikivoyage
Free travel guide

Wiktionary
Free dictionary

MediaWiki
Free & open wiki software

Meta-Wiki
Community coordination & documentation

Related Wikimedia websites

Wikimedia Foundation
Official Wikimedia Foundation website

Test Wikipedia
For testing software changes

Wikimania
The International Conference

Wikimedia Cloud Services
Hosting environment for community tools

Wikimedia Incubator
For language versions in development

Wikimedia Mailservices
Wikimedia mailing lists

Wikimedia Outreach
Wikimedia outreach wiki

Wikimedia Outreach
Wikimedia outreach wiki

Wikimedia Phabricator
Issue tracker & planning tool for software projects

Wikistats
Wikimedia statistics

Wikitech
Wikimedia technical documentation

Wikimedia Endowment
Ensuring free knowledge for future generations

Wikipedia Store
Where everything Wikimedia comes to life

Wikimedia Enterprise
APIs for high volume use

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