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This page provides guidance to individuals working with the Wikimedia Foundation on where they can post organization policies, procedures, and related official materials.

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Meta-Wiki Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki Wikimedia Foundation Office Wiki Official organization websites
Site functionality and access
All content publicly available for viewing by anyone
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
All content available for viewing by Wikimedia Foundation personnel
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Content pages editable by registered or unregistered users
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Content pages editable by designated Wikimedia Foundation personnel
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Translatable pages can be translated by registered accounts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not applicable
Not applicable
No
No
Translatable pages can be translated by unregistered users
Yes
Yes
No
No
Not applicable
Not applicable
No
No
Translatable pages can be translated by designated Wikimedia Foundation personnel or Organization communications translators group
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not applicable
Not applicable
Yes
Yes
Talk pages editable by registered accounts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Not applicable
Not applicable
Talk pages editable by unregistered users
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Not applicable
Not applicable
Appropriate content types
Sensitive materials
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Confidential materials
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Policies maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation
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No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limited
Limited
Notes: [1]
Policies maintained by the Wikimedia communities
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Documentation related to policies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Board minutes and resolutions
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
General documentation
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Financial documentation
No
No
No
No
Limited
Limited
Notes: [2]
Yes
Yes
Legal documentation
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Human resources documentation
No
No
Limited
Limited
Notes: [3]
Yes
Yes
No
No
Official organization institutional knowledge materials
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Historical materials
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Limited
Limited
Notes: [4]
Duplicates of materials[5]
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

Notes

  1. ↑ Limited to non-wiki website related policies.
  2. ↑ Limited to financial documentation specific to internal operations.
  3. ↑ Limited to official policies approved by organization leadership, and not necessarily supporting materials or operations documentation.
  4. ↑ Limited to past campaigns and reports.
  5. ↑ While not consider duplicated content, several sites have information on the same topic - but specific to that site's audience.

Publicly available materials

Whenever possible, materials developed by the Wikimedia Foundation should be made publicly available both as a part of our commitment to transparency and to support the capacity building of other organizations - particularly Wikimedia movement affiliates.

Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki

Policies, procedures, and related guidelines which reflect the official position of the Wikimedia Foundation - such that editing by anyone of the materials may unintentionally change their intent - should be posted here on Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki (where editing of the materials will be limited). Materials posted on Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki should not be duplicated on either Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Foundation Office Wiki - instead please make use of page redirects.

Placement on Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki

See also: Wikimedia:Manual of style#Namespace placement

Use of the main namespace should be avoided. Materials should be placed within their appropriate namespace:

Legal
Legal documentation and related material
Policy
Policies and related procedures
Minutes
Board of Trustees meeting minutes
Resolutions
Board of Trustees resolutions

Relevant redirect templates on Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki

Example content from Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki

Meta-Wiki

Materials which are more informational in nature - or do not carry the same risks associated with public editing - should be posted and made available on Meta-Wiki. Materials posted on Meta-Wiki should not be duplicated on either Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki or Wikimedia Foundation Office Wiki - instead please make use of page redirects.

Placement on Meta-Wiki

Generally, materials should be posted as either:

  1. subpages of the relevant topic (team, project, etc.) or;
  2. provided a top-level page if unrelated to a specific department, team, project, or activity.

Relevant redirect templates on Meta-Wiki

Example content from Meta-Wiki

Official organization websites

Wikimedia Foundation and its related entities each maintain official organization websites with content designed and intended primarily for external audiences. These sites include:

Example content from official organization websites

Translations of publicly available materials

Whenever possible or reasonable to do so, publicly available materials posted on Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation's official website, or Meta-Wiki should be setup for translation.

Confidential materials

Materials which contain confidential or otherwise sensitive information should be posted only on Wikimedia Foundation Office Wiki. These materials should never be duplicated on Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki or Meta-Wiki.

Placement on Wikimedia Foundation Office Wiki

Generally, materials should be posted as either:

  1. subpages of the relevant topic (team, project, etc.) or;
  2. provided a top-level page if unrelated to a specific department, team, project, or activity.

Relevant redirect templates on Wikimedia Foundation Office Wiki

  • Template:Governance Wiki redirect
  • Template:Meta-Wiki redirect
  • Template:Moved to Governance Wiki
  • Template:Moved to Meta-Wiki
  • Template:Soft redirect

Example content from Wikimedia Foundation Office Wiki

  • Staff contact list
    • Staff contact list which contains non-public personal information
  • Staff travel procedures
    • Procedures which contains non-public personal information for organization's Travel team
  • San Francisco office guide
    • Contains security information related to accessing the organization's headquarters

See also

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