Wikimedia movement/lt

Wikimedia project logos

Simplified organizational chart of the movement, including roles and responsibilities

Comprehensive organizational chart and mindmap of the Wikimedia movement (June 2023)

The Wikimedia movement is the totality of people, activities, and values which revolve around Wikimedia sites and projects:

• a collection of values shared by individuals (freedom of speech, knowledge for everyone, community sharing, etc.);
• a collection of projects and activities;
• a collection of organizations (Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia chapters, etc.), as well as some free electrons (individuals without chapters) and similar-minded organizations.

Shared values

• a collection of values shared by individuals (freedom of speech, knowledge for everyone, community sharing, etc.);

Shared projects

• a collection of activities around Wikimedia projects:
  • Vikipedija, daugiau kaip 364 kalbų versijos,
  • other content-related wikis, such as Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons, Wikinews, Wikiquote, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikiversity and Wikibooks
  • 'backstage' wikis or organizational wikis, such as this Meta-Wiki
  • conferences, workshops, wikiacademies, etc. (offline activities);

Wikimedia organizations

• a collection of organizations, as well as some free electrons (individuals acting outside any group) and similar-minded organizations:
  • Wikimedia Foundation and chapters,
  • Wikimedia Thematic Organisations,
  • Wikimedia User Groups.

The Wikimedia Foundation

The owner of the trademark Wikimedia is the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). Linked to the WMF are the Wikimedia Foundation's own organs and committees:

• board
• personalas
• advisory board
• Independent Committees installed by the WMF board
  • Affiliations committee
  • Language committee
  • Funds Dissemination Committee

Wikimedia stakeholders

More generally speaking, Wikimedia stakeholders may also be part of the Wikimedia movement, i.e. readers of Wikimedia content, donors, schools, GLAM , similar-minded institutions, and companies co-operating with the Wikimedia Foundation or other Wikimedia organizations.

Taip pat skaitykite

• The English Wikipedia’s Wikimedia movement article
• The post and the thread on foundation-l mailing list, started by Anthere, where the term and concept was launched
• Communication issues musings of a dinosaur (about 17:30), Anthere's speech at Wikimania 2008
• Scaling up: can Wikimedia Become A 300 Million People Movement By 2020? (about minute 4), Eloquence's speech at Wikimania 2009
• Complementary projects
• Le mouvement Wikimédia on French Wikibooks