Présentation de Jay Walsh articulée autour de wikimédia & des services que la fondation met à disposition…du monde entier

WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION - who we are & what we do

wikimedia is a non-profit organization, based in san francisco and supported in 17 countries. wikimedia hosts the largest encyclopedia ever created:
- 2 billion + words
- 10 million+ articles
- 250+ languages

Wikipedia is the 7th most popular website worldwide & drives 240 million unique vistors in february 2008. The best part of it is that wikipedia is free:

- free to use
- free to download
- free to modify
- free to sell
- free of advertising

Wikimedia is a staff of 16 people which facilitates the work of a global volunteer community of 100,000+ people

Wikimedia uses 5 pillars:

- wkpd is an encyclopedia
- wkpd has a neutral point of view
- wkpd is free content
- wkpd has a code of conduct
- wkpd doesn’t have firm rules

and wikimedia offers a large bunch of services – the wikimedia family:

- wikiversity
- wikisource
- wikisource
- wikipedia
- wikinews
- wikibooks
- wiktionnary
- mediawiki
- wikimediacommons
- wikispecies
- mediawiki

and most of all, the most important maybe:

as wikipedia grows so does its impact!