Author: Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia, continues to welcome opportunities to explain more about Wikipedia’s oversight and mechanisms to keep information safe, whether these questions come from governments, organizations, the press, or users.

A new series explores how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.

A new series explores how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.

UPDATE – 12 September 2025: The Wikimedia Foundation will not appeal the UK High Court’s decision to dismiss our challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorisation Regulations. The Foundation will continue to monitor how the Court’s guidance is followed, and Wikipedia is protected as the OSA moves forward. UPDATE: On Monday, 11 August,….

The Wikimedia Endowment is excited to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors.

The Wikimedia Foundation announces the appointment of Mayree Clark to its Board of Trustees, which oversees and guides the Foundation’s mission and work.

This week, Wikimania 2025, the twentieth edition of the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, will take place in Kenya.

On 9 July 2025, the Wikimedia Foundation was denied permanent observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

What if there was a simple test to make sure every new internet regulation preserved the spaces and parts of the internet that you love the most?

Out of nearly 240,000 submissions, 25 winning images were announced today in the fifteenth edition of the world’s largest photography contest.