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This page lists '''frequently asked questions''' about the Wikimedia Foundation. Other questions are answered [[Answers|here]]. If you do not find your question answered here or there, please feel free to [[contact us]].

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The Wikimedia Foundation isn't a start-up company that will fade away in a few years. We're in this for the long haul. Everything we do is aimed at providing you, and the rest of the world, with free and immediate access to all the world's knowledge. Join us!

=== Which projects do you support? ===
The Wikimedia Foundation supports 
Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the five most-visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.

Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:

* [//commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Commons], a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files
* [//en.wikibooks.org/ Wikibooks], a project to create free textbooks
* [//en.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary], a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus
* [//en.wikisource.org/ Wikisource], a library of source texts containing more than {{WIKISOURCE-PROOFREAD-COUNT}} proofread pages in {{WIKISOURCE-PROOFREAD-EDITIONS-COUNT}} languages
* [//en.wikinews.org/ Wikinews], a citizen news website
* [//en.wikiversity.org/ Wikiversity], an interactive learning platform
* [//en.wikiquote.org/ Wikiquote], a collection of quotations
* [//species.wikimedia.org/ Wikispecies], a directory of life on Earth

We lead and support the development of [//www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadable offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.a number of projects including Wikipedia. We also lead and support the development of [//www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. 

The Wikimedia Foundation is [[w:Wikipedia:WikiLeaks is not part of Wikipedia|not affiliated]] with WikiLeaks.
		
More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].

=== How is the Wikimedia Foundation run? ===
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.

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=== How can I contact the Foundation? ===
If you still have questions or concerns please feel free to contact us. 
For donation questions you can email donate{{@}}wikimedia.org

For other questions see the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for more details.

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