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This is the Wikimedia Foundation

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    Wikipedia
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    This is the Wikimedia Foundation,
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    the non-profit that hosts Wikipedia
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    and several other open-source projects.
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    When you support the Wikimedia Foundation
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    you support the legal team
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    who defends Wikipedia from lawsuits,
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    you support servers that share Wikipedia
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    with nearly half a billion people
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    every single month.
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    You support designers and researchers
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    who invent new ways
    to interact with Wikipedia
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    and the open-source software they code.
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    You support programs and grants
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    which provide greater access to Wikipedia
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    for people all around the world.
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    Almost 80% [of people] in Ghana,
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    they have never heard of Wikipedia before.
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    Most importantly,
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    when you support the Wikimedia Foundation
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    you support the volunteers
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    who write, illustrate,
    code and edit Wikipedia.
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    We have a huge list of languages
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    that we've been addressing
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    you know from Arabic, Hungarian,
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    Czech, Hindi, Swedish, Russian...
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    Volunteer edits across the globe
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    are what keep Wikipedia updated.
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    Anyone is welcome.
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    Bonjour de Montreal!
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    Estem editant a Valencia!
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    Ankara'dan selamlar!
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    Hi from Minneapolis!
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    We can edit!
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    Thank You.
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    Wikipedia
Title:
This is the Wikimedia Foundation
Description:

This is the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that hosts Wikipedia and several other open-source projects. Support Wikimedia: https://donate.wikimedia.org/

Also view on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_is_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.webm
and Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/165444283
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
01:47

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