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This page aims to collect and present concise definitions of the terms used in communication within the Wikimedia movement.

Please note that this collection is to be focused on the meta-level rather than project-level, so terms used exclusively at Wikipedia should not be placed here. See below for links to project glossaries.

Active project

any Wikimedia project with at least 100 articles.
For more information see: Which projects are active?

Bugzilla

see MediaZilla

Chapter

see Wikimedia chapter

Comcom

see Communications committee

Committee

a group of volunteers charged with advising the Board of Trustees and taking care of a specific part of the Foundation's activities.
For more information see: Wikimedia committees

Community

The people working on a dedicated wiki.

Developer

Someone who works on the MediaWiki software.

Existing Wikimedia chapter

see Official Wikimedia chapter

Foundation

see Wikimedia Foundation

Fundcom

see Fundraising committee

Local chapter

see Wikimedia chapter

MediaWiki

a wiki engine (software) originally developed for and used by Wikimedia projects, but also used by many other organisations.

MediaZilla

Website to track bug reports and feature requests for MediaWiki, powered by Bugzilla.
For more information see: MediaZilla

Meta

see Wikimedia Meta-Wiki

Office

Wikimedia Foundation office in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA and staff working at that office.
For contact details, see the Contact us page on the Foundation website.

Officers

(1) the Board of Trustees,
(2) people with official positions within the Wikimedia Foundation.

Official Wikimedia chapter

the Wikimedia chapter which has signed a chapter agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. This term is used to differentiate between chapter in forming and established entities, endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Project

a form of organized activity undertaken by WMF, a chapter or members of the community (e.g. Wikiprojects). This term is often used to reference Wikimedia projects, although it actually has a much broader meaning.

TR

Translation requests , particularly a dedicated page for those requests on meta

wiki

a generic term describing a collaborative website that can be edited by its visitors.
For more information see: article about wiki on Wikipedia

Wikimania

an annual international conference held by the Wikimedia Foundation and centered around various aspects of the Wikimedia movement.
For more information see: Wikimania

Wikimedia

see Wikimedia movement

Wikimedia chapter

a corporation dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of free content created within Wikimedia projects. A Wikimedia chapter supports Wikimedia Foundation on a national level.

Wikimedia Foundation

(abbr. WMF) an international non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of Wikimedia projects to the public free of charge.
For more information see: Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki

this website, a wiki used to discuss various issues affecting all Wikimedia projects.
For more information see: Meta:About

Wikimedia movement

the whole of people and efforts centred around Wikimedia projects, it encompasses Wikimedia Foundation, its chapters and the community.

Wikimedian

(1) a person contributing to one or several Wikimedia projects. This is a generic term, each project has its own, more specific name for contributors (e.g. Wikipedian, Wikinewsie).
(2) a member of the Wikimedia community.

Wikimedia project

a wiki-based internet service maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. Wikipedia).

WMF

see Wikimedia Foundation. WMF may also refer to its official website, http://wikimediafoundation.org.

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