Wikimedia 
10 posts and columns on Wikimedia
Wikimedia Head Sue Gardner Says She Will Step Down
Gardner explained that she would pursue advocacy efforts to combat corporate and government control of the Internet.
The Most Popular Pages on Wikipedia in 2012: Facebook, One Direction and … Cul De Sacs?
In 2012, German people were apparently fascinated by sackgasse, or dead-end streets, and Dutch people (or bots) were really into a mountain in China.
The Fifth-Biggest Site in the World Operated on a Budget of $27M Last Year
According to sources on the Internet, Wikipedia is huge and cheaply run.
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The Last Place in America That’s Not Politically Polarized: Wikipedia
Though in the lead-up to today’s election news organizations somehow kept unearthing supposedly undecided voters to interview, today’s American political discussion is in fact ridiculously polarized and unfriendly — on TV, on blogs, on Twitter, on Facebook and IRL. But Wikipedia editors, it turns out, can get past their differences and have reasonable discussions across party lines about controversial political topics. That is, according to a study by researchers from USC and the Barcelona Media Foundation, found via the Wikimedia blog.Wikipedia Mounts Massive Monthlong Photo Competition
The crowdsourced online encyclopedia would like to be more of a picture book.
Wikipedia Gets $500K from Brin and Wojcicki — But What It Really Wants Is Small Donors
Google co-founder Sergey Brin and 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki’s Brin Wojcicki Foundation just gave $500,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation as part of its annual fundraising drive.
Happy 10th Birthday, Wikipedia! What's Next? (Video)
Wikipedia now seems like an enduring institution on the Web, but the site was only founded 10 years ago, tomorrow. In this video interview, Wikipedia Executive Director Sue Gardner tells us how far the site has come, and what’s next.
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