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[Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge] Wikimedia Gets $300K to Expand Web Media Repository | Digital ...: San Francisco- The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the Wikipedia onlineencyclopedia, has been awarded a $300,000 Ford Foundation grant that thecompany says will make it easier for people to participate in WikimediaCommons, an online repository of shareable multimedia assets.

[RSS Feed for All Jobs] Justmeans | Project Manager: The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the 5 most-visited websites in the world.

[ResourceShelf] ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Ford Foundation Awards $300K Grant ...: Wikimedia Commons, the multimedia repository shared by Wikipedia and all other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, has been a wonderful success story, having grown to more than 4.5 million educational, freely usable media .

[Global Hi-Tech News] Wikimedia Foundation Gets $300K for Wikimedia Commons | Global Hi ...: The Ford Foundation has just granted $300,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation to support Wikimedia Commons , Wikipedia ’s repository for free, sharable multimedia files. The grant will fund a study of barriers to entry for users and contributors new to Wikimedia Commons.

[HotCellularPhone.com] Wikimedia Mobile is Officially Launched | HotCellularPhone.com: Users on the Pre are automatically redirected to the mobile version, with a link at the bottom of the page to view the standard page or disable mobile redirection permanently. It also works with the Pre’s universal search feature as well/ You can checkout some screenshots on the Pre after the break.

[The Wikipedia Review] Fundraising Survey (2009) - The Wikipedia Review: In advance of our Annual Fundraiser (starting in November), Wikimedia is undertaking a survey of donors and potential donors in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of fundraising efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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[GizmoGates.com] Wikimedia Foundation Receives a $300000 Grant: “The global community that is building Wikimedia Commons is setting the standard for the way that video and images are uploaded and shared through the Web,” said Jenny Toomey, a program officer for the Ford Foundation. “The whole process is simplified, promotes collaboration, and is driven by consensus among the community.

[ScribbleWiki Blog] Wikimedia Foundation Hosted by EvoSwitch: As a part of the contract, EvoSwitch will supply over $421,000 of in-kind support for Wikimedia in the shape of bandwidth and hosting services. The free online encyclopedia is solidly ranked one of the planet’s top 5 most visited sites by comScore MediaMetrix with billions of page perspectives each month.

[mediabistro.com: BayNewser] 11 a.m. Roundup: Bing Adds Tweets | Wikimedia Gets $300K Grant ...: The Ford Foundation has awarded Wikimedia Commons a $300,000 grant to upgrade its multimedia uploading capabilities. The Commons is the respository for the freely usable images and videos used on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects.

[Raw art Weblog] Wikimedia Foundation receives Ford Foundation Grant to grow ...: The Wikimedia Foundation, the non- profit organization which operates Wikipedia, has received a $300,000  Ford Foundation grant to make it easier for people around the world to  participate in Wikimedia Commons, the Internet’s largest repository of  high quality, freely reusable educational illustrations, photographs,  maps, sound, and video files. Available in 85 languages, Wikimedia Commons is a global community  dedicated to sharing media.

[Creative Commons » Commons News] Wikimedia Foundation board approves license migration - Creative ...: In any case we are deeply gratified that such an overwhelming majority (88% of those who voted with an opinion) approved this change worked on over several years by the Free Software Foundation, Wikimedia Foundation, and Creative Commons, are proud to stand with such trusted organizations, and will live up to that trust!

[Family Matters] Family Matters » Blog Archive » WeRelate License Change Proposal: The Wikimedia Foundation (runs Wikipedia) recently voted to amend their licensing to include the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. We propose to do the same with the content at WeRelate.org and are calling for a vote.

[ResourceShelf] ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Wikimedia Foundation announces ...: The decision will result in all of the Wikimedia Foundation’s projects moving from the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) to the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) as their primary content license. The GFDL, which has served Wikipedia since its inception, will continue to be supported where possible, but not to the detriment of interoperability.

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