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The '''Wikimedia Foundation''' is a [[non-profit]] located in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] that operates [[Wikipedia]] and its sister projects. It was created in 2003 by [[Jimmy Wales]]. The Foundation has close ties with [[Wikia]], a for-profit wiki host that benefited because Wales also founded it.
The '''Wikimedia Foundation'''<ref name=Foundation/> is a [[non-profit]] located in [[San Francisco, California]] that owns and operates Wikimedia.<ref name=Wikimedia/> Wikimedia in turn manages about a dozen projects, one of which is [[Wikipedia]] and another is [[Wikibooks]],<ref name=Wikibooks/> which among other activities markets e-book versions of material found on Wikipedia.<ref name=ebook/> 
 
The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 by [[Jimmy Wales]]. It is run by a board of trustees, of which Jimmy Wales is a trustee and chairman emeritus.<ref name=Board/> The Executive Director is [[Lila Tretikov]], who succeeded [[Sue Gardner]] in 2014.
 
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
 
<ref name=Board>
 
{{cite web |title=Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees |url=http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees
|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|accessdate=2011-12-24}}
 
</ref>
 
<ref name=ebook>
For example, {{cite book |title=Maxwell's equations |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EE5_UINec5sC&dq=%22Maxwell%27s+Equations%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s |publisher=eM Publications |author=Wikimedia Foundation }} and the listing at {{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Wikimedia+Foundation%22 |title=Google eBook |author=Wikimedia Foundation |publisher=eM Publications |accessdate=2011-12-24}} There are others.
 
</ref>
 
<ref name=Foundation>
{{cite web |title=Wikimedia Foundation home page |url=http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home
|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|accessdate=2011-12-24}}
 
</ref>
 
<ref name=Wikibooks>
{{cite web |title=Wikibooks multilingual portal |url=http://www.wikibooks.org/
|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|accessdate=2011-12-24}}
 
</ref>
 
<ref name=Wikimedia>
{{cite web |title=Wikimedia welcome page |url=http://www.wikimedia.org/
|publisher=Wikimedia|accessdate=2011-12-24}}
 
</ref>
}}

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The Wikimedia Foundation[1] is a non-profit located in San Francisco, California that owns and operates Wikimedia.[2] Wikimedia in turn manages about a dozen projects, one of which is Wikipedia and another is Wikibooks,[3] which among other activities markets e-book versions of material found on Wikipedia.[4]

The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 by Jimmy Wales. It is run by a board of trustees, of which Jimmy Wales is a trustee and chairman emeritus.[5] The Executive Director is Lila Tretikov, who succeeded Sue Gardner in 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Wikimedia Foundation home page. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  2. ↑ Wikimedia welcome page. Wikimedia. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  3. ↑ Wikibooks multilingual portal. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  4. ↑ For example, Wikimedia Foundation. Maxwell's equations. eM Publications.  and the listing at Wikimedia Foundation. Google eBook. eM Publications. Retrieved on 2011-12-24. There are others.
  5. ↑ Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
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