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The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of the [[Directory:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikibooks]] (including [[Wikijunior]]), [[Wikisource]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], [[Wikispecies]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikiversity]], and [[Meta-Wiki]] collaborative projects. It is a [[Non-Profit Organization|not-for-profit corporation]] based in [[St. Petersburg]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]], and organized under the laws of the state of. Its existence was officially announced by Wikipedia co-founder [[Directory:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], who was hitherto running Wikipedia within his company [[Directory:Bomis|Bomis]], on [[June_20|June 20]], [[2003]]. Its approval by the U.S. [[Directory:Internal Revenue Service|Internal Revenue Service]], by letter in April 2005, as an educational foundation in the category "Adult, Continuing Education" means all contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation are [[Tax deduction|tax deductible]] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of the [[Directory:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikibooks]] (including [[Wikijunior]]), [[Wikisource]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], [[Wikispecies]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikiversity]], and [[Meta-Wiki]] collaborative projects. It is a [[Non-Profit Organization|not-for-profit corporation]] based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]. Its existence was officially announced by Wikipedia system operator [[Directory:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], who was hitherto maintaining the Wikipedia server within his company [[Directory:Bomis|Bomis]], on [[June_20|June 20]], [[2003]]. Its approval by the U.S. [[Directory:Internal Revenue Service|Internal Revenue Service]], by letter in April 2005, as an educational foundation in the category "Adult, Continuing Education" means all contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation are [[Tax deduction|tax deductible]] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

==Foundation goals==

==Foundation goals==

== Move to San Francisco ==

== Move to San Francisco ==

[[Image:Stillman_Street_-_San_Francisco.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Google ''Street View'' image of Stillman Street]] In late 2007, the Foundation up and moved to [[Directory:San Francisco, California|San Francisco]].  While the Foundation management has attempted to keep secret the exact location of the office, it is widely known (e.g., [http://www.hoovers.com/wikimedia-foundation/--ID__138420--/free-co-locations.xhtml Hoovers.com]) to be at 39 Stillman Street.

In late 2007, the Foundation up and moved to [[Directory:San Francisco, California|San Francisco]].  The Foundation management has attempted to keep secret the exact location of the office.

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[[Image:Wikimedia Headquarters (reduced).jpg|thumb|left|335px|July 2008 view of the Wikimedia Foundation's front door and some garbage]] In mid-July [[2008]], a minor controversy erupted on Wikipedia when a loyal Wikipedian attempted to upload a photo of the Foundation's new office location.  The photo was released under the terms of the GFDL that Wikipedia has so depended on for the '''freedom''' of information ("''information wants to be free''"), so therefore re-posting it here is not a crime.  Even though posting it on Wikipedia would appear to be some kind of crime.  Blogger Luna Santin wrote [http://lunasantin.blogspot.com/2008/07/wikimedia-foundation-removes-image-of.html all about it].

In mid-July [[2008]], a minor controversy erupted on Wikipedia when a loyal Wikipedian attempted to upload a photo of the Foundation's new office location.  The photo was released under the terms of the GFDL that Wikipedia has so depended on for the '''freedom''' of information ("''information wants to be free''"), so therefore re-publishing it is not a crime.  Even though posting it on Wikipedia would appear to be some kind of unsympathetic act.  Blogger Luna Santin wrote [http://lunasantin.blogspot.com/2008/07/wikimedia-foundation-removes-image-of.html all about it].

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