Welcome to Wikimedia Australia
Supporting Free Cultural Works in Australia
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Who We Are
Wikimedia Australia, Inc.® is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, whose primary aim is to promote equality of opportunity to access and participate in the collaborative creation of Free Cultural Works, especially educational works, and works about Australia, its culture, natural environment, and Australian news and media. See our Statement of Purpose & Rules.
Wikimedia Australia is recognised by the Wikimedia Foundation as an official chapter and as such will offer members an official voice in the global Wikimedia community, whose aim is to create the sum of all human knowledge, freely available in your own language.
The purpose of Wikimedia Australia is to:
- organise and participate in educational and social events that promote development of Free Cultural Works and related open source software systems, in particular wikis
- increase public awareness, support and participation in the projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
- develop resources to assist Australians in the creation and maintenance of Free Cultural Works
Note: Wikimedia Australia and the Wikimedia Foundation have no relationship with WikiLeaks, formally or informally. For more information please see "What's in a name" from the official Wikimedia Foundation blog.
ABN: 74 761 792 996 CAV Registration No.: A0051923E
What we do
The Wikimedia Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation which hosts and supports a range of projects that contain information about Australia and Australians. Some of these projects include: Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, Wikibooks and Wikinews, as well as projects in 266 languages.
Wikimedia Australia shares and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's goals but does not manage these projects and is not responsible for their content. Volunteers editing from all over the world contribute the material hosted on the Wikimedia projects and we encourage our members and supporters to have a look and consider joining Wikimedia's mission to support the production of free content.
Contact Information
The best way to contact us is via email to contactwikimedia.org.au. You will also find additional contact options on the Contact page, which is linked in the navigation box on the left side of each page.
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Upcominb Events
Coming events from our calendar:
- Introducing Wikipedia: A free online workshop - October 2024 — Wednesday 2 October 2024
Learn how Wikipedia content is created
- Drop in and Wiki - October 2024 — Wednesday 2 October 2024
Join us for a casual drop-in session, edit Wikipedia, and ask us anything!
- Online Community Meeting - October 2024 — Wednesday 9 October 2024
The Australian Wikimedia community meets monthly online. Attendance, questions, or discussion points are welcome from anyone!
- Perth Meetup 83 — Sunday 20 October 2024
A social Wikimedia meetup for anyone interested in Wikimedia.
- Introducing Wikipedia: A free online workshop - November 2024 — Wednesday 6 November 2024
Learn how Wikipedia content is created
- Drop in and Wiki - November 2024 — Wednesday 6 November 2024
Join us for a casual drop-in session, edit Wikipedia, and ask us anything!
- Online Community Meeting - November 2024 — Wednesday 13 November 2024
The Australian Wikimedia community meets monthly. Attendance, questions, or discussion points are welcome from anyone!
- WikiCon Australia 2024 - Adelaide — Saturday 23 November 2024
2024 Australian Wikimedian Conference
- Introducing Wikipedia: A free online workshop - December 2024 — Wednesday 4 December 2024
Learn how Wikipedia content is created
- Drop in and Wiki - End of Year Catch Up 2024! — Wednesday 4 December 2024
Drop in for a casual catch-up and wrap up 2024!
- Online Community Meeting - December 2024 — Wednesday 11 December 2024
The Australian Wikimedia community meets monthly. Attendance, questions, or discussion points are welcome from anyone!
- RightsCon 2025 Taipei — Monday 24 February 2025
The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age
- Aotearoa WikiCon 2025 — Friday 16 May 2025
Christchurch WikiCon is the annual gathering for editors of Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikisource projects organised by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ).
See also the full calendar, and list of past events.
Sign up to Wikimedia Australia!
Wikimedia Australia would love you to get involved! All members are encouraged to get involved in many ways.
You may be an active participant on one of the Wikimedia projects, or maybe you'd like to know more about how to get involved in one – whatever your background and experience, we'd love to tell you more about Wikimedia, and 'free culture' – please do sign up!
Non-members can still request an account to edit this wiki.
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Wikimedia Foundation Projects
The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization, operates several multilingual and free-content projects, including Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, which has become one of the world's most popular web destinations.
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