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people becoming editors of a wiki-website Menschen, die Bearbeiter einer Wiki-Website werdenWMF runs the projects technically WMF ist der technische Betreiberglobal populationWeltbevölkerungMoney not specified by the donor for a specific entity, given usually via WikipediaGeld, das vom Spender für eine nicht näher bestimmte Organisation gegeben wurde, in der Regelpeople becoming a memberMenschen, die Mitglied werdenFunds requested by individual entities Geld von einzelnen Vereinen beantragtselect suchen ausAffiliation CommitteeAusschuss für Vereineother committeesandere AusschüsseMoney specified by thed G o e n l d o , r d f o a r s a d n e e r n S t p i t e y , n e d . e g r . e W i n M e mD E bestimmten Verein wie WMDE spendetWMF allows use of Wikimedia trademarks (committee advises board) WMF erlaubt Gebrauch der Wikimedia-Marken (Ausschuss berät Vorstand)WMM chartZiko van Dijk, CC-BY-SA Apri 2013pollsAbstimmg.adminsAdminsusers with voting rights Benutzer mit StimmrechtCOMMUNITY GEMEINSCHAFTWikipedia in GermanWikipedia auf Deutschother Wikipedia language versions (more than 280)andere Wikipedia- Sprachversionen (mehr als 280)content projectsInhaltsprojekteeditbearbeitenEntities support the project volunteers,but have no say on the contentVereine unterstützen die Ehrenamtlichender Projekte, bestimmen aber nicht die InhalteMoney specifiedby the donor for WMF Geld, das der Spender für die WMF bestimmt hatFunds to the WMF for core business Geld an die WMF für Kernaufgabenelect wählenFunds requested by WMFGeld von der WMF beantragtWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATIONüber die WikipediaWIKIMEDIA DEUTSCHLANDWikimedia Deutschland board PräsidiummembersDirector Mit(gGliAed) erVorstand(MV)more chaptersweitere nationale VereineWiktionary Wikibooks 2002 2003Wikispecies Wikinews 2004 2004Wikiquote Wikisource 2003 2003Wikiversity Wikivoyage 2006 2012thematic organizations thematische VereineFunds Disseminating CommitteeSpendenverteilungs- Ausschusscentral organisational wikizentrales Organisations-central content projectsZentrale InhaltsprojekteMeta Wiki Wiki 2001Wikidata 2003 2012Wikimedia CommonsWIKIMEDIA PROJECTS WIKIMEDIA-PROJEKTEWikimedia user groupsWikimedia-BenutzergruppenWIKIMEDIA ENTITIES WIKIMEDIA-VEREINEstaffMitarbeiterexecutive director3 persons elected by the communities3 von den Gemeinschaften gewählte Personen5 persons coopted by all5 von allen hinzugewählte Personen2 persons selected by the chapters2 von den Vereinen gewählte PersonenWMF board of trustees VorstandTHE WIKIMEDIA MOVEMENT DIE WIKIMEDIA-BEWEGUNG183. Fifteen years on Wikipedia/WikimediaSince 2003 Wikipedia has been supported bya not-for-pro t foundation. Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger decided to make the radical switch from the original pro ts-based model to a donations-based model. Up until then Wales’s company, Bomis, had borne the costs of the online encyclopaedia. The establishment of the Wikipedia Foundation was the rst step towards shaping the model of donations and collective fundraising. By 2005 the foundation had raised its rst million dollars, and this amount had increased to 75 million for 2014–15.15 According to the foundation, individual readers give most of the money received by the global foundation, though the United States and Canada were the largest donors in the 2014 fundraising campaign. A total of 4.9 million people worldwide donated money to the Wikimedia projects.The foundation, based in San Francisco, California, has nearly 280 employees, both male and female. As usual, there is a contrast between number of employees and the size of the online project. The number was almost tripled when Lila Tretikov took over as executive director of Wikimedia Foundation in May 201416 and started hiring personnel from the Bay Area, focusing on technical aspects such as reader experience, improving editing tools and developing more advanced mobile capabilities.The Wikimedia movement as it stands in 2015 can be divided into three main categories:1. The community of male and female editors who work voluntarily on the Wikimedia projects: Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiquote; the centralised resource sites Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons; andthose that are related to internal processesin Meta-Wiki and everything that is linked tothe development of the MediaWiki technical and software project that makes the whole thing possible. If we take as a parameterthe consideration that an active contributor produces more than ve edits per month in any of these projects, this gives an average number of 75,000 people who make up the community each month.2. The Wikipedia entities, which are divided into national chapters a liated with Wikimedia. The former are civil organisations legally established in countries that provide support with projects of di erent kinds: educational, cultural, legal, etc. The latter are support groups that can work on thematic or regional projects. Most members, partners or a liates are part of the huge community of contributors. The entities enter into local agreements and report their activity to their countries’ media.3. Lastly, the abovementioned Wikimedia Foundation is the not-for-pro t organisation that provides the technical, administrative and nancial underpinning. It regulates and lends support to the communities around the world.Fifteen years on, what Wikipedia has triggered is an issue that was probably not foreseen by those who originally designed it. This movement, with such a complex, diverse structure, functions in an asynchronous, self-regulated, horizontal manner from the perspective of a common mission albeit among the utmost diversity of di erent geographical contacts, distinct socioeconomic groups, and divergentTHE WIKIPEDIA PHENOMENON IN TODAY’S SOCIETY: FIFTEEN YEARS ON · IVÁN MARTÍNEZ