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The [[<tvar|wmf-main>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation</>|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) maintains a professional staff to support the [[<tvar|wm-community>Special:e/Community</>|Wikimedia community]] and [[<tvar|wm-projects>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia projects</>|Wikimedia projects]]. The staff are organized under the leadership of the organization's [[<tvar|wmf-ed>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director</>|Executive Director]]. They are primarily based at the organization's headquarters in [[w:San Francisco|San Francisco]], USA, while some staff work remotely from other parts of the world.
The [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation</tvar>|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) maintains a professional staff to support the [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Community</tvar>|Wikimedia community]] and [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia projects</tvar>|Wikimedia projects]]. The staff are organized under the leadership of the organization's [[<tvar name="4">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director</tvar>|Executive Director]]. They are primarily based at the organization's headquarters in [[w:San Francisco|San Francisco]], USA, while some staff work remotely from other parts of the world.


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The Wikimedia Foundation staff are organized into eight departments, each led by an executive. Some of the departments are composed of multiple teams and sub-teams.
The Wikimedia Foundation staff are organized into eight departments, each led by an executive. Some of the departments are composed of multiple teams and sub-teams.


== [[<tvar|advancement-dept>Special:MyLanguage/WMF Advancement</>|Advancement]] == <!--T:3-->
== [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director</tvar>|Office of the Chief Executive Officer]] == <!--T:45-->

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The [[<tvar|advancement-dept>Special:MyLanguage/WMF Advancement</>|Advancement department]] leads the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising and resource partnership efforts.

=== Advancement teams === <!--T:5-->

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; Endowment

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; Foundation and Major Gifts

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; Fundraising Operations

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; Online Fundraising

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; Partnerships and Global Reach

== [[<tvar|engineering-dept>mw:Wikimedia Product</>|Audiences]] == <!--T:22-->

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The [[<tvar|engineering-dept>mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Product</>|Audiences department]] refers to the engineering and product teams employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to build, improve and maintain the technical infrastructure of Wikimedia projects (software and hardware), by supporting and complementing volunteer efforts.

=== Audiences teams === <!--T:24-->

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; Audiences Design

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; Contributors

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::: Anti-Harassment Tools</translate>
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::: [[<tvar|ct-team>Special:MyLanguage/Community Tech</>|Community Tech]]</translate>
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:: Contributors Product

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; Design Strategy

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; Product Analytics

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; Program Management

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; [[<tvar|reading-team>mw:Reading</>|Readers]]

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:: Reading Engineering</translate>
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::: Desktop and Mobile Web</translate>
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::: Mobile apps</translate>
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::: Parsing</translate>
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::: Reading Infrastructure</translate>
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::: Quality Assurance</translate>
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:: Readers Product

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; Technical Program Management

== [[<tvar|ed-office>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director</>|Office of the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director]] == <!--T:45-->


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The [[<tvar|ed-office>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director</>|Office of the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director]] includes the Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director and their immediate support staff.
The [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director</tvar>|Office of the Chief Executive Officer]] includes the Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer and their immediate support staff.


== [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/WMF Advancement</tvar>|Advancement]] == <!--T:3-->
=== Office of the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director teams === <!--T:84-->


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The [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/WMF Advancement</tvar>|Advancement department]] leads the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising and resource partnership efforts.
; [[<tvar|wmf-leadteam>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Leadership Team</>|Leadership]]


== [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Communications</tvar>|Communications]] == <!--T:10-->
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; Movement Strategy

== [[<tvar|communications-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Communications</>|Communications]] == <!--T:10-->


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The [[<tvar|communications-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Communications</>|Communications department]] leads the Foundation's efforts to openly and effectively share information—about the Wikimedia movement, the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia Foundation's work itself—with a global audience including volunteer editors, site readers and other stakeholders.
The [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Communications</tvar>|Communications department]] leads the Foundation's efforts to openly and effectively share information—about the Wikimedia movement, the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia Foundation's work itself—with a global audience including volunteer editors, site readers and other stakeholders.


== [[<tvar|ce-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Community Engagement</>|Community Engagement]] == <!--T:12-->
== [[<tvar name="1">Finance and Administration</tvar>|Finance and Administration]] == <!--T:31-->

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The [[<tvar|ce-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Community Engagement</>|Community Engagement department]] team increases the quantity, quality, diversity, and reach of free knowledge by supporting people and organizations aligned with the Wikimedia Foundation mission. We support contributors by representing them in the development of new technical tools, by supporting community governance, and by making grants to individuals, groups and organizations working on building community and growing content on Wikimedia projects and sites as well as related open knowledge projects. We are committed to supporting under-resourced and emerging regions, languages and communities, particularly in the Global South.

=== Community Engagement teams === <!--T:14-->

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; [[<tvar|cp-team>Special:MyLanguage/Community Programs team</>|Community Programs]]

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; [[<tvar|crel-team>Special:MyLanguage/Community Relations</>|Community Relations]]</translate>
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:: Community Relations Specialists

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; [[<tvar|cr-team>Special:MyLanguage/Community Resources</>|Community Resources]]
: The Resources team increases the quantity, quality, diversity, and reach of free knowledge by supporting mission-allied organizations and people around the world.

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; [[<tvar|le-team>Special:MyLanguage/Programs:Capacity & Learning</>|Learning & Evaluation]]
: The Learning & Evaluation team supports learning and sharing tools for connecting community leaders to one another, to resources, and to capacity development opportunities.

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; [[<tvar|tas-team>Special:MyLanguage/Trust and Safety</>|Trust and Safety]]</translate>
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:: ''Subteams''
:: Operations
:: Policy

== [[<tvar|fa-dept>Finance and Administration</>|Finance and Administration]] == <!--T:31-->


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The [[<tvar|fa-dept>Finance and Administration</>|Finance and Administration]] department ensures responsible management of Wikimedia Foundation funds and resources, in keeping with our core values of transparency and accountability.
The [[<tvar name="1">Finance and Administration</tvar>|Finance and Administration]] department ensures responsible management of Wikimedia Foundation funds and resources, in keeping with our core values of transparency and accountability.


== [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Legal</tvar>|Legal]] == <!--T:39-->
=== Finance and Administration teams === <!--T:33-->

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; Administration

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; [[<tvar|finance>Special:MyLanguage/Finance department</>|Finance]]

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; Office IT

== [[<tvar|legal-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Legal</>|Legal]] == <!--T:39-->


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The [[<tvar|legal-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Legal</>|Legal department]] oversees all legal matters for the Wikimedia Foundation and facilitates initiatives designed to support and grow the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia projects. The department's work includes policy drafting, trademark law, copyright law, international law, employment law, litigation, fundraising and grant law, domestic and international contracts, privacy law, ethics, internet law, and non-profit corporate governance.
The [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Legal</tvar>|Legal department]] oversees all legal matters for the Wikimedia Foundation and facilitates initiatives designed to support and grow the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia projects. The department's work includes policy drafting, trademark law, copyright law, international law, employment law, litigation, fundraising and grant law, domestic and international contracts, privacy law, ethics, internet law, and non-profit corporate governance.


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The department is also tasked with carrying forward the Foundation’s goals of advocating for the free knowledge movement, including fighting for content online, facilitating community discussions about critical Wikimedia Foundation policies, building and overseeing good governance where appropriate, and working to improve legal and legislative policy to aid the dissemination and use of free knowledge.
The department is also tasked with carrying forward the Foundation’s goals of advocating for the free knowledge movement, including fighting for content online, facilitating community discussions about critical Wikimedia Foundation policies, building and overseeing good governance where appropriate, and working to improve legal and legislative policy to aid the dissemination and use of free knowledge.


=== Legal teams === <!--T:42-->
== [[<tvar name="1">mw:Wikimedia Product</tvar>|Product and Technology]] == <!--T:22-->


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The Product and Technology department refers to the engineering, product, design, data science, and other technical teams employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to build, improve and maintain the technical infrastructure of Wikimedia sites and projects (software and hardware), by supporting and complementing volunteer efforts.
; Counsel


== [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Talent and Culture department</tvar>|Talent and Culture]] == <!--T:79-->
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; Legal interns and fellows
: The Legal department runs a legal internship program to educate and train promising law students or recent law school graduates in the areas of Internet law and free knowledge organizations.

== [[<tvar|hr-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Human Resources</>|Talent and Culture]] == <!--T:79-->


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The [[<tvar|hr-dept>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Human Resources</>|Talent and Culture department]] recruits and supports skilled, passionate people to advance the Wikimedia vision.
The [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Talent and Culture department</tvar>|Talent and Culture department]] recruits and supports skilled, passionate people to advance the Wikimedia vision.

=== Talent and Culture teams === <!--T:123-->

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; Human Relations Operations

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; Learning and Development

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; Recruiting

== [[<tvar|tech-dept>mw:Wikimedia Technology</>|Technology]] == <!--T:47-->

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The Technology department builds, improves and maintains the infrastructure of Wikimedia sites.

=== Technology teams === <!--T:48-->

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; [[<tvar|analytics-team>mw:Analytics</>|Analytics]]

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; Core Platform

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; [[<tvar|ft-team>mw:Fundraising tech</>|Fundraising Tech]]

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; [[<tvar|performance-team>mw:Wikimedia Performance Team</>|Performance]]

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; [[<tvar|release-team>mw:Wikimedia Release Engineering Team</>|Release Engineering]]

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; [[<tvar|research-team>mw:Wikimedia Research</>|Research]]

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; Scoring Platform

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; Search Platform

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; [[<tvar|security-team>mw:Wikimedia Security Team</>|Security]]

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; [[mw:Wikimedia Site Reliability Engineering|Site Reliability Engineering]]

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:: [[mw:Wikimedia_Site_Reliability_Engineering#Data_Center_Operations|Data Center Operations]]</translate>
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:: [[mw:Wikimedia_Site_Reliability_Engineering#Data_Persistence|Data Persistence]]</translate>
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:: [[mw:Wikimedia_Site_Reliability_Engineering#Infrastructure_Foundations|Infrastructure Foundations]]</translate>
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:: [[mw:Wikimedia_Site_Reliability_Engineering#Service_Operations|Service Operations]]</translate>
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:: [[mw:Wikimedia_Site_Reliability_Engineering#Traffic|Traffic]]

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; Technical Engagement

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:: [[<tvar|cloud-team>mw:Wikimedia Cloud Services team</>|Wikimedia Cloud Services]]</translate>
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:: Developer Advocacy


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== Past departments == <!--T:53-->
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Over the history of the Wikimedia Foundation, there have been modifications to the composition of the staff departments.
Over the history of the Wikimedia Foundation, there have been modifications to the composition of the staff departments.
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; Legal and Community Advocacy
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== See also == <!--T:56-->
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* [[<tvar|committees>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia committees</>|Wikimedia committees]]</translate>
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The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) maintains a professional staff to support the Wikimedia community and Wikimedia projects. The staff are organized under the leadership of the organization's Executive Director. They are primarily based at the organization's headquarters in San Francisco, USA, while some staff work remotely from other parts of the world.

The Wikimedia Foundation staff are organized into eight departments, each led by an executive. Some of the departments are composed of multiple teams and sub-teams.

Office of the Chief Executive Officer

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The Office of the Chief Executive Officer includes the Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer and their immediate support staff.

Advancement

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The Advancement department leads the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising and resource partnership efforts.

Communications

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The Communications department leads the Foundation's efforts to openly and effectively share information—about the Wikimedia movement, the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia Foundation's work itself—with a global audience including volunteer editors, site readers and other stakeholders.

Finance and Administration

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The Finance and Administration department ensures responsible management of Wikimedia Foundation funds and resources, in keeping with our core values of transparency and accountability.

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The Legal department oversees all legal matters for the Wikimedia Foundation and facilitates initiatives designed to support and grow the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia projects. The department's work includes policy drafting, trademark law, copyright law, international law, employment law, litigation, fundraising and grant law, domestic and international contracts, privacy law, ethics, internet law, and non-profit corporate governance.

The department is also tasked with carrying forward the Foundation’s goals of advocating for the free knowledge movement, including fighting for content online, facilitating community discussions about critical Wikimedia Foundation policies, building and overseeing good governance where appropriate, and working to improve legal and legislative policy to aid the dissemination and use of free knowledge.

Product and Technology

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The Product and Technology department refers to the engineering, product, design, data science, and other technical teams employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to build, improve and maintain the technical infrastructure of Wikimedia sites and projects (software and hardware), by supporting and complementing volunteer efforts.

Talent and Culture

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The Talent and Culture department recruits and supports skilled, passionate people to advance the Wikimedia vision.

Past departments

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Over the history of the Wikimedia Foundation, there have been modifications to the composition of the staff departments.

Product and Technology
In 2022/2023, the Product and Technology departments were merged into one and went through an internal reorganization.
Legal and Community Advocacy
In 2015, the Legal and Community Advocacy department was split. The Legal team became its own department, and the Community Advocacy team joined the newly created Community Engagement department.
Team Practices and Talent and Culture
In 2016, the Team Practices and Talent and Culture department was split. Talent and Culture remained its own department, and the Team Practices team joined the existing Product department.

See also

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