Wikimedia Resource Center/For program coordinators
Threats of harm (emergency system)
Related pages: Mental Health Resources
Contact: Kirill Lokshin
Frequently asked questions – Business
Information about business matters related to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects.
Frequently asked questions – Wikimedia Foundation
Learn more about the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia.
Frequently asked questions – Content
For questions you may have about the content on Wikimedia sites.
Frequently asked questions – Participation
Learn more about participating on the Wikimedia projects.
Frequently asked questions – Research
Learn more about how to conduct research on the Wikimedia projects, including surveys, interviews, and data analysis.
Related pages: Learning and Evaluation News and Events
Learning and Evaluation Portal
Contact: Jaime Anstee
If you learned something new implementing a Wikimedia program or running an activity, capture this on a learning pattern and share it with the movement. Alternatively, if you are about to start a new project or activity, find advice, tools and ideas on how to troubleshoot through some of the most common problems.
If you are a program or project leader, and struggle to get your story across in reporting, this is your chance to learn a few tricks and resources to build a narrative. Through some key strategies you can improve the way you share about your efforts, the impact of the work in advancing the movement, and how others might benefit from your experience.
Contact: Edward Galvez
Contact: Chris Schilling
Community Capacity Development
Contact: Asaf Bartov
Contact: Chris Schilling
Get help with developing and implementing surveys
Contact: Joe Sutherland
Related pages: Training modules (on Meta)
In the program reports, you will find aggregate data on standard Wikimedia programs from 2014 and 2015, and how to use this data.
The program toolkits condense a series of lessons on how to start, run and evaluate your program.
Using photos from Wikimedia Commons
Contact: John Cummings
Extracting graphics from open license publications
Contact: John Cummings
A vast collection of high-quality, freely licensed, user-generated informational material about Wikimedia projects. Here are cheatsheets, pamphlets, videos, brochures, and other things.
Wikimedia Movement Data & Insights
Contact: Jaime Anstee Tanja Andic
Related pages: Safety Survey, Equity Landscape, Affiliates Data Portal, Affiliates Surveys, Community Insights Surveys
Contact: Marti Johnson, Chris Schilling
Contact: Marti Johnson, Chris Schilling, Tanveer Hasan, Veronica Thamaini
How are grant programs working towards our shared vision? What impact are they having? In this section, you will find aggregate impact reports that look into each grant program, explaining what they achieve overall.
Wikipedia Education Program on Outreach Wiki
Contact: Tighe Flanagan, Vahid Masrour, Nichole Saad
Contact: Jake Orlowitz
Contact: Alex Stinson
A directory of useful Wikimedia-related tools, including tools for metrics and working more efficiently.
Program resources: Edit-a-thons
Related pages: Program resources
Program toolkits: writing and editing contests
Find tools and share advice on how to start and improve writing and editing contests.
Program toolkits: photo contests
Contests are about so much more than creating content! Find tools and share advice on how to start and improve photo contests and events.
Wikimedians and educators have taught students around the world to contribute to Wikimedia projects. This toolkit contains resources they have tested and refined over the last ten years.
This page provides sample program metrics and additional resources for GLAM projects.
Program resources: conferences
This page provides guidelines, sample program metrics and additional resources for planning conferences.
A treasure trove of measures of success for anyone involved in the Wikimedia movement who wants to evaluate their programs.
A spreadsheet linking to tools that can be used in implementing and evaluating programs.
Resources for volunteer support
Contact: Connect/Volunteer supporters network
How to report a bug on MediaWiki.org
Is something not working as it should? You can do something about it by submitting a bug report.
Contact: Johan Jönsson
The home of Wikimedia Research. Read up on the latest research, browse Wikimedia data sources, and browse archives of past work.
Do you want to help translate our software or documentation? Can you help improve incorrect or untranslated items on buttons or in other parts of the user interface on a wiki? Do you want to translate announcements and help pages?
Hackathons on MediaWiki.org
Contact: Rachel Farrand
Contact: Jack Rabah
Learn about the Global Reach Team's work in Asia and Eastern Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Contact: Jorge Vargas
Contact: Dan Foy
Summary of situations when you are and are not allowed to use the Wikimedia trademarks.
Learn about the particulars of using copyrighted, non-free ("fair use") content on Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia Foundation Transparency Report
Biannual disclosure of requests and orders the Wikimedia Foundation receives from courts and law enforcement agencies
Learn about how public policy affects the Wikimedia projects and how you can get involved
The Legal Fees Assistance Program is a Wikimedia Foundation program established to help secure funds for legal assistance in appropriate cases for Wikimedia users who serve in a project governance role.
A portal for legal issues affecting the Wikimedia community
Contact: Victor Grigas
Contact: Samantha Lien
Contact: Heather Walls, Zachary McCune
Contact: Ed Erhart, Aubrie Johnson
Contact: Melody Kramer
Contact: Greg Varnum
Contact: Greg Varnum
Related pages: Communications portal
Overview of Wikimedia projects for partner organisations
Contact: John Cummings