Wikimedia movement

The Wikimedia movement is the totality of people, activities and values which revolve around Wikimedia sites and projects, or anyone who makes a valuable contribution to Wikimedia's free knowledge initiative:

• a collection of values shared by individuals (freedom of speech, knowledge for everyone, community sharing etc.; see also foundation principles);
• a collection of activities (Wikimedia projects, conferences, workshops, wikiacademies etc.);
• a collection of organizations (Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia chapters etc.), as well as some free electrons (individuals without chapters) and similar-minded organizations.

See also

• The post and the thread on foundation-l mailing list, started by Anthere, where the term and concept was launched.
• Communication issues musings of a dinosaur (about 17:30), Anthere's speech at Wikimania 2008.
• Scaling up: can Wikimedia Become A 300 Million People Movement By 2020? (about minute 4), Eloquence's speech at Wikimania 2009.
• Use of the term in Wikimedia mailing lists.