On this page, we present the programs we use to implement WMDE's strategic goals. The programs each work towards one to three strategic goals, in individual cases also directly towards the overarching priorities. In the programs, we set success criteria for each year that make it clear what change we want to achieve in that year - and how we can determine whether we are succeeding.
Allocation of the programs to the strategic goals 2025
In order to make the best possible contribution to Free Knowledge, Wikimedia project volunteers should have access to financial and organizational support from Wikimedia Deutschland. The Volunteer Support program creates a space in which volunteers from the communities can implement their own ideas and projects. Support for volunteers is geared towards their needs and takes two different forms. The first consists of services for individuals such as providing access to specialist literature, loaning out technical equipment, reimbursement of travel expenses and confirmation of their volunteer work. The second comprises the association's financial and organizational support for projects and events. We provide hundreds of these forms of support each year and reimburse volunteers for the costs of their work. We are continuing to develop the community support infrastructure and working on easy access to support services.
Strategic Goal 4
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025:
Volunteers can rely on financial and organizational support from Wikimedia Deutschland for their diverse expressions of commitment to Free Knowledge.
Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
- Those receiving support continue to rate the individual and project support provided by WMDE very positively with an average rating of at least 9 out of 10 on the support barometer.
- The support guidelines for volunteers in Wikimedia projects, which were revised together with the community, have been implemented and enable easier access to support for more target groups.
- At least 17% of those receiving support are first-time recipients.
- 25% of the scholarships for Wikimania 2025 were awarded to volunteers who will participate in Wikimania for the first time and at least 85% of all scholarship recipients rate the scholarship program as helpful for their volunteer work.
Interim results or output
- Continued high-quality and uncomplicated support service
- Finalization of the support guidelines in cooperation with the community and successful integration of the goals defined in 2024 as to what should change for the positive.
- Reducing barriers by way of new support guidelines and advertising measures to promote support
- Minimum number of first-time participants: inclusion in selection criteria for scholarship recipients and promotion measures. Evaluation helpful for volunteering: good support and preparation of the scholarship recipients for the conference (follow-up survey to ascertain goal achievement).
- Further outputs
1) Once the new support guidelines take effect, baselines will be established for projects relating to the individual support goals (e.g., formats for contacting and retaining new volunteers, creation, maintenance and further development of tools, creation and further development of content).
2) Integration of the new CRM will improve the digital infrastructure of community support.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025:
More volunteers are now aware of WMDE's support offerings.
Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
- Awareness of support increases from 30 to 35 percent.
- A large-scale ad campaign to promote support opportunities for access to literature and sources achieves at least 1500 page views on the campaign's landing page.
- Targeted measures have been successfully implemented to promote the support of previously underrepresented persons, groups or networks (this indicator with “Objectives for 2025” is also assigned to the strategic goal Diversity and Participation)
Interim results or output
Interim results or output
- Ad campaigns (e.g., after the new support guidelines take effect) to promote new support opportunities
- Banner campaign for example
- Targeted campaigns such as addressing networks and portals
Strategic Goal 5
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025:
DThe support is used by various groups.
Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
- At least one third of those receiving support are female or non-binary.
Interim results or output
- *Additional output: Survey options and targets for further diversity aspects are being examined and integrated into the support.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025:
More volunteers are now aware of WMDE's support offerings.
Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-Targeted measures have been successfully implemented to promote the support of previously underrepresented individuals, groups or networks (Objectives for 2025 and indicator are also assigned to the strategic goal for community growth).
Interim results or output
- Targeted campaigns such as addressing networks and portals
Many community members take on important volunteer work as multipliers, extending beyond content creation. This work helps stabilize the community and solidify self-organization. They support other community members in mediating conflict situations and in sharing skills and knowledge, inspire the further development of strategies and projects, work on projects, and organize spaces, events and projects for community participation. Multipliers play an important role in attracting and involving new contributors, while also strengthening diversity in the projects. We help develop the community's capacity with process support, networking, moderation, advice and other needs that go beyond existing volunteer support programs. We make it easier for potential multipliers to decide to take on new roles.
Strategic Goal 3
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Community members who are active multipliers can use our impulse to better reflect on developments in the community and take action to bring about change. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-At least 50 community members receive and discuss the results of a community survey.
Interim results or output
- Conducting and publishing a community survey
- Creation of an overview of the genesis of structures and rules of the German-language
Strategic Goal 4
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: AWe support active multipliers with offerings tailored to their respective roles. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
- Our exchange formats and in particular the community forum as well as our information offerings (i.e., the community portal) have been expanded and have received greater attention from the communities. Awareness of the community portal has doubled.
- We accompany and support multipliers, who are involved in FLINTA* networks (e.g., FemNetz) within Wikipedia, in their work and development.
- We accompany and support young volunteers in the further development of structures for young people in Wikimedia projects. This generates contact points for young people in Wikipedia.
- Volunteer groups with special roles, such as administrators or the support team, make use of our needs-oriented support (training, exchange formats, advice) and rate it as helpful at least 80 percent of the time.
- With our support, multipliers who are interested in international topics regularly exchange ideas and information is transferred to the German-speaking community.
Interim results or output
- Create and maintain an overview of current training offerings
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: WWe know more active, potential or yet unknown multipliers and their needs. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
- We enter into dialogue with community members who are interested in overarching topics such as governance or AI. We identify multipliers and their needs on these topics.
- We have identified community members who are involved in technical support and combating vandalism, and supported them in their networking efforts.
- The visibility of our work at events within and outside the Wikiverse enables us to engage with potential multipliers. By way of continuous onwiki monitoring, we identify new multipliers and discuss their needs.
Interim results or output
- No interim results
Program 3: Appreciative interaction & support services
People who volunteer for Free Knowledge or in Wikimedia projects should be able to work in a safe and respectful environment. Wikimedia Deutschland and the volunteer members of the communities jointly contribute to a positive culture of communication and conflict management, and are committed to constructive and respectful cooperation, as well as safe and inclusive events. The community's established communication and conflict resolution structures are supplemented by Wikimedia Deutschland's support services, which are based on proven methods and offer assistance in the event of acute or potential conflicts, attacks, boundary transgressions or burn-out. These offerings are available to volunteers as optional resources and are continuously being evaluated and developed.
Strategic Goal 3
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The training programs (e.g., workshops, lectures, qualifications) in the areas of communication, conflict management and inclusive cooperation have a positive effect on cooperation within the community. Indicator(s) 2025
- At least 75% of the participants state that the training content and the exchange of ideas with each other have a concrete benefit for their collaboration in the community.
Interim results or output
- Together with the community, a concept has been developed for new training formats (e.g., online courses, peer learning groups) on the topics of communication, conflict management and inclusive collaboration.
- At least 6 training offerings for the community such as workshop moderation and lectures are conducted in total.
- At least 12 people from the community have received certification (e.g., First Aid and Mental Health First Aid) from external service providers.
- A training program for multipliers and functionaries such as admins in the community on the topic of conflict management has been evaluated.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: By the end of 2025, an integrated system of needs analyses, knowledge management and data-based evaluation has been implemented to ensure the continuous optimization and adaptation of support services based on the needs of the community. Indicator(s) 2025
- At least 2 pilot projects in the area of advisory and training offerings have been fully evaluated.
- A flexible evaluation framework has been developed that contains basic principles and adaptable methods for the evaluation of various advisory and training offerings.
Interim results or output
- A document about the flexible evaluation framework has been drawn up, which contains basic principles, suggested methods and adaptation options for different types of offerings.
- A set of evaluation tools (e.g., questionnaires and interview guidelines) has been developed and adapted for different types of offerings.
- In-house training on the new evaluation framework has been conducted and documented for the Support and Advice team.
- A prototype of a central knowledge base has been set up containing evaluation results, best practices and lessons learned.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: By the end of 2025, an optimized communication strategy has led to a significant increase in the visibility and use of the support services. Indicator(s) 2025
At least 20% of the active volunteers are aware of one or more of the program's support services (estimated baseline for 2024: approx. 5%)
Interim results or output
- A comprehensive communication strategy has been developed and documented for the support offerings.
- A plan of action including specific communication measures has been drawn up based on the strategy.
Strategic Goal 5
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: By the end of 2025, our advisory and training services will be designed and implemented in such a way that they actively promote diversity and break down barriers for structurally disadvantaged groups. Indicator(s) 2025
- At least 80% of the advisory and training services reviewed meet the defined criteria for accessibility and inclusivity.
- 85% of participants confirm that they understand and can use the content of our offerings well.
- At least 20% of the training offerings (i.e., workshops, lectures, certifications) have inclusion, diversity or barrier-free communication as a central theme.
Interim results or output
- A criteria catalog with checklists for various offer formats has been created and implemented including recommended actions for inclusive communication.
- At least two of the key offerings have been translated into simplified language.
- A feedback system has been established to continuously improve the inclusivity of our offerings.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Through the systematic implementation and continuous development of awareness work at community events, a culture of inclusive and respectful interaction is firmly anchored in the community. Indicator(s) 2025
- At 100% of the community events organized or co-organized by Wikimedia Deutschland, for which awareness support was requested by the respective organizing teams, the awareness process defined in the new handling concept is implemented according to the size and type of event.
- In surveys, at least 50% of event participants who say they belong to a disadvantaged group state that the awareness work contributes to safe and respectful interaction.
Interim results or output
- A structured integration and briefing program has been developed and documented for new awareness team members.
- A process to support smaller community events with awareness concepts has been developed and will be tested at one pilot event at least.
- Informational material and handouts on the importance, request and implementation of awareness work have been created and distributed to the Event team and the Community Conferences team or organization teams.
- An information event to increase sensitization for awareness work was held for Wikimedia's in-house Event team and interested parties from the organizing teams.
- An evaluation system has been implemented to assess the effectiveness of the awareness measures.
- At least two new external awareness employees have been successfully integrated into the awareness team.
- At least one comprehensive awareness training course has been conducted by an external organization.
Visitors can not only use Wikipedia and its fellow projects on the net, but also experience them live! There are spaces on site in Berlin, Fürth, Hanover, Cologne, Munich and Neu-Ulm. Volunteers open their doors, work on joint projects and are happy to explain Free Knowledge projects to guests in these spaces. We finance these spaces and advise the local groups on their projects.
Strategic Goal 1
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The volunteer organization teams of the local community spaces feel supported in their work by way of continuous and trusting cooperation with Wikimedia Deutschland. Indicator(s) 2025
- The local organizing teams and WMDE meet at least once a quarter for mutual information and inspiration for their projects on Free Knowledge as well as for reflection on the collaboration. In the meantime, they exchange information via chat, video conferencing and other formats on an ongoing basis.
- WMDE regularly advises local organization teams on the formulation, implementation and evaluation of their own goals. WMDE also provides support with topic-specific advice and on administrative issues. The local space teams have received support from WMDE as required to achieve the goals they have set themselves. They have found this support to be helpful.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Loosely organized local groups work with Wikimedia Deutschland to find ways to strengthen the local community. Indicator(s) 2025
- Discussions have been held with at least 3 locally organized groups about needs-based support (e.g., co-working spaces, subletting).
Interim results or output
- An overview has been compiled of the locally organized groups in Germany and their needs.
Many of those who contribute to Free Knowledge in their free time also leave their screens to meet up in person. The largest meeting in the German-speaking world is WikiCon. The two largest specialist conferences are AdminCon and FemNetzCon. All three formats arose from the community's desire and need to come together, discuss their favorite topics, plan joint activities and feel like they are part of a community. The community conferences are therefore important elements in the infrastructure of Free Knowledge and provide volunteers motivation for their commitment. We realize the conferences together with volunteers. We take responsibility for organization, logistics and implementation.
Strategic Goal 1
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The goals defined by the volunteer organizing teams for the number of participants at the conferences are achieved so that the greatest possible number of people benefit from networking and sharing at the conferences. Indicator(s) 2025
- A registration rate of at least 90% of the maximum number of on-site spots is achieved for each conference.
Interim results or output
- Supporting volunteers in advertising the conferences (i.e., in preparation and implementation) or own advertising measures
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The Community Conferences are increasingly accessible and inclusive. Indicator(s) 2025
- At least 90% of all participants experience the Community Conferences as a space in which they feel comfortable and safe and can therefore exchange ideas openly.
- At least two measures have been implemented to make the conferences more accessible and inclusive.
Interim results or output
- Various measures such as house rules including rules of interaction, awareness work, or ensuring good facilitation
- For example, all registration forms for Community Conferences should be as accessible as possible and written in simplified language
Strategic Goal 4
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Together with the communities, we organize conferences in which volunteers can share their experience and strengthen their motivation to get involved. Indicator(s) 2025
- At least 90% of participants have rated WikiCon 2025 as providing a motivational boost for their volunteer work.
- At least 80% of AdminCon 2025 participants rate the participation and professional exchange as helpful for their commitment.
- At least 90% of FemNetzCon 2025 participants rate their participation as having strengthened their connection to the network.
Interim results or output
- Additional output: A guide for volunteers is produced with tips on how to prepare and run appealing sessions.
No new collaboration would be possible without an understanding of the value of Free Knowledge, how the Wikimedia projects work, and how they originated. We therefore ensure visibility, show appreciation for existing volunteer work, and invite new people to get involved through our communications and campaigns. We provide help in the form of information and low-level incentives, to encourage them to try it out and get involved. To ensure that this participation and "trying out" leads to lasting involvement, we develop learning materials together with volunteers, to explain not only the technical but also the cultural and social structure of Wikipedia. We collaborate with the community on improving the framework conditions to make long-term involvement more attractive, and we highlight ways to get involved that go beyond editing.
Strategic Goal 4
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: We want to encourage those interested to actively participate in Wikipedia through communication work. Indicator(s) 2025
- We achieve 4,000 new registrations for the Wikipedia Challenge or a similar entry-level offer.
- 200 recipients of our information services register on Wikipedia.
- Our outreach inspires at least 2 edit-a-thons and/or workshops and other projects organized by volunteers in this area. We measure this specifically by consulting with the organizers and aim to contribute to the success of the respective events.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: We expand our reach through cooperations and address target groups, through which we win people interested in participating. Indicator(s) 2025
- By way of a partnership, we reach at least 200 people with a format that invites participation. As part of our partnership with the Zukunft D network on digital democracy, we create at least 6 opportunities to inform new target groups about getting involved in Wikipedia.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Newly registered users receive onboarding help to increase the number of new returning users. Indicator(s) 2025
- We reach at least 30,000 users who have made no or few edits with up-to-date and optimized onboarding offerings.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More experienced community members are involved in supporting inexperienced participants. Indicator(s) 2025
- At least 15 experienced community members support at least 20 new members in their integration in the community at two on-site exchange formats we initiate. Both groups state that this strengthens their respective involvement in Wikipedia.
- The network of trainers has grown by 10%, while the number of mentors and guides has remained stable (57 people).
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Community members in supporting roles receive support from WMDE. Indicator(s) 2025
- The training offer for trainers who provide introductory courses is accepted by the community and rated as very helpful by the majority of participants in an evaluation.
With the Technical Wishes project, we are improving MediaWiki – the software behind Wikipedia and its sister projects – to make the volunteers' work easier. The collaboration with the Wikimedia communities is a central part of this effort. We are working on focus areas chosen by the German-speaking community, aiming to find solutions beneficial to the whole Wikimedia movement.
Strategic Goal 1
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Contributors on German-speaking Wikipedia and beyond easily reuse references to increase the verifiability of their content. Indicator(s) 2025
- The number of human-performed edits adding at least one sub-reference reaches 2000 on dewiki. (Baseline: 0)
- The number of references which are similar to another on the same page and not using sub-referencing decreases year on year by 10% on dewiki. Baseline to be set at date of deployment (status quo in June 2024: 6.04% of all references (in numbers 913.175).
Interim results or output
- 1-2 iterations to increase the value and usability of sub-referencing
- Sub-referencing is launched on dewiki and other selected small, medium and large-sized language wikis.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: 'Contributors benefit from improvements to the user experience in the focus area selected by the German-speaking Wikipedia community via the Technical Wishes Survey. Indicator(s) 2025
1-2 minor but meaningful improvements to the user experience in the focus area have been implemented.
Interim results or output
- We conduct the discovery (user, data, technical).
- We define the problems and prioritise them.
- We start working on scoping and solving the identified and prioritised problem(s).
- We define the main success metric(s) for prioritised problem(s).
Strategic Goal 4
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More people from the global majority benefit from the technical changes we implement, fostering a more inclusive and thriving Movement. Indicator(s) 2025
-25% of participants in our user research are mobile device users
-25% of participants in our user research are from the Global Majority
Interim results or output
-We have set up and optimised processes and tooling to test remotely with mobile device users.
-We capture how participants perceive the way we have included them in our research, helping to continuously improve our processes and communications.
Wikidata is a free knowledge graph created via collaboration. We support the Wikidata community in creating and maintaining a trustworthy and up-to-date knowledge graph for the Wikimedia projects and the world. In 2025, we will continue to focus heavily on providing editors with everything they need to maintain high quality data, enable broad reuse of the data in Wikidata and ensure a strong social and technical foundation for Wikidata.
Strategic Goal 1
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Mobile editors are able to edit Items more effectively and efficiently. Indicator(s) 2025
-The number of edits on individual Items from mobile devices increases.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Wikidata editors have better support for data quality and modelling work. Indicator(s) 2025
-There is an increase in the number of editors editing EntitySchemas. (Baseline 1.10.2024: 10 editors)
-The number of tools using EntitySchemas increases. (Baseline 1.10.2024: 2)
-There is a reduction in constraint violations.
Interim results or output
-Editors can check constraint violations at a larger scale.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Ways to ensure that Wikidata's data storage is robust and sustainable have been identified. This objective is shared with Wikibase Product Platform.
Indicator(s) 2025
Indicator for monitoring severity of the problem:# of edits/changes on Wikidata
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
We have investigated and understood the root cause of the problem.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Wikidata and Wikibase communities have clarity about the future social and technical boundaries and scope of Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem, allowing them to make informed decisions on where and how to host their data.. This objective is shared with Wikibase Cloud and Wikibase Suite.
Indicator(s) 2025
We have facilitated community-centred discussions and decision making processes and established data governance policies for Wikidata and the Wikibase ecosystem.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: 'The ability to federate knowledge across instances has improved, creating a viable path for taking load off of Wikidata. This objective is shared with Wikibase Cloud and Wikibase Suite.
Indicator(s) 2025
We establish meaningful metrics and baselines for measuring the load on existing infrastructure in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation.
Strategic Goal 4
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The core Wikidata community continues to grow and engages in knowledge sharing around specialised topics. Indicator(s) 2025
-The Wikidata community increases its discussions in the project namespace.
-The number of active editors (5 or more edits a month) editing in the project namespace increases.
-The number of very active editors (100 or more edits a month) increases.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025:
The community connects and shares knowledge around Wikidata in virtual and physical spaces.
Indicator(s) 2025
-People from diverse backgrounds in the Wikidata community come together on at least 3 occasions in social spaces, events and other means, including WikidataCon.
-At least two communities or related institutions outside of North America and Western Europe will expand their Wikidata activities with our involvement.
From its beginning, Wikidata served to support the other Wikimedia projects. Wikidata stores specified Wikimedia data in a central location and helps to distribute the maintenance workload across language and project boundaries. Today, Wikidata and the other Wikimedia projects support each other intensively. It is important to WMDE to strengthen this mutually beneficial relationship, and ensure its long-term sustainability.
Strategic Goal 1
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The awareness and understanding of Wikidata integrations among Wikimedia projects and communities increases. Indicator(s) 2025
- XXX Days post-event survey finds that participants report increased awareness and knowledge
- We have facilitated support for one Wikimedia project in integrating Wikidata’s data into their project
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- 1 XXX Day focused on Wikidata Integration topics
- Documentation for all core integration processes is available in three languages in addition to English.
- We have reached out to the global editing community to tell them about the Wikidata integrations training materials.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: It becomes easier for editors on Wikipedia to monitor Wikidata’s changes relevant to their work, and take action if needed. Indicator(s) 2025
3.5% increase in the number of Wikidata co-editors
Program 10: Shared software development for Wikidata (Arcadia)
Wikimedia Deutschland wants to invest in skill and capacity development for Wikidata software development and empower local Wikidata communities in the Wikimedia movement. We want to achieve this by exploring new ways of transnational collaboration and implementing sustainable partnerships together with movement partners from the global majority.
Strategic Goal 2
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The next iteration of the program to empower partners aiming for joint software collaboration long term to initiate or make technical changes surrounding Wikidata is launched. Indicator(s) 2025
At least 1 partnership for mid-term (1-5 years) joint software collaboration has been set up.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
-Building on the learnings derived from the first program cycle, WMDE and our project partners have defined and aligned on how to collaborate on shared software development for Wikidata.
-WMDE has initiated the procurement of funds based on a funding strategy in line with the overall program goal.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The partners in the collaboration are empowered to sustainably enable their communitiesʼ efforts to grow Wikidata (e.g. around lexicographical data). Indicator(s) 2025
The Igbo Wikimedians User Group (IG UG) has implemented the next phase of the Wiki Mentor Africa (WMA) program.
The Wikidata Software Collaboration Team in Indonesia (WSC ID) has implemented at least 1 additional technical change surrounding Wikidata.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
Financial resources and expert support are provided on time.
Possible needs for support of the partners are identified and discussed during regular check-ins between the partner organizations and Wikimedia Deutschland.
Strategic Goal 5
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The next iteration of the program to empower partners aiming for joint software collaboration long term to initiate or make technical changes surrounding Wikidata is launched.. Indicator(s) 2025
At least 1 partnership for mid-term (1-5 years) joint software collaboration has been set up.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
Building on the learnings derived from the first program cycle, WMDE and our project partners have defined and aligned on how to collaborate on shared software development for Wikidata.
WMDE has initiated the procurement of funds based on a funding strategy in line with the overall program goal.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025:
The partners in the collaboration are empowered to sustainably enable their communitiesʼ efforts to grow Wikidata (e.g. around lexicographical data).
Indicator(s) 2025
-The Igbo Wikimedians User Group (IG UG) has implemented the next phase of the Wiki Mentor Africa (WMA) program.
-The Wikidata Software Collaboration Team in Indonesia (WSC ID) has implemented at least 1 additional technical change surrounding Wikidata.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
-Financial resources and expert support are provided on time.
-Possible needs for support of the partners are identified and discussed during regular check-ins between the partner organizations and Wikimedia Deutschland.
Wikibase Cloud is Wikimedia Deutschland's software-as-a-service offering that enables people to create their own Wikibase instance with just a few clicks. We strive to continuously lower the barrier for people to explore the Wikibase Ecosystem; and to make it easier than ever before to create, connect, and grow a collaborative, linked knowledge graph.
Strategic Goal 1
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: 'We are able to differentiate between the instances intended to be used to contribute knowledge to the Wikibase ecosystem and the temporary instances used for experimentation and data staging. Indicator(s) 2025
-We know the purposes of at least 90% of active instances. (Baseline: 0)
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Wikidata and Wikibase communities have clarity about the future social and technical boundaries and scope of Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem, allowing them to make informed decisions on where and how to host their data.
This objective is shared with Wikidata and Wikibase Suite
Indicator(s) 2025
- We have facilitated community-centred discussions and decision-making processes around data governance policies for Wikidata and the Wikibase ecosystem.
- The Wikibase Cloud infrastructure provides hosting for instances with knowledge that meets the criteria described in the data governance policies for Wikidata and the Wikibase ecosystem.
- We've made decisions on at least 80% of requests to permanently include instances into the Wikibase Cloud infrastructure. (Baseline: 0 requests/ 0 decisions)
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Document the policies for the data that is welcome to be hosted on Wikibase Cloud.
- Establish a sustainable process of evaluating and re-evaluating compliance of Cloud instances with the data policies.
- Provide a simple way of migrating data from Wikibase Cloud to a self-hosted instance.
- Establish a process of retiring or archiving migrated, disposable and abandoned instances
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The ability to federate knowledge across instances has improved, creating a viable path for taking load off of Wikidata.
This objective is shared with Wikidata and Wikibase Suite.
Indicator(s) 2025
-Interconnectedness between Wikibase instances increases through query federation.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
-We establish meaningful metrics and baselines for measuring federated querying in the Wikibase ecosystem.
Strategic Goal 5
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Users holding and contributing marginalized knowledge find Wikibase Cloud attractive for their use cases and are accepted into the Cloud infrastructure. Indicator(s) 2025
- Out of all instances declared as holding marginalized knowledge and who requested to join/remain in the Cloud infrastructure, at least 95% got accepted.
(Baseline: 0 requests, 0 positive decisions)
- We published a clear explanation for each case (if any) where an instance declared as holding marginalized knowledge could not be accepted into the Cloud infrastructure.
(Baseline: 0 negative decisions)
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Ensure that the data policies (mentioned in one of the objectives above) are explicitly inclusive of marginalized knowledge.
- Let the managers declare whether their instances hold marginalized knowledge and provide details on the specific aspects of its marginalization.
- Support and publish 10 examples / guides created by and for users holding marginalized knowledge who use Wikibase Cloud for their purposes
Wikibase Suite is Wikimedia Deutschland's offer for self-installation and self-hosting of the Wikibase software. Wikibase Suite is aimed at public and open knowledge projects.
Strategic Goal 1
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: We have grown a diverse community of self-hosted Wikibases by making it easier to adopt our self-hosting products. Indicator(s) 2025
- The number of installations of self-hosted Wikibases built on products supported by WMDE increases.
- The volume of open data available through self-hosted Wikibases increases.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Establish a measurable baseline(s) for Wikibase ecosystem diversity -> Data licensing -> Establish a method to discover new instances
- Establish a strategic partnership that makes self-hosting more feasible
- Create a report summarising findings around funding needs observed in community interactions
- We have released one improvement that makes it easier to import large volumes of data into self-hosted instances.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: We have retained new and existing users by making self-hosting operations more robust and easier to manage, fostering project success. Indicator(s) 2025
- Increase the number of self-hosted instances that are running the latest version of Mediawiki (latest LTS or newer). (Baseline: 56% are running the latest version of Mediawiki)
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Reach 90% Documentation Coverage of key product features in Wikibase ecosystem.
- Establish research-based user roles and profiles
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: DWikidata and Wikibase communities have clarity about the future social and technical boundaries and scope of Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem, allowing them to make informed decisions on where and how to host their data.
This objective is shared with Wikidata and Wikibase Cloud.
Indicator(s) 2025
-We have facilitated community-centred discussions and decision-making processes around data governance policies for Wikidata and the Wikibase ecosystem.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Begin conversations with a key Wikidata knowledge community to explore the migration of their data to self-hosted Wikibases.
- Provide a simple way of migrating data from Wikidata or Wikibase Cloud to a self-hosted Wikibase instance.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The ability to federate knowledge across instances has improved, creating a viable path for taking load off of Wikidata.
This objective is shared with Wikidata and Wikibase Cloud.
Indicator(s) 2025
-Interconnectedness between Wikibase instances increases, through ontology federation.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
-We establish meaningful metrics and baselines for measuring ontology federation.
Strategic Goal 5
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: We have grown a diverse community of self-hosted Wikibases by making it easier to adopt our self-hosting products. Indicator(s) 2025
- The number of installations of self-hosted Wikibases built on products supported by WMDE increases.
- The volume of open data available through self-hosted Wikibases increases.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Establish a measurable baseline(s) for Wikibase ecosystem diversity -> Data licensing -> Establish a method to discover new instances
- Establish a strategic partnership that makes self-hosting more feasible
- Create a report summarising findings around funding needs observed in community interactions
- We have released one improvement that makes it easier to import large volumes of data into self-hosted instances.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: We have retained new and existing users by making self-hosting operations more robust and easier to manage, fostering project success. Indicator(s) 2025
- Increase the number of self-hosted instances that are running the latest version of Mediawiki (latest LTS or newer). (Baseline: 56% are running the latest version of Mediawiki)
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Reach 90% Documentation Coverage of key product features in Wikibase ecosystem.
- Establish research-based user roles and profiles
< Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: DWikidata and Wikibase communities have clarity about the future social and technical boundaries and scope of Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem, allowing them to make informed decisions on where and how to host their data.
This objective is shared with Wikidata and Wikibase Cloud.
Indicator(s) 2025
-We have facilitated community-centred discussions and decision-making processes around data governance policies for Wikidata and the Wikibase ecosystem.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
- Begin conversations with a key Wikidata knowledge community to explore the migration of their data to self-hosted Wikibases.
- Provide a simple way of migrating data from Wikidata or Wikibase Cloud to a self-hosted Wikibase instance.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The ability to federate knowledge across instances has improved, creating a viable path for taking load off of Wikidata.
This objective is shared with Wikidata and Wikibase Cloud.
Indicator(s) 2025
-Interconnectedness between Wikibase instances increases, through ontology federation.
Zwischenergebnisse/Outputs
-We establish meaningful metrics and baselines for measuring ontology federation.
The Wikibase Product Platform is the technical foundation of the WMDE software products Wikibase and Wikidata. We are building this shared technical foundation as a dedicated internal product platform that supports WMDE's Linked Open Data software products. The goal of the Wikibase Product Platform is to strengthen the benefits of the common foundation and make it easier to create specialized products for our various stakeholders. This shared technical foundation will increase the productivity of WMDE teams and enable product teams to focus more on the specific needs of their stakeholders.
Strategic Goal 1
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: WMDE teams have made initial changes to the Wikibase technical infrastructure that make it more resilient, easier to understand and make changes to.
This objective is shared with Wikidata.
Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-Wikidata and Wikibase Engineers working with the Wikibase infrastructure report positively on the following relevant aspects of the Wikibase technical infrastructure for
- How easy to understand it is
- How easy it is to change it
- How resilient it is perceived
Interim results or output
- Technical direction for the Wikibase software has been defined and agreed on by all relevant WMDE stakeholders.
- An iteration of a defined adjustment to Wikibase technical infrastructure has been completed.
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Ways to ensure that Wikidata's data storage is robust and sustainable have been identified.
This objective is shared with Wikidata.
Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-Indicator for monitoring severity of the problem: - # of edits/changes on Wikidata
Interim results or output
-We have investigated and understood the root cause of the problem.
Strategic Goal 6
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Current and potential reusers of the knowledge curated on Wikidata have an improved experience. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-Wikidata reusers have access to a new or improved data access method for a specific use case.
Interim results or output
- Improved data and tracking of data access methods
- WMDE has communicated the mid-term decision about direction of Action API development in Wikibase
Strategic Goal 7
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Wikidata's data becomes more accessible to the open-source AI community. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-Five open-source AI developers have reported being able to semantically search Wikidata full-text data using our new vector database for the first time.
Interim results or output
- We have received feedback from at least 5 open-source AI developers and at least 5 Wikidata community members on a prototype.
- We have collected feedback from Wikidata community members through their interactions with the test environment, where they queried Wikidata using the vector search.
The free exchange of knowledge is also ensured through civil liberties such as free speech and freedom of information, freedom of the arts, academic freedom, and protection of individuals from monitoring by third parties. That is why we lobby politicians in Germany and Brussels to ensure these Civil Liberties in the Digital Realm are not curtailed, but strengthened in such a way that they promote the common good, civil rights, democracy and ecological sustainability.
Strategic Goal 8
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Cooperation with political organizations relevant to us is being expanded and perpetuated. Indicator(s) 2025
- We continue to engage in an exchange with the ministries and other stakeholders at the Data Institute with the aim of enshrining a focus on the common good.
- Ministries, authorities or institutions relevant to Free Knowledge actively request WMDE to provide lectures, workshops or expert opinions at least 10 times.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Policymakers increasingly adopt arguments for digital policy geared towards the common good. Indicator(s) 2025
- The publication "Digitale Grundrechte" (Fundamental Digital Rights) is launched and noticed by politicians and institutions relevant to us, as evidenced by quotes, participation in accompanying events, etc.
- A new format — most likely a podcast — on infrastructure policy, fundamental digital rights and openness is implemented and recognized by relevant stakeholders.
- At least two of our arguments for digital volunteer work can be found in the German government's Civic Engagement Strategy. Alternative: At least two of our arguments can be found in strategy documents and/or draft bills on legislation relevant to us.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Concrete political measures for digital policy oriented toward the common good are encouraged and shaped by the F5 alliance's work. Indicator(s) 2025
-As part of the F5 alliance, WMDE can address 2 digital policy concerns at parliamentary breakfasts, new MP formats or executive exchange formats. → e.g., Federal Transparency Act, common good, also National Education Platform; OER strategy; Digital Pact for Schools.
-WMDE's digital policy goals are addressed in at least two of the alliance's statements or strategy documents.
-As an alliance: co-designing and participating in a digital policy conference
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More stakeholders in society are aware of knowledge equity as a WMDE field of activity. Indicator(s) 2025
- We receive at least 5 positive responses for formats such as the "Wissen. Macht. Gerechtigkeit." series, which serve to strengthen knowledge equity and are realized in collaboration with other teams.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The concept of "private" data is discussed as a source of Free Knowledge. Indicator(s) 2025
- Development of arguments and a position on the extent to which protection of trade secrets is necessary to safeguard innovations or can be reduced.
Strategic Goal 9
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: DCooperation with political organizations relevant to us is being expanded and perpetuated. Indicator(s) 2025
- We continue to engage in an exchange with the ministries and other stakeholders at the Data Institute with the aim of enshrining a focus on the common good.
- Ministries, authorities or institutions relevant to Free Knowledge actively request WMDE to provide lectures, workshops or expert opinions at least 10 times.
Important legal framework conditions are decided at international level and then implemented at national level. We therefore cooperate with other civil society organizations to ensure that our combined expertise is heard when international regulations are drawn up. We are increasingly participating in debates on the regulation of public digital spaces, particularly with regard to disinformation.
Strategic Goal 8
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: WMDE is committed to promoting digital public infrastructure and digital commons at national and EU level. Indicator(s) 2025
- WMDE is actively consulted 3 times by specialist politicians on international public infrastructure issues.
- The "Wikipedia Test" can be presented to politicians on 2 occasions.
- WMDE can introduce the promotion of digital commons as a goal of German international digital policy in two strategy documents or processes.
- WMDE supports WMEU in possible activities in connection with CSAM rules.
- WMDE accompanies the DSA implementation process at national level.
Strategic Goal 9
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: We strengthen the interests of civil society within the WSIS+20 process. Indicator(s) 2025
- WMDE strengthens goals C3 (Access to information and knowledge) and C8 (Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content) of the WSIS Action Lines.
- WMDE can strengthen the idea of digital commons as part of preparing fellows for WSIS+20.
At least that which is financed with public money is also a public good. This includes publicly financed research and software as well as everything that government agencies create or commission themselves, content from public broadcasting, state-financed museums, etc. Many such institutions are setting an example and making their collections and other products freely available in digital form. We are working towards enshrining the free availability of publicly financed digital goods at least as a principle in law and institutional practice to the greatest extent possible. We provide impetus, clarification and advice.
Strategic Goal 7
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: A growing group of volunteers from other German-speaking digital volunteering communities are aware of our goals for more Free Knowledge and can help achieve greater local reach. Indicator(s) 2025
Strategic Goal 8
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Legal and political framework conditions are increasingly favorable to the provision of open data. Indicator(s) 2025
- The legal text on the Right to Open Data that has been passed or is still in the legislative process contains as few exceptions as possible.
- By way of direct talks and other measures, we are working to ensure that at least two other bodies recommend an amendment to Section 5 of the German Copyright Act on the public domain of public publications.
- More people in institutions relevant to us understand and use Linked Open Data principles.
Interim results or output
- In collaboration with other teams, more explanatory material on Linked Open Data is being produced.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: “Public Money - Public Good” is gaining influence in politics and administration as a principle to be striven for. Indicator(s) 2025
- Policymakers incorporate WMDE arguments in draft speeches or strategies.
Interim results or output
- A monthly column is being published on the topics of digital volunteering and "Public money? Public good!" on netzpolitik.org
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More educational content from public broadcasters is available under free license. Indicator(s) 2025
- Another public broadcaster format launches a pilot project on free licenses.
- In cooperation with WMEU and the international wiki loves broadcast network, the efforts to obtain free licenses in public broadcasting are being internationalized.
Interim results or output
- A community of practice has been established and regularly exchanges information.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The internalization of IT expertise is increasingly seen as a strategic task required for the public sector to build the necessary infrastructure for the automated provision of open data. Indicator(s) 2025
- The legal text on the right to open data, which has been passed or is still in the legislative process, refers to the required organizational obligations of the public sector, which are a prerequisite for the automated provision of open data.
Interim results or output
- Direct talks and meetings with politicians at various levels (i.e., parliamentarians, ministries, parliamentary groups, etc.) Output: Drafting of detailed written statements and/or position papers.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: A growing group of volunteers from other German-speaking digital volunteering communities are aware of our goals for more Free Knowledge and can help achieve greater local reach. Indicator(s) 2025
- Volunteers take up our goals for more free knowledge in the form of events and/or publications or incorporate them into their own goals.
- A survey on approval policies in cultural institutions is being carried out together with volunteers and in cooperation with the Culture and Marginalized Knowledge team.
Interim results or output
- We regularly take part in events in the German-speaking scene, such as the Chaos Communication Camp, involve the local spaces and actively participate with lectures, workshops and contributions to discussions.
Strategic Goal 9
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Legal and political framework conditions are increasingly favorable to the provision of open data. Indicator(s) 2025
- The legal text on the Right to Open Data that has been passed or is still in the legislative process contains as few exceptions as possible.
- By way of direct talks and other measures, we are working to ensure that at least two other bodies recommend an amendment to Section 5 of the German Copyright Act on the public domain of public publications.
- More people in institutions relevant to us understand and use Linked Open Data principles.
Interim results or output
- In collaboration with other teams, more explanatory material on Linked Open Data is being produced.
- A concept is being drawn up on how to get more members actively involved in our goals, and tests are being conducted.
Program 17: GLAM - Open Cultural and Memory Institutions
We campaign for open and free access to cultural heritage and for open cultural content and data. In doing so, we build on close cooperation with those who work with the volunteers of the Wikimedia projects and who would like to promote openness in their professional contexts. At the same time, we support volunteers in the Wikimedia communities in gaining access to cultural heritage and contributing to free knowledge. We take the following two approaches to this:
With our community-based approach, we support and develop formats, activities, and projects by and for the volunteers together with the Wikimedia community. We see our task in facilitating volunteers' access to cultural and memorial institutions (i.e., to cultural heritage in its diverse forms) and establishing contact and relationships with GLAM institutions.
In our institution-based approach, we base our work on the needs and wishes of the institutions. We create structures so that GLAM professionals can network and collaborate on the topic of "open cultural data". We focus on strategic partnerships, provide advice and support in developing capacity for data donations and participation in Wikimedia projects.
Strategic Goal 4
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: People from the GLAM wiki community as well as cultural and memory institutions work together to make knowledge from these institutions freely usable via the Wikimedia projects. Indicator(s) 2025
- With formats like GLAM on Tour or GLAM digital, we achieve at least 300 participations by at least 150 different people from the Wikimedia community as well as cultural and memory institutions.
- At least 15% of the participants in the event formats offered had not yet taken part in 2024
- In at least 5 cases, the GLAM wiki community and cultural and memory institutions work together repeatedly, e.g., by - organizing events such as edit-a-thons on their own initiative - contributing content to Wikimedia projects on a larger scale - establishing long-term collaboration with local spaces or communities.
- At least 50 stakeholders from cultural and memory institutions take part in training courses and introductions to the Wikimedia projects.
Interim results or output
- 2 x GLAM on Tour, 10 x GLAM digital
Strategic Goal 8
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: DThe Community of Practice (CoP) - "WikiKult - Open Cultural Data" - has been consolidated. It is working on the expansion of knowledge and practice relating to open cultural data and linked open data based on goals it has set itself. Indicator(s) 2025
- The members of the CoP feel better able to use Wikidata or the Wikimedia projects for the development of LOD through their involvement in the CoP.
- At least 10 exchange formats take place each year and work on their goals. Initial working groups have been established.
- A network meeting takes place with 20-30 participants.
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More relevant stakeholders from cultural and memory organizations use the Wikimedia projects to create Linked Open Data and to open and link their collections. Indicator(s) 2025
- Two or three new partnerships are established and/or implemented.
- Documentation of the partnerships is publicly available.
- 2 or 3 publications (i.e., articles or presentations) are available on the use of Wikimedia projects in GLAM institutions.
Interim results or output
- Implementation of strategic partnerships to further develop best practices and approaches using state-of-the-art practices and power-critical approaches.
- Publication of learning resources and recommendations for action.
- Presentation of use cases for newcomers ⇒ Case clinic on LOD and GLAM
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More civil society and political stakeholders at national or international level are campaigning for standards and regulations for openness and access to cultural heritage. Indicator(s) 2025
<- WMDE is part of the Creative Commons TAROCH Coalition.
- WMDE regularly and actively participates in TAROCH working meetings to advocate for an international standard-setting Unesco instrument that proactively promotes access to cultural heritage.
- WMDE is a partner of the "Zugang gestalten" conference.
- Interim results or output
- We participate regularly in the working meetings of the TAROCH Coalition.
- Advocacy materials are being developed.
What finds its way into the body of knowledge and official accounts is determined to a large extent by questions of power. This applies just as much to archives, museums and media as it does to open, collaborative projects such as Wikipedia. We are working to ensure that Wikimedia projects reflect the knowledge and perspectives of people who experience structural discrimination, thereby contributing to greater social equity. We work with people from marginalized communities and the Wikimedia communities to this end.
Strategic Goal 4
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Marginalized groups take part in advisory and training offerings on working with the Wikimedia projects. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
At least 50 people from marginalized groups take part in advisory and training offerings on working with Free Knowledge.
Interim results or output None
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: An active group of trainers is specifically aligned with the needs of marginalized groups. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-At least 5 trainers are available and active.
Interim results or output None
Strategic Goal 5
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More people get involved in projects or activities that aim to make marginalized perspectives visible in Free Knowledge. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-In at least 15 projects and/or activities, 10 of which are funded as part of re•shape, people are committed to making marginalized perspectives visible in Free Knowledge.
-At least 5 of those receiving support within the re•shape program remain involved by participating in events or taking on a role in subsequent program rounds, for example.
Interim results or output - None
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Marginalized groups and parts of the community join forces to support each other in their work with Free Knowledge. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-In at least two cases, people come together to implement a project.
-In at least one case, people meet on an ongoing basis in a self-organized group to support each other.
Interim results or output - None
‘Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Community members and marginalized groups identify existing barriers for marginalized groups and work to overcome them. Indicator(s) 2025 How we will determine whether we have been successful:
-At least 15 community members are working with WMDE to identify and address existing barriers for marginalized groups.
-At least 20 community members take part in further training formats and apply what they have learned.
Interim results or output - None
We are committed to ensuring that openness becomes the guiding principle for contemporary, future-proof digital education in Germany. By free, open education, we mean educational approaches that promote collaborative, co-creative and networked learning and teaching. This requires free and open access to educational materials, applications and products (open educational resources), as well as open educational practices that focus on learners and promote their participation and autonomy.
As an educational digital corrective entity for free and open education, we are committed to ensuring that open education is established across the board in formal and non-formal educational settings. We actively shape development processes in the field of open education resources and practices, open education technologies and infrastructure as well as the associated discourses.
Strategic Goal 8
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More decision-makers from the fields of education policy, administration and practice from previously untapped networks are aware of our topics and view them as relevant to their own work. Indicator(s) 2025
- At least 6 meetings per quarter are initiated and held with decision-makers from previously untapped networks.
- Newly established and existing contacts and networks result in at least 5 activities in which relationships are deepened and connections are made between WMDE positions and those of decision-makers.
- Relevant decision-makers participate in activities initiated by WMDE and rate them as helpful or useful for their work.
Interim results or output
- Discussions are held including talks with stakeholders from the teacher training institutes of the federal states.
- Activities are still open, such as invitation to events, collaboration on recommendations for action or positions, invitations of WMDE to background discussions, etc.
- 3 or 4 networking events
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: Decision-makers from the fields of education policy, administration and practice invite Wikimedia Deutschland to advisory meetings, consultation processes or committees in which we actively participate. Indicator(s) 2025
- Wikimedia takes an active role in at least five committees of publicly funded initiatives on strategies for open and public-interest-oriented education, e.g., by assuming the role of spokesperson, defining topics, etc.
- Wikimedia is actively requested to provide at least 6 statements, lectures, workshops, expert opinions, etc.
- Wikimedia regularly publishes positions on open and community-oriented education, which are noticed by relevant decision-makers.
Interim results or output
- Committee work, including on the OER advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- e.g., regular policy briefing on openness and digital education, statements
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The Wikimedia projects and principles of openness as a resource for democracy education are becoming increasingly important for decision-makers in the fields of education policy, administration and practice. Indicator(s) 2025
- WMDE develops and/or publishes various publications, learning and informational materials, handouts with educational policy or educational content that focus on the Wikimedia projects and openness principles as a resource for democracy education.
- These publications are recognized by relevant decision-makers, e.g., by way of citations, participation in accompanying events, etc.
- WMDE establishes at least two partnerships with wide-reaching platforms (e.g., educational providers, educational media, training institutes, etc.) in order to develop new distribution channels for our publications.
Interim results or output
- Open content guide with a focus on education (i.e., school, university and non-formal education), content on the topic of "fundamental rights", trust in Wikipedia
- e.g., cooperation with the "fobizz" platform
Strategic Goal 9
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: A concept is being drawn up on how to get more members actively involved in our goals, and tests are being conducted.
Wikipedia is one of the most used websites in Germany. We want to focus more on the needs of readers in order to better take their interests into account in the strategic and organizational processes of the Wikimedia Movement. We are also developing strategies aimed at ensuring the content of Wikimedia projects is used by even more people. At the same time, we want to help break down barriers and improve the site's inclusivity.
Strategic Goal 5
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More people are using the content of Wikimedia projects. Indicator(s) 2025
-A brief study on improving the inclusivity of Wikipedia is available.
Interim results or output - None
Strategic Priority 4
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: The needs and interests of Wikipedia readers are given greater consideration. Indicator(s) 2025
- An analysis of readers' needs and interests is available.
- In follow-up to the results of the Future Congress 2024, at least one dialogue event will be held on the interests of readers.
- We have a concept for how we at WMDE can better take the interests of readers into account by 2030 and create a better understanding of the current and potential needs of the target groups within the movement.
Interim results or output - None
Strategic Goal 6
Changes 2025 What we want to achieve by the end of 2025: More people are using the content of Wikimedia projects. Indicator(s) 2025
-A dashboard has been created for monitoring audience behavior.
Interim results or output - None
