위키미디어 한국

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Wikimedia Korea/Hanguk (한국 위키미디어 협회) is a non-profit organization and a Wikimedia chapter founded by Wikimedia users in Republic of Korea for making diffusion of free knowledge. In 2012, we started a preparatory committee, and in 2014, we held the founding meeting. In 2019, we was approved as a local chapter by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Wikimedia Korea

South Korea
Location South Korea
Country codeKR
Founding date19 October 2014
Approval date17 July 2015
Chapter elevation date24 April 2019
Staff2
Official language(s)Korean
Incorporation paper/Bylaws
AffiliationsESEAP
Former nameWikimedians of Korea User Group
WebsiteWebsite
E-mail addressoffice@wikimedia.kr
TwitterWikimedia_KR
Facebookwikimediakr

We need YOU to keep us growing. Apply for membership and support us!
한국 위키미디어 협회 회원으로 가입하셔서 저희 협회 활동을 후원해 주세요!

All Wikimedia projects are interconnected, and anyone can use and participate in it. The biggest project among these projects is Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, which is a very popular site. Anyone can approach to knowledge freely using Wikipedia, and Wikipedia has over 16 million articles in 260 languages. Wikipedia and sisterhood projects are maintained by voluntary participations and donations, without ads.

Our mission is to support and promote Wikimedia projects hosted by Wikimedia Foundation Inc. We will support and promote the collection and development of educational content under free license and in public domain. To achieve our mission, we will provide infrastructures and organizational system in coorperation with the foundation and individual volunteers, and we will contribute to making and keeping useful information from the Wikimedia projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity.

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Our mission is to support and promote Wikimedia projects hosted by Wikimedia Foundation Inc. We will support and promote the collection and development of educational content under free license and in public domain. To achieve our mission, we will provide infrastructures and organizational system in coorperation with the foundation and individual volunteers, and we will contribute to making and keeping useful information from the Wikimedia projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity.

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  • We operate and fundraise to operate online systems for the creation, collection, and distribution, respectively, of free content, focusing on the Wikimedia projects.
  • We help accquire, distribute, and use information about free content, wikis and the Wikimedia projects, and promote free contents, wikis and the Wikimedia projects through events, informational materials, or others.
  • We distribute and support the distribution of free content by other means, e.g., in digital or printed media, focusing on content from the Wikimedia projects.
  • We develop and lead ways of developing and expanding educational content under free license and in public domain in the Wikimedia projects and other organizations.
  • We resolve scientific, social, cultural, and legal questions related to free content and wikis, e.g., with expert opinions, scientific studies, and awarding of scholarships.

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  • We held an annual general meeting of the Wikimedia Korea and elected the 5th board.

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