Wikimedia Italia

Wikimedia Italia – Associazione per la diffusione della conoscenza libera - APS is the Italian chapter of the Wikimedia movement.

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The members of Wikimedia Italia at the general assembly on June 23, 2019.

Contact information at Contatti (in Italian). General e-mails to Wikimedia Italia can be sent to infowikimedia.it.

The Wikimedia Italia official website is www.wikimedia.it, there is also a wiki for members and English/French speakers located at wiki.wikimedia.it.

Current board

Since May 18, 2024.

• Alessio Melandri, president
• Ferdinando Traversa, vicepresident
• Elena Marangoni, secretary
• Marta Cecilia Pigazzini, treasurer
• Stefano Dal Bo, councillor

Ombudspersons:

• Cristian Consonni
• Valerio Perticone
• Lucia Marsicano
• Giulia Clonfero (stand-in)
• Manuela De Vivo (stand-in)

Current staff

See also: wmit:Personale

• Francesca Mercuri, Executive Director
• Marta Arosio, Cultural Institutions
• Anisa Kuci, OpenStreetMap, Support for Volunteers
• Marco Chemello, Training and Technical Consultancy
• Francesca Lissoni, Fundraising
• Simona Cannataro, Communication, Advocacy
• Dario Crespi, National Projects, Support for Volunteers and Members Secretariat
• Chiara Verrone, Administration

Office address

via Bergognone 34, c/o BASE Milano
20144 Milano (MI)
Italy

Phone: +390256569662
email: segreteriawikimedia.it

Info

As of December 2023, the association counts 354 members. The 2023 budget comprised around 740,000 €, raised from donations, "Cinque per mille" tax donations and contributions to institutional activities.

• Who we are

What has been done so far (most links in Italian, sorry)

• we participate round-the-year in local and national events and fairs, seminars, lectures in classrooms, etc. for promoting WMF projects in Italy (logbook)
• we support and collaborate in nationwide petitions and campaigns
• we organized some online and offline initiatives (Wiki@home (English), WikiAfrica, BWM, Biblioteca, Musica)
• 3rd part publishers released a DVD-version of it:wp (more than 20,000 copies sold) and a handbook about Wikipedia and the Wikis
• we have obtained the status of "associazione di promozione sociale" (social promotion association, a "charity" status in Italy); this grants tax deductibility on donations for the donors and other facilitations: we have also joined the WMF 2009 fundraising and 2010 "cinque per mille" campaign (sort of en:Eight per thousand for charities)
• we have an office in Milan.

Best successes

• a few national awards
• the digital freedoms festival (2009, 2010 and 2011)
• the Wikimedia Conference 2013 in Milan
• organization of Wiki Loves Monuments Italia, despite the legal hurdles

Worst headache

• the squatted domains www.wiki***.it
• some legal complaints about the content of some Wikipedia articles (mainly bios of politicians), passed through to the VRT, as WMI is not the proper recipient, except one which went through a 5-years trial before WMI won in the Court.

Updates

Reports

See dedicated page.

Financial statements

The most recent financial statements are:

• 2023 financial statement
• 2022 financial statement
• 2021 financial statement
• 2020 financial statement
• 2019 financial statement
• 2018 financial statement
• 2017 financial statement
• 2016 financial statement
• 2015 financial statement
• 2014 financial statement
• 2013 financial statement
• 2012 financial statement
• 2011 financial statement

Wikimedia Italia also publishes a newsletter (Wikimedia News) about twice per month.

Origins

Wikimedia Italia was formed on Friday 17th June 2005, in Canino.

The bylaws were prepared and approved by the Wikimedia Foundation.

During an IRC meeting with Jimbo, Angela and Anthere the bylaws were amended and the Foundation was given permission to proceed.

See also

• Commons media gallery