Wikimedia Deutschland/Summary

Presentation of the chapter

Wikimedia Deutschland, founded in June 2004, was the first Wikimedia chapter. It has more than 550 members, an office with 5 full time employees, and an annual budget of ~900k EUR.

What has been done so far

• Infrastructure: 30 Squids (110k EUR), Toolserver cluster (30k EUR)
• Outreach: Wikipedia Academy (since 2005), Brochures (Wikipedia 1x1, Wikipedia and Wkisource flyers), Zedler Medal, Wikipedia exhibition, Media literacy at schools
• Community support: Travel grants (writing contest), Workshops (OTRS team), Digitisation of old books (Wikisource), Legal support (expert opinion on legal issues), Stable versions
• Business development: DirectMedia (Wikipedia DVD), Spiegel Wissen (knowledge portal of major German news magazine), Bertelsmann (one volume print edition of Wikipedia)
• Press relations: Reactive and proactive on German and international issues
• Legal affairs: 5 lawsuits against WM-DE (4 failed, 1 pending), one lawsuit against WMF (failed)

Worst headache

• Human resources: Professional Support, Volunteer Development
• Predictability: Strategy, Plan of Action, Involvement
• Security: Financial Sustainability, Internal Obstacles, Legal Risks