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'''[[:Category:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]]''' are independent {{tag|organization}}s founded to support and promote the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) projects within a specified geographical region, such as a [[:Category:Countries|country]]<ref>[https://beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk/company/06741827 Wikimedia UK - overview, Company number: 06741827], Cardiff, UK, CompaniesHouse.gov.uk, accessed: 11 May 2017</ref> or [[:Category:United States|state]]. Like the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], they aim to "empower and engage [[:Category:People|people]] around the [[:Category:Earth|world]] to collect and develop [[:Category:Education|educational]] content under a free [[:Category:Wiki License|license]] or in the [[:Category:Public domain|public domain]], and to disseminate it effectively and globally". | '''[[:Category:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]]''' are independent {{tag|organization}}s founded to support and promote the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) projects within a specified geographical region, such as a [[:Category:Countries|country]]<ref>[https://beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk/company/06741827 Wikimedia UK - overview, Company number: 06741827], Cardiff, UK, CompaniesHouse.gov.uk, accessed: 11 May 2017</ref> or [[:Category:United States|state]]. Like the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], they aim to "empower and engage [[:Category:People|people]] around the [[:Category:Earth|world]] to collect and develop [[:Category:Education|educational]] content under a free [[:Category:Wiki License|license]] or in the [[:Category:Public domain|public domain]], and to disseminate it effectively and globally". | ||
As of April 2013, there are 39 chapters which currently exist, with at least one chapter on every [[:Category:Continent|continent]] of the world (except Antarctica). Existing chapters sign an agreement, known as [[ | As of April 2013, there are 39 chapters which currently exist, with at least one chapter on every [[:Category:Continent|continent]] of the world (except Antarctica). Existing chapters sign an agreement, known as [[Meta-Wiki:Chapter Agreements|Chapter Agreements]] with the Wikimedia Foundation. Individual chapters can seek help from fellow chapters via the [[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia Chapters Association|Wikimedia Chapters Association]]. New chapters are created via the [[Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]] (previously known as Wikimedia Chapcom). | ||
*[[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]] — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | *[[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]] — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | ||
;References | *[[Meta-Wiki:Affiliations Committee|Affiliations Committee]] — at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | ||
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