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'''[[:Category:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]]''' are independent | '''[[:Category:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]]''' are legally independent [[:Category:Nonprofit|non-profit]] [[:Category:Organization|organizations]] founded to support and promote the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) projects within a specified geographical [[:Category:Region|region]], such as a [[:Category:Countries|country]]<ref>[https://beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk/company/06741827 Wikimedia UK - overview, Company number: 06741827]; Cardiff, UK; Companies House; ''beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk''; accessed: 26 June 2021.</ref> or [[:Category:State|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 [[:Category:Global|globally]]". | ||
As of | As of August 2019, there are 39 chapters<ref>[[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia chapters#Existing chapters|Wikimedia chapters - Existing chapters]]; [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]; ''Meta.Wikimedia.org''; accessed: 26 June 2021.</ref> which currently exist (up from the 37 in existence at October 2018), with at least one chapter on every [[:Category:Continent|continent]] of the world (except [[:Category:Antarctica|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]] (WCA). New chapters are created via the [[Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]] ('AffCom', previously known as Wikimedia Chapters Committee, or 'ChapCom'). | ||
*[[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]] — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | *[[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]] — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | ||
*{{W|List of Wikimedia chapters}} — at the [[English Wikipedia]] | |||
*[[Meta-Wiki:Affiliations Committee|Affiliations Committee]] — at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | *[[Meta-Wiki:Affiliations Committee|Affiliations Committee]] — at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | ||
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