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'''[[:Category:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]]''' are legally independent [[:Category:Non-profit|non-profit]] [[:Category:Organization|organizations]] founded to support and promote the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) {{WMF.org|Our projects|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]; ''beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk''; Cardiff, [[:Category:United Kingdom|UK]]; Companies House; 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 | '''[[:Category:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]]''' are legally independent [[:Category:Non-profit|non-profit]] [[:Category:Organization|organizations]] founded to support and promote the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) {{WMF.org|Our projects|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]; ''beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk''; Cardiff, [[:Category:United Kingdom|UK]]; Companies House; 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 August 2019, there are 39 chapters<ref>{{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia chapters#Existing chapters|Wikimedia chapters - Existing chapters}}; ''Meta.Wikimedia.org''; [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]; 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 {{WMF-Meta|chapter agreements}} with the Wikimedia Foundation. Individual chapters can seek help from fellow chapters via the {{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia Chapters Association}} (WCA). New chapters are created via the [[Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]] ('AffCom', previously known as Wikimedia Chapters Committee, or 'ChapCom'). | As of August 2019, there are 39 chapters<ref>{{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia chapters#Existing chapters|Wikimedia chapters - Existing chapters}}; ''Meta.Wikimedia.org''; [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]; 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 {{WMF-Meta|chapter agreements}} with the Wikimedia Foundation. Individual chapters can seek help from fellow chapters via the {{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia Chapters Association}} (WCA). New chapters are created via the [[Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]] ('AffCom', previously known as Wikimedia Chapters Committee, or 'ChapCom'). |
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