Archive:Press releases/2016
- Wikimedia Foundation 2016 contribution campaign: support free knowledge with a gift to Wikipedia
- 29 November 2016 Non-profit asks readers to help sustain Wikipedia and its sister projects
- Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Victoria Coleman as Chief Technology Officer
- 2 November 2016 Victoria brings more than 20 years of experience leading development and strategy for complex technologies at scale
- Wikimedia Foundation announces Katherine Maher as Executive Director
- 24 June 2016 Katherine is an expert on the intersection of technology, human rights, democracy, and international development
- Wikimedia Foundation announces new Board trustees and leadership at Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy
- 23 June 2016 Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv bring deep non-profit governance experience
- Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge
- 14 January 2016 Community celebrates Wikipedia and sister projects with nearly 150 events on six continents; Wikimedia Foundation announces endowment to sustain Wikipedia for the future
- Wikimedia Foundation to explore new ways to search and discover reliable, relevant, free information with $250,000 from Knight Foundation
- 6 January 2016 Funds support research and testing to improve how people find information on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects
- Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
- 5 January 2016 New Trustees bring deep financial, operational, and organizational development expertise to Wikimedia’s free knowledge mission