Wikimedia Israel

<h2 id="vision-and-goals">Vision and goals</h2>
<p>Wikimedia Israel has adopted the vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, from which the following <a href="/facts/Goal/N5UtLKVk">goal</a> is inferred: “Imagine a world in which every single person on the <a href="/facts/Planet/rbPjE6Bx">planet</a> is given free access to the sum of all human <a href="/facts/Knowledge/joozoaup">knowledge</a>. That's what we're doing”.
Goals:
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<ul><li>Promoting knowledge and <a href="/facts/Education/WIwsQKF9">education</a> in Israel through the collection, creation and dissemination of free content.</li>
<li>Improving the access for free content to all, and making knowledge accessible to everyone in Israel.</li>
<li>Promoting <a href="/facts/Computer_system/SQe1aK05">computer systems</a> and internet infrastructure used for collecting and disseminating free content, specifically systems used for Wikimedia *Foundation projects.</li>
<li>Promoting research of <a href="/facts/Social/twVnad19">social</a>, <a href="/facts/Cultural/c5JgMqpX">cultural</a> and practical issues related to free content.</li>
<li>Promoting and initiating volunteer activities to further the chapter's goals.</li></ul>
<h2 id="main-projects">Main projects</h2>
<ul><li>Supporting the Wikipedia community: social activities, supporting projects initiated by volunteers, etc.</li>
<li>Lectures: lectures about the history of Wikipedia, the basics of Wikipedia and projects initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation.</li>
<li>Editing workshops: workshops that introduce the participants to the basics of Wikipedia and how to edit it.</li>
<li>Establishing long-term collaboration for the purpose of expanding the <a href="/facts/Hebrew_Wikipedia/P0UHl1WG">Hebrew Wikipedia</a> and other projects. Wikimedia Israel collaborates with cultural and academic institutions, among them the National Library, the Ministry of Education and the Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites.</li>
<li>Writing Wikipedia articles as an <a href="/facts/Academic/Q1cenQyr">academic</a> requirement: Wikipedia and Wikimedia volunteers facilitate courses where writing articles is part of the course requirement.</li>
<li>Outreach programs and activities aimed at introducing Wikipedia, its projects and the principles of free content to decision-makers and the public.</li>
<li>Outreach programs to promote policy that will enable the release of government-held information and content. For example, government decision 5268: Granting free use of images owned by the government on government websites.</li>
<li>Initiating photography contests to expand the online repository of free-use images (Wikimedia Commons) with images from Israel.</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikimedia Israel.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.wikimedia.org.il/">Official website</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.guidestar.org.il/organization/580476430">Wikimedia Israel at the Israeli Corporations Authority</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:2"><p>כוס קפה רק - 5 ש"ח... קמפיין הקפה של קופיקס, נבחר לקמפיין השנה באוסקר ענף יחסי הציבור "האריה השואג" של איגוד יועצי התקשורת ויחסי הציבור בישראל <a href="http://www.ispra.org.il/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A1-%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%A8%D7%A7-5-%D7%A9-%D7%97-%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A1-%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%A3-%D7%99%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%90%D7%92-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C.html" target="_blank">http://www.ispra.org.il/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A1-%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%A8%D7%A7-5-%D7%A9-%D7%97-%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A1-%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%A3-%D7%99%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%90%D7%92-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Wikimedia Israel