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==Projects==

The Wikimedia Foundation maintains different projects including:<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation]</ref>

* Wikipedia- is a free encyclopedia developed by volunteer writers worldwide which is available in 273 different languages. This project started on January 2001. At present, Wikipedia has a collection of more than 10 million articles.

* Wikibooks- contains a collection of e-books from textboks, manuals, annotated public domain books and many more.Available in 100 languages, this project was launched on October 2010.

* Wikiversity-created on August 15, 2006, this project provides resource materials for all levels.Available in 12 languages and currently it has 30,000 learning materials.

* Wiktionary- This project started on December 2002. It contains definition of words available in 150 languages.

* Wikiquote-initiated on July 2003, this project is a collection of quotes by famous individuals or taken from books, films and other relevant materials.

* Wikispecies-provides a database of Taxonomy which started in 2010.

* Wikinews- Implemented in 2004, this project is dedicated in providing news stories in different areas.

* Wikisource-Started in 2003, this project is a multilingual collection of more than 880,000 hypertext sources.

* Wikimedia Commons-This project was launched in 2004 and contains a collection of more than five million free multimedia files from photographs, diagrams, maps, videos etc.

* MediaWiki-is a software used by wikimedia projects and other websites. It was released under a General Public License (GPL).

==References==

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 ==Projects==
+The Wikimedia Foundation maintains different projects including:<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation]</ref>
+* Wikipedia- is a free encyclopedia developed by volunteer writers worldwide which is available in 273 different languages. This project started on January 2001. At present, Wikipedia has a collection of more than 10 million articles.
+* Wikibooks- contains a collection of e-books from textboks, manuals, annotated public domain books and many more.Available in 100 languages, this project was launched on October 2010.
+* Wikiversity-created on August 15, 2006, this project provides resource materials for all levels.Available in 12 languages and currently it has 30,000 learning materials.
+* Wiktionary- This project started on December 2002. It contains definition of words available in 150 languages.
+* Wikiquote-initiated on July 2003, this project is a collection of quotes by famous individuals or taken from books, films and other relevant materials.
+* Wikispecies-provides a database of Taxonomy which started in 2010.
+* Wikinews- Implemented in 2004, this project is dedicated in providing news stories in different areas.
+* Wikisource-Started in 2003, this project is a multilingual collection of more than 880,000 hypertext sources.
+* Wikimedia Commons-This project was launched in 2004 and contains a collection of more than five million free multimedia files from photographs, diagrams, maps, videos etc.
+* MediaWiki-is a software used by wikimedia projects and other websites. It was released under a General Public License (GPL).
 ==References==