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Wikimedia Italia - Associazione per la diffusione della conoscenza libera is the Italian Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation.

It was formed on Friday 17th June 2005, in Canino.

The bylaws were prepared and approved by the Wikimedia Foundation.

During an IRC meeting with Jimbo, Angela and Anthere the bylaws were amended and the Foundation was given permission to proceed.

Additional info can be found on that page and contact information at Contatti. General e-mails to Wikimedia Italia can be sent to infowikimedia.it.

The Wikimedia Italia official website is www.wikimedia.it.

Elected on September 25th, 2010.

• Frieda Brioschi, president
• Roberto Corda, vicepresident
• Andrea Zanni, secretary
• Alessio Guidetti, treasurer
• Cristian Consonni, projects coordinator

Ombudsmen:

• Maurizio Codogno
• Gianluigi Gamba
• Marina Milella
• Marco Chemello (stand-in)
• Luca Martinelli (stand-in)

As of December 2023, the association counts 354 members. The 2023 budget comprised around 740,000 €, raised from donations, "Cinque per mille" tax donations and contributions to institutional activities.

• Who we are

What has been done so far (most links in Italian, sorry)

• we participate round-the-year in local and national events and fairs, seminars, lectures in classrooms, etc. for promoting WMF projects in Italy (logbook)
• we support and collaborate in nationwide petitions and campaigns
• we organized some online and offline initiatives (Wiki@home (English), WikiAfrica, BWM, Biblioteca, Musica)
• 3rd part publishers released a DVD-version of it:wp (more than 20,000 copies sold) and a handbook about Wikipedia and the Wikis
• we have obtained the status of "associazione di promozione sociale" (social promotion association, a "charity" status in Italy); this grants tax deductibility on donations for the donors and other facilitations: we have also joined the WMF 2009 fundraising and 2010 "cinque per mille" campaign (sort of en:Eight per thousand for charities)
• we have an office in Milan.

Best successes

• a few national awards
• the digital freedoms festival (2009, 2010 and 2011)
• the Wikimedia Conference 2013 in Milan
• organization of Wiki Loves Monuments Italia, despite the legal hurdles

Worst headache

• the squatted domains www.wiki***.it
• some legal complaints about the content of some Wikipedia articles (mainly bios of politicians), passed through to the VRT, as WMI is not the proper recipient, except one which went through a 5-years trial before WMI won in the Court.

• Commons media gallery
• Reports on what we're doing