The Signpost

News and notes

Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised

Stanton Foundation give $3.6 million grant

The Stanton Foundation is the philanthropic legacy of the late Frank Stanton, president of CBS from 1946 to 1971 and who organised the first televised presidential debate in the United States.

The Wikimedia Foundation announced this week that they have received a $3.6 million grant from the Stanton Foundation. According to the press release from the Foundation, the funding will go to support development of the long-awaited visual editor and other technical improvements including the addition of editing facilities to the new Wikimedia mobile site. The grant can also be put towards any project that "make[s] Wikimedia a friendlier and more understandable environment for new editors".


The $1.2 million grant in 2010 from the Stanton Foundation helped fund the Public Policy Initiative and a 2008 grant of $890,000 helped fund usability improvements. This week's $3.6 million donation is the largest ever to have been received by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Brief notes

Screenshot of the winning entry of WikiViz 2011.

















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