Wikimedia Foundation/hi

विकिमीडिया संस्थान (Wikimedia Foundation) मीडियाविकि के विकास के लिए ज़िम्मेदार एक गैर-लाभ संगठन है। वे कई विकियाँ भी होस्ट करते हैं जैसे विकिपीडिया। और जानने के लिए यह विकिपीडिया लेख पढ़ें।

For more information on the Wikimedia Foundation, see Wikimedia Foundation on Wikipedia.

Relation to Miraheze
Miraheze and Wikimedia are both powered by MediaWiki which on occasion may lead to some users believing the two projects are related, mainly due to the default skin. Miraheze strives to offer a vanilla experience of MediaWiki which often times happens to be the default on Wikimedia projects. Even though Miraheze and Wikimedia may share the same software, extensions, skins, some volunteers, role names, etc., Miraheze and Wikimedia are not related.

Miraheze is operated by Miraheze Limited of the United Kingdom and Wikimedia by the Wikimedia Foundation of the United States and are both governed by different policies. While Wikimedia strives to be an online repository of educational material, Miraheze's goal is to provide its users with great MediaWiki hosting for free.

Culture
Miraheze was formed by two Wikimedia users. Many of the first users on Miraheze were fellow Wikimedia users who had heard of Miraheze through other Wikimedians. Even today, many of our users also volunteer on Wikimedia projects or have a long history of previously having volunteered there. Some of our users have served or currently serve as Wikimedia metawikimedia:Special:MyLanguage/Stewards, metawikimedia:Special:MyLanguage/Global Sysops, Global Rollbackers, Ombuds Commission members, system administrators, English Wikipedia w:Wikipedia:Bureaucrats, w:Wikipedia:Administrators, w:Wikipedia:CheckUsers, w:Wikipedia:Oversighters, Arbitration Committee members, the list goes on. As such, it is to be expected that we sometimes tend to share some aspects of Wikimedian culture which tends to add onto the confusion.

On occasion, you may find some users adopt some Wikimedia concepts, use Wikimedia as a basis for something, see them cite essays from Wikimedia projects, make jokes referring to Wikimedia, etc. Because of this, Miraheze may, on occasion, use Wikimedia as a model on how to do something. This is not always though, change on Miraheze requires consensus and sometimes it is determined that the best way to do something is not the Wikimedia way.

Usage of English Wikipedia essays
Commonly, you will find users on Miraheze Meta who cite English Wikipedia (or, to a lesser extent, Wikimedia Meta-Wiki) essays to explain a point. These may include WP:AGF to encourage users to assume good faith, WP:BOLD to exhort users to be courageous and make changes that improve Miraheze or take action to help out others or the project, WP:SNOW to indicate that a proposal has little chance of passing, What is trolling? (Wikimedia Meta-Wiki) to explain what is a troll, just to name a few.

Once more, as many of our users are also Wikimedia volunteers, they tend to carry over the tendency to cite these essays. Citing these essays is generally acceptable and can be useful to explain a viewpoint or the reasoning behind an action. Some English Wikipedia essays are also adopted as a de facto guide on good practices and may sometimes even be cited by Stewards or Meta Administrators as their basis for making a decision.

While these essays serve great purpose, it is sometimes accidentally assumed that all English Wikipedia essays apply as policy on Miraheze and Miraheze Meta. This is not true; Miraheze and Miraheze Meta have their own policies, located at and  respectively. Even though some English Wikipedia essays and policies sometimes serve as an example of good practices, those essays are not policy.

Miraheze पर दान
Wikimedia Indonesia ने Miraheze को 2017 में $1910 दान किया और Wikimedia España ने 2018 में Miraheze को €10 दान किया। हालाँकि, Miraheze को विकिमीडिया संस्थान से अलग, स्वंतत्र रूप से होस्ट किया जाता है।

सदस्यनाम
User accounts and addresses (2017 के RfC) के अनुसार, Miraheze के सदस्य विकिमीडिया संस्थान पर किसी सदस्य का हमशकल बनने के लिए उनके सदस्यनाम का उपयोग नहीं कर सकते।

Because of similarities between Wikimedia and Miraheze and because of a sometimes shared user base, some long-term abusers occasionally come onto Miraheze and impersonate high-ranking Wikimedians. Due to this, it is common practice for Miraheze users to seek confirmation that a Wikimedian truly did register on Miraheze and not an impersonator.