Wikimedia Enterprise

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Wikimedia Enterprise ist ein neues departmentsübergreifendes Projekt der Wikimedia Foundation. Das Ziel des Projekts ist es, Dienste zu hoch-frequentierten Weiterverwendung von Wikimedia-Inhalten aufzubauen, die unter Umständen kostenpflichtig sind. Das Projekt war zuvor als „Okapi“ bekannt.

Wikimedia Enterprise
Building new opportunities for both revenue generation and free knowledge dissemination through partnerships and earned income.
enterprise.wikimedia.com
Beschreibung
Technical

Der Fokus liegt auf Organisationen und Unternehmen, die Wikimedia-Inhalte in anderen Kontexten wiederverwenden wollen, indem sie Datendienste in großem Umfang bereitstellen, so dass diese schneller und umfassender, wie auch zuverlässiger und sicherer sind. Wikimedia Enterprise zielt darauf ab, die Nutzererfahrung der Wikimedia-Leserschaft auch über unsere eigenen Webseiten hinaus zu verbessern; die Reichweite und Auffindbarkeit der Inhalte zu erhöhen sowie das Bewusstsein und die korrekte Urhebernennung bzw. Überprüfbarkeit der Inhalte durch die Unternehmen zu verbessern, die Wikimedia-Inhalte am meisten wiederverwenden - durch selbstfinanzierende Dienste.


Es gibt eine sehr hohe Einstiegshürde für die Nutzung von Wikimedia-Daten, vor allem außerhalb der üblichen Anwendungsfälle des Lesens oder Bearbeitens. Das liegt daran, dass die Inhalte für Maschinen schwer zu strukturieren und zu verstehen sind. Das wirkt sich wiederum darauf aus, wie weit die Wikimedia-Daten über unser eigenes „Ökosystem“ hinausreichen und wie groß der Einfluss sein kann, den sie haben können.

In den Empfehlungen des Movement Strategy-Prozesses „Verbesserung der Nachhaltigkeit unserer Bewegung“ und „Verbesserung der Benutzungserfahrung“ heißt es entsprechend: „Durch Partnerschaften und erhaltene Einnahmen neue Möglichkeiten für sowohl die Generierung von Einnahmen als auch für die Verbreitung von freiem Wissen untersuchen, zum Beispiel ... Aufbau von APIs auf Unternehmensebene“ und „Die Wikimedia API-Suite umfassender, zuverlässiger, sicherer und schneller machen, in Zusammenarbeit mit Großbenutzenden.... und die Einfachheit der Zuordnung und Überprüfbarkeit für Nachnutzende von Inhalten zu verbessern.“

Es ist bekannt, dass einige große Unternehmen die Daten unserer Projekte nutzen. Diese Unternehmen wissen, dass sie ohne die Wikimedia-Projekte nicht in der Lage wären, ihren eigenen Nutzerinnen und Nutzern so gut, umfangreiche und zuverlässige Produkte bzw. Dienstleistungen anzubieten. Es gibt seit langem das Gefühl in den Wikimedia-Communitys, dass diese Unternehmen mehr tun sollten für die Vorteile, die sie aus den von ihnen genutzten Inhalten ziehen, und daher etwas zurückgeben sollten.

Dies führte zu der Idee, einen neuen Ansatz zu entwickeln, der langfristig nachhaltiger ist und eine viel klarere Beziehung zwischen Wikimedia und den Unternehmen bietet. Jeglicher finanzieller Nutzen für Wikimedia würde wahrscheinlich sowieso nur von einer sehr kleinen Handvoll starker, kommerzieller Nutzer kommen und würde an Wikimedia zurückfließen.

Im Zuge der Ideeentwicklung wurde klar, dass es hierbei eine Verantwortung gibt, unsere Daten auch für Organisationen (also nicht nur Unternehmen) zur Verfügung zu stellen, die nicht über die Ressourcen dieser Unternehmen verfügen. Wir wollen damit sicherstellen, dass Chancengleichheit gewahrt bleibt und ein gesundes Internet gefördert wird, ohne dabei Monopole zu verstärken. Die Vorteile eines solchen Dienstes sollten nicht nur für Startups zur Verfügung stehen, oder den Alternativen zu den Internetgiganten, sondern auch für Universitäten und Forschende an Universitäten; Archive und Archivare; zusammen mit der breiteren Wikimedia-Bewegung.

Übersicht

 

Der Fokus von Wikimedia Enterprise liegt auf Unternehmen, die unsere Inhalte wiederverwenden, typischerweise in großem Umfang - z. B. integriert in „Knowledge Graphs“, Suchergebnissen, Sprachassistenten, Karten, Nachrichtenberichten, Community-Tools, Anwendungen von Drittanbietern und Vollkorpus-Forschungsstudien. Die Erweiterung der vielen Datensätze von Wikimedia (und damit Strukturierung unserer unstrukturierten Inhalte), wird es allen Nutzern unserer Inhalte ermöglichen, ihre individuellen Anforderungen zu erfüllen. Das wird uns gleichzeitig in die Lage versetzen, in der Zukunft neue Werkzeuge und Dienste zu entwickeln, die für alle verfügbar sind. In der Wiederverwendung unserer Inhalte spielen folgende drei Komponenten eine wichtige Rolle:

  • Häufigkeit: Regelmäßige aktuelle „Schnappschüsse“ (snapshots) von Wikimedia-Projekten
  • Verlässlichkeit: Zuverlässige, zugängliche Infrastruktur
  • Qualität: „beste letzte Version“

Indem diese speziellen Anwendungsfälle sich selbst finanzieren, kann das Wikimedia-API-Team sich auf die breiteren Anwendungsfälle von Ehrenamtlichen, Teams und Organisationen zu konzentrieren, und, was am wichtigsten ist, auch mit ihnen interagieren und in einen Dialog treten. Dies schließt die Mehrheit der Community-Editierwerkzeuge ein, die für dieses Projekt nicht in Frage kommen. Weitere Informationen zu Verbesserungen der bestehenden Wikimedia-APIs findest Du auf der Projektseite „API Gateway"-Initiative.

Ziele des Projekts:

  • Inhalte: Mehr Wikimedia-Inhalte in konsistenten maschinenlesbaren Formaten verfügbar machen, die für alle Forschenden und Nutzenden frei zugänglich sind.
  • Ressourcen-Belastung: Bedarf an hochintensivem „Site-Scraping“ durch Großnutzende mit höchster Frequenz und größten Volumen senken, da die derzeit unsere Server besonders belasten.
  • Fundraising: Angebot einer klareren und konsistenteren Möglichkeit für Großnutzende „durch uns“ erwirtschaftete Gewinne an Wikimedia zurückzugeben, anstatt gelegentliche Spenden zu leisten, die in ihrer Größe variieren.

Community

 
Wikimania 2023 presentation slides

Contact the team if you would like to arrange a conversation about this service with your community, at a time and meeting software platform of your choice.

Past public meetings:

März 2021 #1 & März 2021 #2, April 2021, Juni 2022, Februar 2023

...and also at the EMWCon Spring 2021 conference (video); March and July 2022 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meetings; the May 2021 Wikimedia Clinic; at Wikimania in 2021 and 2023.

Das sind die Einleitungssätze eines viel längeren, detaillierten „Community-Essays“, in dem ausführlich die Begründung dieses Projekts erklärt wird.

Der Essay umfasst folgende Themen

„Libre“ und „Gratis“ sind die beiden Bedeutungen von „frei“ im Englischen, die üblicherweise mit dem Satz „free as in speech, or free as in beer“ (in etwa: Frei wie Meinungsfreiheit oder Frei wie Freibier)

Wikimedia-Projekte sind, waren und werden immer frei (im Sinne von libre) bleiben. Die Prinzipien freier Kulturwerke bedeuten, dass jeder Wikimedia ohne Einschränkung nutzen kann, auch kommerziell. Als Wikimedia-Movement gehen wir das auch proaktiv an. Deshalb lehnen wir „nicht-kommerzielle“ Lizenzen ab, da sie die möglichen Arten der Wiederverwendung einschränken würden. Und es ist der Grund, warum wir die kommerzielle Wiederverwendung als ein wichtiges Mittel zur Verbreitung von Wissen betrachten.

Ebenso sind die Wikimedia-Projekte frei im Sinne von gratis (kostenlos), waren es immer und werden es immer bleiben. Die Möglichkeit des freien Zugriffs auf das in allen Wikimedia-Projekten verfügbare Wissen war schon immer ein Kernpunkt der Mission der Wikimedia Foundation und Gesamt-Wikimedia. Wir bieten diesen Zugang nicht nur Einzelpersonen, die unsere Webseiten besuchen, sondern auch für Maschinen, damit unsere Inhalte in anderen Kontexten wiederverwendet werden können. Der gesamte Korpus der Wikimedia-Inhalte wurde und wird auch in Zukunft für die Wiederverwendung in verschiedenen Formen (einschließlich, aber nicht beschränkt auf Datenbank-Dumps, APIs und Scraping) kostenlos zur Verfügung gestellt.

Aufgrund dessen werden unsere Inhalte oft von kommerziellen Unternehmen weiterverwendet, die darauf angewiesen sind, um ihre Geschäftsmodelle zu unterstützen, und die folglich Einnahmen daraus erzielen. Abgesehen von freiwilligen Unternehmensspenden an die Wikimedia Foundation hat die Bewegung noch nie einen Nutzen aus diesen Einnahmen in Form von Rückinvestitionen erhalten. In Anerkennung dessen hat der Movement-Strategieprozess unter der Überschrift „Verbesserung der Nachhaltigkeit unserer Bewegung“ die Wikimedia Foundation aufgefordert, unter anderem APIs auf Unternehmensebene ... Modelle für kommerzielle Wiederverwender im Unternehmensmaßstab zu ermöglichen, wobei darauf zu achten ist, dass keine Abhängigkeiten von Einnahmen oder andere unangemessene externe Einflüsse auf Produktdesign und -entwicklung entstehen. Unter der Überschrift „Verbesserung der Benutzungserfahrung“ lautet eine weitere Empfehlung: Die Wikimedia API-Suite umfassender, zuverlässiger, sicherer und schneller machen, in Zusammenarbeit mit Großbenutzenden, wenn dies mit unserer Mission und unseren Prinzipien im Einklang steht, die Benutzungserfahrung sowohl unserer direkten als auch indirekten Benutzenden zu verbessern, die Reichweite und Entdeckbarkeit unserer Inhalte und das Potenzial für Datenrückflüsse zu erhöhen und das Bewusstsein für und die Einfachheit der Zuordnung und Überprüfbarkeit für Nachnutzende von Inhalten zu verbessern.

Das Enterprise-Projektteam entwickelt eine neue Anwendung, die sich an kommerzielle Großnutzer richtet, die Produkt-, Service- und Systemanforderungen haben, die über das hinausgehen, was wir kostenlos anbieten. Die Nutzung dieses Angebots wird für die kommerzielle Wiederverwendung von Inhalten nicht erforderlich sein; Unternehmen können weiterhin die aktuellen, kostenlos verfügbaren Werkzeuge nutzen. Alle Einnahmen aus der Enterprise-API werden eindeutig zur Unterstützung der Wikimedia-Mission verwendet - zum Beispiel, um Wikimedia-Projekt zu finanzieren oder das Wikimedia-Endowment (das Wikimedia-Stiftungskapital) zu vergrößern.

Dieses Projekt ist etwas, was die Wikimedia Foundation in der Form vorher noch nicht gemacht hat. Das Projekt befindet sich in einem sehr frühen Stadium, das als Lernphase betrachtet werden sollte. Wir werden Erfolge haben, wir werden Fehler machen, und wir werden unsere Strategien anpassen müssen. Das Team ist bestrebt, zuzuhören, sich einzubringen und, wo möglich, das Feedback, das wir zu unserer Arbeit erhalten, zu berücksichtigen. Dieses Dokument ist organisch und spiegelt die aktuellen Überlegungen des Teams wider; wir versuchen, so viel Arbeit wie möglich offen zu dokumentieren. Bis jetzt wurde unsere Arbeit durch eine Reihe von ersten Gesprächen mit Community-Mitgliedern, dem Board of Trustees und Mitarbeitenden der Wikimedia Foundation, Forschenden und Nutzenden geprägt.

… Du kannst den Rest des Community-Essaya hier weiterlesen. Siehe auch die FAQ und die Prinzipien..

Angesichts der Art des Projekts wird die primäre Entscheidungskompetenz für das Projekt bei der Wikimedia Foundation liegen. Wir möchten über die gesamte Laufzeit des Projekts um Input und Feedback aus den Communitys bitten, insbesondere aus der technischen Community und von denjenigen, die am Strategieprozess beteiligt waren. Technisches Feedback zum Projekt wurde von Kolleginnen und Kollegen bei der Wikimedia Foundation, Industrie- und Forschungspartnern, technischen Partnern in der gesamten Bewegung und mit der breiteren technischen Gemeinschaft über Phabricator gesammelt. Der Input für die Finanzentwicklung des Projekts wird einem ähnlichen Muster folgen. Wir werden weiterhin Input über Forschungsinterviews und Fokusgruppen sammeln, ebenso wie Feedback hier auf Meta (siehe dazu auch unsere Prinzipien.).

Zugang

Um Zugriff auf die Enterprise-API-Datensätze zu erhalten, gibt es drei Wege:

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All content is freely-licensed (see also the project's principles).

  • Bezahlt
    • ** Daten in Echzeit und Daten in großer Menge. Über die dedizierte Enterprise-API-Produktwebsite, sobald diese gestartet ist.
  • Kostenlos
    • Creating an account via the Enterprise API product website includes 5,000 on-demand API requests that refresh monthly (including the Structured Contents endpoint) and twice-monthly snapshot API files in NDJSON format at no cost (refreshes on the 2nd and 21st of each month).
    • Several datasets are available outside of the WME website. An update of the Enterprise API data is provided for all every two weeks on the Wikimedia Dumps site. Several Beta datasets are also available on HuggingFace.
    • ** Echzeit: Das Wikimedia-Enterprise-Team arbeitet mit Wikimedia Technical Engagement zusammen, um bis Juni 2021 kostenlose Community-Unterstützung durch Cloud-Dienste hinzuzufügen.
    • Those who have a non-commercial and mission-relevant use-case, which cannot be fulfilled by existing free-access APIs/dumps etc, can request expanded access to the API service at either reduced cost or no cost depending on usage and application.

Technisches

For full information about the product, see the regular technical updates on MediaWiki.org and the documentation page.

Over time, the "API product" being offered will grow and improve. This information is accurate as of September 2024.

Overview

All of our APIs return the same structured JSON (or ND-JSON) response format making it easy to augment one API with another. Three APIs; same data, different retrieval methods:

  • Retrieve bulk data with the Snapshot API
  • Receive changes instantly with Realtime API streaming
  • Retrieve single articles with the On-demand API

API responses include article data such as summary, image, Wikidata QID, license, and more. Also included is data specific to the last revision, such as editor, size of change, and credibility score with revert probability.

On-demand API

Reusers that use an infrastructure reliant on the EventStream platform depend on services like RESTBase to pull HTML from page titles and current revisions to update their products. High-volume reusers have requested a reliable means to gather this data, as well as structures other than HTML when incorporating our content into their KGs and products.

The Wikimedia Enterprise On-demand API allows users to retrieve single articles from any Wikimedia project at anytime.

  • Make standard HTTP requests to retrieve documents by ID or name from all projects and languages, or use filters to limit response
  • Request the latest page data anytime to augment your Realtime or Snapshot API data
  • A wide range of commercial and consolidated schemas under SLAs

Realtime API

High-volume reusers currently rely heavily on the changes that are pushed from our community to update their products in real time, using EventStream APIs to access such changes. High-volume reusers are interested in a service that will allow them to filter the changes they receive to limit their processing, guarantee stable HTTP connections to ensure no data loss, and supply a more useful schema to limit the number of api calls they need to make per event.

The Enterprise Realtime API allows users to stream updates in real-time from any Wikimedia project.

  • Streaming: Receive streaming updates (firehose) of every change as they occur in real-time
  • Batch: Download compressed snapshot files of incremental updates every hour
  • Instant updates for new content, any edits, deletions, and breaking news events including community-curated visibility changes
  • Filtering of events by Project or Revision Namespace
  • A wide range of commercial and consolidated schemas under SLAs with guaranteed connections

Snapshot API

For high volume reusers that currently rely on the Wikimedia Dumps to access our information, we have created a solution to ingest Wikimedia content in near real time without excessive API calls (On-demand API) or maintaining hooks into our infrastructure (Realtime).

The Enterprise Snapshot API allows users to retrieve entire Wikimedia projects as a database dump file.

  • Download a compressed file containing everything in any project, in any language
  • Article body in HTML as well as Wikitext
  • Up to a daily snapshots cadence
  • 24-hour JSON, Wikitext, or HTML compressed dumps of "text-based" Wikimedia projects
  • A hourly update file with revision changes of "text-based" Wikimedia projects
  • A wide range of commercial and consolidated schemas under SLAs
  • SLA and Support

Contracted accounts receive 99% SLA and support response time guarantees. All accounts have access to our introductory onboarding resources and help center faqs.

Team

The Wikimedia Foundation staff who work specifically on this project:

Business

Product

Engineering

Program

Names in bold indicate management.

Many people from different teams also contribute significantly, including from the WMF Legal, Engineering, Partnerships, Design, Communications teams etc. Additional contract work provided by: PartnerHero provide customer support services; Vuurr are assisting our sales process; and Super Natural Design are the designers of the project website.

Governance

Der Vorstand der LLC (der Tochtergesellschaft), der das Projekt beaufsichtigt, besteht aus Mitgliedern der WMF-Führungsebene: Grant Ingersoll, Chief Technical Officer; Lisa Seitz-Gruwell, Chief Advancement Officer, Tony Sebro, Deputy General Counsel; und Lane Becker.

Letztlich untersteht die LLC (die Tochtergesellschaft) der Leitung des Board of Trustees der Wikimedia Foundation.

All reports and official documents of the LLC are published on a dedicated Wikimedia Enterprise page on the Wikimedia Foundation Governance website. For convenience, annual reports are also linked here:

See also: FAQ § Legal

Press

Initial announcement - March 2021

Initial Wikimedia Foundation Diff blogpost
note: media stories listed below are written and published independently and were neither pre-reviewed nor approved by the WMF

Of particular note:

The Verge Wikimedia will launch a paid service for big tech companies
TecMundo Wikipedia will start charging Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple (translated from Portuguese)
9 to 5 Mac Apple might soon have to pay up for the Wikipedia data it uses
ShiftDelete.net Wikimedia launches its paid service (translated from Turkish)
Digital Trends Español Wikipedia will start charging large companies (translated from Spanish)
everyeye.it Will Apple Soon Have Ti Pay Wikipedia For Information Taken From Siri? (translated from Italian)
iPadizate Apple will have to pay Wikipedia to use its data (translated from Spanish)
T3N Wikimedia Foundation launches paid service for Wikipedia content (translated from German)
The Telegraph Wikipedia plans to charge tech giants for access
iPhone Italia Wikipedia may soon ask Apple for 'the bill' (translated from Italian)
Mashable Wikipedia wants to charge Google, Amazon, and Apple for using its content
MacGeneration Apple, Google, and others could pay to mine Wikipedia information (translated from French)
AppleInsider Apple might soon pay for Wikipedia content
EZANIME.net Apple will soon have to pay for the Wikipedia data it uses (translated from Spanish)
RTL Nieuws Wikipedia will offer payment services to tech giants (translated from Dutch)
RPP Wikipedia will start charging giants like Google and Apple for the information in its encyclopedia (translated from Spanish)
Tuga Tech Apple may have to pay to use Wikipedia data (translated from Portuguese)
vc.ru Wikimedia Foundation launched a commercial project - the organization plans to collect fees from technology companies (translated from Russian)
turi2 Wikimedia launches paid service for businesses. (translated from German)
Sec News Wikipedia: Will Google, Amazon and Apple charge for its content? (translated from Greek)
El Español Wikipedia creates a paid version, but only for large companies (translated from Spanish)
PhoneArena.com Big Tech firms will soon have to whip out their wallets in order to use Wikipedia
Les Echos Wikipedia wants to make Gafa pay (translated from the french)
Resumé The Omnicom agency is accused of forcing employees to return to the office - threatened with dismissal (translated from Swedish)
The Mac Observer Wikipedia Wants Big Tech to Pay for its Content
Tech Radar Big tech companies may soon have to pay for Wikipedia content
Web Tekno Wikipedia Seeks To Receive Money From Google And Apple For Using Its Content (translated from Turkish)
Gridam Wikimedia to launch paid service for internet giants (translated from French)
MC Pro Wikipedia will launch a paid edition for large technology platforms (translated from Spanish)
TechStory Wikipedia will not be free for tech-giants anymore, launches Wikimedia Enterprise
Hypebeast Wikipedia Is Putting a Price Tag on Its Content for Big Tech Companies
Punto Informatico Wikimedia Enterprise to debut by 2021 (translated from Italian)
Cybe Out Google and Apple will soon have to pay Wikipedia to access its content (translated from Italian)
SoMag News WikiMedia is launching paid service service
C News Wikipedia becomes paid. So far for IT giants (translated from Russian)
Voicebot.ai Wikipedia Will Start Charging Tech Giants and Their Voice Assistants for Data Access
voicebot.ai Wikipedia Will Start Charging Tech Giants and Their Voice Assistants for Data Access
Hypebeast Wikimedia Foundation announces Wikimedia paid service 'Wikimedia Enterprise' (translated from Korean)
SDP Noticias Wikipedia will have a paid version for companies (translated from Spanish)
Exchange Wire Disney to Dethrone Netflix by 2024; Wikipedia to Charge Big Tech for Content
technews.tw Wiki will push the paid version of Wikimedia Enterprise to corporate customers, the current service is still free (translated from Traditional Chinese)
Clubic Wikimedia wants to make GAFA pay for more stable income (translated from French)
El Pais Wikipedia lanza un servicio para que las grandes tecnológicas paguen por usar su contenido
Hindustan Times Wikipedia will launch a paid service for enterprise later this year
AIN Wikipedia Publisher Launches Commercial Product - Wikimedia Enterprise (translated from Russian)
Gadgety The Wikimedia Foundation has announced its first commercial project (translated from Hebrew)
Tivi Now that’s enough for charity - Wikipedia is starting to ask for money for content (translated from Finnish)
Mikro Bitti Wikipedia is starting to sell its content - no longer just a free service (translated from Finnish)
TechTimes Amazon, Google, and Apple to Pay Wikipedia For Their Published Contents in the Future
Asia One Wikipedia is launching a paid service for big tech companies
L'usine Digitale Wikimedia wants to launch a new paid service for digital giants (translated from French)
IThome Wikimedia launches enterprise-level services for large commercial organizations to pay for content (translated from Traditional Chinese)
version2.dk Wikipedia will sell its content to businesses (translated from Danish)
Pirate Press Apple may soon have to pay if its wants to use data from Wikipedia
Spider's Web Wikipedia becomes a commercial, earning entity. This is great news (translated from Polish)
ComputerBild Wikimedia Enterprise: Wikipedia will ask for cash in the future (translated from German)
Cinco Días (El País) Wikipedia will launch its paid version for companies at the end of the year (translated from Spanish)
Vesti Wikipedia launches a paid service for large IT companies (translated from Bulgarian)
Slo Tech The Wikimedia Foundation prepares paid services (translated from Slovenian)
Web Pro News Wikimedia Enterprise Seeks to Turn Big Tech Into Paying Customers
Stuff Wikipedia will soon offer a paid service to Big Tech
Tech Radar Pro Wikipedia is getting a 'premium' paid version - but you can't get it
wwwhatsnew WIKIMEDIA TO LAUNCH A PAYMENT SERVICE FOR BUSINESSES THAT USE WIKIPEDIA DATA (translated from Spanish)
G1 Wikipedia launches paid service for companies to use its content (translated from Portuguese)
Sawt Beirut International Create a paid service for companies that rely on Wikipedia data (translated from Arabic)
UDN.com Wikipedia bargaining war! "Free Encyclopedia" intends to discuss content payment agreement with technology giants (translated from Traditional Chinese)
Newsgram Wikimedia To Launch New Paid Service For Tech Giants
blog none Launch of Wikimedia Enterprise, a paid API service that allows corporate customers to absorb massive amounts of data in real time. (translated from Thai)
cnBeta Wikimedia announces the launch of a new paid content for major technology companies (translated from Traditional Chinese)
der brutkasten Wikipedia misses out on a business model (translated from German)
Gadgets Now Apple, Google may have to pay to Wikipedia in the future, here's why
lowyat.net Wikimedia To Launch Paid Service For Tech Companies
Money Control Wikipedia wants big tech to pay up for using its database
Techshout Wikipedia Wants Google, Facebook and Others To Pay For Using Its Content
Milenio Will you still be able to consult it? Wikipedia presents its paid version, oriented to companies (translated from Spanish)
Canal RCN Wikipedia will launch a paid version for companies (translated from Spanish)
nuevodiario.web Wikipedia announces its first paid version aimed at large companies (translated from Spanish)
El Heraldo Won't it be FREE anymore? Wikipedia announces new paid version (translated from Spanish)
New Kerala Wikimedia plans paid service for big tech firms
Ammon News Wikipedia turns some of its services into "paid" (translated from Arabic)
Nexofin Wikipedia announces that it will have a paid version (translated from Spanish)
PocketNow At last, Wikipedia asks tech giants to pay for solving their own problems
developpez.com Wikipedia Finally Asks Big Businesses To Pay: Wikimedia Enterprise Will Provide New Options For Businesses Using Its Content (translated from French)
The Times Hub Wikipedia Launches a Service for Big Tech to Pay to Use Their Content
OnlineMarketing.de Google and Co. should pay: Wikipedia plans payment service Wikimedia Enterprise (translated from German)
Gigazine Wikimedia Foundation announces offering paid "enterprise API" (translated from Japanese)
iPhonemod.net Apple may have to pay. If you want to use information from Wikipedia (translated from Thai)
Lupa.cz Wikimedia is preparing a paid service for large companies that use data from Wikipedia (translated from Czech)
Thanh Niên Apple will pay for Wikipedia content (translated from Vietnamese)
Business Insider Mexico Wikimedia will offer a payment service to companies that use its content (translated from Spanish)
Yahoo News Wikipedia plans to charge large organizations using its encyclopedia
Engadget Wikipedia plans to charge large organizations using its encyclopedia
Yahoo! Finance Wikipedia plans to charge large organizations using its encyclopedia
ITC.ua Wikipedia will launch a paid service Wikimedia Enterprise for large companies this summer (translated from Russian)
Micky Apple, Google and Facebook soon to pay for Wikipedia links
HackerNews Wikimedia Foundation to offer community's free content via paid-for Enterprise API
Heise Online Wikimedia Enterprise: Wikimedia Foundation creates business customer access (translated from German)
Jablickar Apple today: Another source has refuted the arrival of AirPods 3 and Apple may have to pay Wikipedia (translated from Czech)
Belbalady Baladi: Wikipedia intends to charge technology companies to use its platform (translated from Arabic)
Feber Wikimedia launches business payment service (translated from Swedish)
Letem světem Applem Apple may have to pay Wikipedia to use Siri's content (translated from Czech)
Digital Information World Wikipedia to Now Charge Big Tech Giants for Using Its Content
Go4it Wikipedia introduces paid services through Wikimedia Enterprise (translated from Romanian)
Critical Hit Wikipedia launches a new premium service for corporates
suara.com No longer free, Wikipedia will charge users (translated from Indonesian)
Syoa Cincau Wikipedia to launch a new service to make big tech companies pay for their content
Techtoday Wikipedia will be paid, but users should not worry (translated from Ukrainian)
Canal Tech Wikipedia will have a paid version, but you won't be able to use it; understand the reason (translated from Portuguese)
WIRED Italia Wikipedia will have a paid service reserved for big techs (translated from Italian)
WERSM Wikimedia Creates New Paid Enterprise Service
The Hustle Big Tech loves using Wikipedia. Now, the free site is planning an enterprise product.
dir.bg Wikipedia will charge large organizations that use it (translated from Bulgarian)
ProgrammableWeb The Wikimedia Foundation Launches a Fee-Based Enterprise API
Bug.hr Wikimedia launches a paid service for large companies (translated from Croatian)
ilan365 Reason Use of Content: Wikipedia Will Receive Money From Google And Apple (translated from Turkish)
De Standaard Wikipedia is getting a paid version (translated from Dutch)
El Universal Wikipedia plans to start charging for its content (translated from Spanish)
masralyoum.net Reports: Use of Wikipedia will not be free for these parties (translated from Arabic)
TechOrange [Wikipedia is going to be commercialized? 】Free Wiki stepping into history, intending to charge large-scale technology companies such as Google, Apple, and Facebook (Traditional Chinese)
Sputnik News "Wikipedia" to charge for major IT companies (translated from Japanese)
Market Research Telecast Wikipedia announces its first paid version for large companies
TCN Wikipedia plans to charge a series of fees for names Apple, Google, Amazon ... (translated from Vietnamese)
Business AM Wikipedia will soon no longer be free for everyone (translated from Dutch)
Tamindir You will not be able to buy the Wikipedia Paid Membership System (translated from Turkish)
sentieriselvaggi.it Wikipedia's payday: Wikimedia Enterprise is born (translated from Italian)
Tweakers Wikimedia foundation starts a company that delivers content to tech companies for money (translated from Dutch)
The Hindu Wikipedia wants big tech to pay for using its content
MediaPost Wikipedia Wants Tech To Pay Up For Content
MSN Wikipedia is set to start charging big businesses for its encylopedia data
Game Stanza Wikipedia is about to Charge Google, Amazon, and Apple for using its content! : Technology
Heidi.news Wikipedia wants to bring GAFA to the cashier (translated from French)
Hebergement Webs Wikipedia is preparing accounts for large companies for its encyclopedia data (translated from Lithuanian)
Abondance Wikimedia Enterprise: Wikipedia wants to charge the big guys on the Web to use its data (translated from French)
Xataka What is Wikimedia Enterprise and how will paid Wikipedia affect businesses (translated from Spanish)
The Friday Checkout Story 3: Wikipedia getting paid (via YouTube)
Business Insider Apple, Amazon, and Google don't pay to integrate Wikipedia articles into their search products. The non-profit now hopes to use contracts with Big Tech to help fund 'knowledge equity' around the world.
La Stampa Are the tech greats willing to pay to use Wikipedia? (translated from Italian)
China Press Wikipedia will charge a fee! (translated from Simplified Chinese)
TecnoAndroid Wikipedia: Apple, Amazon and Google will have to pay for the internal explanatory links (translated from Italian)
CTWANT Don't even think about earning so much. Wikipedia will charge the tech giants for free (translated from Traditional Chinese)
BitPort A really weird pairing: comes the enterprise Wikipedia (translated from Hungarian)
Business Insider South Africa Apple, Amazon, and Google use Wikipedia for free – but new enterprise contracts may change that
El Mundo (Pixel) Wikipedia is paid: this is all you need to know (translated from Spanish)
Libre Mercado Wikipedia wants to charge Google, Facebook or Amazon for a new service (translated from Spanish)
genk.vn Wikipedia will ask the tech giants to stop using their platforms (translated from Vietnamese)
itZone Wikipedia will ask the tech giants to stop using their platforms
Corriere della Sera Wikipedia launches Enterprise: Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook now have to pay for its content (translated from Italian)
kumparanTech Wikipedia Will Have Premium Version, Comotous Content is Charged (translated from Indonesian)
iDrop News Time to Pay? Wikipedia Is Looking for Cash from Google, Amazon, and Apple
Connect! Wikipedia charges for its services. But it will remain free for ordinary users (translated from Czech)
marketingprzykawie.pl Wikipedia is launching a paid service for big tech (translated from Polish)
El Comercio Wikipedia announces its first paid version on the internet (translated from Spanish)
PYMNTS Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple Ordered To Pay $308.5 Million Over Patent Infringement; Multiple US States Join Texas-Led Antitrust Suit Against Google
ComputerWorld Wikipedia on the way with new payment service: Want the tech giants to cough up (translated from Danish)
Tokar.ua Wikipedia will be paid for by IT giants (translated from Ukrainian)
ZDNet France Wikimedia Foundation wants to sell tech giants improved access to Wikipedia data (translated from French)
HICOMM Paid Wikipedia platform launched for technology giants (translated from Bulgarian)
iPro Up Wikipedia launches its paid version aimed at companies (translated from Spanish)
Agencja Informacyjna Wikipedia is commercializing (translated from Polish)
Medianama Wikimedia Introduces Paid Version Of Wikipedia For Big Tech
tyinternety Wikipedia wants Google, Amazon and Apple to pay for using its content (translated from Czech)
Breitbart Wikipedia Seeks to Tighten Its Relationship with Big Tech
Nezavisne novine Wikimedia is launching a paid service for large companies (translated from Bosnian)
Pravda Wikipedia will charge encyclopedia access fees from large companies (translated from Slovak)
it resenja Wikimedia is launching a paid service for large companies (translated from Bosnian)
Geek.hr Wikimedia will launch a paid service for large technology companies (translated from Croatian)
Digital de León Wikipedia will be paid, we tell you everything (translated from Spanish)
Business Insider Italia Apple, Amazon and Google take advantage of Wikipedia for free. But with the new business contracts, things could change (translated from Italian)
Compromiso Atresmedia Wikipedia will have a paid service (although you will never use it) (translated from Spanish)
31Mag Wikimedia will no longer be free for Internet giants (translated from Italian)
SDP Noticias Wikipedia would charge Google and Amazon for using your information (translated from Spanish)
65 y Más Wikipedia Enterprise: the new paid version for companies (translated from Spanish)
GizLogic Wikipedia Enterprise, the paid version for companies confirmed (translated from Spanish)
denik.cz Wikipedia no longer wants to be free, it wants to make money. Siri and Alexa will pay (translated from Czech)
Commercial launch - October 2021

Wikimedia Foundation Press release

Of particular note:

MacObserver New Wikimedia Enterprise API Enables Public Data Access
Programmable Web Daily API Roundup: Wikimedia, APM Terminals. Hot Stokes, Postnick
The Information Wikimedia Foundation Asks Big Tech To Pay For Trove of Data
Golem Wikipedia gets a commercial offer (Translated from German)
Linux-Magazin.de Wikimedia Enterprise has a commercial offer (Translated from German)
First customers - June 2022

Press Release
note: media stories listed below are written and published independently and were neither pre-reviewed nor approved by the WMF

Of particular note:

Tech News Wikipedia for-profit platform launches, with Google as its first customers
Chrome Unboxed Google partners with Wikimedia Foundation to leverage its information in Search
Media Post Google To Pay Wikipedia For Content In Search, Knowledge Panel
Business Recorder Google agrees to pay for beefed-up Wikipedia service
CNBC TV 18 This week in Tech: Telegram’s premium service, Google to partner with Wikipedia, and more about Nothing Phone
Lao Dong Google becomes the first customer of Wikimedia Enterprise
The Times of India Google paying Wikimedia Foundation to access its content more efficiently
Domain B Google agrees to pay for Wikipedia content
PC Guia Google will pay for content to Wikipedia
India Today Google to work with Wikimedia Enterprise to access and use Wikipedia content
My Navi News Google et al. Became the first customer of "Wikimedia Enterprise" to acquire 100 million pages of content via API
BFM Tech GOOGLE WILL PAY WIKIPEDIA BY BECOMING ITS FIRST CUSTOMER
The News International Google agrees to pay for beefed-up Wikipedia service
Siasat Daily, The Google paying Wikimedia Foundation to access its content more efficiently
ZD Net Wikimedia Enterprise announces its first customer: Google
Metro Libre Internet Archive and Google, first clients of Wikimedia Enterprise
California 18 Google will pay Wikipedia for the use of its content on its search engine
Siecle Digital Google and Internet Archives are the first customers of Wikimedia Enterprise
Le Courrier Google becomes a Wikipedia customer
Sempre Update Google starts paying the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia administrator
Business Insider Netherlands In addition to news media, Google will now also pay Wikipedia for sharing information
Economic Times Google paying Wikimedia Foundation to access its content more efficiently
Europa Press Internet Archive y Google, primeros clientes de Wikimedia Enterprise
La Nacion Internet Archive and Google, the first Wikimedia Enterprise customers
Business Insider India Google becomes one of the first companies to pay Wikimedia - the group behind Wikipedia
WION Search giant Google ready to pay for enhanced Wikipedia services
New India Express Google agrees to pay for ramped-up Wikipedia service
Tweakers Internet Archive gets free access to commercial Wikimedia Enterprise API
CN Beta Wikimedia Enterprise announces Google and the Internet Archive as its first customers
Gigazine The Wikimedia Foundation officially released the paid API service "Wikimedia Enterprise", and the first customers are Google and Internet Archive.
Radio Canada Google becomes one of the first customers of Wikimedia, the foundation behind Wikipedia
Le Numeriques Google will pay to have better access to Wikipedia
Exame Google agrees to pay for Wikipedia content
Lesoir Google becomes a Wikipedia customer
Madison Leader Gazzette, The Google is paying the Wikimedia Foundation for better access to information
wwwhatsnew Estos son los primeros clientes de Wikimedia Enterprise: Google y Internet Archive
Golem De Google pays for use of Wikipedia content
Bolly Inside To improve access to information, Google is funding the Wikimedia Foundation
Voonze These are the first clients of Wikimedia Enterprise: Google and Internet Archive
Next Impact Wikimedia Enterprise announces its first two customers: Google and Internet Archive
Diario De Penambuco Google agrees to pay for Wikipedia content
Olhardigital Google partners with the company responsible for Wikipedia
3d News The first clients of Wikimedia Enterprise were Google and Internet Archive
Nieuws Google will pay for information from Wikipedia
Estado de Minas Google agrees to pay for Wikipedia content
Le Figaro Google will pay for information from Wikipedia
France 24 Google becomes a Wikipedia customer
Heise Online Wikipedia finds celebrity buyers for access to free info
Excelsior Google makes a deal with Wikipedia, they will pay for content
RFI Google agrees to pay for Wikipedia content
CNBC TV 18 Google will now pay Wikimedia for improved access to information
ENCA Google agrees to pay for Wikipedia content
El Universal Google becomes a Wikipedia client
NDTV Gadgets Google Agrees to Pay for Wikipedia Content Displayed on Search Engine
Tech Crunch Google and the Internet Archive are the first customers to pay for commercial access to Wikipedia content

Siehe auch

  • API:Main page - die zentrale Auflistung aller Wikimedia-APIs.
  • Wikitech: Data Services - Eine Liste von Diensten für die Community, die den direkten Zugriff auf Datenbanken und Dumps ermöglichen, sowie Web-Interfaces für Abfragen und programmatischen Zugriff auf Datenspeicher.
  • Enterprise hub - eine Seite für diejenigen, die daran interessiert sind, die MediaWiki-Software in Unternehmenskontexten zu verwenden:
    • MediaWiki Stakeholders group - eine unabhängige Wikimedia-User Group, die sich für die Bedürfnisse von MediaWiki-Nutzern außerhalb der Wikimedia Foundation einsetzt, darunter auch kommerzielle Unternehmen.
    • Enterprise MediaWiki Conference - eine unabhängige Konferenzreihe für die MediaWiki-Community.