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Swiss chapter in turmoil
"Wikimedia is a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world." (wikimedia.org front page)

Most of this "free educational content" we proudly announce on the front page has been added, a few bits at a time, by countless volunteers and volunteer communities who just want to share their knowledge and who are gratified to take part in the largest encyclopedia project ever. Some of us dinosaurs remember that the internet started out that way as well—a web of trust, anonymity and free sharing of knowledge. Unfortunately, this wonderful online world has been overrun by all sorts of commercial interests and government controls.

The Wikimedia community has already decided on a set of rules intended to keep the wolves at bay but recent events have shown that we need to be more proactive in our struggle against commercial encroachment.