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(https://wikimediafoundation.org) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 24, 2026

Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Pillar: Identity & Authority Analysis Diagnosis: Expert Verifiability & Schema Depth

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.

13 Impact Weight: 15 / 100

87% Reputation

Diagnosis: Authority Gaps

The organization demonstrates high authority through transparent governance and named leadership. The schema_json includes sameAs links to verified social profiles and defines the Organization clearly. While the Person schema for the 14 featured volunteers is not explicitly shown in the provided snippet, the level of detail regarding their specific wikimedia projects (e.g., Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight and the Women in Red project) provides a high level of verifiable footprint.

Evidence: Performance vs. Claims

There is no disconnect between marketing claims and demonstrated performance. The claim of being the backbone of knowledge is backed by the fact that both students and chatbots (AI) rely on their data, a point reinforced on the Our projects page regarding AI’s reliance on human-documented resources. Performance is measured in edits, articles, and languages rather than emotional adjectives.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps

Homepage schema

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "name": "Home – Wikimedia Foundation",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website"
            },
            "about": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/peak-2-thumbnail-1.jpg",
            "datePublished": "2018-05-24T13:17:32+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-19T10:30:15+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://wikimediafoundation.org/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/peak-2-thumbnail-1.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/peak-2-thumbnail-1.jpg",
            "width": 1200,
            "height": 630
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "description": "",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization"
            },
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/",
                "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "width": 2560,
                "height": 1914,
                "caption": "Wikimedia Foundation"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/",
                "https://x.com/wikimedia",
                "https://www.instagram.com/wikimediafoundation/",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-foundation"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

/give/

{
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        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/",
            "name": "Donate – Wikimedia Foundation",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2048px-Giza_Pyramids_during__Forever_is_Now__exhibition.jpg",
            "datePublished": "2018-05-30T17:42:57+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-21T15:54:40+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2048px-Giza_Pyramids_during__Forever_is_Now__exhibition.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2048px-Giza_Pyramids_during__Forever_is_Now__exhibition.jpg",
            "width": 2048,
            "height": 1367
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Donate"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "description": "",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization"
            },
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
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                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/",
                "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "width": 2560,
                "height": 1914,
                "caption": "Wikimedia Foundation"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/",
                "https://x.com/wikimedia",
                "https://www.instagram.com/wikimediafoundation/",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-foundation"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

/news/category/our-projects/

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/reports/brand-stewardship-report/",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/reports/brand-stewardship-report/",
            "name": "Our projects – Wikimedia Foundation",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/reports/brand-stewardship-report/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/reports/brand-stewardship-report/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Blog-header-1.jpg",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/reports/brand-stewardship-report/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/reports/brand-stewardship-report/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Blog-header-1.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Blog-header-1.jpg",
            "width": 1600,
            "height": 1200
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/reports/brand-stewardship-report/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
                    "item": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Brand Stewardship Report"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "description": "",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization"
            },
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/",
                "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "width": 2560,
                "height": 1914,
                "caption": "Wikimedia Foundation"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/",
                "https://x.com/wikimedia",
                "https://www.instagram.com/wikimediafoundation/",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-foundation"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

/participate/

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/",
            "name": "Participate – Wikimedia Foundation",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wikimania_2014_Hackathon_3-e1533254897863.jpg",
            "datePublished": "2018-05-30T17:42:47+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2025-11-07T21:13:15+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wikimania_2014_Hackathon_3-e1533254897863.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wikimania_2014_Hackathon_3-e1533254897863.jpg",
            "width": 1024,
            "height": 683,
            "caption": "Wikimania 2014 at the Barbican in London"
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Participate"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#website",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "description": "",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization"
            },
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#organization",
            "name": "Wikimedia Foundation",
            "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/",
                "url": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "contentUrl": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/foundation.png",
                "width": 2560,
                "height": 1914,
                "caption": "Wikimedia Foundation"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wikimediafoundation.org/#/schema/logo/image/"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/",
                "https://x.com/wikimedia",
                "https://www.instagram.com/wikimediafoundation/",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-foundation"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity

28Review mentions (all pages)

8External proof links (all pages)

Page	Reviews	Proof links
/ (home)	5	2
/give/	15	2
/news/category/our-projects/	3	2
/participate/	5	2

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Analysis Disclosure & Source Attribution

This page presents a snapshot of public data from Wikimedia Foundation, captured on May 24, 2026, to show how machine logic reads Identity & Authority signals into an AI reputation evaluation.

Purpose: This data is presented under “Fair Use” for the purpose of independent signal analysis, allowing readers to see the raw signals behind the reputation score.

Notice to Wikimedia Foundation: This analysis is part of a non-adversarial audit conducted by 1 Euro SEO. The results are intended as professional feedback to help improve any website’s machine-readability and authority signals. The evaluation is free, and any company can request a fresh audit at any time.

Any company can use the insights for free and improve its voice. When a company has updated its content, it can always submit a new audit request, which will be reflected in a new current score.

To all users: You are encouraged to visit the live site at https://wikimediafoundation.org to view the most current version of its content and see directly what this company is about and what it offers.

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