Brooke's departure from Wikimedia Foundation

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Hi all -

As of May 26, 2026 I am no longer an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation.

I'll be taking some time off before I get back to the grind; I will remain
part of the Wikimedia volunteer community and MediaWiki open-source
development, and will see many of y'all at Wikimania in Paris this summer,
which I will be attending as a volunteer.

My current public contact information is available on my user page: <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Brooke_Vibber>

To everyone who=E2=80=99s reached out privately about my departure: you=E2=
=80=99re all
brilliant each and every one of you and you give me so much hope for the
Foundation and the projects. <3

I'd like to take this opportunity to invite every member of Wikimedia
Foundation staff to join the unionization progress that is underway in
several of the countries where the WMF has employees. Every worker deserves
representation in how their workplace operates, and every workplace
deserves a union. The folks organizing Wiki Workers United <
https://wikiworkersunited.org> are passionate about the projects we work to
support, and about people helping each other to be more effective while
treating each other fairly; and if you work at WMF, that effort won=E2=80=
=99t be
complete without your voice.

-- brooke vibber

Volunteer developer, 2001-2005
Chief Technology Officer, 2005-2009
Volunteer developer, 2009-2011
Staff Software Architect, 2011-2026
Volunteer developer, 2026-

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all -<br><br>As of May 26, 2026 I am no longer an emplo=
yee of the Wikimedia Foundation.<br><br>I&#39;ll be taking some time off be=
fore I get back to the grind; I will remain part of the Wikimedia volunteer=
 community and MediaWiki open-source development, and will see many of y&#3=
9;all at Wikimania in Paris this summer, which I will be attending as a vol=
unteer.<br><br>My current public contact information is available on my use=
r page: &lt;<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Brooke_Vibber">h=
ttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Brooke_Vibber</a>&gt;<br><br>To everyone=
 who=E2=80=99s reached out privately about my departure: you=E2=80=99re all=
 brilliant each and every one of you and you give me so much hope for the F=
oundation and the projects. &lt;3<br><br>I&#39;d like to take this opportun=
ity to invite every member of Wikimedia Foundation staff to join the unioni=
zation progress that is underway in several of the countries where the WMF =
has employees. Every worker deserves representation in how their workplace =
operates, and every workplace deserves a union. The folks organizing Wiki W=
orkers United &lt;<a href=3D"https://wikiworkersunited.org">https://wikiwor=
kersunited.org</a>&gt; are passionate about the projects we work to support=
, and about people helping each other to be more effective while treating e=
ach other fairly; and if you work at WMF, that effort won=E2=80=99t be comp=
lete without your voice.<br><br>-- brooke vibber<br><br>Volunteer developer=
, 2001-2005<br>Chief Technology Officer, 2005-2009<br>Volunteer developer, =
2009-2011<br>Staff Software Architect, 2011-2026<br>Volunteer developer, 20=
26-<br><br></div>

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