History of the Wikimedia projects

Welcome to the History of the Wikimedia Projects learning project where participants explore the history of Wikimedia Foundation wiki projects.

Wikipedia

See: History of Wikipedia.
See also:Topic:Wikipedia studies

Activity. Create History of Wikipedia and make an expanded history of Wikipedia. For example, the "History of Wikipedia" article at Wikipedia says nothing about how it was decided to use the GFDL.

Wikiversity

See: History of Wikiversity.

Activity. Maintain a "living history" of Wikiversity.

Other projects

Questions

Which wiki projects do not use the GFDL? Why do they not use the GFDL?
- example: German Wikiversity