Subject: Brooke’s departure from Wikimedia Foundation 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: To everyone who’s reached out privately about my departure: you’re 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 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’t 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-