[Foundation-l] Why "Wikipedia" and not "the Wikipedia"?

[Anthony]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> ps - I am confused by the first sentence on wikimedia.org [what does
> 'Wikimedia' mean there?], and the footer of wikimediafoundation says
> "About Wikimedia Foundation" -- missing an article.
>

Well, the name of the foundation is "Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.", not "The
Wikimedia Foundation" or "Wikimedia".

"The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor does not collect or send any personal,
identifiable data to *Microsoft Corporation* or third parties." (
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx)  No
"the".