Wikimedia chapters (blue)
Wikimedia user groups with a geographic focus (green)
Wikimedia chapters are national or sub-national not-for-profit organizations created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects locally, by members of the movement. Chapters are legally independent of the Wikimedia Foundation, entering into an agreement with the foundation following acceptance by the Affiliations Committee (formerly known as "Chapters Committee"), and have no control over Foundation websites. They organize regional conferences, outreach, and global events such as Wikimania.[1][2] As of August 2019 there were 40 recognized Wikimedia chapters in 38 countries.[3][4]
List of chapters
National
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Subnational
 New York City |
Wikimedia New York City | nyc.wikimedia.org | January 12, 2009 |
 Washington, D.C. |
Wikimedia District of Columbia | wikimediadc.org | September 12, 2011 |
Former
| Area | Title | URL | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hong Kong |
香港維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Hong Kong | wikimedia.hk | 2008–2017[7] |
 Macau |
澳門維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Macau | wikimedia.org.mo | April 24, 2011 – 2017 |
 Macedonia |
Викимедија Македонија | mk.wikimedia.org | September 21, 2009 – 2017 |
 Philippines |
Wikimedia Philippines | wikimedia.org.ph | 2010 – 2017[8] |
 India |
Wikimedia India | wikimedia.in | 2011 – 2019[9] |
 Russia |
Викимедиа РУ | ru.wikimedia.org | May 24, 2008 – 2023 |
Notes
- ↑ The links go to the articles on Meta Wikimedia (the central wiki for coordinating across projects); extra links will also appear, if they exist, to articles on the English-language and respective language Wikipedias, in that order. Therefore, most of these links will not lead to encyclopedic pages aimed at the typical reader, and might even assume the reader is already a contributor.
- ↑ Originally "Wikimedia Serbia and Montenegro" until June 2006.
References
- ↑ Konieczny (2009)
- ↑ Morell (2011), p. 332
- ↑ Fontanills (2012), p. 81
- ↑ Wikimedia Chapters
- ↑ Facebook page
- ↑ WMF resolution on the Recognition of Wikimedia Uruguay
- ↑ "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Hong Kong".
- ↑ "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines".
- ↑ "Wikimedia movement affiliates/Formerly Active Affiliates - Meta". meta.wikimedia.org.
Bibliography
- Fuster Morell, Mayo (2011). "The Wikimedia Foundation and the Governance of Wikipedia's Infrastructure". In Geert Lovink; Nathaniel Tkacz (eds.). Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader. Institute of Network Cultures. ISBN 978-90-78146-13-1.
- Konieczny, P (November 2009). "Wikipedia: Community or Social Movement". Interface (2 ed.). 1: 212–232.
- Fontanills, David Gómez (May 2012). "Academic research into Wikipedia". Digithum (14): 77–87. ISSN 1575-2275.
- Various. "Wikimedia chapters". Wikimedia Foundation.
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