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

Area Article[lower-alpha 1] URL Since
 Argentina Wikimedia Argentina wikimedia.org.ar September 1, 2007
 Armenia Վիքիմեդիա Հայաստան wikimedia.am March 26, 2013
 Australia Wikimedia Australia wikimedia.org.au March 1, 2008
 Austria Wikimedia Österreich wikimedia.at February 26, 2008
 Bangladesh Wikimedia Bangladesh wikimedia.org.bd October 3, 2011
 Belgium Wikimedia Belgium wikimedia.be October 8, 2014
 Canada Wikimedia Canada / Wikimédia Canada wikimedia.ca May 24, 2011
 Chile Wikimedia Chile wikimedia.cl July 16, 2011
 Colombia Wikimedia Colombia co.wikimedia.org June 14, 2019
 Czech Republic Wikimedia Česká republika wikimedia.cz March 6, 2008
 Denmark Wikimedia Danmark wikimedia.dk July 3, 2009
 Estonia Wikimedia Eesti et.wikimedia.org August 31, 2010
 Finland Wikimedia Suomi fi.wikimedia.org September 21, 2009
 France Wikimédia France wikimedia.fr October 23, 2004
 Germany Wikimedia Deutschland wikimedia.de June 13, 2004
 Hungary Wikimédia Magyarország wikimedia.hu September 27, 2008
 Indonesia Wikimedia Indonesia wikimedia.or.id October 7, 2008
 Israel Wikimedia Israel wikimedia.org.il June 26, 2007
 Italy Wikimedia Italia wikimedia.it June 17, 2005
 Mexico Wikimedia México mx.wikimedia.org August 3, 2011
 Netherlands Wikimedia Nederland nl.wikimedia.org March 27, 2006
 Norway Wikimedia Norge no.wikimedia.org June 23, 2007
 Poland Wikimedia Polska pl.wikimedia.org November 18, 2005
 Portugal Wikimedia Portugal pt.wikimedia.org July 3, 2009
 Serbia Wikimedia Serbia rs.wikimedia.org December 3, 2005[lower-alpha 2]
 South Africa Wikimedia South Africa wikimedia.org.za February 27, 2012
 South Korea 위키미디어 한국 kr.wikimedia.org April 24, 2019
 Spain Wikimedia España wikimedia.es February 7, 2011
 Sweden Wikimedia Sverige wikimedia.se December 11, 2007
  Switzerland Wikimedia CH wikimedia.ch May 14, 2006
 Taiwan 台灣維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Taiwan wikimedia.tw July 4, 2007
 Thailand Wikimedia Thailand[5] N/A June 14, 2019
 Ukraine Вікімедіа Україна ua.wikimedia.org July 3, 2009
 United Kingdom Wikimedia UK wikimedia.org.uk January 12, 2009
 Uruguay Wikimedia Uruguay wikimedia.uy July 12, 2013[6]
 Venezuela Wikimedia Venezuela wikimedia.org.ve October 4, 2011

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

  1. 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.
  2. Originally "Wikimedia Serbia and Montenegro" until June 2006.

References

  1. Konieczny (2009)
  2. Morell (2011), p. 332
  3. Fontanills (2012), p. 81
  4. Wikimedia Chapters
  5. Facebook page
  6. WMF resolution on the Recognition of Wikimedia Uruguay
  7. "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Hong Kong".
  8. "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines".
  9. "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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