List of Wikimedia chapters

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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]

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Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) is the oldest chapter, holding its first meeting in 2004. As of 2016, it had a budget of €20 million. [3] [4] Some chapters such as WMDE get some of their funds directly from grants and supporting memberships. Some others get their funds primarily from annual plan grants from WMF. As of 2019, roughly 10% of the WMF budget is distributed in this way to chapters and thematic organizations. [5] As of August 2019 there were 40 recognized Wikimedia chapters in 38 countries. [6] [7]

List of chapters

National

AreaArticle [a] URLSince
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Wikimedia Argentina  [ es ] wikimedia.org.ar September 1, 2007
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Վիքիմեդիա Հայաստան  [ hy ] wikimedia.am March 26, 2013
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Wikimedia Australia wikimedia.org.au March 1, 2008
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Wikimedia Österreich  [ de ] wikimedia.at February 26, 2008
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Wikimedia Bangladesh  [ en; bn; sat ] wikimedia.org.bd October 3, 2011
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Wikimedia Belgium  [ fr; nl ] wikimedia.be October 8, 2014
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Wikimedia Brasil  [ pt ] br.wikimedia.org December 11, 2024
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Wikimedia Canada / Wikimédia Canada  [ fr ] wikimedia.ca May 24, 2011
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Wikimedia Chile  [ es ] wikimedia.cl July 16, 2011
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Wikimedia Colombia  [ es ] co.wikimedia.org June 14, 2019
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Wikimedia Česká republika  [ cs ] wikimedia.cz March 6, 2008
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Wikimedia Danmark wikimedia.dk July 3, 2009
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Wikimedia Eesti  [ et; fiu-vro ] et.wikimedia.org August 31, 2010
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Wikimedia Suomi  [ fi ] fi.wikimedia.org September 21, 2009
Flag of France.svg France Wikimédia France  [ fr ] wikimedia.fr October 23, 2004
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Wikimedia Deutschland  [ en; de ] wikimedia.de June 13, 2004
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Wikimédia Magyarország  [ hu ] wikimedia.hu September 27, 2008
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Wikimedia Indonesia  [ id; jv; gor ] wikimedia.or.id October 7, 2008
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Wikimedia Israel  [ en; he ] wikimedia.org.il June 26, 2007
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Wikimedia Italia  [ it ] wikimedia.it June 17, 2005
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Wikimedia México  [ es ] mx.wikimedia.org August 3, 2011
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand wikimedia.nz June 12, 2025
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Wikimedia Nederland  [ nl ] nl.wikimedia.org March 27, 2006
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Wikimedia Norge  [ no; nn ] wikimedia.no June 23, 2007
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Wikimedia Polska  [ en; pl; csb; eo ] pl.wikimedia.org November 18, 2005
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Wikimedia Portugal  [ pt ] wikimedia.pt
pt.wikimedia.org
July 3, 2009
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Wikimedia Serbia  [ sr ] rs.wikimedia.org December 3, 2005 [b]
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Wikimedia South Africa  [ af ] wmza.org February 27, 2012
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 위키미디어 한국  [ ko ] kr.wikimedia.org April 24, 2019
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Wikimedia España  [ es ] wikimedia.es February 7, 2011
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Wikimedia Sverige  [ sv ] wikimedia.se December 11, 2007
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Wikimedia CH  [ de; fr; it ] wikimedia.ch May 14, 2006
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 台灣維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Taiwan  [ zh ] wikimedia.tw July 4, 2007
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Wikimedia Thailand [8] N/AJune 14, 2019
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Вікімедіа Україна  [ en; uk ] ua.wikimedia.org July 3, 2009
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Wikimedia UK  [ en; cy ] wikimedia.org.uk January 12, 2009
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Wikimedia Uruguay  [ es ] wikimedia.uy July 12, 2013 [9]
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Wikimedia Venezuela  [ es ] wikimedia.org.ve October 4, 2011

Subnational

Flag of New York City.svg New York City Wikimedia New York City nyc.wikimedia.org January 12, 2009
Flag of Washington, D.C.svg Washington, D.C. Wikimedia District of Columbia wikimediadc.org September 12, 2011

Former

AreaTitleURLPeriod
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 香港維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Hong Kong  [ zh-yue; zh ] wikimedia.hk 2008–2017 [10]
Flag of Macau.svg Macau 澳門維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Macau  [ zh ] wikimedia.org.mo April 24, 2011 – 2017
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia Викимедија Македонија mk.wikimedia.org September 21, 2009 – 2017
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Wikimedia Philippines wikimedia.org.ph 2010 – 2017 [11]
Flag of India.svg India Wikimedia India wikimedia.in 2011 – 2019 [12]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Викимедиа РУ  [ en; ru ] 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. "Wikimedia chapters". Meta-Wiki. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  4. "Jahresplan 2016 – Wikimedia Deutschland". Wikimedia.de (in German). 2015-11-28. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  5. "Template:APG navigation". Meta-Wiki. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  6. Fontanills (2012), p. 81
  7. Wikimedia Chapters
  8. "Wikimedia Thailand". Facebook.
  9. "Resolution: Recognition of Wikimedia Uruguay". Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki. Archived from the original on Apr 1, 2024.
  10. Lokshin, Kirill (7 Feb 2017). "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Hong Kong". lists.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on Oct 5, 2020.
  11. Malul, Maor (22 Apr 2017). "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines". lists.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on Sep 12, 2020.
  12. "Wikimedia movement affiliates/Formerly Active Affiliates". Meta-Wiki. Archived from the original on Oct 5, 2022.

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