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Chapters (37)
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Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects within a specified geographical region (country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". Over 20 chapters currently exist in nearly every continent of the world.

This page lists current and planned chapters. Please see the Step-by-step chapter creation guide and the Local chapter FAQ for more information. A Chapters committee exists to aid the creation of, and to support, local chapters.

Existing chapters (dark blue), planned chapters (green), and chapters in discussion (light blue) as of 9 Oct 2008. (Note: US is semi-green due to planned chapters in Pennsylvania, New York City, and Wash., D.C.)


Existing chapters

country code Chapter Founding (Approval) date Bylaws Website Mailing list Contact Last update Members
ar Wikimedia Argentina 2007-09-01 (11 Dec 2007) es, en wikimedia.org.ar Wikimedia-ar Patricio.lorente – Mahadeva 2007-12-13 050~
at Wikimedia Österreich 2008-05-02 (26 Feb 2008) de, en Wikimedia Österreich Verein-AT-l Mailing list or civ(_AT_)tzis.net or #wikimedia-at 2008-05-02 000
au Wikimedia Australia 2008-08-06 (04 Mar 2008) en Wikimedia Australia Wikimediaau-l contact(_AT_)wikimedia.org.au #wikimedia-au 2008-12-31 036
br Wikimedia Brasil (07 Oct 2008) pt and en Wikimedia Brasil Wikimedia-BR List of Participants 2008-10-08 110~
ch Wikimedia CH 2006-05-14 en, de, fr it rm wikimedia.ch wikimediach-l info(at)wikimedia.ch 2008-07-09 067
cz Wikimedia Česká republika 2008-03-06 cs, en Wikimedia Czech Republic WikimediaCZ-l wm-cz(at)wikimedia.org, #wikimedia-cz 2008-10-27 029
de Wikimedia Deutschland 2004-06-13 de, en, nl wikimedia.de vereinde-l Kurt Jansson, akl 2008-08-31 430+
fr Wikimédia France 2004-10-23 fr wikimedia.fr wikimediafr-l ~Pyb, (:Julien:) 2008-04-02 105
hk Wikimedia Hong Kong 2007-07-14 (04 Mar 2008) MoA: zh, en, AoA: zh, en wikimedia.hk Google Group Yuyu (Wikimedia Hong Kong/Contact) 2008-12-04 000
hu Wikimédia Magyarország 2008-09-27 (03 Nov 2008) hu, en wiki.media.hu Google Group Dami (Board Member for International Relations) 2009-01-05 020
id Wikimedia Indonesia 2008-09-05 (07 Oct 2008) en, AoI (en) wikimedia.web.id wikimedia-indonesia info(_AT_)wikimedia.web.id 2008-10-08 019 (founders)
il Wikimedia Israel 2007-07-15 (06 Mar 2007) he (legally binding), en il.wikimedia.org Not available DrorK, mail(at)wikimedia.org.il 2007-09-23 012
it Wikimedia Italia 2005-07-17 it, en wikimedia.it associazione(_AT_)wikimedia.it Frieda, Nick1915 2008-11-05 198
nl Wikimedia Nederland 2006-03-27 AoA, Bylaws (nl) nl.wikimedia.org wikimedianl-l General inquiries: wm-nl at wikimedia dot org Elly (chair), Husky (secretary) 2008-11-26 120 (Nov 2008)
no Wikimedia Norge 2007-06-23 (03 Nov 2008) nb, nn, se, en no.wikimedia.org Wikimedia-no Marius Helgå (chairman), Nina A. Thune (deputy chairman) 2008-11-04 000
pl Wikimedia Polska 2005-08-14 pl, en pl.wikimedia.org wikimediapl-l #wikimedia-pl 2008-06-15 081
rs Wikimedia Србије 2005-12-03 sr (copy), en rs.wikimedia.org wikimediasr-l dungodung 2007-02-02 040
ru Викимедиа РУ, Wikimedia Russia (24 May 2008; state registration: 11 November 2008) ru en wikimedia.ru wikimediaru-l Maximaximax or Dr Bug 2008-11-27 012 (founding members)
se Wikimedia Sverige 2007-10-20 (11 Dec 2007) sv, en wikimedia.se wikimediase-l lennart(_AT_)wikimedia.org 2008-12-31 168
tw Wikimedia Taiwan 2007-02-11 (4 Jul 2007) zh, en wikimedia.tw Google group, wikimedia-tw Theodoranian (Chair), Htchien (Secretariat) 2007-07-04 030
uk Wikimedia UK 2006-02-14 MoA, AoA wikimedia.org.uk wikimediauk-l AlisonW 2007-06-24 005?

Planned chapters

Chapters in active preparation to become a Local Chapter. Please provide a link to a page on meta with more detailed information (with a short summary in English) and provide a contact for questions about the present state.

country code Chapter Status Articles of Incorporation
/ Statute 		Website Mailing list Contact Last update
ca Wikimedia Canada Finishing up by-laws en Wikimedia Canada Wikimedia-CA Wikimedia-CA, #wikimedia-ca, or any member of the Steering Committee. 2008-03-21
in Wikimedia India Bylaws in discussion en http://wikimedia.in
http://wikimedia.org.in 		WikimediaIN-l Nearly Headless Nick, Nichalp or HPN 2007-11
mo Wikimedia Macau Apply to the Macau Government zh:Draft – – Talk:Wikimedia Macau/籌備委員會 2008-11
ph Wikimedia Philippines New articles approved; bylaws under discussion en, tl (Articles)
en (Bylaws) 		Wikimedia Philippines Philwiki Sky Harbor 2008-07-21
pt Wikimedia Portugal Bylaws ready, discussing how to constitute pt Wikimedia Portugal 2008-03-31
us-pa Wikimedia Pennsylvania In discussion, Drafting Bylaws En pa.us.wikimedia.org Wikimediapa-l Cbrown1023 talk, SB_Johnny, Whiteknight, or #wikimedia-pa 2007-06
us-nyc Wikimedia New York City Awaiting approval from Wikimedia Foundation en Wikimedia New York City Wikimedia NYC User:Pharos 2008-12
us-dc Wikimedia DC In discussion, drafting bylaws In drafting Wikimedia DC, temporary site on en.wp here None yet User:Swatjester 2008-05

Chapters in discussion phase

You should add here any chapter that is under discussion to be started up. Please provide link to a page (in meta) with more detailed information (at best with a short summary in English) and provide a contact for questions about the present state.

country code Chapter Status Articles of Incorporation/
Statute 		Website Mailing list Contact Last update
be Wikimedia Belgium In discussion Draft in redaction Wikimedia Belgium
(on meta) 		mail:WikimediaBE-l User:Dereckson 2008-05-09
bd Wikimedia Bangladesh In discussion – Meta – Talk:Wikimedia Bangladesh (or #wikimedia-bn on freenode) 2008-01-04
co Wikimedia Colombia In discussion Spanish/English (untranslated) Wikimedia Colombia
penging domain: wikimedia.org.co 		– Carlos Thompson or #wikimedia-co 2007-11-21
dz Wikimedia Algeria In discussion to come Meta 2007-07
hr Wikimedija Hrvatske Translation of bylaws hr Wikimedija Hrvatske Either SpeedyGonsales or Roberta F. 2007-12-18
eg Wikimedia Egypt Early development – Wikimedia Egypt – Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg 2007-07
es Wikimedia España (Wikimedia Spain) In discussion bylaws es/en Meta Wikimedia-es Talk:Wikimedia España 2008-05
is Wikimedia Ísland (Wikimedia Iceland) Writing bylaws is – – Talk:Wikimedia Ísland 2008-03-07
ir Wikimedia iran In discussion – Meta – 2008-07-07
lt Wikimedia Lietuva Writing bylaws – – none yet User:zaliavos 2 September 2007
ro Wikimedia România Early stages (planning) ro, en (drafts) wikimedia.ro (currently a portal) WikimediaRO-l IulianU 2005-09-26
ve Wikimedia Venezuela Discussing bylaws Bylaw draft (In es) http://www.wikimedia.org.ve Wikimediave-l Wikimedia Venezuela discussion page or damian(_AT_)wikimedia.org.ve 2006-11-23
sa Wikimedia Saudi Arabia Early development – Wikimedia Saudi Arabia – Alrwaikm 2008-12-26

Ideas for chapters

See the Local chapter FAQ to understand what a local chapter is, and what it entails to create a new one. If you wish to create a local chapter, follow the step-by-step chapter creation guide. In case you have any questions, contact the chapters committee.

In Europe

In North America

In Asia

  • Wikimedia Japan – 設立の是非について投票中です。 The page reads "There are currently no active arguments to establish a local Japanese chapter, mainly because very few Japanese language community members are interested in it. Lack of legal knowledge and accounting skills amongst the community is also a large contributing factor."
  • Wikimedia Mainland China – 准备讨论
  • Wikimedia Türkiye

In Africa

In Oceania

  • Wikimedia New Zealand is currently in the early planning stage. Anyone that is interested should contact Jasper Bryant-Greene at jasper(AT)album(DOT)co(DOT)nz or on 021 708 334.

In South America

Composition of chapters

See also Wikimedia chapters/Summaries

This may be partially outdated; in no particular order:

Wikimedia Deutschland

(elected on June 16. 2008 summer until 2009)

Wikimédia France

(new board since Feb. 16, 2008)

Wikimedia Italia

Wikimedia Nederland

Wikimedia Poland

Wikimedia CH

Wikimedia UK

Wikimedia UK is currently in a state of flux with a new team coming together to take on the task ahead. For the moment the following can still be contacted for information:

Wikimedia Taiwan

Wikimedia Hong Kong

Provisional Directory

  • King Man LAM, President
  • Yu Jeromy CHAN, Deputy President
  • Wing Fung SIU, Secretary
  • Chi Wai Terence YUEN, Treasurer
  • Yu Hin LAI, Director
  • Chi Fung CHEUNG, Director

Wikimédia Magyarország

Wikimedia Indonesia

Board of Trustees
Board of Executives

Wikimedia Israel

  • Shay Yakir, Chairperson of the board
  • Dror Kamir, Board member, responsible for the contacts with WMF
  • Amit Avidan, Board Member and treasurer
  • Rotem Danzig, Board member, responsible for project coordinating
  • Idan Dorfman, Board member and press coordinator (replacing Itzik Edri until further notice)
  • Deror Lin, Secretary
  • Uzi Vishne, Auditing committee member
  • Harel Cain, Auditing committee member, responsible for the contacts with the local Wikipedian community
  • Itzik Edri, Press coordinator
  • David Shay, Ombudsman

Wikimedia Argentina

Wikimedia Sverige

Wikimedia Česká republika (Czech Republic)

Board elected on 31 May 2008 until 2010:

Audit commission:

Wikimedia Australia

Interim committee:

Wikimedia Österreich

See also

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