Wikimedia Asia-Oceania Project
The Wikimedia Asia-Oceania Project is an effort by affliates (chapters/ user groups/ individuals) in Asia and Oceania (the Pacific) to coordinate in sharing knowledge, pooling resources, hosting events and promoting Wikimedia projects. The project, originally proposed by Wikimedia Hong Kong, was first discussed during the 2010 chapters meeting in Berlin, and established in July 2010 during Wikimania 2010 in Gdańsk.
Participants
[edit]The following are chapters and organizations geographically (or most land mass geographically) located in Asia and Oceania. edit table
| ISO Code | Flag | Country | WM Code | Formal name | Website | Meta Page | Remarks | Logo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM |  |
Armenia | AM | Wikimedia Armenia | https://am.wikimedia.org/ | Wikimedia Armenia | Chapter | 
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| AU |  |
Australia | AU | Wikimedia Australia | http://www.wikimedia.org.au | Wikimedia Australia | Chapter | .svg){kind=logo}
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| BD |  |
Bangladesh | BD | Wikimedia Bangladesh | http://wikimedia.org.bd | Wikimedia Bangladesh | Chapter | 
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| ID |  |
Indonesia | ID | Wikimedia Indonesia | http://www.wikimedia.or.id | Wikimedia Indonesia | Chapter | 
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| IL |  |
Israel | IL | Wikimedia Israel | http://www.wikimedia.org.il | Wikimedia Israel | Chapter | 
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| KR |  |
South Korea | KO | Wikimedia Korea | http://wikimedia.kr | 위키미디어_한국 | Chapter | 
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| RU |  |
Russia | RU | Wikimedia Russia | https://ru.wikimedia.org | Wikimedia Russia | Chapter | 
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| TW |  |
Taiwan | TW | Wikimedia Taiwan | http://www.wikimedia.tw | Wikimedia Taiwan | Chapter | 
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| TH |  |
Thailand | TH | Wikimedia Thailand | http://www.wmth.org | Wikimedia Thailand | Chapter | 
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| AZ |  |
Azerbaijan | AZ | Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group | http://wikimedia.az/ | Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group | User Group | 
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| CN |  |
China | CN | Wikimedia User Group China | Wikimedia User Group China | User Group | 
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| GE |  |
Georgia | GE | Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia | Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia | User Group | 
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| HK |  |
Hong Kong | HKG | Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong | Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong | User Group | 
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| IR |  |
Iran | IR | Iranian Wikimedians User Group | http://wikimediairan.ir | Iranian Wikimedians User Group | User Group | 
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| IQ |  |
Iraq | IQ | Iraqi Wikimedians User Group | Iraqi Wikimedians | User Group | 
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| MY |  |
Malaysia | MYS | Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia | Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia | User Group | 
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| MM |  |
Myanmar | MM | Myanmar Wikimedia Community User Group | Myanmar Wikimedia Community User Group | User Group | 
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| NP |  |
Nepal | NP | Wikimedians of Nepal | Wikimedians of Nepal | User Group | 
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| NZ |  |
New Zealand | NZ | Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand | Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand | User Group | 
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| PK |  |
Pakistan | PK | Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan | http://wikimediapakistan.org/ | Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan | User Group | 
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| PH |  |
Philippines | PH-WC | Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group | PhilWiki Community | User Group | 
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| PH | |
Philippines | PH-ADV | Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group | Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group | User Group | 
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| SA |  |
Saudi Arabia | SWU | Saudi Wikimedia User Group | Saudi Wikimedia User Group | User Group | 
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| LK |  |
Sri Lanka | LK | Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka | Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka | User Group | 
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| TR |  |
Turkey | TR | Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey | Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey | User Group | 
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| AE |  |
United Arab Emirates | AE | Wikimedians of United Arab Emirates User Group | Wikimedians of United Arab Emirates User Group | User Group | 
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| VN |  |
Vietnam | VNM | Vietnam Wikimedians User Group | Vietnam Wikimedians User Group | User Group | 
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| IN |  |
India | IN-GOA | Wikipedians of Goa User Group | Wikipedians of Goa User Group | User Group | 
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| IN | |
India | HDW | Hindi Wikimedians User Group | Hindi Wikimedians User Group | User Group | 
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| IN | |
India | KVL | Karavali Wikimedians User Group | Karavali Wikimedians | User Group | 
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| IN | |
India | IN-KL | Wikimedians of Kerala User Group | http://www.wikimediakerala.in | Wikimedians of Kerala User Group | User Group |
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| IN | |
India | ODW | Odia Wikimedians User Group | Odia Wikimedians User Group | User Group | 
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| IN | |
India | PAN | Punjabi Wikimedians User Group | Punjabi Wikimedians User Group | User Group | 
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| IN | |
India | WBG | West Bengal Wikimedians User Group | https://wb.wikimedia.org | West Bengal Wikimedians | User Group | 
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| IN | |
India | IN-UR | Dehalvi Wikimedia User Group | Dehalvi Wikimedia User Group | User Group |
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| IN | |
India | IN-Tech | Wikimedians of India technical user group | Wikimedians of India technical user group | User Group |
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| IN | |
India | IN-MR | Marathi Wikimedians User Group | Marathi Wikimedians User Group | User Group |
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| NP | |
Nepal | MAI | Maithili Wikimedians User Group | https://mai.wikimedia.org/ | Maithili Wikimedians | User Group | 
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| LB JO SY PS |
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Lebanon Jordan Syria Palestine |
LEV | Wikimedians of the Levant | Wikimedians of the Levant | User Group | 
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| KZ |  |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group | Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group | User Group |
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| TJ |  |
Tajikistan | TJK | Tajik Wikimedians User Group | Tajik Wikimedians User Group | User Group | 
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| SG |  |
Singapore | SG | Wikimedians of Singapore User Group | Wikimedians of Singapore User Group | Proposed User Group | 
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| PH | |
Philippines | HUG-PH | Hablon User Group of Wikimedians in the Philippines | https://www.hablon.org | Hablon User Group of Wikimedians in the Philippines | Unaffiliated User Group | 
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| MO |  |
Macau | MO | Macau Wikimedia | Wikimedia Macau | Former Chapter under the name Wikimedia Macau | 
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| PH | |
Philippines | PH | Wiki Society of the Philippines | Wiki Society of the Philippines | Former Chapter under the name Wikimedia Philippines | 
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| UZ |  |
Uzbekistan | UZ | Uzbekistan Wikimedia | Wikimedians of Uzbekistan Community | Former User Group under the name Wikimedians of Uzbekistan Community | 
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| JP |  |
Japan | JP-KS | Wikimedians in Kansai | http://kansai.wikimedia.jp/ | 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 | Working Group |
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| JO | |
Jordan | JO | Wikimedians of Jordan User Group | Wikimedians of Jordan User Group | Working Group |
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| KH |  |
Cambodia | KH | Wikimedia-KH Cambodia User Group | http://khmerwikipedia.wordpress.com/ | Wikimedia-KH Cambodia User Group | Working Group |
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| BN |  |
Timor Leste | TL | Timor Leste Wikimedia | Working Group |
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| BN |  |
Brunei | BN | Brunei Wikimedia | Working Group |
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Thematic groups:
| WM Code | Formal name | Website | Meta Page | Remarks | Logo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAM | Wikipedia Asian Month User Group | https://asianmonth.wiki/ | Wikipedia Asian Month User Group | Thematic User Group | 
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| PPC | Pilipinas Panorama Community | Pilipinas Panorama Community | Thematic Organization | 
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How to join
[edit]All existing and proposed chapters, working groups and aligned organizations in Asia (including the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia) are included as a part of the Wikimedia Asia Project, as well as chapters and groups in Australia and Oceania. No application is required to participate.
Please subscribe to the Asian Chapters mailing list, all the discussion and notification will be sent to the mailing list. The mailing list is not only for internal members.
Using the talk page to communicate with other Asian members is also welcome, but use of the mailing list is preferred for a faster response.
You can check out the full original proposal of Wikimedia Asia Project to get a general idea.
If you have any query about the project, please contact one of the chapter contact-persons in the table above, or any admin of the Wikimedia Asia mailing list: Yuyu, Htchien, Deryck Chan, Aphaia and Sky Harbor.
On-going Projects/Future Plans
[edit]Helping the potentials chapters
[edit]If your country is a part of Asia and your community is going to set up a chapters, our existing Asian chapters and Asian Chapters Committees would like to give you a hand. Join the mailing list and get into contact with the existing chapters in Asia, we'll be happy to share our experience and offer the necessary expertise.
Wikimedia Asia Meeting
[edit]Please see the details here: Asian Chapters Meeting
Wikimania 2013
[edit]Wikimania 2013 was held in Hong Kong. See wm2013: for more details.
Cultural Content Exchange
[edit]The Cultural Content Exchange is a project to encourage translation of articles into as many Asian languages as possible.
Wikimania 2015
[edit]Wikimania 2015 was held in Mexico City. See wm2015: for more details.
Wikipedia Asian Month
[edit]
Wikipedia Asian Month is an online Edit-a-thon aimed at enhancing the understanding among Asian Wikipedia communities. The Wikipedia Asian Month plans to take place in November 2015, each of the participating communities will run a local Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on their own language Wikipedias, which promote editors create or improve the Wikipedia content about Asia except their own country. Although this is an Asian Month, the participating community is not limited in Asia.
Activities History
[edit]September 2007, the idea of a Wikimedia Asia project was first coined and discussed by Anirudh Bhati, Cary Bass, THD and Jeromy Chan.
November 2009, Wikimedia Hong Kong started the discussion of Wikimedia Asia Project through e-mail. After the discussion between most of the Asian chapters, they decided to apply a mailing list to Wikimedia Foundation for Asian Chapters.
December 2009, Wikimedia Foundation approved the mailing list application of Asian chapters.
February 2010, the first draft of Wikimedia Asia Project was published.
April 2010, the first Asian Chapters Meet Up was held in the Chapter Meeting 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
July 2010, the panel of Wikimedia Asia and the second Asian Chapters Meet Up were held in Wikimania 2010, Gdańsk, Poland.
August 2011, an informal Asian Wikimedians' lunch was held in Wikimania 2011, Haifa, Israel.
July 2012, a Wikimedia Asia lunch meetup was held in Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC, United States. During the meetup it celebrated the 500,000th article on the Chinese Wikipedia.
April 2013, Asian chapters meeting at the Wikimedia Conference 2013, Milan, Italy.
August 2013, Wikimedia Asia meeting was held at Wikimania 2013, Hong Kong.
July 2015, Wikimedia Asia meetup, Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City.
June 2016, Wikimedia Asia meetup, Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy
August 2017, Wikimedia Asia meetup, Wikimania 2017 in Montreal, Canada
April 2018, Wikimedia Asia meetup, Wikimedia Conference in Berlin.
May 2018, ESEAP Conference 2018, 1st ESEAP Conference in Bali, Indonesia.
July 2018, Wikimedia Asia meetup, Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa.
March 2019, Wikimedia Asia-Oceania meeting, 1st Wikimedia Summit, WMDE office, Berlin.
June 2019, Wikimedia Education SAARC conference, 1st South Asian conference (thematic) in Bangalore, India.
August 2019, Wikimedia Asia-Oceania Meetup, Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.
August 2019, ESEAP Meetup, Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. Presentation of ESEAP as host of Wikimania 2020 during the closing ceremony of Wikimania 2019.
August 2023, Wikimedia Asia Meetup, Wikimania 2023 in Singapore.
Gallery
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Lunch Break at Wikimania 2012 -
Asia Meetup, Hong Kong, 2013 -
Asia Meetup in Mexico City, 2015 -
Asia Meetup, Esino Lario, Italy, 2016 -
Asia Meetup, Montreal, Canada 2017 -
Asia Meetup in Berlin, Germany, 2018 -
1st ESEAP Conference in Bali, Indonesia, 2018 -
Asia-Oceania Meetup in Cape Town, South Africa 2018 -
Asia-Oceania Meeting at the Wikimedia DE Office, Berlin, Germany 2019. Image also shows Katheine Maher, ED of Wikimedia Foundation. -
Asia-Oceania Meetup in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2019 -
Wikimania 2020 host presentation in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2019
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Documents
[edit]- Full Proposal of Wikimedia Asia Project
- Gunta's slides of Wikimedia Asia Project session in Wikimania 2010