Wikimedia chapters are national or sub-national not-for-profit organisations created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia , locally. Chapters are legally independent of the Wikimedia Foundation , entering into a "Chapters Agreement" with the Foundation following acceptance by the Affiliations Committee (formerly known as "Chapters Committee"), and have no control over Foundation websites. They organise regional conferences, outreach and global events such as Wikimania .[1] [2] As of January 2015 there were 41 recognised Wikimedia chapters.[3] [4]
Area
Title
URL
Since
Argentina
Wikimedia Argentina
wikimedia.org.ar
000000002007-09-01-0000 September 1, 2007
Armenia
Վիքիմեդիա Հայաստան
wikimedia.am
000000002013-03-26-0000 March 26, 2013
Australia
Wikimedia Australia
wikimedia.org.au
000000002008-03-01-0000 March 1, 2008
Austria
Wikimedia Österreich
wikimedia.at
000000002008-02-26-0000 February 26, 2008
Bangladesh
Wikimedia Bangladesh
wikimedia.org.bd
000000002011-10-03-0000 October 3, 2011
Belgium
Wikimedia Belgium
wikimedia.be
000000002014-10-08-0000 October 8, 2014
Canada
Wikimedia Canada
wikimedia.ca
000000002011-05-24-0000 May 24, 2011
Chile
Wikimedia Chile
wikimedia.cl
000000002011-07-16-0000 July 16, 2011
Czech Republic
Wikimedia Česká republika
wikimedia.cz
000000002008-03-06-0000 March 6, 2008
Denmark
Wikimedia Danmark
wikimedia.dk
000000002009-07-03-0000 July 3, 2009
Estonia
Wikimedia Eesti
et.wikimedia.org
000000002010-08-31-0000 August 31, 2010
Finland
Wikimedia Suomi
fi.wikimedia.org
000000002009-09-21-0000 September 21, 2009
France
Wikimédia France
wikimedia.fr
000000002004-10-23-0000 October 23, 2004
Germany
Wikimedia Deutschland
wikimedia.de
000000002004-06-13-0000 June 13, 2004
Hong Kong
香港維基媒體協會
wikimedia.hk
000000002008-03-01-0000 March 1, 2008
Hungary
Wikimédia Magyarország
wikimedia.hu
000000002008-09-27-0000 September 27, 2008
India
Wikimedia India
wikimedia.in
000000002011-01-03-0000 January 3, 2011
Indonesia
Wikimedia Indonesia
wikimedia.or.id
000000002008-10-07-0000 October 7, 2008
Israel
Wikimedia Israel
wikimedia.org.il
000000002007-06-26-0000 June 26, 2007
Italy
Wikimedia Italia
wikimedia.it
000000002005-06-17-0000 June 17, 2005
Macau
澳門維基媒體協會
wikimedia.org.mo
000000002011-04-24-0000 April 24, 2011
Macedonia
Викимедија Македонија
mk.wikimedia.org
000000002009-09-21-0000 September 21, 2009
Mexico
Wikimedia México
mx.wikimedia.org
000000002011-08-03-0000 August 3, 2011
Netherlands
Wikimedia Nederland
nl.wikimedia.org
000000002006-03-27-0000 March 27, 2006
Norway
Wikimedia Norge
no.wikimedia.org
000000002007-06-23-0000 June 23, 2007
Philippines
Wikimedia Philippines
wikimedia.org.ph
000000002010-04-12-0000 April 12, 2010
Poland
Wikimedia Polska
pl.wikimedia.org
000000002005-11-18-0000 November 18, 2005
Portugal
Wikimedia Portugal
wikimedia.pt
000000002009-07-03-0000 July 3, 2009
Russia
Викимедиа РУ
ru.wikimedia.org
000000002008-05-24-0000 May 24, 2008
Serbia
Wikimedia Serbia
rs.wikimedia.org
000000002005-12-03-0000 December 3, 2005
South Africa
Wikimedia South Africa
wikimedia.org.za
000000002012-02-27-0000 February 27, 2012
Spain
Wikimedia España
wikimedia.es
000000002011-02-07-0000 February 7, 2011
Sweden
Wikimedia Sverige
wikimedia.se
000000002007-12-11-0000 December 11, 2007
Switzerland
Wikimedia CH
wikimedia.ch
000000002006-05-14-0000 May 14, 2006
Taiwan
台灣維基媒體協會
wikimedia.tw
000000002007-07-04-0000 July 4, 2007
Ukraine
Вікімедіа Україна
ua.wikimedia.org
000000002009-07-03-0000 July 3, 2009
United Kingdom
Wikimedia UK
wikimedia.org.uk
000000002009-01-12-0000 January 12, 2009
Uruguay
Wikimedia Uruguay
wikimediauruguay.org
000000002013-07-12-0000 July 12, 2013 [5]
Venezuela
Wikimedia Venezuela
wikimedia.org.ve
000000002011-10-04-0000 October 4, 2011
New York City
Wikimedia New York City
nyc.wikimedia.org
000000002009-01-12-0000 January 12, 2009
Washington, D.C.
Wikimedia District of Columbia
wikimediadc.org
000000002011-09-12-0000 September 12, 2011
References
Bibliography
Fuster Morell, Mayo (2011). "The Wikimedia Foundation and the Governance of Wikipedia’s Infrastructure". In Geert Lovink, Nathaniel Tkacz . 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.