Wikimedia user groups/af

Wikimedia user groups are groups of Wikimedia users who have decided to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in the offline world by organizing meetups and other projects. User groups may or may not be legally incorporated entities. 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". 143 user groups currently exist in the world.

This page lists current and planned user groups. Please see the step-by-step user group creation guide for more information. The Affiliations Committee exists to aid the creation of, and to support, user groups.

Note: The Affiliations Committee is just starting to process applications for User Groups. Please leave any comments and feedback on the requirements and guides on the respective talk pages. If you have plans for user groups, please contact the Committee at affcomlists.wikimedia.org.

Existing user groups, both legally incorporated (dark blue) and unincorporated (dark turquoise), planned user groups (green), and user groups in discussion (light blue) as of September 1, 2012.

Approved user groups

Name	Status	Start of recognition	End of recognition	Articles of Incorporation / Statute (if any)	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update

Planned user groups

Wikimedia organizations in active preparation to become Wikimedia user groups. 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.

Key

A yellowish background means organizations are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Affiliations Committee;

A light grey background means awaiting an update (either from the proposed organization or from AffCom)

A light blue background means the AffCom has asked the WMF board to approve the organization's formation.

Name	Status	Articles of Incorporation / Statute (if any)	Webtuiste	E-pos lys	Kontak	Laaste opdatering
Wikimedia Munich User Group	Existing as regular meetup group; Approval on hold due to naming issue.	Non applicable	de:Wikipedia:München	wikimedia-de-by	User:H-stt	2012-11-08
Wikimedia Northeastern China User Group	Beginning discussion internally	Not started	Will start our own website soon		User:Shujenchang	2012-09-07
Vikimedio kaj Esperanto	People ready - mail sent to AffCom				User:Ziko	2012-12-23
Wikimedia Ghana	Interim WMF trademarks and logo license executed. Converting request into User Group for now.		Wikimedia Ghana	wikimedia-ghlists.wikimedia.org,	Rexford (Coordinator)	2012-08-28
Wikimedia Greece User Group	Internal discussion phase		http://wikimedia.gr	wikiEL	User:Geraki	2012-11-19
Wikipedia Club Pune	Discussion between organizers, chapter and Affiliations Committee					2012-12-10

User groups in discussion

Name	Status	Articles of Incorporation / Statute (if any)	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
Wikimedia Austria User Group	Existing as regular meetup group	Non applicable	Wikipedia Wien		Hubertl	2012-11-30
MediaWiki Group San Francisco	Formalizing existing activities	Non applicable	mw:Groups/Proposals/San Francisco		Quim Gil	2012-12-26
MediaWiki Group Promotion	Willingness to organize MediaWiki promotion & outreach activities around this group	Non applicable	mw:Groups/Proposals/Promotion		Quim Gil	2012-12-26
MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad	Formalizing existing activities	Non applicable	mw:Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad		Harsh Kothari	2012-12-26

See also: Proposed MediaWiki Groups

News

• 2012-12-22 If you want to help the creation of new user groups, apply for AffCom membership!
• 2012-12-08 Naming convention for user groups and thematic organizations discussion
• 2012-12-08 MediaWiki Groups proposal

See also

• Wikimedia affiliation models/User Groups
• Requirements for future user groups