Wikimedia movement in Indonesia

This page documents the existence of the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia: the world's largest island country, the 14th-largest country by land area, and world's fourth-most populous country.

Indonesia
Wikimedia organizations	Wikimedia Indonesia
Projects censored	None
Editors
Category	Category:Indonesian Wikipedians
Major Wikipedias by active editors (5-99 edits per month)
Indonesian	~1740 (~60% of country, ~93% of project)
English	~870 (~30% of country, ~2% of project)
Malay	~50 (~2% of country, ~13% of project)
Japanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~0.3% of project)
Sundanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~58% of project)
Balinese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~54% of project)
Spanish	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Minangkabau	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~63% of project)
Turkmen	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~56% of project)
Korean	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.6% of project)
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Major Wikipedias by very active editors (100+ edits per month)
Indonesian	~180 (~62% of country, ~88% of project)
English	~80 (~27% of country, ~1% of project)
Readers
Major projects by monthly pageviews
Indonesian Wikipedia	~123.04M (~58% of country, ~92% of project)
English Wikipedia	~77.25M (~37% of country, ~0.9% of project)
Indonesian Wiktionary	~1.55M (~0.7% of country, ~90% of project)
Chinese Wikipedia	~839K (~0.4% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Commons	~829K (~0.4% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Indonesian Wikibooks	~554K (~0.3% of country, ~88% of project)
Japanese Wikipedia	~544K (~0.3% of country, ~0% of project)
Malay Wikipedia	~507K (~0.2% of country, ~3% of project)
English Wiktionary	~480K (~0.2% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Russian Wikipedia	~432K (~0.2% of country, ~0% of project)
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Major entities within the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia are the projects, affiliate, and like-minded partner organizations.

Languages

Indonesia has more than 700 local languages. Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) is the national language.

As of May 2024, there are 17 languages of Indonesia that has at least one Wikimedia project.

• Indonesian (id): Indonesian is spoken in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, Timor Leste, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, etc. as well.
• Javanese (jv): spoken in Indonesia and Suriname.
  • Banyumasan Javanese (map-bms): regarded as a dialect of Javanese, thus it doesn't have its own language code.
• Sundanese (su)
• Buginese (bug)
• Banjar (bjn)
• Acehnese (ace)
• Minangkabau (min)
• Gorontalo (gor)
• Balinese (ban)
• Madurese (mad)
• Nias (nia)
• Mandailing (btm)
• Batak Toba (bbc)
• Betawi (bew)
• Malay (ms): at that time, the language code (ms) was regarded as separate language, but now it is regarded as a macrolanguage (LoC) or nuclear family (Glottolog). Currently the code for Malay (individual) language is msa/zlm. The code for Malaysian Malay is zsm. (See the many language codes in the infobox of w:Malay language)
• Tetun (tet)

Projects

Currently, there are 35 Wikimedia projects in the languages of Indonesia: 16 Wikipedias, 9 Wiktionaries, 5 Wikisources, 3 Wikiquotes, and 2 Wikibooks.

List of administrators of the Indonesian projects can be found here.

Wikipedias

Currently, there are 16 Wikipedia projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	May 30, 2003	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikipedia.org	697880	3868628	25985156	47	1489191	2425	55296	138
	October 26, 2002	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikipedia.org	381120	1094194	6234212	12	338616	636	18417	19
	February 6, 2013	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikipedia.org	227659	471353	3153500	5	19542	40	178	7
	March 8, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wikipedia.org	73855	184321	1687405	5	62969	80	5452	20
	March 15, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikipedia.org	61740	98664	669234	7	32050	42	534	2
	October 14, 2019	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikipedia.org	24511	48277	188636	3	26363	48	118	3
	October 24, 2005	Request	bug - Buginese	bug.wikipedia.org	15842	20128	202790	1	13780	20	0	0
	March 24, 2006	Request	map-bms - Banyumasan	map-bms.wikipedia.org	13933	30402	220302	1	17388	19	461	10
	October 17, 2010	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikipedia.org	10747	31867	96598	3	14924	31	2	11
	August 12, 2009	Request	ace - Acehnese	ace.wikipedia.org	12965	27773	150733	3	28652	34	0	7
	April 18, 2018	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikipedia.org	14767	22951	56391	1	5927	18	0	0
	December 15, 2020	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikipedia.org	1231	2457	16871	2	2877	19	0	6
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wikipedia.org	1714	4259	23154	3	2020	17	0	11
	October 7, 2023	Request	bbc - Batak Toba	bbc.wikipedia.org	775	1235	9821	1	960	9	0	2
	March 24, 2006	Request	tet - Tetum	tet.wikipedia.org	1365	3896	68259	2	10070	13	0	60
	April 23, 2024	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wikipedia.org	2520	5508	23389	3	577	25	0	5
	June 20, 2024	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wikipedia.org	1055	2222	9533	0	308	20	0	5

Wiktionaries

Currently, there are 9 Wiktionary projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	September 19, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wiktionary.org	164399	245163	1059429	6	41495	98	3	1
	December 11, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wiktionary.org	61084	73259	156947	1	4370	4	1	0
	May 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wiktionary.org	28281	51048	178345	5	8011	126	3	2
	October 21, 2019	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wiktionary.org	12245	13150	32589	3	1016	6	0	0
	January 4, 2023	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wiktionary.org	10215	10617	24641	2	448	2	0	0
	October 5, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wiktionary.org	3588	4737	19892	1	2371	2	1	0
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wiktionary.org	5137	8231	29101	3	835	14	0	1
	July 26, 2023	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wiktionary.org	3047	3175	11410	2	321	2	0	0
	August 17, 2022	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wiktionary.org	2909	-1	9943	2	474	7	0	0

Wikisources

Currently, there are 5 Wikisource projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 6, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikisource.org	8091	60150	197170	6	24412	98	305	135
	August 4, 2021	Request	jv - Javanese	jv.wikisource.org	2327	60150	48172	1	1302	7	149	90
	June 30, 2021	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikisource.org	4643	60150	114413	1	1265	9	0	131
	August 16, 2023	Request	su - Sundanese	su.wikisource.org	259	6304	26089	2	696	4	0	2254
	April 23, 2024	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikisource.org	449	2677	10712	2	578	15	0	98

Wikiquotes

Currently, there are 3 Wikiquote projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 25, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikiquote.org	2517	5968	37884	2	19283	22	5	11
	September 2, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikiquote.org	2336	3514	11824	1	1946	2	9	0
	October 7, 2023	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikiquote.org	506	776	3506	3	251	-1	0	1

Wikibooks

Currently, there are 2 Wikibooks projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	July 31, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikibooks.org	5120	18799	98851	4	39525	24	865	37
	August 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikibooks.org	311	2671	12640	2	3133	9	92	272

Sundanese Wikibooks (su.wikibooks.org) was closed without community consultation in 2012.

Other projects

• d:Wikidata:WikiProject Indonesia

Affiliate

Wikimedia Indonesia (WMID) is the Wikimedia affiliate in Indonesia. The chapter was established on September 2008 and has its national office in Jakarta. It is part of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP) Hub.

WMID currently financially supports the following local Wikimedia communities:

Logo	Community	Email
	Wikimedians of Bandung	bandung@wikimedia.or.id
	Banjar Wikimedians	banjar@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Banjarnegara	banjarnegara@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Denpasar	denpasar@wikimedia.or.id
	Gorontalo Wikimedians	gorontalo@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Jakarta	jakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Madura Wikimedians	madura@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Manokwari	manokwari@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Medan	medan@wikimedia.or.id
	Nias Wikimedians	nias@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Padang	padang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Palembang	palembang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Yogyakarta	yogyakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikidata Indonesia Community	idwikidata@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikisource Indonesia Community	idwikisource@wikimedia.or.id
	KlubWiki Universitas Brawijaya	klubwikiub@wikimedia.or.id

Partners

• Creative Commons Indonesia (CCID) is the Creative Commons local chapter for Indonesia.
• OpenStreetMap Indonesia is the OpenStreetMap local entity in Indonesia.

Events

• WikiNusantara, the national conference of Indonesian Wikimedians:
  • 2019: Yogyakarta
  • 2022: Padang
  • 2023: Banjarmasin
  • 2024: Bogor
• Jakarta hosted the 2012 Creative Commons Asia Pacific Conference.
• Bali hosted the 2018 Wikimedia ESEAP Conference.

Offices/community spaces

as of November 2023

• Jakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's main office, Jl. Pati No. 28, Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta
• Yogyakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's Yogyakarta office, Gg. Wasesa No. 88, Gamping, Sleman

Gallery

• 
  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, July 2007
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  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, January 2009
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  Indonesian Wikipedia's 10th anniversary in Jakarta, June 2013
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2019 in Yogyakarta, April 2019
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2022 in Padang, June 2022
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2023 in Banjarmasin, May 2023
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2024 in Bogor, May 2024