North American Wikimedians

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North American Wikimedians organize a regular Wikiconference (WCNA) to share the work of Wikimedia projects and groups, connect with potential partners in government and academia, and to generally exchange ideas.

Other regular coordination includes Wikimedia Canada and Wikimedia México programs, and WALRUS calls, for local groups in each of Canada, Mexico, and the US. Expanding the scope of WCNA to a North American Regional Wiki Hub and Lab* (NARWHAL) might help support overall gatherings and smaller efforts throughout the region, including microgrant programs (for small languages; editathons; creative tool awards; thematic pools like WikiCred).

Organizations

International + topical affiliates

1. AfroCROWD
2. Art and Feminism
3. Black Lunch Table
4. WikiGnomes United
5. Whose Knowledge?
6. Wiki Project Med Foundation
7. WikiConference North America
8. WikiJournal
9. WREN – Wikimedians in Residence Network
10. Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages
11. Wikimedia LGBT+
12. WikiWomen's User Group
13. Women in Religion User Group

Regional affiliates

1. Wikimedia Canada (fr)
2. Wikimedians of the Caribbean (es)
3. Cascadia Wikimedians
4. Wikimedians of Chicago
5. Wikimedians of Colorado
6. Wikimedia District of Columbia (es)
7. Florida Librarians of Wikipedia
8. Georgia Piedmont Wikimedians
9. Community Wikimedia User Group Haïti
10. Wikimedians of Indiana User Group
11. Wikimedians of Iowa User Group
12. Wikimedians of Los Angeles
13. Wikimedia México (en)
14. New England Wikimedians (es)
15. Wikimedia New York City (es)
16. North Carolina Wikipedians
17. Ohio Wikimedians
18. San Diego Wikimedians

Proposed

1. Allegheny Wikimedians
2. Wikimedia Midwest
3. Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West
4. Tennessee Wikimedians User Group
5. Texas Wikimedians (es)
6. WikiLatinos (es)

Allies and partners

We have had over 42 organizations host Wikimedians in residence, some for 3 years or more. Other organizations maintain widely used technical or social pipelines for the projects, or host regular community events. See also Mapping GLAM-Wiki collabs.

Major partners

• Internet Archive (Turn All References Blue, transcoding, other initiatives)
• Wiki Education Foundation (runs most on-wiki education outreach in N. America, not an affiliate)

GLAM institutions

1. American Folk Art Museum, NY
2. Amon Carter Museum, TX
3. Archives of American Art, DC
4. Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, MX (es)
5. Children's Museum of Indianapolis, IN
6. w:Cineteca Nacional México, MX (es)
7. Concordia Library, QC (fr)
8. DPLA (grant), MA
9. Gerald Ford Presidential Library, MI
10. Houghton Library, MA
11. Kansas City Public Library, KS
12. Metro NYC, NY
13. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
14. Museo Soumaya, Mexico City (es)
15. Museum of Modern Art, NY
16. National Agricultural Library, MD
17. National Archives, DC
18. Smithsonian, DC
19. University of Victoria Libraries, BC
20. World Digital Library (@LOC), DC

Universities and Institutes (see also Wiki Edu)

1. University of Alberta, AB
2. UC Berkeley, CA
3. w:Brigham Young University, UT
4. COLMEX, MX (grant)
5. Columbia, NY
6. Concordia University, QC
7. DePaul University, IL
8. Harvard Belfer Center, MA
9. Harvard Berkman Klein Center, MA
10. Józef Piłsudski Institute of America, NY
11. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
12. Science History Institute, PA (2013–2020)
13. University of Virginia, VA
14. University of Victoria, BC
15. West Virginia University|, WV

Other (mainly hosting WM in Residence)

1. Annual Reviews, CA
2. Consumer Reports, NY
3. Google (Denny)
4. Hacks/Hackers (help with partnerships, events, programs)
5. NIOSH, DC
6. New York Botanical Gardens, NY
7. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, DC
8. OCLC, OH
9. ORCID
10. TED
11. OSM USA[1]

Events

Events from the Collaboration list
Ongoing events Ongoing events: Events that start before but continue within the selected dates Upcoming events Upcoming events: Events that start within the selected dates July 2025 2 Wikicurious: Rewriting the Canvas on Wikipedia 2 July 2025 – 3 July 2025 Participation optionsIn-person event Event typesOther WikisEnglish Wikipedia and Wikimedia New York City TopicsArt, History, North America, Performing arts, Society OrganizersPacita (WikiNYC) 20 NYC 400 Wiknic and Edit-A-Thon with Washington Square Park 20 July 2025 – 20 July 2025 Participation optionsIn-person event Event typesOther WikisThis event is open to all wikis. TopicsBiography (all), Earth and environment, Food and drink, History, North America OrganizersPacita (WikiNYC) August 2025 15 Bay Area Meetup August 2025 15 August 2025 – 15 August 2025 Participation optionsOnline and in-person event Event typesOther WikisThis event is open to all wikis. TopicsBiography (all), Literature, North America OrganizersE mln e 29 Wikicurious - Editing to the Beat Miami 29 August 2025 – 13 September 2025 Participation optionsIn-person event Event typesEditing event WikisWikimedia Commons, English Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia TopicsMusic, North America, South America OrganizersOscar ., Pharos and 1 more Explore more events and communities

• Wikiconference North America (WCNA, 2016–22) hosts conferences at wikiconference.org.

Recent events: virtual (2022 | 2021 | 2020), in-person (2019 – Cambridge, 2018 – Columbus, 2017 – Montréal) (+note streamlining + normalizing multilingual support)

• Wikiconference USA (2014–15)
• AfroCROWD events (2017–22)
• Art & Feminism events (2014–22)
• Black Lunch Table events (2017*-22)
• Philadelphia WikiSalon second Saturday of each month (2013 GLAM Cafe-20*)
• Wikicite events (2016-20*)
• The Great American Wiknic (2011-20*)
• WikiEdu courses and events
• Calendar* (needed; see global calendar)

Projects

The Hub projects are cross-group efforts not managed by an individual affiliate alone

• WikiConference North America (WCNA) -- Every year, in Oct or Nov. Planning is well underway for next conference to be in NYC on Oct 16-19, 2025
• Wikicred: microgrants for credibility tools + outreach. Round 1: en/US (2019–21), Round 2: broader (2022–23). Distributing ~$80k in each round.
• NAhub online "monthly" newsletter: /News -- experimental
• Anticipated NAhub project: small/rapid grant program for North American Wikimedia events -- 3 Hub chapters working together have applied for June 2024-May 2025 funding from the new WMF Hub Fund
• /Indigenous North American issues team a prospective group that might meet to support events, partnerships, line up project funding, and address on-wiki issues about First Nations / Native Americans across the continent
• /Communication project 2025-26 project to develop communication infrastructure, including CentralNotice development and member contact lists
• /Governance pilot 2025-26 North American Wikimedians are establishing and testing a governance structure for the first year of operations as a Wikimedia Hub. Public feedback is welcome. Please especially communicate the extent to which this governance structure meets your needs.

Communication

• Telegram: WCNA, NARWHAL
• Online monthly newsletter: North American Wikimedians/News
• Regular virtual calls: NARWHAL Meetings (formerly under the WALRUS banner - see WALRUS meeting index for meeting notes from 2012-2022)
  • Next meeting: July 21, 2025

See also

• Barnstar Country – similar, US focus
• Wikimedia Grants: US + Canada, Caribbean
• Proposal for the evolution of US chapters

Other discussions or past groups

• Wikimedia California
  • Wiki BUG – Bay Area
  • Southern California Wikimedians
• GLAM-Wiki US Consortium
• Kentucky Wikimedians
• Wikimedia MidAtlantic
• Wikimedians of Minnesota (reactivating in 2025)
• Wikimedia Ohio
• Wikimedia Oklahoma
• Wikimedia Pennsylvania
• WP:United States Public Policy Initiative (by llywrch)