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

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International + topical affiliates

Regional affiliates

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

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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
GLAM institutions

Universities and Institutes (see also Wiki Edu)

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

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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

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

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

Projects

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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

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See also

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Other discussions or past groups