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Wiki for Minorities (WfMin) Programmes

Wiki for Minorities (WfMin) is an initiative that arises in the line of collaborative work for the protection of cultural rights, the preservation and dissemination of expressions of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of cultural minorities subdivided into three large minority groups: national or ethnic, religious and people with disabilities, among other minorities or marginalized groups that may appear. These minorities also include linguistic rights and can be aboriginal minorities as well as migrant minorities. Initially the project was named "Wiki Loves Minorities", however by consensus among the first supporters, it was decided through the march to rename on October 20, 2023 to "Wiki for Minorities", giving a broader meaning to this collaborative work.

WfMin logo

Approach

Historically and in certain places and times, minorities have suffered, for different reasons, persecution, marginalization, and invisibility by groups that concentrate political and economic power. These have ranged from restrictions on the freedom of expression and worship of minority groups, the prohibition that minority groups can freely practice some of their traditions that do not mean any type of harm to the rest of the inhabitants of a country or territory, to segregation and genocides where entire groups have been executed and disappeared just for being the way they are.

Various international organizations are working on these issues, such as UNESCO, the organization that established the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, as well as the United Nations, who declared May 21 as the "World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development", among other initiatives; as well as the United Nations Human Rights Council, which establishes specific activities to work with minorities.

From the wiki movement we can contribute in various ways to meet our objectives, achieving more equitable and inclusive societies that accept cultural diversity as an enriching element. For such work, concepts such as social integration, diversity, tolerance and intercultural dialogue must be basic principles.

We can divide our work into three activities:

  • User visits to organizations that promote and preserve content about minorities and are in favor of free knowledge, for example some GLAM institutions;
  • Edit-a-thons and Hackathons to promote content about minorities in the different wikis;
  • An international photo contest and organize activities with user groups and chapters interested in participating to take and upload photographs and multimedia content within their contexts about local minorities, such as photo walks.

If you have any questions or longer additional comments, please feel free to leave a feedback on the discussion's page. We invite you to join this project!

Why get involved in WfMin?

  • It is a project designed at a global level with dynamic activities, replicable to each regional/national reality and specific context. In other words, you are welcome to contribute content locally, but also regionally or globally without distinction.
  • The versatility of the activities mentioned in the different Wikimedia projects allows the user to work in their area of interest, based on their own possibilities and managing their own time. Users can join one or more activities without limitations or propose a new one. Activities can be carried out by one or more users, without having to gather a large number of users to do so. Motivation and perseverance are the key and we do not want the flame to go out in favor of free knowledge.
  • The topics are relevant to what we consider urgent in working with minorities and one relevant thing is that many of them intersect with each other and give users the freedom to choose their own topics to work on without leaving our framework and scope.

Working groups

 
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The working groups are initiatives created by the users who are members of the project, framed within our topics we are working on. Any user is free to join any of the working groups, without limitations. Anyone can create a workgroup and new ideas, creativity and enthusiasm from all users are always welcome. The current active working groups are the following:

Groups

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    Europe: The first promotion of Wiki for Minorities in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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    Africa: Partnership Wiki for Minorities-Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) in Abuja, Nigeria
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    Latin America: Read Aloud Day 2023 celebrated at the Goethe-Institut Santiago de Chile to raise awareness of those who cannot read
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    Asia: All Souls' Day celebrated in a cemetery in Dili, East Timor. Christianity is a religious minority in the Southeast Asian region and the same elements used for this event in Western countries - especially Latin America - are carried out at that great distance.
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    Africa: Traditional Fulani hut in Kano State, Nigeria. Donated to WfMin's Fula Project.

WfMin in the press

Supports

If you are an individual user who supports the project, please sign below in "Solo Support and Comments". If you are the representative of a group affiliated with the wiki movement, please sign in User Groups Supports and Comments:


Solo Supports and Comments

  1.   Support Igallards7 (talk) 00:50, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2.   Support This is a very good initiative. As a Greek Wikimedian, I believe the project can help us to make the underrepresented communities better represented. It is a very good concept which I fully endorse, as it has a very important target: to increase the presence of minorities and make Wikipedia a further better and more inclusive place, while producing positive feedback towards minorities in the general society through the new content and activism the project can usher.NikosLikomitros (talk) 21:54, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3.   Support The value of cultural diversity and how the wiki movement can be instrumental in fostering more inclusive societies. The outlined activities demonstrate a well-thought-out plan to actualize the initiative's objectives. Great job on highlighting such a critical and timely topic! Wilfredor (talk) 21:34, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4.   Support BIDROHI Hello.. 13:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  5.   Support This project help us to learn and understand different perspectives from people especially those minorities and will be bring good impact to the societies.Diamantino Soares (talk) 21:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  6.   Support I will support this project, Because I support the importance of collaborative work to protect cultural rights, preserve and disseminate expressions of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of cultural minorities.Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat (talk) 19:38, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  7.   Strong support Wiki for minorities is a project that will help document minority groups, languages, individuals and entities. This project through it’s outlined activities will help to promote equality and inclusion among these set of individuals and I am glad to be a part of it.Ugwulebo (talk) 19:26, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8.   Strong support This is a project that will encourage editors to investigate, compose, and publish media files that emphasize these minority groups' history, culture, accomplishments, and struggles. This encourages tolerance and advances cross-cultural understanding in addition to contributing to a more thorough and varied portrayal of human knowledge.Oby Ezeilo (talk) 11:04, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9.   Support for sure it's a great initiative as Rwandan it will bring a platform for our cultural Heritage, history, diaspora, refugees and Migrants, and it will be a big work for our Rwandan editors. Annick green (talk)
  10.   Strong support This project promises to be an exciting initiative! Atibrarian (talk) 22:29, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  11.   Strong support Waiting to join!--TaronjaSatsuma (talk) 11:21, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  12.   Strong support interesting and an excellent initiative KuldeepBurjBhalaike (Talk) 12:56, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  13.   Support --Txolo (talk) 17:45, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  14.   Support -- Summer Kamal
  15.   Strong support
  16.   Strong support This is a great initiative which needs to be carried out to enable visibility of the affected cause. I strongly support and am ready to volunteer to accomplish the goal of this initiative... Senator Choko (talk) 19:38, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Senator Choko[reply]
  17.   Strong support As a Venezuelan immigrant with Afro-descendant roots in another South American country, it is essential for me to be part of this project that represents me 100%. A fantastic initiative against hate, discrimination and racism.Cesar.cch (talk) 20:18, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  18.   Support This a good initiatives as it will focus on knowledge and communities that privileges have left out which is a greater way to make knowledge diverse and visible. I strongly support this. Akwugo (talk) 20:29, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  19.   Strong support This is a positive initiative to give voice to the voiceless in the whole wide world. Onwuka Glory (talk) 20:55, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  20.   Strong support, The project "Wiki for Minorities" aims to support the documentation of minority groups, languages, people, and entities. Through the activities it has detailed, this project will aid in fostering inclusion and equality among this group of people, and I am happy to be a part of it.SIR SUCCESS (NAA JAHINFO) (talk) 22:34, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  21.   Strong support This is a very good initiative which will help the Wikimedia Movement. I strongly support and am ready to volunteer to accomplish the goal of this initiativesKalakpagh (talk) 05:36, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  22.   Strong support Je trouve cette initiative innovante et très intéressante et j'y apporte mon approbation ainsi que mon soutien.--Aristidek5maya (talk) 10:19, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  23.   Strong support Willing and ready to secure a space for the underrepresented groups and cultures in the world of free and open knowledge. Liaison with underrepresented groups to aid in documenting elements will be a great way to achieve such goals. I am strongly in support of this! Lebron jay (talk)Lebron jay
  24. I strongly support this excellent initiative projectSadammuhammad11234 (talk) 21:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  25.   Strong support this project will represent the underrepresented groups especially open to free knowledge. ennydavids(ennydavids)
  26.   Support I support this project, Because this project will promote our cultural heritage and is an Excellent initiativeAliyu Isa Fatima (talk) 21:41, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  27.   Support I am here to express my wholehearted endorsement of the incredible work being done by Wiki for Minorities. As an advocate for diversity and inclusivity, I am deeply inspired by your mission to promote the representation of underrepresented communities and cultures on Wikis. A Sulaiman Z (talk) 21:56, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  28.   Support I really support this mission, and it will help those who have no understanding about others culture, tradition. Bringing such to the communities will remove a lot of negative thoughts in people mind.Aleeyuadam123 (talk) 22:44, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  29. I   Support this initiative ,the minority in every community were been deprived to their rights.hope to dedicate myself to see justice is served to humanity. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hamza DK (talk)
  30.   Support per my view of the initiatives of Wiki for Minorities, it a great movement to align with as a wikimedian; for the fact the it tries to voice out for the minority groups in society. That's a great initiative. However, where I only won't support is the LGBT. Ibn Dagara (talk) 10:42, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  31.   Strong support, The project "Wiki for Minorities" aims to support the documentation of minority groups, languages, people, and entities. Through the activities it has detailed, this project will aid in fostering inclusion and equality among this group of people, and I am happy to be a part of it.Sir Wisdom (talk) 14:34, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  32.   Strong support for this wiki for minorites. It's a very good iniative that will help the minorities share there stories. Inyor4mr (talk) 14:12, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  33.   Strong support for "Wiki for Minorities (WfMin)" because it fosters all inclusion, this project advocates for the rights and preservation of cultural heritage of various minority groups—ethnic, religious, sexual, linguistic, and Aboriginal.This project will combat historical persecutions and invisibility faced by minoritie. It also focuses on creating equitable, inclusive societies through user visits, edit-a-thons, and an international photo contest, enriching content about minorities on various wikis. Lastly, it promotes diversity, social integration, and intercultural dialogue, fostering a more tolerant and accepting global community.Achukwu Onyinye Jane (talk) 11:23, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  34.   Strong support Tera language is one of the minority languages in Northern Nigeria. I think that this movement would help our voices and cultural heritage become more widely known by using this wiki for minorities.YusufuAM (talk) 18:32, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  35.   Strong support, after careful consideration, I discover that the project "Wiki for Minority" holds significant importance for providing contents of underrepresented communities. The project aligns with the overarching goals of the Wikimedia Foundation. Therefore, I strongly support this project. Yahuzaishat (talk) 13:12, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  36.   Strong support After careful consideration I really support and endorse this project am very ready to contribute to the best of my ability, looking at the current. Situation of some tribes, culture and language in Nigeria that are not on Wikimedia, this project will play a pivotal role in filling those gab.Fulani215 (talk) 14:48, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  37.   Strong support, The project "Wiki for Minorities" aims to support the documentation of minority groups, languages,Tribes, people, and entities. Through the activities it has detailed, this project will aid in fostering inclusion and equality among this group of people, and I am happy to be a part of it.Bembety (talk) 13:30, 01 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  38.   Strong support, I fully support the Wiki for Minorities initiative and its mission to protect and promote the cultural rights and heritage of various minority groups. It's crucial to preserve and share the diverse expressions of these communities. Count me in as an individual supporter! Jahibia (talk) 22:55, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  39.   Strong support, any project designed to enhance the representation of minority topics on the Wikimedia project has my strong support. This initiative is particularly significant for Nigeria as it has the potential to promote its unique diversity and inclusivity, which are crucial values for a thriving and harmonious society. By providing accurate and comprehensive information on the experiences and struggles of minorities, this project will raise awareness and challenge the stereotypes and biases that often marginalize these communities and will serve as a platform for minorities to share their stories and perspectives, which will enrich our understanding of Nigeria's cultural and social landscape. Overall, investing in this project is a positive step towards building a more equitable and just society on the internet and the Wikimedia projects. Kaizenify (talk) 16:18, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  40.   Strong support I am fully in support of this initiative/project "wiki for minorities" because with this there will be high share of culture heritage, rights of various minorities. It's really going to bridge the gap faced.Mercyjamb123 (talk) 05:55, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  41.   Strong support Inyor4mr (talk) 20:15, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  42.   Strong support The Wiki Minorities topic within the Wikimedia project holds promising implications for writers and daily activities. It stands as the most impactful project across Wikimedia's sister programs. Bembety (talk) 20:15, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  43.   Strong support Wiki Monitoring has influenced the thought processes of individuals, guiding them on how to think critically and apply that thinking to write content that benefits a wide audience.Hafs2233 (talk)
  44. Annick green (talk) 14:00, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  45.   Strong support - this seems like a quite interesting initiative. I was individually working on mentioned topics quite extensively over the years on English and ex-Yugoslav Wikipedias as well as on Wikimedia so if I can help in some way I will gladly share my experiences.--MirkoS18 (talk) 00:35, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  46.   Strong support This is very interesting. I strongly support Semmy1960 (talk) 06:15, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  47. Adamu ab (talk) 19:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)I strongly sport[reply]
  48.   Strong support Nice initiative for the minorities and a helping hand most especially for the languages in the incubator am working on Central Kanuri Wikipedia in incubator hope this project will help in getting our own site soon MohammedBama123 (talk) 19:54, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  49.   Support I support this initiative because I find it very interesting and would like to be a part of it. Cestsalam (talk)
  50.   Strong support. JOAN ~ (Questions?) 21:14, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  51.   Strong support Defending linguistic diversity and developing tools for the linguistic appropriation of our territories. Duityors (talk) 21:32, 01 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  52.   Strong support This iniative will go a long way in ensuring knowledge is free for all including the disabled and scarcely represented regions too Tedleemah (talk) 09:22, 04 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  53.   Support Mox Eden (talk) 12:48, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  54.   Support Looking forward for collaboration with other linguistics minorities around the world MohammedBama123 (talk) 18:41, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  55.   Support this movement i believe will be voice for voiceless minorities and happy to be part of this movement Umargana1 (talk) 19:13, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User Groups Supports and Comments:

  1.   Strong support The project "Wiki for Minorities" aims to support the documentation of minority groups, languages, people, and entities. Through the activities it has detailed, this project will aid in fostering inclusion and equality among this group of people. As a Wikimedia Community Kilimanjaro we will be happy to be part of this project. I strongly support this. I'll try my best to provide as many content as possible.
  2.   Strong support - This seems to be one of the projects aimed at promoting the minoritized groups using the Wikimedia platform as a tool. For this, I strongly support this project on behalf of the Tyap Wikimedians User Group. Kambai Akau (talk) 13:40, 4 No{vember 2023 (UTC)
  3.   Strong support - On behalf of Wikipedia Hausa and entire Katsina Wikimedians user group, I strongly aupport this program which aimed at promoting the traditions, languages, religions and culture, through amazing activities stated. Dev Ammar (talk) 21:11, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4.   Strong support on behalf of WikiFact-Checkers, strongly support this initiative. We as a media group are working to bridge the content gap in the media space and improve on the notability of content in areas like ethnic minorities which are yet to be written about.
  5.   Strong support Its a project that we really fit in, being in the digital Minority. Wiki For Senior Citizens Network--Oby Ezeilo (talk) 10:18, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  6.   Strong support Wiki for Minorities encompasses the vision of PhilWiki Community. Speakers of indigenous minority languages in the Philippines are declining due to systemic marginalization. We aim to promote and increase the daily use of Philippine languages and deploy Wikipedia as a resource and medium for the dissemination of open knowledge and learning through their languages. By giving these regional languages an internationally recognized and prestigious platform for their users, PhilWiki Community hopes to raise their profiles and remove any stigma attached to speaking and using them. --Maffeth.opiana (talk) 15:23, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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