Wikimedia CEE Hub/Community Mapping and Data

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This is an overview of the work report done by Biyanto Rebin for the Wikimedia CEE Hub

Community Mapping and Data

Duration: 24 July-31 August 2023
Written by: Biyanto Rebin (biyanto.rebin@gmail.com)


Community Mapping

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Mapping active Wikimedia CEE community members per language community/project was divided on following two subtasks:

  • Drafting a table in which different categories of Wikimedia activity will be tracked (number of articles, edits, activity during 2022, activity in 2023)
  • Research and filling in given data to track.

Result

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During the research 42 main language communities with 205 project combinations were detected: from Azeri Wikibooks to Yiddish Wiktionary. The general data were acquired from Wikistats, dated 19 July 2023. All details as “data per project” are acquired from Wikiscan from 31 July-9 August 2023; one exception is Montenegrin Wikipedia, since it is still in incubator, the data was manually acquired by 17 August 2023, using this and this tool.

Data

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There are 42 main language data and 26 additional language data that can be explored in the document. Below is a full list of languages in Wikimedia projects, CEE region.

ISO code Language Local Name Data status
az Azeri Azərbaycanca Main
ba Bashkir Башҡорт Main
bat-smg Samogitian Žemaitėška Main
be Belarusian Беларуская Main
be-tarask Belarusian (Taraškievica) Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Main
bg Bulgarian Български Main
bs Bosnian Bosanski Main
cnr [lower-alpha 1] Montenegrin Crnogorski / црногорски Main
crh Crimean Tatar Qırımtatarca Main
cs Czech Čeština Main
de German Deutsch Main
el Greek Ελληνικά Main
eo Esperanto Esperanto Main
et Estonian Eesti Main
gag Gagauz Gagauz Main
hr Croatian Hrvatski Main
hsb Upper Sorbian Hornjoserbsce Main
hu Hungarian Magyar Main
hy Armenian Հայերեն Main
hyw Western Armenian Արեւմտահայերէն Main
ka Georgian ქართული Main
kk Kazakh Қазақша Main
lt Lithuanian Lietuvių Main
lv Latvian Latviešu Main
mk Macedonian Македонски Main
mt Maltese Malti Main
myv Erzya Эрзянь (Erzjanj Kelj) Main
pl Polish Polski Main
rmy Romani romani - रोमानी Main
ro Romanian Română Main
roa-rup Aromanian Armãneashce Main
ru Russian Русский Main
sh Serbo-Croatian Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски Main
sk Slovak Slovenčina Main
sl Slovenian Slovenščina Main
sq Albanian Shqip Main
sr Serbian Српски / Srpski Main
tr Turkish Türkçe Main
tt Tatar Tatarça / Татарча Main
uk Ukrainian Українська Main
vro/fiu-vro Võro Võro Main
yi Yiddish ייִדיש Main
azb South Azeri تۆرکجه Additional
bar Bavarian Boarisch Additional
ce Chechen Нохчийн Additional
csb Kashubian Kaszëbsczi Additional
cv Chuvash Чӑваш - (Ĉăvaŝ) Additional
dsb Lower Sorbian Dolnoserbski Additional
inh Ingush ГӀалгӀай Additional
kbd Kabardian Circassian Адыгэбзэ (Adighabze) Additional
koi Komi-Permyak Перем Коми (Perem Komi) Additional
krc Karachay-Balkar Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar) Additional
kv Komi Коми Additional
lad Ladino Dzhudezmo Additional
lbe Lak Лакку Additional
lez Lezgian Лезги чӀал Additional
ltg Latgalian Latgaļu Additional
mdf Moksha Мокшень (Mokshanj Kälj) Additional
mhr Meadow Mari Олык Марий (Olyk Marij) Additional
mrj Hill Mari Кырык Мары (Kyryk Mary) Additional
olo Livvi-Karelian livvin kieli Additional
pnt Pontic Greek Ποντιακά Additional
rue Rusyn русиньскый язык Additional
szl Silesian Ślůnski Additional
udm Udmurt Удмурт кыл Additional
vep Vepsian Vepsän Additional
xal Kalmyk Хальмг Additional
xmf Mingrelian მარგალური (Margaluri) Additional

Wikimedia project statistics

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Top ten Wikimedia projects based on total articles (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Articles
de Wikipedia German Deutsch 2,818,358
ru Wikipedia Russian Русский 1,928,518
pl Wikipedia Polish Polski 1,574,430
ru Wikinews Russian Русский 1,495,552
ru Wiktionary Russian Русский 1,282,399
uk Wikipedia Ukrainian Українська 1,273,985
de Wiktionary German Deutsch 1,086,560
pl Wikisource Polish Polski 1,081,953
sh Wiktionary Serbo-Croatian Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски 914,769
el Wiktionary Greek Ελληνικά 819,208
Bottom ten Wikimedia projects based on total articles (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Articles
tt Wikiquote Tatar Tatarça / Татарча [1]
kk Wikiquote Kazakh қазақша 1
bs Wikibooks Bosnian Bosanski 32
cv Wikibooks Chuvash Чӑваш - (Ĉăvaŝ) 66
hy Wikibooks Armenian Հայերեն 76
lv Wikibooks Latvian Latviešu 82
be Wikibooks Belarusian Беларуская 125
et Wikibooks Estonian Eesti 132
kk Wikibooks Kazakh қазақша 143
ka Wikiquote Georgian ქართული 170
Top ten Wikimedia projects based on active users (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Active User
de Wikipedia German Deutsch 17,250
ru Wikipedia Russian Русский 9,877
pl Wikipedia Polish Polski 4,219
uk Wikipedia Ukrainian Українська 3,458
tr Wikipedia Turkish Türkçe 2,887
cs Wikipedia Czech Čeština 2,023
hu Wikipedia Hungarian Magyar 1,527
el Wikipedia Greek Ελληνικά 1,036
ro Wikipedia Romanian Română 818
sr Wikipedia Serbian Српски / Srpski 805
Bottom ten Wikimedia projects based on active users (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Active User
tt Wikiquote Tatar Tatarça / Татарча [2]
kk Wikiquote Kazakh қазақша [3]
lv Wikibooks Latvian Latviešu [4]
bg Wikinews Bulgarian Български [5]
hu Wikinews Hungarian Magyar [6]
tr Wikinews Turkish Türkçe [7]
csb Wiktionary Kashubian Kaszëbsczi 1
bs Wikibooks Bosnian Bosanski 2
cv Wikibooks Chuvash Чӑваш - (Ĉăvaŝ) 2
kk Wikibooks Kazakh қазақша 2

Wikipedia project statistics

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Top ten Wikipedia projects based on total articles (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Articles
de Wikipedia German Deutsch 2,818,358
ru Wikipedia Russian Русский 1,928,518
pl Wikipedia Polish Polski 1,574,430
uk Wikipedia Ukrainian Українська 1,273,985
sr Wikipedia Serbian Српски / Srpski 672,539
ce Wikipedia Chechen Нохчийн 600,509
cs Wikipedia Czech Čeština 528,126
hu Wikipedia Hungarian Magyar 527,742
tr Wikipedia Turkish Türkçe 527,612
tt Wikipedia Tatar Tatarça / Татарча 500,436
Bottom ten Wikipedia projects based on total articles (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Articles
pnt Wikipedia Pontic Greek Ποντιακά 485
rmy Wikipedia Romani romani - रोमानी 866
ltg Wikipedia Latgalian Latgaļu 1,057
lbe Wikipedia Lak Лакку 1,268
roa-rup Wikipedia Aromanian Armãneashce 1,332
kbd Wikipedia Kabardian Circassian Адыгэбзэ (Adighabze) 1,638
cnr [lower-alpha 1] Wikipedia Montenegrin Crnogorski / црногорски 1,978
xal Wikipedia Kalmyk Хальмг 2,057
krc Wikipedia Karachay-Balkar Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar) 2,100
inh Wikipedia Ingush ГӀалгӀай 2,179
Top ten Wikipedia projects based on active users (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Active User
de Wikipedia German Deutsch 17,250
ru Wikipedia Russian Русский 9,877
pl Wikipedia Polish Polski 4,219
uk Wikipedia Ukrainian Українська 3,458
tr Wikipedia Turkish Türkçe 2,887
cs Wikipedia Czech Čeština 2,023
hu Wikipedia Hungarian Magyar 1,527
el Wikipedia Greek Ελληνικά 1,036
ro Wikipedia Romanian Română 818
sr Wikipedia Serbian Српски / Srpski 805
Bottom ten Wikipedia projects based on active users (per July 2023)
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ISO code Projects Language Local Name Active User
ltg Wikipedia Latgalian Latgaļu 10
koi Wikipedia Komi-Permyak Перем Коми (Perem Komi) 11
lbe Wikipedia Lak Лакку 12
xal Wikipedia Kalmyk Хальмг 12
krc Wikipedia Karachay-Balkar Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar) 14
olo Wikipedia Livvi-Karelian livvin kieli 14
pnt Wikipedia Pontic Greek Ποντιακά 15
gag Wikipedia Gagauz Gagauz 15
dsb Wikipedia Lower Sorbian Dolnoserbski 16
roa-rup Wikipedia Aromanian Armãneashce 17

Data Survey

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Data survey is a list of users/contributors with 500 or more edits in Wikipedia projects. The data is only applicable for 42 main language communities. The only exception in this document is the Montenegrin Wikipedia as it is capturing the users data with 500 or more edits counts since its beginning (the exception was made because this project is still in the Incubator).

Data

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Wikipedia projects with top ten active contributors (with 500 or more edit counts) in 2022
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ISO code Language Country Organisation Volunteers with 500 edits or more (2022)
de German Austria, Germany Wikimedia Austria, Wikimedia Germany 2,157
ru Russian Russia Wikimedia Russia, several others 1357
pl Polish Poland Wikimedia Poland 561
uk Ukrainian Ukraine Wikimedia Ukraine 396
tr Turkish Turkey Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey
Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group
274
cs Czech Czech Republic Wikimedia Czech Republic 256
hu Hungarian Hungary Wikimedia Hungary 211
sr Serbian Serbia
Republic of Srpska
Wikimedia Serbia
Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska
113
el Greek Greece Wikimedia Community User Group Greece 111
az Azeri Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group 94
Wikipedia projects with below ten active contributors (with 500 or more edit counts) in 2022
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ISO code Language Country Organisation Volunteers with 500 edits or more (2022)
gag Gagauz Moldova Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group 0
rmy Vlax Romani 0
roa-rup Aromanian Balkans 0
hsb Upper Sorbian Germany 1
fiu-vro/vro Võro Estonia Wikimedians of Võro language User Group 2
myv Erzya Russia Wikimedians of Erzya language User Group 2
bat-smg Samogitian Lithuania Wikimedians from Lithuania 3
yi Yiddish various 3
crh Crimean Tatar Ukraine (occupied) Wikimedia Ukraine 4
cnr [lower-alpha 1] Montenegrin Montenegro Wikimedians from Montenegro 5
mt Maltese Malta Wikimedia Community Malta 5
hyw Western Armenian Armenia Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group 6
Wikipedia projects with top ten active contributors (with 500 or more edit counts) in 2023
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ISO code Language Country Organisation Volunteers with 500 edits or more (2023; 1 Jan-22 Aug)
de German Austria, Germany Wikimedia Austria, Wikimedia Germany 1,687
ru Russian Russia Wikimedia Russia, several others 986
pl Polish Poland Wikimedia Poland 443
uk Ukrainian Ukraine Wikimedia Ukraine 357
cs Czech Czech Republic Wikimedia Czech Republic 193
tr Turkish Turkey Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey

Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group

191
hu Hungarian Hungary Wikimedia Hungary 171
sr Serbian Serbia

Republic of Srpska

Wikimedia Serbia

Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska

91
az Azeri Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group 88
el Greek Greece Wikimedia Community User Group Greece 86
Wikipedia projects with below ten active contributors (with 500 or more edit counts) in 2023
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ISO code Language Country Organisation Volunteers with 500 edits or more (2023; 1 Jan-22 Aug)
gag Gagauz Moldova Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group 0
roa-rup Aromanian Balkans 0
hsb Upper Sorbian Germany 1
myv Erzya Russia Wikimedians of Erzya language User Group 1
rmy Vlax Romani 1
fiu-vro/vro Võro Estonia Wikimedians of Võro language User Group 1
yi Yiddish various 1
bat-smg Samogitian Lithuania Wikimedians from Lithuania 2
hyw Western Armenian Armenia Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group 3
mt Maltese Malta Wikimedia Community Malta 4
cnr [lower-alpha 1] Montenegrin Montenegro Wikimedians from Montenegro 5
crh Crimean Tatar Ukraine (occupied) Wikimedia Ukraine 5
tt Tatar Wikimedians of Tatar Language User Group 6
Wikipedia projects with top ten active contributors (with 500 or more edit counts) in 2022 & 2023
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ISO code Language Country Organisation Volunteers with 500 edits or more (2022 & 2023)
de German Austria, Germany Wikimedia Austria, Wikimedia Germany 2,410
ru Russian Russia Wikimedia Russia, several others 1555
pl Polish Poland Wikimedia Poland 635
uk Ukrainian Ukraine Wikimedia Ukraine 501
tr Turkish Turkey Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey

Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group

342
cs Czech Czech Republic Wikimedia Czech Republic 281
hu Hungarian Hungary Wikimedia Hungary 236
el Greek Greece Wikimedia Community User Group Greece 136
az Azeri Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group 127
sr Serbian Serbia

Republic of Srpska

Wikimedia Serbia

Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska

126
Wikipedia projects with below ten active contributors (with 500 or more edit counts) in 2022 & 2023
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ISO code Language Country Organisation Volunteers with 500 edits or more (2022 & 2023)
gag Gagauz Moldova Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group 0
roa-rup Aromanian Balkans 0
hsb Upper Sorbian Germany 1
rmy Vlax Romani 1
myv Erzya Russia Wikimedians of Erzya language User Group 2
fiu-vro/vro Võro Estonia Wikimedians of Võro language User Group 2
bat-smg Samogitian Lithuania Wikimedians from Lithuania 3
yi Yiddish various 3
cnr [lower-alpha 1] Montenegrin Montenegro Wikimedians from Montenegro 5
crh Crimean Tatar Ukraine (occupied) Wikimedia Ukraine 6
hyw Western Armenian Armenia Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group 6
mt Maltese Malta Wikimedia Community Malta 7

Public session

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Public session for the research done by Biyanto Rebin was held on Thursday (23 November 2023) at 17:00 CET (check your local time).

Notes

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  1. a b c d e Montenegrin Wikipedia is in the Incubator, but currently the test project has been disabled. Filter set up on the Montenegrin Wikipedia page in the Incubator prevented the editors from creating new pages in the past years.