Wikimedia CEE Hub/Community Mapping and Data

WIKIMEDIA CEE HUB

Regional hub covering Central and Eastern Europe

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

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

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

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	VepsÃ¤n	Additional
xal	Kalmyk	Хальмг	Additional
xmf	Mingrelian	მარგალური (Margaluri)	Additional

Wikimedia project statistics

Top ten Wikimedia projects based on total articles (per July 2023)

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)

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)

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)

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

Top ten Wikipedia projects based on total articles (per July 2023)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

Wikipedia projects with top ten active contributors (with 500 or more edit counts) in 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recording of the session (Password: Tpt?^k27)

Notes

↑ ^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.

[Montenegrin-1] 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.

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