Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong

Not to be confused with the Wikimedia Hong Kong.

Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong
Location of Hong Kong within China
Location	Hong Kong
Country code	HKG
Legal status	Non-profit org
Founding date	February 9, 2017
Approval date	September 28, 2018
Official language(s)	Cantonese, English
Other language(s)	Chinese, Japanese
Affiliations	ESEAP
Facebook	WikimediaUGHK

Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong (WMHKG) is a Wikimedian user group covering the geographic region of Hong Kong. Affiliate status recognized by Affiliations Committee on 28 September 2018.

Residents of Hong Kong are welcome to join the user group. Non-locals can join also at this stage, but may subject to alterations of rights to participate in community matters. We also consider membership from people who are having connections with Hong Kong.

Mission

• To raise awareness of the Wikimedia movement and free knowledge culture among Hong Kong citizens.
• To support Hong Kong Wikimedian communities in contributing to the Wikimedia Movement, including but not limited to English, Chinese, Cantonese and other Wikimedia projects.
• To facilitate exchange of academic knowledge and cultural inheritance through Wikimedia projects in Hong Kong.
• To co-operate with Wikimedia Foundation and its affiliates, Wikimedian communities and other organisations to further goals of the Wikimedia movement and enrich the Wikimedia projects.
• To protect rights that the Wikimedia movement needs to provide existing services in Hong Kong.

Activities

We have hosted (and supported) multiple events since our formation in February 2017. Since 1 January 2019, events which we engage in are categorized into the following categories

• Meetups ( Main: Meetup/Hong Kong)
• Tutorials, Workshops and Editathons
• Seminars and Forums
• Education Projects (WikiEDU in Hong Kong)
• Others

Contacts

There is no single person in charge.

Contacting person (in alphabetical order)

Contacts for:	User/Person Responsible / In Charge
Tutorials, Editathons and Meetups	1233 or SCP-2000
User Group Chat (Telegram) Access	1233, Borschts or SCP-2000
Media Inquiries	1233 or Borschts

Directors

The directors for current reporting period (RP 2024/2025 and 2025/2026) are:

• 1233
• Borschts
• SCP-2000

Members

All interested users should contact one director to apply for User Group membership. The board will then jointly review the application.

For interested users under 18, the application will go under extra review from active members of the User Group as to protect underage participants in Wikipedia.

Support Us

Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong currently does not accept donations in monetary form (or stock, etc.). Please donate directly to the Wikimedia Foundation through this link.

For other kinds of support, such as provision of venues and beverages during meetups, sponsoring user group activities, etc., please contact the Board directly. The list of directors can be found above.

Policies, reports, statements and resolutions

• 2018-10-04 - AffCom's resolution to recognise the Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong
• 2019-05-16 - User Group Resolution regarding the Fugitive Offenders Amendment Bill 2019 (Updated 2019-08-05)
• 2019-05-22 - Safe Space Policy
• 2019-08-26 - Board Election 2019
• 2019-10-08 - Statement regarding the usage of Emergency Regulations Ordinance
• 2020-05-30 - Statement regarding the implementation of National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong National Security Legislation
• 2021-01-14 - Press Release: Wikipedia Celebrates its 20th Year of Collaborative Free Knowledge
• As to our Annual Reports, please refer to the sub-page of "Annual Reports" for more details.
• As to the WMHKG's resolutions, please refer to the sub-page "Resolutions" for more details.