Wikimedia movement in Indonesia

This page documents the existence of the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia: the world's largest island country, the 14th-largest country by land area, and world's fourth-most populous country.

Indonesia
Wikimedia organizations	Wikimedia Indonesia
Projects censored	None
Editors
Category	Category:Indonesian Wikipedians
Major Wikipedias by active editors (5-99 edits per month)
Indonesian	~1740 (~60% of country, ~93% of project)
English	~870 (~30% of country, ~2% of project)
Malay	~50 (~2% of country, ~13% of project)
Japanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~0.3% of project)
Sundanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~58% of project)
Balinese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~54% of project)
Spanish	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Minangkabau	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~63% of project)
Turkmen	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~56% of project)
Korean	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.6% of project)
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Major Wikipedias by very active editors (100+ edits per month)
Indonesian	~180 (~62% of country, ~88% of project)
English	~80 (~27% of country, ~1% of project)
Readers
Major projects by monthly pageviews
Indonesian Wikipedia	~123.04M (~58% of country, ~92% of project)
English Wikipedia	~77.25M (~37% of country, ~0.9% of project)
Indonesian Wiktionary	~1.55M (~0.7% of country, ~90% of project)
Chinese Wikipedia	~839K (~0.4% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Commons	~829K (~0.4% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Indonesian Wikibooks	~554K (~0.3% of country, ~88% of project)
Japanese Wikipedia	~544K (~0.3% of country, ~0% of project)
Malay Wikipedia	~507K (~0.2% of country, ~3% of project)
English Wiktionary	~480K (~0.2% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Russian Wikipedia	~432K (~0.2% of country, ~0% of project)
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Major entities within the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia are the projects, affiliate, and like-minded partner organizations.

Languages

Indonesia has more than 700 local languages. Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) is the national language.

As of May 2024, there are 18 languages of Indonesia that has at least one Wikimedia project.

• Indonesian (id): Indonesian is spoken in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, Timor Leste, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, etc. as well.
• Javanese (jv): spoken in Indonesia and Suriname.
  • Banyumasan Javanese (map-bms): regarded as a dialect of Javanese, thus it doesn't have its own language code.
• Sundanese (su)
• Buginese (bug)
• Banjar (bjn)
• Acehnese (ace)
• Minangkabau (min)
• Gorontalo (gor)
• Balinese (ban)
• Madurese (mad)
• Nias (nia)
• Mandailing (btm)
• Batak Toba (bbc)
• Betawi (bew)
• Komering (kge)
• Malay (ms): at that time, the language code (ms) was regarded as separate language, but now it is regarded as a macrolanguage (LoC) or nuclear family (Glottolog). Currently the code for Malay (individual) language is msa/zlm. The code for Malaysian Malay is zsm. (See the many language codes in the infobox of w:Malay language)
• Tetun (tet)

Projects

Currently, there are 39 Wikimedia projects in the languages of Indonesia: 18 Wikipedias, 10 Wiktionaries, 5 Wikisources, 4 Wikiquotes, and 2 Wikibooks.

List of administrators of the Indonesian projects can be found here.

Wikipedias

Currently, there are 18 Wikipedia projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	May 30, 2003	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikipedia.org	711480	3927794	26548210	47	1514105	2712	58160	138
	October 26, 2002	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikipedia.org	396303	1116631	6373527	13	345847	653	18414	18
	February 6, 2013	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikipedia.org	228034	471955	3158583	5	20196	64	180	7
	March 8, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wikipedia.org	74152	183929	1703375	5	64454	89	4354	20
	March 15, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikipedia.org	61817	98916	672908	7	32707	51	421	2
	October 14, 2019	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikipedia.org	26698	52185	203141	3	33314	62	141	3
	October 24, 2005	Request	bug - Buginese	bug.wikipedia.org	15846	20124	202945	1	14045	18	0	0
	March 24, 2006	Request	map-bms - Banyumasan	map-bms.wikipedia.org	13930	30399	220725	1	17973	27	452	10
	October 17, 2010	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikipedia.org	11008	32851	99474	3	15378	33	2	11
	August 12, 2009	Request	ace - Acehnese	ace.wikipedia.org	12966	27800	151701	3	29470	35	0	7
	April 18, 2018	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikipedia.org	14790	23092	57670	3	6400	20	0	0
	December 15, 2020	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikipedia.org	1311	8206	28602	3	3244	36	0	96
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wikipedia.org	1736	4317	24722	3	2212	19	0	12
	October 7, 2023	Request	bbc - Batak Toba	bbc.wikipedia.org	922	1570	10956	1	1286	26	0	3
	March 24, 2006	Request	tet - Tetum	tet.wikipedia.org	1370	3917	69044	2	10318	21	0	60
	May 16, 2024	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wikipedia.org	2743	6219	26628	2	1095	28	0	6
	June 23, 2024	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wikipedia.org	1116	2375	10822	1	633	13	0	5
		Request	kge - Komering	kge.wikipedia.org	2085	2375	25059	0	342	14	0	0

Wiktionaries

Currently, there are 10 Wiktionary projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	September 19, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wiktionary.org	167309	248587	1072854	6	42678	81	3	1
	December 11, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wiktionary.org	61264	73451	157407	1	4495	14	1	0
	May 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wiktionary.org	45473	56013	192475	6	8376	65	3	0
	October 21, 2019	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wiktionary.org	12433	13396	33259	3	1104	8	0	0
	January 4, 2023	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wiktionary.org	10232	10665	25141	2	520	17	0	0
	October 5, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wiktionary.org	2954	4798	20072	1	2419	9	1	1
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wiktionary.org	5427	8684	43778	2	921	16	0	1
	July 26, 2023	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wiktionary.org	3236	3384	11730	3	423	6	0	0
	August 17, 2022	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wiktionary.org	4358	4935	13451	3	564	27	0	0
	September 25, 2024	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wiktionary.org	5164	6099	22932	1	181	37	0	0

Wikisources

Currently, there are 5 Wikisource projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 6, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikisource.org	7587	62818	204072	6	24969	97	301	172
	August 4, 2021	Request	jv - Javanese	jv.wikisource.org	2450	62818	49037	1	1416	16	149	84
	June 30, 2021	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikisource.org	5009	62818	115609	1	1327	11	0	113
	August 16, 2023	Request	su - Sundanese	su.wikisource.org	276	6685	27074	2	760	10	0	2183
	April 23, 2024	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikisource.org	668	3782	13376	0	716	15	0	76

Wikiquotes

Currently, there are 4 Wikiquote projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 25, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikiquote.org	2604	6175	39212	3	19485	33	5	11
	September 2, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikiquote.org	2338	3524	11879	1	1993	9	9	0
	October 7, 2023	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikiquote.org	550	1041	4425	2	329	18	0	3
	October 1, 2024	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikiquote.org	92	1574	15428	3	147	13	0	2543

Wikibooks

Currently, there are 2 Wikibooks projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	July 31, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikibooks.org	5251	19054	100041	3	39885	38	862	36
	August 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikibooks.org	316	2984	13182	2	3206	13	76	314

Sundanese Wikibooks (su.wikibooks.org) was closed without community consultation in 2012.

Other projects

• d:Wikidata:WikiProject Indonesia

Affiliate

Wikimedia Indonesia (WMID) is the Wikimedia affiliate in Indonesia. The chapter was established on September 2008 and has its national office in Jakarta. It is part of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP) Hub.

WMID currently financially supports the following local Wikimedia communities:

Logo	Community	Email
	Wikimedians of Bandung	bandung@wikimedia.or.id
	Banjar Wikimedians	banjar@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Banjarnegara	banjarnegara@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Denpasar	denpasar@wikimedia.or.id
	Gorontalo Wikimedians	gorontalo@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Jakarta	jakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Madura Wikimedians	madura@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Manokwari	manokwari@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Medan	medan@wikimedia.or.id
	Nias Wikimedians	nias@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Padang	padang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Palembang	palembang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Yogyakarta	yogyakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikidata Indonesia Community	idwikidata@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikisource Indonesia Community	idwikisource@wikimedia.or.id
	KlubWiki Universitas Brawijaya	klubwikiub@wikimedia.or.id

Partners

• Creative Commons Indonesia (CCID) is the Creative Commons local chapter for Indonesia.
• OpenStreetMap Indonesia is the OpenStreetMap local entity in Indonesia.

Events

• WikiNusantara, the national conference of Indonesian Wikimedians:
  • 2019: Yogyakarta
  • 2022: Padang
  • 2023: Banjarmasin
  • 2024: Bogor
• Jakarta hosted the 2012 Creative Commons Asia Pacific Conference.
• Bali hosted the 2018 Wikimedia ESEAP Conference.

Offices/community spaces

as of November 2023

• Jakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's main office, Jl. Pati No. 28, Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta
• Yogyakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's Yogyakarta office, Gg. Wasesa No. 88, Gamping, Sleman

Gallery

• 
  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, July 2007
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  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, January 2009
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  Indonesian Wikipedia's 10th anniversary in Jakarta, June 2013
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2019 in Yogyakarta, April 2019
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2022 in Padang, June 2022
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2023 in Banjarmasin, May 2023
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2024 in Bogor, May 2024