Wikimedia Costa Rica

Wikimedistas de Costa Rica (WM-CR, Wikimedians of Costa Rica) is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes Wikimedia projects in Costa Rica. It is an independent organization that is working to serve as the local Wikimedia chapter in Costa Rica.

Our goal is to actively contribute to the diffusion, improvement and progress of the knowledge and culture in the Costa Rica territory, especially thorough the promotion and support of the projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Mission and Vision

The major aim of Wikimedistas de Costa Rica may be described as follows:

• To promote the use of Wikimedia projects.
• To advocate Free culture to the general public in Costa Rica.
• To encourage the freedom of artistic and literary creations.
• To advocate the correct understanding in intellectual properties.
• To advocate the exchange and dissemination of academic knowledge.

Wikimedistas de Costa Rica will launch different kinds of activities and events on relevant topic, independently or collaborating with local endeavors, to achieve the aim above.

Meetups

• March 3rd, 2014 (Miguel Obregón Lizano National Library)
• May 30th, 2014 (Miguel Obregón Lizano National Library)
• January 15th, 2016 (Quesada City public library)
• July 15th, 2017 (Miguel Obregón Lizano National Library)

Blog posts

• Costa Rican Wikimedians meet for the first time (March 7th, 2014), by Green Mostaza.
• Wikipedia 15 (January 16th, 2016), by Allan Aguilar.
• wikifemhackcr (August 4th, 2016), by Allan Aguilar.
• For freedom of information: Allan Aguilar (November 4th, 2016), by Reetta Kemppi and Victor Grigas.

In the news

• Usuarios de Wikimedia celebran reuniones formales en Costa Rica y México (March 5th, 2014), by PetrohsW.

Gallery

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  Attendees to the first meetup.

Get involved

Wikimedistas de Costa Rica is an association composed of different members with a common goal: the promotion of free knowledge. If you want to be a part of us, contact us.

Current members

• Aleat88 [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Alofaga [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• ArquiWHAT [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Dereck_Camacho [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Flory_Castillo [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Green_Mostaza [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Haakon_K [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Jbcastrocr [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Jjmontero9 [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Laura_Fiorucci [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• MadriCR [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Mvblair [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
• Russtony [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]

Contact

Mail list

WikimediaCR

IRC

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