Wikimedistas de Republica Dominicana

Wikimedistas de Republica Dominicana (WM-RD, Wikimedians of Dominican Republic) is a proposed Wikimedia user group, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes Wikimedia projects in Dominican Republic. It is an independent organization that aspires to get recognition from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. This user group aims to bring together the Wikimedia community in Dominican Republic. Our goal is to raise awareness and scale the influence, tone and voice of the Wikimedia Foundation and to contribute to the diffusion, improvement and progress of the knowledge and culture thorough the promotion and support of the Wikimedia's projects in the Dominican Republic. We aim to promote the use of Wikipedia by people in and around the DR territory.

We aspire to teach people to learn how to edit Wikimedia projects and combat systemic bias on Wikipedia. We support the existing work of Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia. All Wikimedia enthusiasts in DR are welcome to join our group.

History edit

In March 2019, Andrea Patricia Kleiman, traveled to the Dominican Republic to organize, with the CIPAF and USAD, the first edit-a-thons of Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia in our country. The events were so successful that we decided to create our own user group with the hope of becoming the chapter of Wikimedia in the Dominican Republic.

Activities and events edit

We adhere to the Friendly Space Policy for all our events.



During 2023, 21 dominican women participated in the Primer programa didáctico diseñado para capacitar a editoras en la creación y mejora de contenidos 2023 participated in the training course given by User:Jaluj and User:Laura Fiorucci
May 2022,GLAM Carmen Natalia en Wikimedia collaboration with Ennegreciendo Wikipedia, Noircir Wikipédia and Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia. Press: Acento, 24.04.2022, "Pabellón Carmen Natalia, inagurado en el Centro Cultural Banreservas". cf. mención a Gala Mayí-Miranda - user:Galahmm El Nacional, 25.04.2022, "Obra de Carmen Natalia es definida crucial para Literatura" por José Rafael Sosa El Caribe, 25.04.2022, "Banreservas inaugura un pabellón dedicado a poeta Carmen Natalia" por Alfonso Quiñones El País, "Cultura y Banreservas abren pabellón para honrar Carmen Natalia", 25.04.2022, por Emilio Guzmán M. Nuevo Diario. "El pabellón Carmen Natalia fue inaugurado este sábado en la Feria del Libro". 23.04.2022, por El Nuevo Diario Diario Libre. "Pabellón Carmen Natalia en la Feria Internacional del Libro: un recorrido visual por la vida y obra de una gran escritora". 23.04.2022, por Jeury Frías Acento, 24.04.2022, "Lo que ofrece hoy Feria del Libro Santo Domingo 2022, y un fallo que persiste" por José Rafael Sosa
We support Desafío 100 mujeres centroamericanas organized by Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia.
We support the campaign Desafio de archivos multimedia Mujeres Latinoamericanas organized by Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia from March 20 to June 20 of 2019.
We support the campaign Visible WikiWomen 2019.
We support Wikiquote:Desafío 100 mujeres latinoamericanas.
Donation of media files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
Taller Ediciones en Wikipedia in Santo Domingo
Editatona Mujeres de Trayectoria y Compromiso in Santo Domingo.
Visibilizando los aportes de las mujeres dominicanas en San Pedro de Macorís in San Pedro de Macoris.
Visibilizando los aportes de las mujeres dominicanas en Santiago de los Caballeros in Santiago de Caballeros,
Editatona en La Romana, Colegio Hogar del Niño, con jóvenes de bachillerato. Fecha: 14 de octubre 2019 Tema: Biografías del libro Dominicanas fuera de serie: 150 mujeres que transformaron la República Dominicana de Gèraldin de Santis Organizado por Ennegreciendo Wikipedia, con ayuda a distancia de Jaluj Dashboard: aquí

Founding members edit

Syra Leonor Taveras Pineda from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Since March 2017, she has been the Executive Director of the Center for Research for Women's Action (CIPAF), a feminist institution founded in December 1979 that works for women's rights from the Dominican Republic. She is an expert in creative development, management of web content systems and the development of portals and websites, and has led design and development processes for numerous clients as a project manager.

María Belissa Ramirez de Zaiek is from Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Andrea Patricia Kleiman is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has a master in Psychology. She is a founding member of Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia, a founding member of Wikimedia Uruguay, the founder of Wikiproyecto:Mujeres in Wikipedia in Spanish. She is sysop in Wikiquote, she is a member of Wikimedia España and a Board Member of Wikimedia Argentina. You can find her here and here.

Naomi Arboleda is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She has a B.Sc. Degree in Advertising, studies in Foreign Trade Law and a master in Project Management. She managed and coordinated projects with different companies in the private and public sectors.