Deoband Community Wikimedia/yo

Deoband Community Wikimedia

• Main page
• Activity Plans
• Activity Reports
• Assets
• Events
• Members
• Partnerships
• Programs
• Resolutions
• Roles

Deoband Community Wikimedia
Location	India
Affiliate code	DCW
Country code	IN
Founding date	31 Oṣù Agẹmọ 2021
Approval date	16 Oṣù Ṣẹ̀rẹ́ 2022
Membership	50+
Staff	3
Volunteers	40+
Official language(s)	Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì and Èdè Udu
Key people	Governance
Incorporation paper	AffCom Resolution (2022)
Budget	Financial Overview for 2024
Reports	Reports Index
Affiliations	Affiliations Committee, Wikimedia
Website	dcwwiki.org
E-mail address	Email us
Mailing list	wikimedia-dcw
Telegram	dcwwiki
WhatsApp	Public channel
Twitter	dcwwiki
Facebook	dcwwiki
Instagram	dcwwiki
YouTube	@dcwwiki
Remarks	Vision and Objectives

Deoband Community Wikimedia (abbreviated as DCW) is a recognized user-group affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. It takes its name from the Deoband Islamic seminary, and aims at improving Wikipedia and its sister projects with knowledge and information related to but not limited to global Muslim academia, scholarship, history and culture, at a global level, in any language.

Itumọ: Agbegbe Deoband Wikimedia Commons/41/yo Ti iṣeto ni ọjọ 31 Oṣu Keje, Ọdun 2021, DCW jẹ idanimọ nipasẹ Igbimọ Ibaṣepọ ni ọjọ 16 Oṣu Kini Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project ati [[Special:MyLanguage/DCW-K Editathon|DCW-K Editathon] Ni Oṣu Kini ọdun 2024, DCW ṣe agbekalẹ ẹda akọkọ ti [[Special:MyLanguage/Wiki Loves Muslim Academia|Wiki Fẹran Ile ẹkọ ẹkọ Musulumi]

News and announcements

• 08-03-2025: The 27th DCW Conversation Hour, focusing on Learnings and Reflections from the Wikimedia Alliances Fund, is scheduled on 16 March 2025 at 11:00 AM IST. The conversation features Jacqueline Chen, who is part of the Community Resources team and works closely with the Community in ESEAP and SA regions. Registration is mandatory: register from here.
• 04-03-2025: Call for Candidates for the 1st DCW Board is open. Submit candidacy by March 10, 2025.
• 19-02-2025: A rapid grant request has been submitted to the Wikimedia Foundation for supporting our activities from April 2025 to September 2025. Endorsement and feedback is requested from the community.

History

Deoband Community Wikimedia was established on 31 July 2021, and recognised by the Affiliations Committee on 16 January 2022. It focusses on everything related to Muslim academia, history, culture, heritage and scholarship.

DCW does not limit itself to any specific language. It focuses on its theme that transcends all the languages and as such it tries to form collaborations with the language affiliates of Wikimedia Foundation and external organisations in order to disseminate knowledge related to its theme at a global level. The Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project was formed on 25 June 2022 to promote the theme on Yoruba language Wikipedia.

DCW actively participates in movement governance and transformational leadership in global education. In September 2022, the DCW Conversation Hour was initiated as an open conversation hour. It was subsequently standardised in March 2023 and since then happens once in a month discussing issues that affect the global free knowledge movement.