North American Wikimedians

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Conference

See also

North American Wikimedians organize a regular Wikiconference (WCNA) to share the work of Wikimedia projects and groups, connect with potential partners in government and academia, and to generally exchange ideas.

Other regular coordination includes Wikimedia Canada and Wikimedia México programs, and WALRUS calls, for local groups in each of Canada, Mexico, and the US. Expanding the scope of WCNA to a North American Regional Wiki Hub and Lab* (NARWHAL) might help support overall gatherings and smaller efforts throughout the region, including microgrant programs (for small languages; editathons; creative tool awards; thematic pools like WikiCred).

Organizations

International + topical affiliates

1. AfroCROWD
2. Art and Feminism
3. Black Lunch Table
4. WikiGnomes United
5. Whose Knowledge?
6. Wiki Project Med Foundation
7. WikiConference North America
8. WikiJournal
9. WREN – Wikimedians in Residence Network
10. Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages
11. Wikimedia LGBT+
12. WikiWomen's User Group
13. Women in Religion User Group

Regional affiliates

1. Wikimedia Canada (fr)
2. Wikimedians of the Caribbean (es)
3. Cascadia Wikimedians
4. Wikimedians of Chicago
5. Wikimedians of Colorado
6. Wikimedia District of Columbia (es)
7. Florida Librarians of Wikipedia
8. Georgia Piedmont Wikimedians
9. Community Wikimedia User Group Haïti
10. Wikimedians of Indiana User Group
11. Wikimedians of Iowa User Group
12. Wikimedians of Los Angeles
13. Wikimedia México (en)
14. New England Wikimedians (es)
15. Wikimedia New York City (es)
16. North Carolina Wikipedians
17. Ohio Wikimedians
18. San Diego Wikimedians

Proposed

1. Allegheny Wikimedians
2. Wikimedia Midwest
3. Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West
4. Tennessee Wikimedians User Group
5. Texas Wikimedians (es)

Allies and partners

We have had over 42 organizations host Wikimedians in residence, some for 3 years or more. Other organizations maintain widely used technical or social pipelines for the projects, or host regular community events. See also Mapping GLAM-Wiki collabs.

Major partners

• Internet Archive (Turn All References Blue, transcoding, other initiatives)
• Wiki Education Foundation (runs most on-wiki education outreach in N. America, not an affiliate)

GLAM institutions

1. American Folk Art Museum, NY
2. Amon Carter Museum, TX
3. Archives of American Art, DC
4. Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, MX (es)
5. Children's Museum of Indianapolis, IN
6. w:Cineteca Nacional México, MX (es)
7. Concordia Library, QC (fr)
8. DPLA (grant), MA
9. Gerald Ford Presidential Library, MI
10. Houghton Library, MA
11. Kansas City Public Library, KS
12. Metro NYC, NY
13. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
14. Museo Soumaya, Mexico City (es)
15. Museum of Modern Art, NY
16. National Agricultural Library, MD
17. National Archives, DC
18. Smithsonian, DC
19. University of Victoria Libraries, BC
20. World Digital Library (@LOC), DC

Universities and Institutes (see also Wiki Edu)

1. University of Alberta, AB
2. UC Berkeley, CA
3. w:Brigham Young University, UT
4. COLMEX, MX (grant)
5. Columbia, NY
6. Concordia University, QC
7. DePaul University, IL
8. Harvard Belfer Center, MA
9. Harvard Berkman Klein Center, MA
10. Józef Piłsudski Institute of America, NY
11. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
12. Science History Institute, PA (2013–2020)
13. University of Virginia, VA
14. University of Victoria, BC
15. West Virginia University|, WV

Other (mainly hosting WM in Residence)

1. Annual Reviews, CA
2. Consumer Reports, NY
3. Google (Denny)
4. Hacks/Hackers (help with partnerships, events, programs)
5. NIOSH, DC
6. New York Botanical Gardens, NY
7. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, DC
8. OCLC, OH
9. ORCID
10. TED
11. OSM USA[1]

Events

• Wikiconference North America (WCNA, 2016–22) hosts conferences at wikiconference.org.

Recent events: virtual (2022 | 2021 | 2020), in-person (2019 – Cambridge, 2018 – Columbus, 2017 – Montréal) (+note streamlining + normalizing multilingual support)

• Wikiconference USA (2014–15)
• AfroCROWD events (2017–22)
• Art & Feminism events (2014–22)
• Black Lunch Table events (2017*-22)
• Philadelphia WikiSalon second Saturday of each month (2013 GLAM Cafe-2023)
• Wikicite events (2016-20*)
• The Great American Wiknic (2011-20*)
• WikiEdu courses and events
• Calendar* (needed; see global calendar)

Projects

The Hub projects are cross-group efforts not managed by an individual affiliate alone

• WikiConference North America (WCNA) -- Every year, in Oct or Nov. Planning is well underway for next conference to be in NYC on Oct 16-19, 2025
• Wikicred: microgrants for credibility tools + outreach. Round 1: en/US (2019–21), Round 2: broader (2022–23). Distributing ~$80k in each round.
• NAhub online "monthly" newsletter: /News -- experimental
• Anticipated NAhub project: small/rapid grant program for North American Wikimedia events -- 3 Hub chapters working together have applied for June 2024-May 2025 funding from the new WMF Hub Fund
• /Native American issues team -- an idea -- an in-real-life group that might meet to support events, partnerships, project funding, and address on-wiki issues about First Nations / Native Americans across the continent

Communication

• Telegram: WCNA, NARWHAL
• Online monthly newsletter: North American Wikimedians/News
• Regular virtual calls: NARWHAL Meetings (formerly under the WALRUS banner - see WALRUS meeting index for meeting notes from 2012-2022)
  • Next meeting: March 31, 2025

See also

• Barnstar Country – similar, US focus
• Wikimedia Grants: US + Canada, Caribbean
• Proposal for the evolution of US chapters

Other discussions or past groups

• Wikimedia California
  • Wiki BUG – Bay Area
  • Southern California Wikimedians
• GLAM-Wiki US Consortium
• Kentucky Wikimedians
• Wikimedia MidAtlantic
• Wikimedians of Minnesota*
• Wikimedia Ohio
• Wikimedia Oklahoma
• Wikimedia Pennsylvania
• WP:United States Public Policy Initiative (by llywrch)