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2016

16 May - The designing of Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup vertical retractable standing banner (credit to Tribeca Studio).
22 May - The first Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia (Johor Meetup 1), thus this shall be the birth date of Wikipedia Malaysia community.
5 June - The first Wikipedia meetup in the capital city (Kuala Lumpur Meetup 1).
11 December
- The first engagement with Wikipedia Education Program (Selangor Meetup 1).
- Creation of Wikipedia Malaysia editors WhatsApp group chat.
- Agreement on which page to use this Facebook Page unofficially for the user group publicly.

2017

25 February - The first meetup with corporation (Selangor Meetup 2).
31 March - 2 April - Wikipedia Malaysia Community (1 editor) participated in Wikimedia Conference 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
22 April - Meeting to enact and agree to form the Wikimedia Malaysia User Group (Kuala Lumpur Meetup 2).
9 May - Submission for approval to make Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in conjunction and participation with local festival event.
17 May - Submission approved for the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in conjunction with local festival event (Johor Bahru Writers + Film Festival 2017).
22 May - 1st anniversary of Wikimedia Malaysia.
30 May - Application submission to establish Wikimedia Malaysia User Group under the name Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia.
10 August - The first overseas Malaysia meetup (Indonesia-Malaysia Meetup 1) which was with Wikimedia Indonesia Chapter to learn on running Wikimedia user groups and their related activities.
10 September - The recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia.
25 September - The design of the user group logo - English version (credit to Wikimedia Philippines member Exec8).
8 October - The first meetup with school (Johor Meetup 2).
13 October - The approval of the user group logo by the Affiliations Committee of Wikimedia Foundation.
22 October - The first meetup/event in conjunction with city festival (Johor Meetup 3).
30 October - Initial discussion on creating standardized name cards for the user group organizing committees (in English and also Malay, Mandarin and Tamil).
1 November - The design of the user group logo - Malay version (credit to Exec8).
21 November - The approval to make the first Wikipedia Malaysia meetup at college (Johor Meetup 4).
6 December - The approval to make Wikipedia Johor Meetup 5.
9 December - The first meetup with college (Johor Meetup 4).
10 December - The creation of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia official Facebook group.
16 December - The approval to make the first Wikipedia Malaysia meetup at social charity institution (Johor Meetup 7).
17 December - The discussion to make the future first Wikipedia Malaysia meetup at high school.

2018

20 January - The second meetup with college (Johor Meetup 5).
3 February - The design of the user group logo - Chinese version (credit to Exec8).
20 February - The agreement to make Wikipedia Johor Meetup 6.
24 February - The first follow up meetup (Johor Meetup 6) from the previous meetup (Johor Meetup 4).
26 February - Submission to make Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia name cards.
5 March - Received the Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia name cards.
8 March - The promotion of Wikipedia Writing Workshop at Crescendo International College Open Day 2018.
1 April - The detailed discussion on the venue and time to make the first Wikipedia Malaysia meetup at social charity institution (Johor Meetup 7).
6 April - Initial online discussion to make future Wikipedia meetup with an art institution (Johor Society for the Performing Arts) in Johor.
14 April - The first meetup with social institution (Johor Meetup 7).
15 April - The confirmation to make the first meetup in Kedah (Kedah Meetup 1).
16 April - Online discussion to make future Wikipedia meetup at a university (Northern University of Malaysia) in Kedah.
17 April - Online discussion to make future Wikipedia meetup with a think tank institution (Asian Institute of Finance) in Kuala Lumpur.
20-22 April - Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia (1 editor) participated in Wikimedia Conference 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
25 April - Further face-to-face discussion to make future Wikipedia meetup with an art institution (Johor Society for the Performing Arts) in Johor.
28 April - The first Malaysia meetup with Wikimedia Taiwan Chapter (Malaysia-Taiwan Meetup 1) in Taipei, Taiwan.
5-6 May - Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia (2 editors) participated in ESEAP Conference 2018 in Bali, Indonesia.
16 May - Online discussion with Asian Institute of Finance on Wikipedia article creation.
22 May - 2nd anniversary of Wikimedia Malaysia.
28 June - Online discussion to organize meetup with college students specifically to discuss the usage of Wikipedia in the study research of students of all subjects (Johor 8).
30 June - Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia presentation entitled Wikipedia: From Encyclopedia to Free Knowledge Movement at GeekCampKL 2018 in Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur 3).
9 July - The creation of WhatsApp group with Crescendo International College people for Johor Meetup 8.
14 July - The first follow up Malaysia meetup from the previous meetup at the same venue (Johor Meetup 8).
15 July - The design of the user group logo - Tamil version (credit to Exec8).
6 August - The first Malaysia meetup in the state of Kelantan and with high school (Kelantan 1).
17 August - Discussion to make future Wikipedia meetup at a diplomatic mission.
18 August - Discussion to make future Wikipedia meetups with newly established local NGO.
26 August - The first Malaysia meetup in conjunction with a conference (Kuala Lumpur 4).
30 August - Discussion to make future Wikipedia meetup with Johor Society for the Performing Arts in Johor.
2 September - Online discussion to make future Wikipedia meetup at Multimedia University in Melaka.
10 September - The third overseas Malaysia meetup (Indonesia-Malaysia Meetup 2) which was with Wikimedia Indonesia Chapter to discuss cooperation between the two sides across the countries.
15 September - The first Malaysia meetup with an archive (Kuala Lumpur 5).
25-26 September - Discussion to make the first meetup in Melaka and with university (Melaka 1).
6 October - The first Malaysia meetup in Melaka and at university (Melaka 1).
12 December
- The first Malaysia meetup at library (Kuala Lumpur 6).
- The first Malaysia meetup in Penang state and at public university (Penang 1).

2019

29-31 March - Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia (1 editor) participated in Wikimedia Summit 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
13 April - Discussion to make Wikipedia Kedah Meetup 1 at Northern University of Malaysia.
14 April - The first Malaysia meetup in the state of Kedah (Kedah 1).
24 April - The second meetup in high school and also second meetup in Kelantan (Kelantan 2).
27-28 April - Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia (2 editors) participated in WikiNusantara 2019 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
1 May - The ninth meetup in Johor to discuss further meetups in universities in the state (Johor 9).
19 May - The tenth meetup in Johor to discuss further meetups in companies in the state (Johor 10).
22 May - 3rd anniversary of Wikimedia Malaysia.
23 May - Prepare proposal for future Johor meetup at the University of Reading.
26 May - The creation of
Malaysia Wikipe-tan
.
9 October - The first meetup in museum and gallery (Penang 2).
15 October - Discussion to make the first meetup in Pahang and with aboriginal communities in Malaysia (Pahang 1).

2020

12 February 2020 - Officially registered and listed as a non-governmental organization under the National Registration Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Malaysia under the name Wiki Community Welfare User Association Malaysia.
8 May - The first Malaysia online meetup (Malaysia Online 1).
31 May - The design of the user group logo - horizontal version (credit to Exec8).
24 September - The creation of the user group LinkedIn company page.

Wikipedia meetup milestones

Johor 1, the first meetup in Malaysia, the first meetup in Johor state
Kuala Lumpur 1, the first meetup in the capital city of Malaysia
Selangor 1, the first meetup with Wikimedia Foundation program, the first meetup in Selangor state
Selangor 2, the first meetup with a corporation
Johor 2, the first meetup in primary school
Johor 3, the fist meetup held as part of a festival
Johor 4, the fist meetup in college
Johor 7, the fist meetup in social charity institution
Sabah 1, the fist meetup with government agency, the first meetup in Sabah state
Kelantan 1, the fist meetup in high school, the first meetup in Kelantan state
Kuala Lumpur 4, the first meetup held as part of a conference
Kuala Lumpur 5, the fist meetup in archive
Melaka 1, the fist meetup in private university, the first meetup with engineering institution, the first meetup in Melaka state
Kuala Lumpur 6, the fist meetup in library
Penang 1, the fist meetup in public university, the first meetup in Penang state
Kedah 1, the first meetup in Kedah state
Johor 13, the fist meetup with memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing with an NGO organization
Penang 2, the fist meetup in museum and gallery
Perak 1, the first meetup in Perak state

Malaysia-related articles history

2001

25 October - The creation of Malaysia article in English Wikipedia.

2003

17 February - The creation of Malaysia article in English Wiktionary.
8 August - The creation of Malaysia article in English Wikivoyage.
2 October - The creation of Malaysia article in Mandarin Chinese Wikipedia.

2004

29 March - The creation of Malaysia article in Cantonese Chinese Wikipedia.
17 April - The creation of Malaysia article in Tamil Wikipedia.
14 December - The creation of Malaysia category in Wikimedia Commons.

2007

10 February - The creation of WikiProjek Malaysia in Malay Wikipedia.
20 July - The creation of WikiProject Malaysia in English Wikipedia.
24 October - The creation of Malaysia article in Malay Wikipedia.

2012

30 October - The creation of Malaysia (Q833) data in Wikidata.

2014

5 February - The creation of Malaysia article in English Wikiquote.

2018

18 September - The creation of WikiProject Malaysia page in Wikidata.

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