Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia/Reports/2025
This page is the 2025 Annual Report for Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia (MYS) for the period of 10 September 2024 – 9 September 2025. This annual report is the eighth report submitted by the user group after its official formation and formal recognition on 10 September 2017.
Note: By default, all of the links written here are directed to Meta-Wiki pages. If not, then it will be directed to English Wikipedia pages, and some to Wikimedia Commons or third-party websites.
Background
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Committees
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2024
[edit]| Position | Name | Location | Job Scope |
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| President | Dody Ismoyo | Johor | Liaise with Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Education Program in Malaysia Outreach for meetups around Malaysia, especially in Johor Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia LinkedIn, Facebook group and page admin |
| Vice President I | SNN95 | Selangor | Malay-language Wikipedia Multimedia/animation-related matters to Wikipedia Malaysia |
| Vice President II | Sabre23t | Selangor | |
| Treasurer | Tofeiku | Sabah | Financial matters of the user group Malay-language Wikipedia New Malaysia local language incubation Outreach for meetups in Penang and Sabah |
| Committee | Exec8 | Singapore/Philippines | Adviser and liaise with Wikimedia Foundation |
| Committee | Getterrobo | Kuala Lumpur/Penang | Chinese-language Wikipedia |
| Committee - Legal and Strategy | Jayraj15 | Selangor | Legal-related affairs Outreach for meetups in Johor |
| Committee | Lohalexlha | ||
| Committee | MYMMMC | Kuala Lumpur | Outreach for meetups in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Wikipedia researcher |
| Committee | WAqil (WMYS) | Bangladesh/Kelantan | Malay-language Wikipedia Jury in online Wikimedia events Wikimedia Malaysia social media admin |
Editors
[edit]The following list is the new editors who joined the user group because of the outreach events made by the user group during the 2023 reporting period. Only those who have made their Meta-Wiki or Wikipedia username and user pages will be listed here.
Events
[edit]Note: By default, all of the events are meetups, unless specified otherwise; or if they are more detailed than just meetups. All locations are in Malaysia, unless specified otherwise. All events were organized by the user group or the second party we were dealing directly with, unless specified "(participated)", in which we took part in a larger event organized by the third party.
Completed
[edit]| Name | Type | Venue/Title | Location | Institution/Venue Type | Date | Language | Meetup Page |
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| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Overseas
[edit]| Name | Type | Venue/Title | Location | Institution/Venue Type | Date | Language | Meetup Page |
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| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Upcoming
[edit]| Name | Type | Venue/Title | Location | Institution/Venue Type | Date | Language | Meetup Page |
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| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Note:
- Conference is a full-day event with detailed in-depth knowledge exchange and/or training in editing Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation offline projects
- Meetup is a general meeting between editors face-to-face discussing Wikipedia without really focusing on Wikipedia in the Internet
- Online Meetup is a general meeting between editors online in webinar form discussing Wikipedia without really focusing on Wikipedia in the Internet
- Presentation is a one-way explanation about Wikipedia to audience in which the audience do not really engaged in editing Wikipedia
- Workshop is an event where there is presentation and also the engagement from the audience in learning or editing Wikipedia in their computer
Cancelled/postponed
[edit]| Name | Type | Venue | Location | Institution/Venue Type | Date | Language | Meetup Page |
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| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Planned
[edit]The following planned meetups are the meetups in which the user group had already an initial discussion within this fifth year of user group (10 September 2021 to 9 September 2022) with the institution/venue to make a Wikipedia meetup in the future, but has not yet been confirmed regarding the scope, date and time. Therefore the listing is without any specific order of immediate occurrence.
| Name | Type | Venue | Location | Institution/Venue Type | Date | Language | Meetup Page |
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| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Articles created
[edit]During the events, many of the new editors were shown by the experienced editors on how to create a new Wikipedia article from scratch. The following list are the articles created during or because of any of the meetup held by the user group. On the right side are the photos uploaded during Wikipedia meetup events organized by the user group.
Wikipedia
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Photos uploaded
[edit]Blogs
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Other activities
[edit]Wikimedia Projects
[edit]Wikimedia Commons
[edit]Wikipedia
[edit]Wikivoyage
[edit]Wiktionary
[edit]Social media
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| 9/2024 | 10/2024 | 11/2024 | 12/2024 | 1/2025 | 2/2025 | 3/2025 | 4/2025 | 5/2025 | 6/2025 | 7/2025 | 8/2025 | ||||||
| Wikimedia CUG Malaysia | Community | 30 April 2012 | wikimediamalaysia | 2,301 | 2,337 |  36
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| August 2018 | wikimediamy | 1,472 | 1,537 | 65
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| X/Twitter | March 2021 | wikimediamy | 442 | 467 | 25
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| Telegram Channel | 29 June 2023 | wikimediamy | 28 | 45 | 17
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| WhatsApp Channel | 21 August 2023 | Wikimedia Malaysia - CUG | 87 | 122 | 35
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| November 2023 | Wikimedia CUG Malaysia | 77 | 83 | 6
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| YouTube | 9 July 2020 | Wikimedia Malaysia | 59 | 60 | 1
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| Kelab Wiki Kent | Community | September 2023 | kelabwikikent | 200 | 204 | 4
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| Malay Wikipedia | Wikipedia | 11 November 2010 | mswikipedia | 1,470 | 1,489 | 19
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| June 2024 | mswikipedia | 69 | 88 | 19
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| X/Twitter | November 2018 | ms_wikipedia | 1,553 | 1,565 | 12
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| Discord | 4 October 2019 | Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu | 406 | 415 | 9
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| Bluesky | Oktober 2024 | mswiki.bsky.social | - | 21 | 21
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| Kadazandusun Wikipedia | Wikipedia | 1 July 2024 | dtpwiki | 4 | 4 | 
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| May 2024 | dtpwiki | 74 | 82 | 8
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| X/Twitter | May 2024 | dtpwiki | 32 | 35 | 3
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| Bajau Sama Wikipedia | Wikipedia | 14 August 2024 | bdrwiki | 3 | 3 |
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| August 2024 | bdrwiki | 15 | 24 | 9
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| X/Twitter | August 2024 | bdrwiki | 12 | 15 | 3
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| Malay Wiktionary | Wiktionary | 2 May 2023 | wikikamus | 5 | 6 | 1
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| May 2023 | wikikamus | 150 | 157 | 7
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| X/Twitter | May 2023 | wikikamus | 74 | 76 | 2
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| Malay Wikisource | Wikisource | 24 April 2024 | wikisumber | 3 | 4 | 1
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| April 2024 | wikisumber | 45 | 52 | 7
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| X/Twitter | April 2024 | wikisumber | 32 | 34 | 2
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| WikiProjek Perubatan | Wikiproject | April 2022 | wikiprojekperubatan | 80 | 80 |
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| Malay Wikinews | Wikinews (Incubator) | June 2023 | wikiberita | 79 | 83 | 4
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| Iban Wikipedia | Wikipedia | Oktober 2024 | wikipediaiban | - | 11 | 11
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| 9 Oktober 2024 | ibawiki | - | 32 | 32
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| X/Twitter | 9 Oktober 2024 | ibawiki | - | 21 | 21
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Websites
[edit]Note: Archiving these website might be necessary to be done soon because the information contained in it might easily be changed in the future by the website host.
In the News
[edit]- "Wikipedia BM sambut ulang tahun ke-22, kini ada 392,156 rencana". Astro Awani. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- Effi Saharudin (2024-10-29). "Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu Menyambut Ulang Tahun Ke 22 – Kini Mempunyai 392,156 Rencana". Amanz. Amanz. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
Promotion and Publications by Third Parties
[edit]- International Delegates Celebrate Erasmus + WikiWomen Initiative at Waterford’s Celtic Knot Conference by Waterford City & County Council (1 October 2024) for Pitabangan Waterford.
- Bengkel “1Lib1Ref: Pustakawan di Wikipedia” by UTM Library (18 September 2024)
- Digitising Sabah’s various dialects by The Star Focus (16 September 2024) for preserving Sabah indigenous language
Branding
[edit]| Type | Date of creation | Language | Link |
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| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Planned activities
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Acknowledgements
[edit]Wikimedia Foundation
[edit]We would like to express our utmost gratitude to Wikimedia Foundation for the warm hospitality or full support and sponsorship of: TBA
Wikimedia Users
[edit]We would also like to express our special thanks to the following user for all of the help, advice, support and everything for the user group.
- TBA
Wikimedia affiliate
[edit]We would also like to express our special thanks to the following Wikimedia affiliate (chapter/user group) for all of the collaboration with the user group:
- Wikimedia Community Ireland, for allowing us organized Pitabangan Waterford.
- Wikimedians of Singapore User Group for helping us in WikiKata Jawi Bulan Bahasa 2024
- Padang Wikimedia Community of Indonesia, for collaboration in Malay–Minangkabau Wikipedia Exchange Activity
Organization Partners
[edit]We would also like to express our special thanks to the following organization for all of the help, advice, support and everything for the user group
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Library, Kuala Lumpur Campus for 1Lib1Ref and Malay Wikipedia Workshop
- Jawi Writing Alliance Singapore (PTJS) for WikiKata Jawi Bulan Bahasa 2024
- National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore for WikiKata Jawi Bulan Bahasa 2024
- Singapore's Bulan Bahasa Committee for WikiKata Jawi Bulan Bahasa 2024
- Southern Zone Muslim Students' Association (PRISMA) of Selangor Islamic University (UIS) for Malay Wikipedia Workshop
Events and activities reports
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