위키미디어 한국

Wikimedia Korea/Hanguk (한국 위키미디어 협회) is a non-profit organization and a Wikimedia chapter founded by Wikimedia users in Republic of Korea for making diffusion of free knowledge. In 2012, we started a preparatory committee, and in 2014, we held the founding meeting. In 2019, we was approved as a local chapter by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Wikimedia Korea
South Korea
Location	South Korea
Country code	KR
Founding date	19 October 2014
Approval date	17 July 2015
Chapter elevation date	24 April 2019
Staff	3
Official language(s)	Korean
Incorporation paper	/Bylaws
Affiliations	ESEAP
Former name	Wikimedians of Korea User Group
Website	Website
E-mail address	office@wikimedia.kr
Twitter	Wikimedia_KR
Facebook	wikimediakr

We need YOU to keep us growing. Apply for membership and support us!
한국 위키미디어 협회 회원으로 가입하셔서 저희 협회 활동을 후원해 주세요!

• 회원 가입 신청 (한국어)

All Wikimedia projects are interconnected, and anyone can use and participate in it. The biggest project among these projects is Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, which is a very popular site. Anyone can approach to knowledge freely using Wikipedia, and Wikipedia has over 16 million articles in 260 languages. Wikipedia and sisterhood projects are maintained by voluntary participations and donations, without ads.

Our mission is to support and promote Wikimedia projects hosted by Wikimedia Foundation Inc. We will support and promote the collection and development of educational content under free license and in public domain. To achieve our mission, we will provide infrastructures and organizational system in coorperation with the foundation and individual volunteers, and we will contribute to making and keeping useful information from the Wikimedia projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity.

Our mission

Our mission is to support and promote Wikimedia projects hosted by Wikimedia Foundation Inc. We will support and promote the collection and development of educational content under free license and in public domain. To achieve our mission, we will provide infrastructures and organizational system in coorperation with the foundation and individual volunteers, and we will contribute to making and keeping useful information from the Wikimedia projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity.

Activities

• We operate and fundraise to operate online systems for the creation, collection, and distribution, respectively, of free content, focusing on the Wikimedia projects.
• We help accquire, distribute, and use information about free content, wikis and the Wikimedia projects, and promote free contents, wikis and the Wikimedia projects through events, informational materials, or others.
• We distribute and support the distribution of free content by other means, e.g., in digital or printed media, focusing on content from the Wikimedia projects.
• We develop and lead ways of developing and expanding educational content under free license and in public domain in the Wikimedia projects and other organizations.
• We resolve scientific, social, cultural, and legal questions related to free content and wikis, e.g., with expert opinions, scientific studies, and awarding of scholarships.

News

2024

December

• We announced the 'Wikimedian of the Year winners' of Korean Wikimedian community.
• We organized Paju Photowalk.

November

• On November member's day, we discussed policies and reviewed the conference.
• We organized Korea-Japan friendship event with Wikimedians of Japan User Group
• We organized Chuncheon Photowalk.
• We organized Wikipedia Asian Month 2024 in Korean Wikipedia.

October

• We organized Daegu Culture and Tourism Wiki Editing Project.
• We hosted WikiConference Seoul 2024.

September

• On Sep 28 Wiki HoneyTip meetup, We shared some useful tips for editing wiki.
• We organized the Wikiwiki Program at the Seoul Youth Center
• We organized Wikimedia Commons Challenge for linking content between Commons and Wikipedia.
• We supported Wikisource users offline meeting for Modern korean sources.

August

• We supported Countries Edit-a-thon.
• On Aug 31 Meeting, we review Wikimania and Compared various translators.
• On Governance Meeting, we discussed policy, technology, management, etc.

July

• We organized 2024 Paris Olympics Edit-a-Thon.
• We organized 2024 Summer Wikitambang in Jeonju and Iksan
• We hosted 2024 Youth 2nd Wikitambang at Cheong Wa Dae.
• We organized Infinity Edit-a-Thon with Neurodiversent people.

June

• We hosted Wikimedia korea 2024 Strategy Meeting.
• We organized War and Peace Edit-a-thon.

May

• We hosted Wikimedia Korea office opening ceremony
• We organized Digitizing Korean old alphabet source Project in the first half of the year

April

• We organized Wikiquote online edit-a-thon
• We hosted April meetup to take new photos of Gwanghwamun and Jongno.
• We organized Climate change article Enhancement project
• We organized Science month edit-a-thon

March

• We hosted Ulsan offline meetup.
• We organized Women article Enhanced project.
• We conducted 2024 community survey.
• We signed an MOU with National Library of Korea.

February

• We held an annual general meeting of the Wikimedia Korea.
• We organized Wiktionary contribution Challenge.
• We organized Stub improvement Edit-a-thon.

January

• We signed an MOU with Korean Research Center for Guardianship and Trusts(KCGAT).
• We organized Goryo Edit-a-thon.
• We organized 2024 Youth 1st Wikitambang at Everland.

2023

December

• We organized the Digitizing Korean old alphabet source Project in the second half of the year
• We organized Winter Wikitambang on Chuncheon and Wonju in Gangwon Province

KIWI (newsletters)

• 2024 9th (Korean)
• 2024 8th (Korean)
• 2024 7th (Korean)
• 2024 6th (Korean)

Press Release

• List of press releases

Bylaws

• /Bylaws

Board

• /Board

Fundrasing Reports

• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017

Misunderstanding

• We are independent from Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) which is hosting Wikimedia Projects, according to WMF Terms of use, and our Bylaws. We don't have any right to access to user information or take down contents of Wikimedia projects, like Wikipedia. If you want user data or contents takedown, see more at foundation:Legal:Misdirected requests to movement organizations for user data and content takedown.
• As an independent organization from WMF and Wikimedia community, We DON'T have any right to give adminship for Wikimedia projects, like Wikipedia or to control the administrators of the projects.

Contact Us

• officewikimedia.kr
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Website
• (+82)-70-4006-7220 (Please, read #Misunderstanding first.)

AffCom Resolutions

• Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea User Group - July 2015
• Renewal of Wikimedians of Korea - July 2016

External Links

• Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism