Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe
Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe is a partnership among the Wikimedia communities in Central and Eastern Europe. The main goal of the group is to stimulate growth for all Wikimedia projects of this region and aid in cooperation and understanding of individual projects which are part of the CEE region.
Background
The Central and Eastern European Wikimedia Group, also called as CEEWiki Group or CEEWikiLink, was founded in Haifa at Wikimania 2011. Its main purposes are organizing chapter meetings and helping those countries which have no chapter or user group.
What is the purpose of this group?
CEE Partnership is basically a broad project to "link-up" the CEE wikis in mutual co-operation. Some initiatives of this project include:
- Wikimedia meetup Central and Eastern Europe
- A joint CEE mailing list, facebook page and IRC channel
- The annual Wikimedia CEE Spring article coverage campaign (this includes each CEE wiki having articles about other CEE countries - e.g. the Romanian Wikipedia having articles about famous Estonians and towns in Estonia)
- A representative body aimed at extending communication with other movement parties and developing constituent communities.
Why is this group unique?
It is the first time that a group of Wikimedia projects in a region have come together for co-operation. Outside Meta, we have seen fairly little co-operation between Wikimedia projects of different languages, on an organised scale. That's important because, by co-operating, all CEE wikis can grow mutually. This will also strengthen the voice of CEE wikis in the general Wikimedia structure. Just look at what the European Union has achieved!
Current projects
- Wikimedia CEE Hub - a regional structure to support development in the region
Membership
Wikimedia organizations and groups
Wikimedia affiliates (37)
- Wikimedija Armenia
- Wikimedia Austria
- Wikimedia Czech Republic
- Wikimedia Hungary
- Shared Knowledge
- Wikimedia Poland
- Wikimedia Russia
- Wikimedia Serbia
- Wikimedia Ukraine
- Wikimedia Germany
- Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group
- Wikimedia Community User Group Albania
- Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group
- Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska
- Wikimedians of Bashkortostan User Group
- Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus
- Wikimedia Community User Group CEE Spring
- Wikimedia Community User Group Cyprus
- Wikimedians of Erzya language User Group
- Esperanto and Free Knowledge
- Wikimedia Estonia
- GLAM Macedonia User Group
- Wikimedia Community User Group Greece
- Wikimedia UG Georgia
- Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group
- Wikimedians from Latvia
- Wikimedia Community Malta
- Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group
- Don Wikimedians User Group
- Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group
- Wikimedia Community of Saint Petersburg User Group
- Wikimedians of Slovakia
- Wikipedians of Slovenia User Group
- Wikimedians of Tatar Language User Group
- Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey
- Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group
- Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group
Wikimedia communities (6)
- Wikimedians from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Wikimedians from Bulgaria
- Wikimedians from Croatia
- Wikimedians from Lithuania
- Wikimedians from Montenegro
- Serbo-Croatian language Wikimedia community
Communication
- WMCEE-l: wmcee-l@tools.wikimedia.pl, registration
- New mailing list: info-wmcee
wmceehub.org (this list will be curated by the CEE Hub)
- New mailing list: info-wmcee
- Facebook group
- Telegram: Telegram group for general topics and information
- The #wikimedia-ceeconnect IRC channel on the irc.libera.chat IRC network, and the #wikimedia-cee:matrix.org matrix: Matrix channel
- Wikimedia CEE mailing lists
