Wikimedia Community User Group Wales

Grŵp Defnyddwyr Cymuned Wicimedia Cymru
Wikimedia Community User Group Wales
Grŵp Defnyddwyr Cymuned Wicimedia Cymru ; Wikimedia Community User Group Wales
	; Wales
Location	Wales
Country code	GB-CYM
Approval date	March 2017
Official language(s)	Welsh
Other language(s)	English

Wikimedia Community User Group Wales (officially: Grŵp Defnyddwyr Cymuned Wicimedia Cymru) is a group formed by active members of Welsh Wikimedia projects who are interested in organizing and participating in outreach activities on a Welsh Country level.

Members of the User Group have been active for several years, as individuals, as a community, and as organisations hosting Wikimedians-in-Residence (Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales) and undertaking Wikiprojects (Wici Môn, WiciPop, Wici-Iechyd), engaging in activities such as workshops, hackathons, 'train the trainer' programmes, editathons, and other education-related events. Many activities have been in collaboration with Wikimedia UK.

COVID-19

Since Spring 2020 all events have been placed on hold.

Formation

The discussions regarding the formation of the User Group originally took place on our community page on Wikipedia, and is archived here. Current discussions can be found here.

Objectives

Mission

The Wikimedia Community User Group Wales promotes and encourages free and open access to knowledge in all forms, particularly in relation to the Welsh language and/or Wales as a nation, and embraces and promotes diversity within Wales and throughout the world.

Aims

Collaboration

Facilitate and support collaboration between Wikimedia projects and activities in Wales
Establish links and identify opportunities to collaborate with groups, organisations and projects in Wales
Identify and explore opportunities to work with organisations and funding bodies in pursuance of the User Groups aims.
Co-ordinate participation in Wikimedia campaigns in Wales
Strengthen links and collaborate with other language communities, especially minority languages and territories without political sovereignty

Content and activities

Increase the quality of content on Wiki platforms, especially in the Welsh language
Increase the number of items (articles, labels, images, etc) on Wiki platforms
Increase, engage and support Wikimedia editors in the development of content and skills
Identify and highlight subject-areas that should be improved or better represented on Wikimedia platforms

Advocacy

Listen, support and represent the voice of the Wicimedia community in Wales
Disseminate local and universal knowledge in the Welsh language by way of free and open content in all forms
Communicate key messages about the value and impact of open content and related activities
Promote and encourage the use of the Welsh language on Wiki platforms, and the value of Wiki platforms to the Welsh language
Promote Wales and the Welsh language within Wales and throughout the world