Wikimedia movement in Indonesia

This page documents the existence of the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia: the world's largest island country, the 14th-largest country by land area, and world's fourth-most populous country.

Indonesia
Wikimedia organizations	Wikimedia Indonesia
Projects censored	None
Editors
Category	Category:Indonesian Wikipedians
Major Wikipedias by active editors (5-99 edits per month)
Indonesian	~1740 (~60% of country, ~93% of project)
English	~870 (~30% of country, ~2% of project)
Malay	~50 (~2% of country, ~13% of project)
Japanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~0.3% of project)
Sundanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~58% of project)
Balinese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~54% of project)
Spanish	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Minangkabau	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~63% of project)
Turkmen	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~56% of project)
Korean	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.6% of project)
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Major Wikipedias by very active editors (100+ edits per month)
Indonesian	~180 (~62% of country, ~88% of project)
English	~80 (~27% of country, ~1% of project)
Readers
Major projects by monthly pageviews
Indonesian Wikipedia	~123.04M (~58% of country, ~92% of project)
English Wikipedia	~77.25M (~37% of country, ~0.9% of project)
Indonesian Wiktionary	~1.55M (~0.7% of country, ~90% of project)
Chinese Wikipedia	~839K (~0.4% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Commons	~829K (~0.4% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Indonesian Wikibooks	~554K (~0.3% of country, ~88% of project)
Japanese Wikipedia	~544K (~0.3% of country, ~0% of project)
Malay Wikipedia	~507K (~0.2% of country, ~3% of project)
English Wiktionary	~480K (~0.2% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Russian Wikipedia	~432K (~0.2% of country, ~0% of project)
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Major entities within the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia are the projects, affiliate, and like-minded partner organizations.

Languages

Indonesia has more than 700 local languages. Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) is the national language.

As of May 2024, there are 18 languages of Indonesia that has at least one Wikimedia project.

• Indonesian (id): Indonesian is spoken in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, Timor Leste, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, etc. as well.
• Javanese (jv): spoken in Indonesia and Suriname.
  • Banyumasan Javanese (map-bms): regarded as a dialect of Javanese, thus it doesn't have its own language code.
• Sundanese (su)
• Buginese (bug)
• Banjar (bjn)
• Acehnese (ace)
• Minangkabau (min)
• Gorontalo (gor)
• Balinese (ban)
• Madurese (mad)
• Nias (nia)
• Mandailing (btm)
• Batak Toba (bbc)
• Betawi (bew)
• Komering (kge)
• Malay (ms): at that time, the language code (ms) was regarded as separate language, but now it is regarded as a macrolanguage (LoC) or nuclear family (Glottolog). Currently the code for Malay (individual) language is msa/zlm. The code for Malaysian Malay is zsm. (See the many language codes in the infobox of w:Malay language)
• Tetun (tet)

Projects

Currently, there are 39 Wikimedia projects in the languages of Indonesia: 18 Wikipedias, 10 Wiktionaries, 5 Wikisources, 4 Wikiquotes, and 2 Wikibooks.

List of administrators of the Indonesian projects can be found here.

Wikipedias

Currently, there are 18 Wikipedia projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	May 30, 2003	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikipedia.org	727059	3980568	27139370	46	1540625	2621	61369	136
	October 26, 2002	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikipedia.org	423438	1150719	6507794	13	352796	586	18414	16
	February 6, 2013	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikipedia.org	228323	472809	3162766	5	20918	44	180	7
	March 8, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wikipedia.org	74450	184874	1719790	5	66110	95	4344	20
	March 15, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikipedia.org	62000	99221	677252	6	33478	40	420	2
	October 14, 2019	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikipedia.org	28467	58378	217511	3	40137	62	143	4
	October 24, 2005	Request	bug - Buginese	bug.wikipedia.org	15950	20459	205296	1	14344	20	0	0
	March 24, 2006	Request	map-bms - Banyumasan	map-bms.wikipedia.org	13929	30408	221006	1	18496	19	452	10
	October 17, 2010	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikipedia.org	11217	33750	102255	3	15885	36	2	12
	August 12, 2009	Request	ace - Acehnese	ace.wikipedia.org	13051	27951	152575	3	30310	40	0	7
	April 18, 2018	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikipedia.org	14800	23124	58140	3	6943	17	0	0
	December 15, 2020	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikipedia.org	1701	10402	36603	3	3568	41	0	92
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wikipedia.org	1753	4419	25323	3	2387	8	0	13
	October 7, 2023	Request	bbc - Batak Toba	bbc.wikipedia.org	987	1794	11896	2	1642	14	0	4
	March 24, 2006	Request	tet - Tetum	tet.wikipedia.org	1373	3933	69325	2	10577	12	0	61
	May 16, 2024	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wikipedia.org	2931	7019	30053	3	1755	27	0	8
	June 23, 2024	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wikipedia.org	1163	2609	11470	1	907	10	0	6
		Request	kge - Komering	kge.wikipedia.org	2558	2609	29843	0	717	11	0	2

Wiktionaries

Currently, there are 10 Wiktionary projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	September 19, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wiktionary.org	169358	251422	1083693	6	43854	45	3	1
	December 11, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wiktionary.org	61274	73463	157589	1	4660	12	1	0
	May 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wiktionary.org	58916	69694	215660	6	9030	99	3	0
	October 21, 2019	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wiktionary.org	12696	13747	34673	3	1205	7	0	0
	January 4, 2023	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wiktionary.org	12412	12939	29150	2	649	15	0	0
	October 5, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wiktionary.org	2974	4820	20181	1	2510	7	1	1
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wiktionary.org	5546	8946	45153	2	1032	18	0	1
	July 26, 2023	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wiktionary.org	4090	4264	13092	3	542	5	0	0
	August 17, 2022	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wiktionary.org	4703	5302	15686	3	675	5	0	0
	September 25, 2024	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wiktionary.org	6381	7247	29640	2	315	15	0	0

Wikisources

Currently, there are 5 Wikisource projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 6, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikisource.org	8250	77007	247165	7	25633	47	302	222
	August 4, 2021	Request	jv - Javanese	jv.wikisource.org	2678	77007	65926	3	1555	35	148	129
	June 30, 2021	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikisource.org	5092	77007	116221	1	1435	3	0	110
	August 16, 2023	Request	su - Sundanese	su.wikisource.org	307	12425	46499	2	910	30	0	5830
	April 23, 2024	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikisource.org	901	5864	16996	2	932	11	0	87

Wikiquotes

Currently, there are 4 Wikiquote projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 25, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikiquote.org	2625	6281	39857	2	19721	27	5	12
	September 2, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikiquote.org	2361	3587	12020	1	2075	4	6	0
	October 7, 2023	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikiquote.org	578	1174	4893	2	434	6	0	4
	October 1, 2024	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikiquote.org	97	1607	15612	3	276	12	0	2354

Wikibooks

Currently, there are 2 Wikibooks projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	July 31, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikibooks.org	5369	19561	105142	4	40480	23	862	37
	August 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikibooks.org	324	3036	13366	2	3295	2	76	308

Sundanese Wikibooks (su.wikibooks.org) was closed without community consultation in 2012.

Other projects

• d:Wikidata:WikiProject Indonesia

Affiliate

Wikimedia Indonesia (WMID) is the Wikimedia affiliate in Indonesia. The chapter was established on September 2008 and has its national office in Jakarta. It is part of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP) Hub.

WMID currently financially supports the following local Wikimedia communities:

Logo	Community	Email
	Wikimedians of Bandung	bandung@wikimedia.or.id
	Banjar Wikimedians	banjar@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Banjarnegara	banjarnegara@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Denpasar	denpasar@wikimedia.or.id
	Gorontalo Wikimedians	gorontalo@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Jakarta	jakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Madura Wikimedians	madura@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Manokwari	manokwari@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Medan	medan@wikimedia.or.id
	Nias Wikimedians	nias@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Padang	padang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Palembang	palembang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Yogyakarta	yogyakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikidata Indonesia Community	idwikidata@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikisource Indonesia Community	idwikisource@wikimedia.or.id
	KlubWiki Universitas Brawijaya	klubwikiub@wikimedia.or.id

Partners

• Creative Commons Indonesia (CCID) is the Creative Commons local chapter for Indonesia.
• OpenStreetMap Indonesia is the OpenStreetMap local entity in Indonesia.

Events

• WikiNusantara, the national conference of Indonesian Wikimedians:
  • 2019: Yogyakarta
  • 2022: Padang
  • 2023: Banjarmasin
  • 2024: Bogor
• Jakarta hosted the 2012 Creative Commons Asia Pacific Conference.
• Bali hosted the 2018 Wikimedia ESEAP Conference.

Offices/community spaces

as of November 2023

• Jakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's main office, Jl. Pati No. 28, Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta
• Yogyakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's Yogyakarta office, Gg. Wasesa No. 88, Gamping, Sleman

Gallery

• 
  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, July 2007
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  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, January 2009
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  Indonesian Wikipedia's 10th anniversary in Jakarta, June 2013
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2019 in Yogyakarta, April 2019
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2022 in Padang, June 2022
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2023 in Banjarmasin, May 2023
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2024 in Bogor, May 2024