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	716585	3951799	26763840	47	1523152	3089	59781	138
	October 26, 2002	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikipedia.org	400755	1123133	6412398	13	348029	605	18414	18
	February 6, 2013	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikipedia.org	228168	472234	3160447	5	20404	59	180	7
	March 8, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wikipedia.org	74366	184419	1710067	5	64964	102	4354	20
	March 15, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikipedia.org	61840	98974	673907	7	32934	66	421	2
	October 14, 2019	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikipedia.org	27190	53126	206111	3	35667	60	141	3
	October 24, 2005	Request	bug - Buginese	bug.wikipedia.org	15846	20134	203036	1	14135	22	0	0
	March 24, 2006	Request	map-bms - Banyumasan	map-bms.wikipedia.org	13929	30401	220786	1	18130	22	452	10
	October 17, 2010	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikipedia.org	11043	33065	100117	3	15523	42	2	12
	August 12, 2009	Request	ace - Acehnese	ace.wikipedia.org	12973	27835	151945	3	29738	36	0	7
	April 18, 2018	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikipedia.org	14800	23112	57794	3	6538	17	0	0
	December 15, 2020	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikipedia.org	1398	9357	31864	3	3328	31	0	110
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wikipedia.org	1736	4318	24794	3	2263	10	0	12
	October 7, 2023	Request	bbc - Batak Toba	bbc.wikipedia.org	944	1640	11225	2	1398	13	0	3
	March 24, 2006	Request	tet - Tetum	tet.wikipedia.org	1371	3919	69121	2	10412	18	0	60
	May 16, 2024	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wikipedia.org	2816	6650	27899	3	1355	40	0	7
	June 23, 2024	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wikipedia.org	1132	2464	11053	0	720	17	0	6
		Request	kge - Komering	kge.wikipedia.org	2516	2464	27868	2	460	9	0	1

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	168226	250087	1078587	6	43095	58	3	1
	December 11, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wiktionary.org	61264	73451	157423	1	4541	6	1	0
	May 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wiktionary.org	53130	63876	205460	6	8723	120	3	0
	October 21, 2019	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wiktionary.org	12490	13473	33493	3	1128	5	0	0
	January 4, 2023	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wiktionary.org	10350	10817	25774	2	578	20	0	0
	October 5, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wiktionary.org	2954	4797	20076	1	2449	4	1	1
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wiktionary.org	5495	8812	44271	2	946	14	0	1
	July 26, 2023	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wiktionary.org	4026	4198	12921	2	478	13	0	0
	August 17, 2022	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wiktionary.org	4689	5280	14191	3	597	15	0	0
	September 25, 2024	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wiktionary.org	5546	6211	26171	1	219	20	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	7796	71268	231716	7	25222	155	302	215
	August 4, 2021	Request	jv - Javanese	jv.wikisource.org	2450	71268	49212	1	1444	6	149	85
	June 30, 2021	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikisource.org	5015	71268	115783	1	1361	6	0	113
	August 16, 2023	Request	su - Sundanese	su.wikisource.org	276	6757	27204	2	794	14	0	2219
	April 23, 2024	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikisource.org	817	5130	15530	2	788	26	0	84

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	2605	6224	39367	3	19554	18	5	12
	September 2, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikiquote.org	2361	3590	11965	1	2016	2	9	0
	October 7, 2023	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikiquote.org	573	1117	4581	2	360	4	0	3
	October 1, 2024	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikiquote.org	92	1593	15527	3	184	4	0	2594

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	5268	19095	100518	3	40021	42	862	36
	August 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikibooks.org	323	3027	13303	2	3224	6	76	307

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