Social media
The Wikimedia Foundation Social Media Team is comprised of Wikimedia Foundation staff who work in Communications (and historically Wikimedia volunteers, especially those who help with the annual fundraiser). Our mission is to create free and open channels for discussion and feedback, to promote movement news and activities, to help identify and reach out to new editors, and to recognize the good work our core community of volunteers is doing.
The team currently includes Jay Walsh, Matthew Roth, Tilman Bayer, James Alexander, LiAnna Davis, Guillaume Paumier, Josh VanDavier and Stacey Merrick.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail the team: socialmedia
wikimedia.org or leave a note on the talk page here.
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Responsibles [edit]
The Wikimedia Foundation Social Media Channels [edit]
The Wikimedia Foundation Social Media team currently oversees several social media channels; see below for a list.
Additionally, there are a few other channels that are overseen by Wikimedia Foundation that are used for specific purposes and are not overseen by the Social Media Team.
Wikimedia chapters Social Media Handles [edit]
There are currently 39 Wikimedia chapters worldwide. Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects within a specified geographical region. Many of them have chosen to use social media, and a selection of their accounts is listed below. If you have suggestions for content for the feeds of individual chapters, please see their contact information at Wikimedia chapters.
Other Wikimedia movement Social Media Channels [edit]
There are a large number of other social media channels that are relevant to the Wikimedia movement. Since these aren't managed by the Wikimedia Foundation, content for them cannot be suggested here, but they are listed here so that those interested can easily follow them. These are not directly overseen by the Wikimedia Foundation and we do not control their content, but some of them include:
Various projects involved in the broader Wikimedia movement have also chosen to use their own social media channels. some of these include:
Wikipedians in Residence [edit]
A number of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums worldwide now have Wikipedians in Residence, Wikipedia editors placed in institutions aiming to facilitate collaboration between that institution and the Wikimedia community. Many Wikipedians-in-Residence choose to maintain social media channels documenting their residencies.
List of official Facebook pages [edit]
WMF [edit]
| Account | Project | Status | Fans | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia | Active | 1,222,592 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Wikimedia Foundation | Inactive | 2,298 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikipedia on Campus | Wikipedia on Campus | Less active | 1,839 | 25 April 2013 |
- should facebook.com/wmf or
facebook.com/wikimedia(claimed by Nguyễn Nhật Nam) or facebook.com/wikimediafoundation be claimed?
Chapters [edit]
| Page | Project | Status | Fans | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikimedia Argentina | Wikimedia Argentina | Active | 960 | 25 April 2011 |
| Վիքիմեդիա Հայաստան / Wikimedia Armenia | Wikimedia Armenia | Active | 98 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Bangladesh | Wikimedia Bangladesh | Active | 2,604 | 18 November 2012 |
| Wikimedia Canada | Wikimedia Canada | Less active | 550 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Česká republika | Wikimedia Česká republika | Active | 640 | 3 Januar 2012 |
| Wikimedia CH | Wikimedia CH | Active | 452 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Chile | Wikimedia Chile | Active | 434 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Danmark | Wikimedia Danmark | Active | 452 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Deutschland | Wikimedia Deutschland | Active | 1,236 | 10 February 2013 |
| Wikimedia District of Columbia | Wikimedia District of Columbia | Active | 714 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Eesti | Wikimedia Eesti | Active | 412 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia España | Wikimedia España | Active | 632 | 25 April 2011 |
| Wikimédia France | Wikimédia France | Active | 1,118 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Hong Kong | Wikimedia Hong Kong | Active | 1,060 | 25 April 2012 |
| Wikimedia India | Wikimedia India | Active | 2,434 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Indonesia | Wikimedia Indonesia | Active | 3,665 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Israel ויקימדיה ישראל | Wikimedia Israel | Active | 2,531 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Italia | Wikimedia Italia | Active; there are many other pages by WMI around, none is actively used | 672 | 3 April 2012 |
| Wikimedia Macau | Wikimedia Macau | Active | 135 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimédia Magyarország | Wikimédia Magyarország | Active | 429 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia México | Wikimedia México | Active | 1,794 | 25 April 2011 |
| Wikimedia Nederland | Wikimedia Nederland | Active | 54 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia New York City | Wikimedia New York City | Active | 1,066 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Norge | Wikimedia Norge | Less active | 1,039 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Österreich | Wikimedia Österreich | Active | 83 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Philippines | Wikimedia Philippines | Active | 474 | 25 April 2013 |
| List of all official facebook profiles maintained by WMPL | Wikimedia Polska | Active | 2090 (pl-Wikipedia) + 437 (pl-Wikimedia) + 785 (pl-Wiki Loves Monuments) + 152 (Wikiexpedition) + several minor = around 3327 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Portugal | Wikimedia Portugal | Active | 406 | 1 April 2013 |
| Викимедија Србије / Wikimedia Serbia | Wikimedia Serbia | Active | 177 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Suomi | Wikimedia Suomi | Active | 461 | 1 April 2011 |
| Wikimedia Sverige | Wikimedia Sverige | Active | 652 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia Taiwan | Wikimedia Taiwan | Active | 476 | 25 April 2013 |
| Wikimedia UK | Wikimedia UK | Active | 736 | 25 April 2013 |
| Вікімедіа Україна / Wikimedia Ukraine | Wikimedia Ukraina | Active | 265 | 1 April 2011 |
| Wikimedia Venezuela | Wikimedia Venezuela | Active | 856 | 25 April 2011 |
List of official microblogging handles [edit]
WMF [edit]
| Identi.ca account | Twitter account | Project | Status | Followers | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia | Wikipedia | Active | 90,496 | 2013-05-06 |
| Wikimedia | Wikimedia | Wikimedia | Active | 9,215 | 2013-05-06 |
| MediaWiki | MediaWiki | MediaWiki | Active | 408 | 2013-05-06 |
| wikimediatech | wikimediatech | Wikimedia Tech Staff | Active | 593 | 2013-05-06 |
| wikimediaatwork | wikimediaatwork | HR-related | Active | 1,430 | 2013-05-06 |
| WikimediaMobile | Mobile platform | Active | 5,664 | 2013-05-06 |
More MediaWiki handles.
Chapters [edit]
| Identi.ca account | Twitter account | Project | Status | Followers | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wikipedia_es | Wikipedia Español | Inactive | 3,917 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikipediaES | Wikipedia Español | Inactive | 34 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaCH | Wikimedia CH | Inactive | 34 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaCH | Wikimedia CH | Inactive | 34 | 2010-08-24 | |
| Wikimedia_CR | Wikimedia Česká republika | Active, but infrequent updates | 28 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wikimediacat | Wikimedia Català | Active | 1560 | 2012-12-19 | |
| WMHK | Wikimedia Hong Kong | Active | 877 | 2010-08-24 | |
| Wikimedia_Fr | Wikimédia France | Active | 1,177 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaDE | Wikimedia Deutschland | Active | 1,492 | 2013-04-25 | |
| Wikimediaindia | Wikimedia India | Active | 428 | ||
| WikimediaItalia | WikimediaItalia | Wikimedia Italia | Active | 1301 | 2013-04-25 |
| wikimediadk | Wikimedia Danmark | Active | 137 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaSE | Wikimedia Sverige | Active | 128 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaHU | Wikimédia Hungary | Active | 7 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaIL | Wikimedia Israel | Active | 19 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wikimedia_ar | Wikimedia Argentina | Active | 220 | 2010-08-24 | |
| Wikimedia_mx | Wikimedia México | Active | 49 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wikimedia_cl | Wikimedia Chile | Active | 19 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaPH | Wikimedia Philippines | Active | 25 | 2013-02-05 | |
| WikimediaPL | Wikimedia Poland | Active | 6 | 2013-04-25 | |
| wikimediapt | Wikimedia Portugal | Active | 82 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wikimediaco | Wikimedia Colombia | Active | 176 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wikimedia_uy | Wikimedia Uruguay | Inactive | 49 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wmnl | Wikimedia Nederland | Active duplicate | 618 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wikimedia_nl | Wikimedia Nederland | Inactive duplicate | 186 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wikimediauk | Wikimedia UK | Active | 192 | 2010-08-24 | |
| WikimediaBD | Wikimedia Bangladesh | Active | 340 | 2010-08-24 | |
| idwiki | Wikipedia Indonesia | Active | 82 | 2010-08-24 | |
| wm_au | Wikimedia Australia | Active | 131 | 2013-01-17 | |
| WikimediaTW | Wikimedia Taiwan | Active | 148 | 2013-04-26 |
