Iraqi Wikimedians

Iraqi Wikimedians User Group
Iraq
Location	Iraq
Country code	IQ
Approval date	15 October, 2015
Official language(s)	Arabic
Other language(s)	Kurdish

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Chapters (39) AM Wikimedia Armenia AR Wikimedia Argentina AT Wikimedia Österreich AU Wikimedia Australia BD Wikimedia Bangladesh BE Wikimedia Belgium CA Wikimedia Canada CH Wikimedia CH CL Wikimedia Chile CO Wikimedia Colombia CZ Wikimedia Česká republika DE Wikimedia Deutschland DK Wikimedia Danmark EE Wikimedia Eesti ES Wikimedia España FI Wikimedia Suomi FR Wikimédia France GB Wikimedia UK HU Wikimédia Magyarország ID Wikimedia Indonesia IL Wikimedia Israel IT Wikimedia Italia KR 위키미디어 한국 MX Wikimedia México NL Wikimedia Nederland NO Wikimedia Norge PL Wikimedia Polska PT Wikimedia Portugal RS Викимедија Србије RU Викимедиа РУ SE Wikimedia Sverige TH Wikimedia Thailand TW Wikimedia Taiwan UA Вікімедіа Україна US-DC Wikimedia District of Columbia US-NYC Wikimedia New York City UY Wikimedia Uruguay VE Wikimedia Venezuela ZA Wikimedia South Africa

Thematic organizations (2) CAT Amical Wikimedia WPM Wikimedia Medicine

Wikimedia user groups (137) ACD AfroCROWD User Group A+F Art+Feminism User Group ALB Wikimedia Community User Group Albania ARE Wikimedians of United Arab Emirates User Group AZ Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group BA-SRP Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska BAK Wikimedians of Bashkortostan User Group BAQ Basque Wikimedians User Group BEN Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group BG Wikimedians of Bulgaria User Group BLT Black Lunch Table Wikimedians BOL Wikimedistas de Bolivia BWA Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana BY Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus CEE Wikimedia Community User Group CEE Spring CHI Wikimedians of Chicago User Group CMW Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group CI Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire CN Wikimedia User Group China COD Wikimedians of Democratic Republic of Congo User Group CPH Commons Photographers User Group DIG Wikimedia Digitization User Group DZ Algeria Wikimedians User Group EC Wikimedians of Ecuador EG Egypt Wikimedians User Group ESP-WE Wikiesfera Grupo de Usuarixs ELiSo Esperanto kaj Libera Scio EZY Wikimedians of Erzya language User Group GB-CYM Grŵp Defnyddwyr Cymuned Wicimedia Cymru GDV Gender Diversity Visibility Community User Group GE Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia GH Wikimedia Ghana User Group GIN Wikimedia Community User Group Guinea Conakry GMG GLAM Macedonia User Group GR Wikimedia Community User Group Greece HDW Hindi Wikimedians User Group H-GAPS H-GAPS User Group HKG Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong HTI Wikimedia Community User Group Haiti IE Wikimedia Community Ireland User Group IQ Iraqi Wikimedians User Group IR Iranian Wikimedians User Group IMD Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group IN-GOA Wikipedians of Goa User Group IN-KL Wikimedians of Kerala User Group IN-MR Marathi Wikimedians User Group IN-Tech Wikimedians of India technical user group IN-UR Dehalvi Wikimedia Community User Group JWK Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili KAZ Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group KWU Kurdish Wikimedians User Group KVL Karavali Wikimedians User Group LGBT Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group LEV Wikimedians of the Levant User Group LSP Les sans pagEs User Group LV Wikimedians of Latvia User Group WPL Wikimedia and Libraries User Group MA Wikimedia MA User Group MAI Maithili Wikimedians User Group MAP Wikimaps User Group MATH Wikimedia Community User Group Math MK-SK Shared Knowledge MLA Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia MLI Wikimedians of Mali User Group MLT Wikimedia Community User Group Malta MMR Myanmar Wikimedia Community User Group MW-SG MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group MYS Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia NP Wikimedians of Nepal NG Wikimedia Community User Group Nigeria NGA-HA Hausa Wikimedians User Group NGA-IG Igbo Wikimedians User Group NGA-YO Yoruba Wikimedians User Group NWR-Hist North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group NZL Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand OFWA Open Foundation West Africa PAN Punjabi Wikimedians User Group PARA Para-Wikimedians Community User Group PER Wikimedians of Peru User Group PH-WC Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group LK Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka ODW Odia Wikimedians User Group ROU-MDA Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group RU-Don Don Wikimedians User Group RU-NC Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group RU-SPB Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group SAT Wikimedians of Santali Language User Group STE Wikimedia Stewards User Group SQ Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group SUD Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan SVK Wikimedians of Slovakia User Group SVN Wikipedians of Slovenia User Group TAT Wikimedia Community of Tatar language User Group TCD Wikimedia Community User Group Tchad TDG Wikimedia Tool Developers Group TN Wikimedia TN User Group TR Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey TRK Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group TWG Tremendous Wiktionary User Group TZA Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania TZM Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group UGA Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda US-CAS Cascadia Wikimedians User Group US-CO Wikimedians of Colorado User Group US-FLL Florida Librarians of Wikipedia User Group US-GAP Georgia Piedmont Wikimedians User Group US-LA Wikimedians of Los Angeles User Group US-MN Wikimedians of Minnesota User Group US-NCT North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians User Group US-NE New England Wikimedians US-OH Ohio Wikimedians User Group US-SAN San Diego Wikimedians User Group VNM Vietnam Wikimedians User Group WAL Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group WAM Wikipedia Asian Month User Group WB Wikibase Community User Group WBL WikiBlind User Group WBG West Bengal Wikimedians User Group WC Wiki Cemeteries User Group WCS WikiClassics User Group WDG WikiDonne User Group W&E Wikipedia & Education User Group WGR Wikigrannies User Group WGU Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias WIS Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group WJ WikiJournal WK? Whose Knowledge? WREN Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network User Group WMB Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil WNA WikiConference North America WNAIL Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User Group WOW Wikimedians for offline wikis WSC Wikisource Community User Group WSD Wikimedians for Sustainable Development WT Wikitongues User Group WTL WikiToLearn User Group WVA Wikivoyage Association WW WikiWomen's User Group WWH Wiki World Heritage User Group

Iraqi Wikimedians is a Wikimedian user group that has the goal of supporting Wikimedia projects in Iraq, supporting Iraqi Wikimedians, and becoming the recognized user group in Iraq in October 2015.

Objectives

1. To have a recognized entity in Iraq to lead the projects in a proper way.
2. To have a proper place to gather all Wikipedians in Iraq.
3. To have a base that can control the upcoming Wikipedia Education Program in Iraq.

Activities

1. Launching the Wikipedia Education Program for the first time in Iraq.
2. Supervising the Wiki Loves Monuments contest in Iraq.
3. Monthly and quarterly meetings in order to increase the Wiki culture in Iraq.
4. Editathons and workshops to teach people how to edit Wikipedia.
5. Contacting Libraries and Museums in order to make an effective contribution in GLAM.

History

• Successfully finished 3 workshops in Erbil to teach people about Wikipedia and how to edit it.
• ِAbout to distribute flyers regarding Wikipedia and how important it is in both languages Arabic and Kurdish.
• Started already the process of beginning the first WEP in Iraq.

Contact information

• Sarmad Yaseen (Erbil).
• Mahmood Al-Rawi (Baghdad).
• Omar Alyahya (Basrah).

Interested in participating

• Ruwaym.
• Ziryab.
• Ravan.
• Mahmood Al-Rawi.
• Qudees.
• Bassammahdi.
• Usama Saad
• Sarmad Yaseen.
• Serchia
• الدبوني
• أسامة الساعدي
• HAYDER8686
• user:FPP
• Hashim-afc
• MohammadHuzam
• morad85
• Shan.kameran
• Drmustaffa
• Husam.Jasim
• solider IQ16
• Omer Akram
• User:جبار محسن
• محمد علي العراقي
• غزوان محمد سليم
• Omar Alyahya
• Labeeb A. Ali
• Izoozo
• Muhammed Sardar
• Sarbast.T.Hameed
• Ali Aljnabe
• حسن مهدي

Resolutions

• Recognition Iraqi Wikimedians User Group - October 2015

Links

• https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-iq (mailing list)