Maithili Wikimedians User Group

Maithili Wikimedians User Group
Maithili Wikimedians User Group
	; Nepal, India
Location	Global online community-based
Affiliate code	MWUG
Country code	NPL; IND;
Approval date	February 8, 2016; 7 years ago
Official language(s)	Maithili;
Key people	Pankaj Kumar Deo; Bijay Chaurasia; Biplab Anand; Nilam Karn; Tulsi Bhagat; Sanjog Dev
Reports	Annual Reports
Affiliations	Wikimedia Foundation
Website	Official website
E-mail address	maithiliwikimediansgmail.com
Mailing list	mai@list.wikimedia.org
Twitter	@maiwiki
Facebook	@MaithiliWikimedians
Motto	Promoting Wikimedia projects in Maithili

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Chapters (38)

Thematic organizations (2)

CAT Amical Wikimedia
WPM Wikimedia Medicine

Wikimedia user groups (146)

ACD AfroCROWD User Group
A+F Art+Feminism User Group
ALB Wikimedia Community User Group Albania
ARE Wikimedians of United Arab Emirates User Group
AWUG Arabic Wikimedians 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
BLT Black Lunch Table Wikimedians
BOL Wikimedistas de Bolivia
BY Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus
CEE Wikimedia Community User Group CEE Spring
CMW Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group
CI Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire
COD Wikimedians of Democratic Republic of Congo User Group
CPH Commons Photographers User Group
DWU Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
DCW Deoband Community Wikimedia User Group
DZ Algeria Wikimedians User Group
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
GWU Gungbe Wikimedians User Group
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-KL Wikimedians of Kerala User Group
IN-MR Marathi Wikimedians User Group
IN-Tech Wikimedians of India technical 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
PER Wikimedians of Peru User Group
PH-WC Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group
PWU Paiwan Wikimedians 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
SPU Wikimedia Community of Saint Petersburg User Group
SQ Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group
STE Wikimedia Stewards 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
TN Wikimedia Tunisia 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-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
WDU Wikimedistas de Uruguay
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
WSP Wikimedia Small Projects in Spanish User Group
WT Wikitongues User Group
WW WikiWomen's User Group
WWH Wiki World Heritage User Group
WUL Wikimedians of the Uzbek language User Group
RWA Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda
WIR Women in Religion Wikimedia User Group
WIR Tyap Wikimedians Proposed User Group
SWU Saudi Wikimedia User Group
WCK Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya
LAG Wikimedians of Lagos User Group
KAS Kashmiri Wikimedians User Group
PH-ADV Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group
TGO Wikimedia Community User Group Togo
TJK Tajik Wikimedians User Group
US-IN Wikimedians of Indiana User Group
JPN Wikimedians of Japan User Group
BFA Wikimédiens du Burkina Faso User Group
ECU Wikimedistas de Ecuador
TCD Wikimedians of Tchad User Group
ZMB Wikimedia Community User Group Zambia

Maithili Wikimedians (Maithilī Wikimedīans; officially abbreviated as MWUG) is a group of Wikimedians who work on various wiki projects related to Maithili language. Maithili Wikipedia is a free-access, free-content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Those who can access the site can edit its articles in Maithili language. Its mission is to support Maithili Wikimedians in their Wikimedia-related endeavors and to partner with local organizations in their use of Wikimedia projects.

The Affiliate's aim is to support, promote, and educate the general public about the availability and use of free and open educational content, which includes the ability to access, develop and contribute to Wikimedia projects. The affiliate was recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliation Committee (AffComm) on 8 February 2016.

Assuming good faith of taking part in Global Wiki(p)media movement and for the realization of the main aim to spread free knowledge in Maithili language, the volunteer members of the community has decided to register a local organization to support the Wikimedia Movement.

We support the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation and develop a Wikimedia strategy Movement 2030 activities, including the work of volunteers on Wikimedia projects as well as numerous other sister free knowledge initiatives.

Objectives

Promotion of Wikipedia in Maithili language.
Improve content about Mithila region and related topics in English and all other languages.
Promotion of Maithili and Mithila related topics in different languages Wikipedia projects.
Promotion and awareness of Wikimedia projects related to Maithili language in Nepal and India.
Engage the community and gain new contributors for the User Group and Wikimedia projects.
Cooperate with other institutions with similar missions and visions to promote free knowledge movement in Maithili speaking countries.
Legalize the User Group in Maithili speaking countries (Nepal and India) with accordance to their respected legislation.
Cooperating with local authorities, organizations and individuals to receive grants and other materials to promote free knowledge.
To co-operate with Wikimedia Foundation and its affiliates, Wikimedia communities and other local and international organisations to further goals of the Wikimedia movement and enrich the Wikimedia projects.

Activities

Organizing Wiki Meetups.
Organizing online – offline article writing competition.
Conducting Workshops and Meetups.
Promotion of Wikimedia projects and Free content in general.
Encourage the use of Wikimedia resources in education.
Organize Events to collect Creative Commons Contents and Upload it at Commons Wikimedia.

Designated contacts for WMF

Two designated contacts for Wikimedia Foundation:

Pankaj Deo - pankaj.deo2010gmail · com
Bijay Chaurasia - bijaychaurasia25gmail · com

Join Us!

Any contributor of the Wikimedia projects can become a General member of this User Group. If you want to join us and become a member, please contact us via email. You can find contact info in the section right below. Or click the "Joins us" button below.

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On this page you can find a complete list of our volunteers.