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Open Knowledge Association (OKA)
Logo of OKA
Location Switzerland
Legal statusAssociation (tax-exempt non-profit)
Founding date7 May 2022
Official language(s)English
Budget~USD 120,000 (2025)
Websiteoka.wiki
E-mail addressinfo@oka.wiki

OKA (Open Knowledge Association) is a Swiss non-profit organization dedicated to improving Wikipedia and other open platforms. It provides Wikipedia training and monthly stipends (grants) to full-time and part-time translators to edit Wikipedia. It currently funds ~15 full-time translators (split among 30+ active translators).

OKA editors are disclosed as paid editors because they receive compensation. However, OKA editors are independent and not required to work on any particular articles or topics. OKA is active on three Wikipedias (English, Portuguese, Spanish) and covers many source languages including French, German, Italian, and Russian.

In addition to its translation work, OKA operates Agpedia, an open encyclopedia where articles are researched and drafted by AI agents under human oversight. Agpedia is designed as a complement to Wikipedia, built around AI-assisted authoring from the ground up. All content is published under CC0 (public domain).

Statistics

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Number of articles created by OKA editors
Year 2025 2024 2023 2022 All Wikipedias
EN WP 1,546 1,649 1,054 148 4,397
ES WP 721 465 216 - 1,402
PT WP 2,448 861 306 - 3,615
Other WP[1] 33 - - - 33
Total 4,748 2,975 1,576 148 9,447

Detailed stats in outreachdashboard.

Note: excludes work done on existing articles (e.g. expansion of correction, improvements, cleanup). For expansions, see table bellow

Annualized views (millions)
Year 2025 2024 2023 2022 All Wikipedias
EN WP 5.4 6.1 3.6 1.2 16.3
ES WP 1.4 1.5 0.8 - 3.7
PT WP 2.9 1.3 0.8 - 5.0
Other WP[1] 0.1 - - - 0.1
Total 9.8 8.9 5.2 1.2 25.1
Expands made
Year 2025 2024 2023 2022 All Wikipedias
EN WP 178 56 6 - 240
ES WP 69 37 11 - 117
PT WP 45 16 8 - 69
Total 292 109 25 - 426
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OKA is an association based in St-Légier, Switzerland, founded in 2022 (UID CHE-461.288.884). It is recognized as a tax-exempt organization with a public utility purpose.

Local Wikipedias

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List of Wikipedias which have or had OKA activity:

English Wikipedia

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Portuguese Wikipedia

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Spanish Wikipedia

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Wikidata

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How to help

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Joining OKA

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OKA is always seeking volunteers. If you are interested in joining us, please contact us. Potential tasks include:

  • Day-to-day management (prioritization of articles, quality review, teams management)
  • Admin (disbursement of grants, annual reports, accounting)
  • Internal processes improvements
  • Fundraising and community outreach
  • International expansion

Individuals who donate over CHF 5,000 per year are eligible to join OKA as formal members with voting right in the annual assembly.

Grant application

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OKA does not accept unsolicited applications for grants. When positions for stipend recipients are open, they are generally advertised on LinkedIn for a very short period of time. CVs of candidates are then reviewed, followed by a short interview and trial period.

Members

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Directors

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  • User:7804j (Jonathan Zimmermann. Founder and main donor)

Informal project members (unpaid, not officially part of OKA)

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OKA grant-recipients

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List of OKA editors (active and previously active)

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Instructions to OKA translators (within Meta Wikimedia)

Official (off-wiki)

English Wikipedia

Research reports

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b RU, PL, FR
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