Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/Wikimedians of Nepal
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Wikimedians of Nepal | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | Nepali | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Nepal | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | January-December | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | Nirmal Dulal | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | Nabin K. Sapkota | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | support, promote and develop free educational materials (media) in various languages spoken in Nepal including the lingua franca Nepali Language | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | support Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia and its sister projects as well as other activities to expand the production, distribution and use of open knowledge | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | The Wikimedians of Nepal Board and active Nepali Wikipedia users helps in the day-to-day administration of the user group as well as the activities. | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | Wikimedians of Nepal's financial report is stable and complaint | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | Everyone | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | Stable | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | Regular events Wiki Loves Birds and Wiki Loves Earth during the reporting year were organized | |
| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | Governance,Event management, Educational Program, Collaborations | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | Continuity of previous committee | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | Planning for upcoming years | |
| Are there any requirements for affiliate leadership to disclose their conflict(s) of interests? | Yes | |
Diversity balance (especially gender)
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| What is the diversity level of the affiliate leadership and membership body? | There are 20% Women and 80% Men in leadership role. | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | majority | |
Universal Code of Conduct compliance
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| How does the affiliate leadership ensure, enforce, and evaluate compliance with the Universal Code of Conduct obligations? | We follow the Friendly space policy and UCoC obligation while organizing any events | |
| Engagement and Collaboration | ||
| Please share the publicly available records of regular meetings, activities, events, or conference in the past year where the affiliate has participated. | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Annual_Report_2024 | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 300+ active users in Nepali Wikipedia | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 100+ during organized events | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | 3 organizers as associates during Wiki events | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | 140 during events in 2024 | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Annual_Report_2024 | |
| What would affiliate leadership list as the top 3 (three) capacities of the affiliate? (e.g. evaluation, community governance, programs and events, organizational governance and resource policies, conflict management, partnerships, fundraising, communication and media relations, contributor development, on-wiki technical skills, policy advocacy, etc) | Event Management | |
| In Wiki and off wiki activities | ||
| Mass coverage and impact | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | Leadership capacity | |
| Conflict Management | ||
| Research and Development | ||
| What are the organizations, community projects, or groups that the affiliate had been working or seeking to work with to develop and support the 3 capacities? | Language Specialists and enthusiasts | |