Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2025/Deoband Community Wikimedia

Affiliate basic information
What is the affiliate name?		Deoband Community Wikimedia
Please list the languages supported by this affiliate		generic, currently Arabic, English, Hindi, Kashmiri, and Urdu
Please list countries where this affiliate operates		India
Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December)		January to December
Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025)		2025
Primary contact (user name)		Aafi
Secondary contact (user name)		Numis Zuhair
Goal delivery
What is the affiliate mission?		see Vision and Objectives
What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one.		Our goals include: addressing knowledge gaps related to global Muslim academia, scholarship, history, and culture within Wikimedia projects. supporting the strategic development and growth of our affiliate engaging students in a range of free knowledge activities through our Wiki Clubs establishing presence in educational institutions, particularly religious seminaries and Muslim minority institutions contributing to the sustainability of Wikimedia movement through our targeted conversation hours. promoting the development and growth of promising Wikimedians in our community.
Organizational development
How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated?		We have utilised the consensus model until now to make our decisions, where a majority vote is required to reach a decision. We also include the leads of our Wiki Clubs in the decision making process. We facilitate discussions through our private internal chat groups and communicate updates via these channels and our regular Progress Prism Calls.
What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one.		Our financial state is both stable and compliant. A comprehensive financial overview has been provided seperately.
Affiliate health and resilience
	How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate?	Decision-making processes are held by the DCW Executive Board. It currently comprises 5 voting and 1 non-voting member.
	Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)?	We have seen a brief decrease in overal generic membership as recorded in 2024 in terms of active contributions to Wikimedia projects. We currently have 45+ active members across projects, while our Wiki Clubs maintain their membership records differently.
	Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights.	Our members have curated significant initiatives and programs throughout the year. These include Wiki Clicks programs by Wiki Club AMU and Wiki Club Jamia, while programs like GLAM IIT Delhi and Wiki4Disarmament created and led by Alnitak-Alnilam-Mintaka and Raydann. Additionally, CosmicCodex and Raydann lead our Youth Focus Group.
Leadership and inclusion
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
	What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess?	We find our affiliate leadership as well versed in areas of Advocacy, Communications, Evaluation, and Governance. Our successfull initiatives like Heritage Lens and the Conversation Hour, evidently showcase these skills.
	Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership?	Timely Board Elections. Our residential leadership program, "Train-a-Wikipedian" is pivotal in helping us train and mentor contributors who will lead the community in the coming days.
	Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position?	Yes, we have consistently prioritized training individuals before they assume any role.
	Are there any requirements for affiliate leadership to disclose their conflict(s) of interests?	Yes
Diversity balance (especially gender)
	What is the diversity level of the affiliate leadership and membership body?	40% of the Board is comprised of females, while 25+ out of 45 contributors are females.
	How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate?	40% of the DCW Executive Board member's are females.
Universal Code of Conduct compliance
	How does the affiliate leadership ensure, enforce, and evaluate compliance with the Universal Code of Conduct obligations?	We have dedicated channels to receive and evaluate reports received from our community members in line with our Friendly space policy. Participants are made aware of the Friendly Policy and UCoC obligations that regulate our spaces. We have dedicated Trust and Safety support available at our events ensuring participants are reminded of their UCoC obligations in a timely manner and provided support when needed.
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.		see the detailed activity report, and Past events log on our website.
Community connection
	How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects?	45+
	How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects?	20+
	How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement?	15+
	How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year?	30+. In 2025, our members particpated in three important international conferences Wikimania Nairobi, the GLAM-Wiki Conference, and the Youth Conference, alongside several impactful national conferences, and the events led by the affiliate.
Partnerships and collaboration
	Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months.	see the detailed activity report.
	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)	Programs and Events
		Evaluation
		Organizational Governance
	What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months?	Communication and media relations
		Partnerships and Collaboration
		Resource Policies and Management
	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?	Kashmiri Wikimedians User Group, English Researchers Collective, Indic Wikimedia Tech Community, and expectedly Commons Photographers User Group (via DCW Photographers Club and the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language.