Wikimedia movement in Indonesia

This page documents the existence of the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia: the world's largest island country, the 14th-largest country by land area, and world's fourth-most populous country.

Indonesia
Wikimedia organizations	Wikimedia Indonesia
Projects censored	None
Editors
Category	Category:Indonesian Wikipedians
Major Wikipedias by active editors (5-99 edits per month)
Indonesian	~1740 (~60% of country, ~93% of project)
English	~870 (~30% of country, ~2% of project)
Malay	~50 (~2% of country, ~13% of project)
Japanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~0.3% of project)
Sundanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~58% of project)
Balinese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~54% of project)
Spanish	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Minangkabau	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~63% of project)
Turkmen	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~56% of project)
Korean	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.6% of project)
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Major Wikipedias by very active editors (100+ edits per month)
Indonesian	~180 (~62% of country, ~88% of project)
English	~80 (~27% of country, ~1% of project)
Readers
Major projects by monthly pageviews
Indonesian Wikipedia	~123.04M (~58% of country, ~92% of project)
English Wikipedia	~77.25M (~37% of country, ~0.9% of project)
Indonesian Wiktionary	~1.55M (~0.7% of country, ~90% of project)
Chinese Wikipedia	~839K (~0.4% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Commons	~829K (~0.4% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Indonesian Wikibooks	~554K (~0.3% of country, ~88% of project)
Japanese Wikipedia	~544K (~0.3% of country, ~0% of project)
Malay Wikipedia	~507K (~0.2% of country, ~3% of project)
English Wiktionary	~480K (~0.2% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Russian Wikipedia	~432K (~0.2% of country, ~0% of project)
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Major entities within the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia are the projects, affiliate, and like-minded partner organizations.

Languages

Indonesia has more than 700 local languages. Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) is the national language.

As of May 2024, there are 18 languages of Indonesia that has at least one Wikimedia project.

• Indonesian (id): Indonesian is spoken in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, Timor Leste, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, etc. as well.
• Javanese (jv): spoken in Indonesia and Suriname.
  • Banyumasan Javanese (map-bms): regarded as a dialect of Javanese, thus it doesn't have its own language code.
• Sundanese (su)
• Buginese (bug)
• Banjar (bjn)
• Acehnese (ace)
• Minangkabau (min)
• Gorontalo (gor)
• Balinese (ban)
• Madurese (mad)
• Nias (nia)
• Mandailing (btm)
• Batak Toba (bbc)
• Betawi (bew)
• Komering (kge)
• Malay (ms): at that time, the language code (ms) was regarded as separate language, but now it is regarded as a macrolanguage (LoC) or nuclear family (Glottolog). Currently the code for Malay (individual) language is msa/zlm. The code for Malaysian Malay is zsm. (See the many language codes in the infobox of w:Malay language)
• Tetun (tet)

Projects

Currently, there are 39 Wikimedia projects in the languages of Indonesia: 18 Wikipedias, 10 Wiktionaries, 5 Wikisources, 4 Wikiquotes, and 2 Wikibooks.

List of administrators of the Indonesian projects can be found here.

Wikipedias

Currently, there are 18 Wikipedia projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	May 30, 2003	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikipedia.org	709653	3921256	26481383	47	1510738	2782	57749	138
	October 26, 2002	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikipedia.org	394511	1113547	6352035	13	344967	678	18414	18
	February 6, 2013	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikipedia.org	227960	471811	3157948	5	20110	82	180	7
	March 8, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wikipedia.org	74129	183858	1699825	5	64265	89	4354	20
	March 15, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikipedia.org	61816	98903	672621	7	32620	49	421	2
	October 14, 2019	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikipedia.org	26472	51537	201099	3	32489	68	141	3
	October 24, 2005	Request	bug - Buginese	bug.wikipedia.org	15846	20124	202934	1	14006	17	0	0
	March 24, 2006	Request	map-bms - Banyumasan	map-bms.wikipedia.org	13931	30404	220667	1	17902	29	458	10
	October 17, 2010	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikipedia.org	10977	32716	99122	3	15307	39	2	11
	August 12, 2009	Request	ace - Acehnese	ace.wikipedia.org	12964	27793	151645	3	29350	40	0	7
	April 18, 2018	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikipedia.org	14784	23083	57502	3	6336	22	0	0
	December 15, 2020	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikipedia.org	1330	5887	22732	3	3145	48	0	45
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wikipedia.org	1732	4313	24624	3	2184	14	0	12
	October 7, 2023	Request	bbc - Batak Toba	bbc.wikipedia.org	859	1448	10573	1	1231	30	0	3
	March 24, 2006	Request	tet - Tetum	tet.wikipedia.org	1369	3914	69032	2	10282	16	0	60
	May 16, 2024	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wikipedia.org	2708	6141	26285	3	1027	22	0	6
	June 23, 2024	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wikipedia.org	1113	2371	10800	1	605	9	0	5
		Request	kge - Komering	kge.wikipedia.org	2057	2371	24468	0	302	18	0	0

Wiktionaries

Currently, there are 10 Wiktionary projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	September 19, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wiktionary.org	166885	248107	1071495	6	42476	75	3	1
	December 11, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wiktionary.org	61263	73449	157397	1	4482	11	1	0
	May 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wiktionary.org	44894	55324	189202	6	8320	40	3	0
	October 21, 2019	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wiktionary.org	12371	13320	33158	3	1092	5	0	0
	January 4, 2023	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wiktionary.org	10217	10624	24972	2	501	3	0	0
	October 5, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wiktionary.org	2954	4794	20055	1	2413	6	1	1
	January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wiktionary.org	5388	8651	43544	2	912	16	0	1
	July 26, 2023	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wiktionary.org	3076	3206	11520	3	385	4	0	0
	August 17, 2022	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wiktionary.org	3476	4023	11678	2	540	14	0	0
	September 25, 2024	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wiktionary.org	2	5840	15019	0	158	22	0	21912723

Wikisources

Currently, there are 5 Wikisource projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 6, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikisource.org	7566	62490	203191	6	24904	84	301	171
	August 4, 2021	Request	jv - Javanese	jv.wikisource.org	2371	62490	48855	1	1408	40	149	89
	June 30, 2021	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikisource.org	5009	62490	115603	1	1323	17	0	113
	August 16, 2023	Request	su - Sundanese	su.wikisource.org	277	6660	27037	2	752	6	0	2155
	April 23, 2024	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikisource.org	644	3644	13085	2	701	8	0	77

Wikiquotes

Currently, there are 4 Wikiquote projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	October 25, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikiquote.org	2569	6096	38893	3	19434	26	5	12
	September 2, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikiquote.org	2338	3525	11877	1	1987	4	9	0
	October 7, 2023	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikiquote.org	539	932	4125	2	317	15	0	2
	October 1, 2024	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikiquote.org	83	1336	14006	3	135	17	0	2389

Wikibooks

Currently, there are 2 Wikibooks projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	July 31, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikibooks.org	5255	19018	99888	3	39833	23	864	36
	August 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikibooks.org	316	2983	13179	2	3199	9	76	314

Sundanese Wikibooks (su.wikibooks.org) was closed without community consultation in 2012.

Other projects

• d:Wikidata:WikiProject Indonesia

Affiliate

Wikimedia Indonesia (WMID) is the Wikimedia affiliate in Indonesia. The chapter was established on September 2008 and has its national office in Jakarta. It is part of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP) Hub.

WMID currently financially supports the following local Wikimedia communities:

Logo	Community	Email
	Wikimedians of Bandung	bandung@wikimedia.or.id
	Banjar Wikimedians	banjar@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Banjarnegara	banjarnegara@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Denpasar	denpasar@wikimedia.or.id
	Gorontalo Wikimedians	gorontalo@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Jakarta	jakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Madura Wikimedians	madura@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Manokwari	manokwari@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Medan	medan@wikimedia.or.id
	Nias Wikimedians	nias@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Padang	padang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Palembang	palembang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Yogyakarta	yogyakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikidata Indonesia Community	idwikidata@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikisource Indonesia Community	idwikisource@wikimedia.or.id
	KlubWiki Universitas Brawijaya	klubwikiub@wikimedia.or.id

Partners

• Creative Commons Indonesia (CCID) is the Creative Commons local chapter for Indonesia.
• OpenStreetMap Indonesia is the OpenStreetMap local entity in Indonesia.

Events

• WikiNusantara, the national conference of Indonesian Wikimedians:
  • 2019: Yogyakarta
  • 2022: Padang
  • 2023: Banjarmasin
  • 2024: Bogor
• Jakarta hosted the 2012 Creative Commons Asia Pacific Conference.
• Bali hosted the 2018 Wikimedia ESEAP Conference.

Offices/community spaces

as of November 2023

• Jakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's main office, Jl. Pati No. 28, Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta
• Yogyakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's Yogyakarta office, Gg. Wasesa No. 88, Gamping, Sleman

Gallery

• 
  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, July 2007
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  Indonesian Wikipedians meetup in Jakarta, January 2009
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  Indonesian Wikipedia's 10th anniversary in Jakarta, June 2013
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2019 in Yogyakarta, April 2019
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2022 in Padang, June 2022
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2023 in Banjarmasin, May 2023
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  Indonesian Wikimedians at WikiNusantara 2024 in Bogor, May 2024