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Wikimedia Brasil
renaming of Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

Location of Brazil (green) in
South America (grey)
LocationBrazil
Affiliate codeWMB
Country codeBR
Legal statusNon-profit org
Founding dateOctober 19, 2013
Approval dateDecember 25, 2013[1] (as user group)
May 24, 2019[2] (re-recognition as user group)
December 11, 2024[3] (recognition as chapter)
Derecognition dateMarch 26, 2018[4] (re-recognized in May 2019)
Official language(s)Brazilian Portuguese
Other language(s)Portuguese
Former nameWikimedia Community User Group Brasil (until May 24, 2019)
Wiki Movement Brazil User Group (until February 12, 2025)
Websitehttps://wmnobrasil.org
Chapters (40)
Thematic organizations (2)
Wikimedia user groups (143)

Wikimedia Brasil, renaming of Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil is a Brazilian non-profit association affiliated to the Wikimedia Foundation. Founded in 2013, WMB seeks, among other goals: to amplify, improve and diversify the content and community among Wikimedia projects, especially Wikipedia; and support the role of social organizations in the open knowledge ecosystem.

Who we are

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History

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Wiki Movimento Brasil emerged from some community organization experiments dating to 2005 and 2006. Those strictly volunteer and informal experiments aimed to organize groups of editors and outreach the Wikimedia projects in Brazil.

The Grupo de Usuários Wikimedia no Brasil, whose trade name is "Wiki Movimento Brasil", was recognised officially by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2013.

Six founding members came together in 2016 to elaborate the first strategy for Wiki Movimento Brasil. In the following year, the association had its statutes registered in a notary’s office and established a professional structure.

Although it was derecognized by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2018, Wiki Movimento Brasil did not interrupt its activities and was recognized by the Foundation again in 2019. It consolidated its professional team in the following year and increased the number of associate members. At the time of group-wide writing of this multi-year strategy in 2022, Wiki Movimento Brasil has 32 associate members and is a key component of the Wikimedia Movement.

Purpose

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To be a Brazilian Wikimedian agent of activation, coordination and social transformation for open knowledge.

Vision

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To consolidate the equity, reliability and safety of the sociotechnical infrastructure of the open internet.

Mission

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To act on the activation, coordination and social transformation for open knowledge.

Pillars

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The pillars that guide Wiki Movimento Brasil are:

  • Collaboration & Sharing;
  • Sustainability;
  • Diversity & Decoloniality;
  • Interconnection & Partnerships;
  • Social relevance;
  • Learning; and
  • Reception & Belonging.

Grupo de usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

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The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil was derecognised in May 26th of 2018.[4] After that, the group has been renamed Grupo de usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil (Wiki Movement Brazil User Group, in English) due to Wikimedia trademark rules. The logo was changed for the same reason. This page mentions both names for historical reasons (the former in events and reports before the derecognition and the new one after that) and we do not claim any right on the names used before the derecognition.

Wikimedia Brasil

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On 11 December 2024 Wiki Movimento Brasil was recognized as a Wikimedia Chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Since 13 February 2025, we use the name Wikimedia Brasil.[5][6]

Objectives

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  • Facilitate contact and ensure collaboration between synergistic partner entities and related projects in support of open knowledge;
  • Act with equity across the entire territory, considering the economic, social, and technological inequalities of Brazil;
  • Promote the autonomous and sustainable formation of local groups and build a shared Wikimedia experience in the country;
  • Work on the consolidation and institutionalization of partnerships with underrepresented communities in Portuguese-speaking countries, with affiliates from the Global South, and re-center Wikimedia on peripheral realities;
  • Plan and promote practices and strategies that ensure the long-term economic and community sustainability of WMB as a coordination hub and autonomous promoter of networks in support of free knowledge;
  • Contribute to the improvement of open technologies and consolidate the digital infrastructure for public interest according to regional realities and needs;
  • Position Wikimedia in Brazil in relation to digital transformations and internet governance in support of information integrity, epistemic justice, and free knowledge.

Strategy 2026-2028

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Following the 2023-2025 strategic process, WMB organized a one-year collaborative process to design a new strategy for the years 2026 to 2028. It was guided by the recommendations of the Movement Strategy 2030 and the WMB's 2024 Theory of Change.

The WMB Strategy establishes three strategic axes:

Axis 1 icon Sustain collaborative practices in favor of free knowledge
Axis 2 icon Articulate strategic alliances in defense of digital public goods
Axis 3 icon Promote the Wiki methodology on the internet in Portuguese

The complete document is available here.

Reports of activities

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Since 2014, Wikimedia Brasil organizes annual activity reports and shares them with the community:

Community resources

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Contact

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Contact person

Join us

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Documents

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Association members

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Members List

Supporters

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Map
Map indicating location of members and active supporters of WMB

The list below is more of historical than of practical interest. It mostly brings the original endorsements to the idea of a user-group creation in 2013; some of the users have disengaged with the movement.

  1. Jonas (discussão) 18h58min de 14 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  2. Vinicius Siqueira 19h16min de 14 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  3. Teles «Talk to me˱M @ C S˲» 20h27min de 14 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  4. Sturm (discussão) 01h27min de 15 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  5. Millennium bug (discussão) 03h30min de 15 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  6. Raylton P. Sousa (discussão) 00h31min de 16 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  7. Lechatjaune (discussão) 22h45min de 17 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  8. Titoncio (discussão) 23h41min de 17 de outubro de 2013 (UTC) Espero poder ajudar
  9. Everton137 (discussão) 04h09min de 18 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  10. JMGM (discussão) 01h36min de 20 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  11. MetalBrasil (discussão) 14h36min de 20 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  12. Danilo.mac (discussão) 17h23min de 21 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  13. The Photographer (discussão) 17h22min de 23 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  14. Ozymandias (discussão) 17h35min de 23 de outubro de 2013 (UTC)
  15. Vitor Mazuco Msg 15:01, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  16. CasteloBrancomsg 19:22, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Victor Lopes (talk) 21:59, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Chico Venancio (talk) 21:21, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Ixocactus (talk) 01:22, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Joalpe (talk) 18:25, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Horadrim~usurped (talk) 02:14, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Jo Lorib (talk) 20:37, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Giro720 (talk) 00:16, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Eamaral (talk) 03:29, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Mariliacarrera (talk) 18:34, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Ederporto (talk) 19:39, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Tetizeraz (talk) 15:00, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Lucas.Belo (talk) 17:33, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Wilkruvic (talk) 18:48, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  30. NMaia (talk) 11:21, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Friduxa (talk) 01:16, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  32. TamiresAnsanelo (talk) 18:48, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  33. BMNeuroMat (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  34. HTPF (talk)
  35. GiFontenelle (talk) 18:34, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  36. EricaAzzellini (talk) 18:36, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  37. --Geisasantos (talk) 14:26, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  38. Moral support.--Alexmar983 (talk) 21:58, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Chronus (talk) 05:42, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AffCom Resolutions

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References

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  1. ↑ "Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil by the Affiliations Committee". December 25, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Recognition of Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil". May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019. 
  3. ↑ "Recognizing Wikimedia Brasil User Group as a Wikimedia Chapter". December 11, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2025. 
  4. ↑ a b "De-recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil by the Affiliations Committee". Retrieved February 14, 2019. 
  5. ↑ "Resolution: Recognizing Wikimedia Brasil User Group as a Wikimedia Chapter". Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. February 13, 2025. 
  6. ↑ "Wikimedia Brasil Becomes the Newest Wikimedia Chapter". Diff. February 13, 2025. 
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