Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group

The Wikimedians of the Caribbean Usergroup is a Wikimedia user group focused on the peoples of the Caribbean and the Caribbean Diaspora, bringing together cultures and languages, and also the communities with their diasporas.

Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group
The Caribbean
Location	The Caribbean
Country code	WIS
Approval date	July 26, 2019
Official language(s)	Spanish, English, French, Dutch, French Creoles, English Creoles
Other language(s)	Other ethnic languages
E-mail address	cariwikiinfogmail.com
Twitter	@WikiCari
Instagram	@WikiCaribbean

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Objectives

As with Wikimedians of the Levant, there has not been sufficient participation to establish individual groups, so it has been decided to pursue a group to support the whole region. There is particular interest in supporting languages like Haitian Creole that are particular to the region, developing content covering underrepresented regional topics, and also to support offline access for areas that do not otherwise have access.

Background

• An early group of Caribbean Wikimedians was formed at WikiConference North America, at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 20th, 2018.

• On 26 July 2019 the Affiliations Committee officially recognised the Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group (WikiCari).
• Wikimedians of the Caribbean was named the Most Exciting New Affiliate in North America at WikiConference North America 2019 held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the first year the Caribbean was added as a region at the conference.

Activities

See also: Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group/Reports/2020-2021 and Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group/Reports/2021-2022

2023

• October 5, 2023: Monthly meeting 1400 UTC.
• September 5, 2023: Monthly meeting 1400 UTC.
• August 15-20, 2023: Presenting at Wikimania.

2022

• June 23, 2022: Wiki Cari Puerto Rico Meetup and Photowalk, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and Bronx, New York.
• March 2022: We are an observer at Stockholm + 50 Preparatory Meeting entitled "Stockholm+50: A Healthy Planet for the Prosperity of All – Our Responsibility, Our Opportunity." Wiki Caribbean is dedicated to improving information regarding how small island nations like those locate in the Caribbean are affected by climate change. This event was attended by Wiki Caribbean Lead Organizer, Sherry Antoine, March 2022.
• April 22, 2022: Wiki Caribbean Celebrates Earth Day.
• April 2022: Third annual Earth Week Edit-a-thon on the environment of the Caribbean TBA.
• September 2022: Third annual Wiki Caribbean Wiki Cari Online Festival TBA.

2021

• September 26 The Wiki Caribbean Festival 2021 Online
• February 6 Movement Strategy representation in sessions on planning for recommendations (all season)
• 'February 4 News on Wiki meetup to add Caribbean Newspapers to Wikipedia
• 'February 3 News on Wiki meetup to add Caribbean Newspapers to Wikipedia
• January 15 Wikipedia Day Translate the Environment event with AfroCROWD

2020

• September 19: WikiCari Festival
• July 21 Wiki Caribbean joins Afro Dominican History on Wikipedia Training Day, 27 WikiCari Emancipation Week
• April 20-27 Wiki Caribbean Earthweek Online Wikipedia Editathon

2019

• April: Wikipedia edit-a-thon, Trinidad
• May-June: 1Lib1Ref Caribbean Librarians Campaign, online
• June: June group online meeting
• June-August: Caribbean Wikimedians survey of Caribbean community, online
• July: Monthly partners meeting focusing on survey, Dominica W.I. training
• August: Monthly partners meeting closing survey
• September: Monthly partners meeting focus Wiki Conference North America
• October: Monthly partners meeting
• November: Wiki Conference North America
• November: Monthly partners meeting post conference
• December: Monthly partners meeting end of year planning. Focus 2020 outreach to Caribbean community

Events and activities

Wiki Cari meetup, San Juan, Puerto Rico - November 2019

Meetup in Puerto Rico, opening welcome by Herbert Lewy, General Manager, Microsoft Caribbean

On November 27th 2019 Wiki Cari and Microsoft Caribbean hosted the first event meetup in Puerto Rico. User:Fuzheado delivered the talk The five most exciting things in Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Wikidata - How they can help boost content about Puerto Rico (slides) and introduced a number fun ways to contribute content.

• Play Wikidata Games on your phone or laptop
• Help translate items from one language to another where they are missing

Wiki Cari Earth Week 2020

In recognition of Earth Day 2020 Wiki Cari is hosting a week-long online editathon focused on the brave new world of climate change and COVID-19 with a focus on the Caribbean.

WikiCari Emancipation Week

A week purposed around calling-to-action increased participation from academia, scholarship, and Wiki editors — helping to enrich content relating to the past and ongoing fights for freedom in the British Caribbean & the wider Americas.

Puerto Rico WikiProjects

• en:WikiProject Puerto Rico - es:Wikiproyecto:Puerto Rico
• en:WikiProject Caribbean
• d:Wikidata:WikiProject Puerto Rico

Partnerships

• News On Wiki
• Wikimedians for Disaster Response
• AfroCROWD
• Wiki Project Med
• Wiki Goes Caribbean working group, mainly for the Dutch and Papiamentu language on Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata

Communications

Email

Interested in reaching out to us? Email us at wikicariinfogmail.com

Feel free to also send any one of us an email too!:

• SherryAfroCROWD.org - Sherry Antoine Lead Organizer
• kearrangopeegmail.com - Kearra Gopee Membership Lead
• ianwikiedu.org - Ian Ramjohn Education Lead
• brandonsullycomms.com - Brandon Sullivan Communications Lead

Social media

Follow us at #CariWiki on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram during events and online campaigns

• Twitter: @WikiCari
• Instagram: @WikiCaribbean

General administration

Affiliations Committee Resolutions

• Recognition of Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group 26 July 2019

Members / Interested in participating

1. Guettarda (talk) / Ian (Wiki Ed) 17:36, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
2. Shanluan (talk) 18:25, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
3. Gamaliel (talk) 19:32, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
4. Aliceba (talk) 19:57, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
5. MassiveEartha (talk) 21:17, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
6. Haroldcardenaslema (talk) 16:52, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
7. Insular91 (talk) 22:46, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
8. Siarus1074 (talk) 17:56, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
9. Nikitag94 13:23, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
10. AfricanadeCuba 18:15, 1 March 2019
11. Galahmm 18:15, 1 March 2019
12. Ambre Troizat (talk) 13:05, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
13. DanielleJWiki (talk) 11:55, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
14. Caribiana (talk) 14:59, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
15. Mikesiva (talk) 9:40, 22 May 2019 (GMT)
16. BNA-PS (talk) 19:09, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
17. Dr. X (talk) --Caribbean in my heart!
18. Terry Finisterre (talk)
19. Rossemary
20. Maryamarce (talk) 21:04, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
21. Brinacor (talk) 01:40, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
22. JamaicanEditor (talk) 21:21, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
23. Mlemusrojas (talk) 13:53, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
24. Fuzheado (talk) 17:04, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
25. JabieroKubo (talk) 01:15, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
26. MichellevL (WMNL) (talk) 15:34, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
27. Denise Jansen WMNL (talk) 15:37, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
28. gobonobo ^{+ c} 23:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
29. Grueslayer (talk) 13:17, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
30. Tamara Brathwaite (ECLAC)
31. Ciell (talk) 17:59, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
32. Hansmuller (talk) 06:37, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
33. Carib93 (talk) 17:37, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
34. CROIX (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
35. Enrevseluj (talk)
36. Enmanuelgac (talk) 20:13, 26 June 2024

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