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Wiki Society of the Philippines
WikiSocPH
Location
Philippines
Country code
PH
Legal status
Non-profit org
Founding date
April 12, 2010
Approval date
March 17, 2010
Derecognition date
March 1, 2017
Main office
Makati
Membership
17
Staff
Official language(s)
Philippine English
Incorporation paper
Certificate of Incorporation
Former name
Wikimedia Philippines
Website
wikisoc.ph
E-mail address
wikisocph
gmail.com
Wiki Society of the Philippines
WikiSocPH
), formerly
Wikimedia Philippines
WMPH
), is an association of Wikimedians in the Philippines that aim to promote the Wikimedia projects and open content and open data in general in the country. The organization was founded in 2010 as a non-stock, non-profit corporation and was recognized as a Wikimedia chapter in the same year. The organization's recognition as a chapter was discontinued in 2017 and WikiSocPH currently operates as an independent association.
History
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The idea to create an organization of Filipino Wikimedians was proposed on May 20, 2007 during the first Wikipedia meetup ("
Manila 1
") held in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. Over the next few years, the organization's Articles of Incorporation and By-laws were drafted. In early 2010, the Chapters Committee (now the
Affiliations Committee
) approved the documents and the organization was subsequently recognized as an official Wikimedia chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation on March 17, 2010. Thereafter, the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws were signed by the incorporators on March 28, 2010 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 8, 2010. The Certificate of Incorporation was approved by the SEC on April 12, 2010 (with Company Reg. No. CN201005637) and released on April 16, 2010.
Among the major projects initiated by the chapter were
Wikipedia Takes Manila in 2011
, the
Philippine WikiCon 2012
, Wiki Loves Monuments in
2012
and
2013
, and the
Cultural Heritage Mapping project
from 2014 to 2015. The organization also held numerous workshops, talks, and edit-a-thons, and attended events such as a few Software Freedom Day celebrations in various universities.
On September 9, 2016, the organization's status as a Wikimedia affiliate was suspended while issues regarding the reporting of activities was delayed. The organization was not able to meet the deadline for remediation of issues (due in part to bureaucracy in the Philippine government) and this resulted in its discontinuance as a Wikimedia chapter starting March 1, 2017.
Although the organization is no longer an official affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization is still continuing with its efforts to promote the Wikimedia movement in the Philippines through projects related to Philippine heritage and history (such as the
Panandâ mobile app
) based on Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, and projects to counter online disinformation and historical negationism that culminated with a
Wikipedian in Residence
project at the
Bantayog ng mga Bayani
Monument of Heroes
), an institution dedicated to the preservation of the memory of the heroes and martyrs that suffered under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
Reports
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2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Published annual reports of Wikimedia Philippines:
2010 Annual Report
2011 Annual Report
2012 Annual Report
Includes report of Independent Auditor
Year ended December 31, 2015
Year ended December 31, 2014
Year ended December 31, 2013
Year ended December 31, 2012 (amended)
Year ended December 31, 2011
Year ended December 31, 2010
Grants
Wikimedia Chapters reports
References
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"Wikimedia Philippines Incorporation Paper, Securites and Exchange Commission."
Wikimedia Commons
. Retrieved
15 August
2011
"Resolution:Approval of Wikimedia Philippines."
Wikimedia Foundation
. Retrieved
16 March
2010
"(Wikimedia-l) Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines"
Wikimedia Mailing List Pipermail
. Retrieved
22 April
2017
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