These are the mailing lists hosted byWikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization in the state of California which operatesWikipedia,Wiktionary,Wikibooks,Wikidata,Wikiquote,Wikisource,Wikimedia Commons,Wikispecies,Wikinews, andWikiversity, as well as manyWikimedia movement affiliates wikis, and a few otherMediaWiki-basedwikis.

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Except for lists marked "private", archives are available for online reading by anyone; posting to a list generally requires subscribing to it. TheMailman list overview page can be found atlists.wikimedia.org.

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See the mainMailing lists page for more information on Wikimedia lists.

Lists relating to the Wikimedia Foundation:

• wikimedia-l (archive) – general mailing list, seewikimedia-l (formerly foundation-l)
• wikimediaannounce-l (archive) – general Wikimedia announcements low traffic list; forwards and replies-to wikimedia-l (seeMailing lists/Wikimedia Announce)
• advisory (archive) – private list for the advisors on the Wikimedia Advisory Board, and Trustees

Lists for various topics:

• languages (archive) – a list for all languages-related topics
  • translators-l (archive) – a list for discussing and announcing translations across the Wikimedia projects
  • dagbani (archive) – discussing list for the Dagbani language community
• Cultural-Partnerships-l (archive) –GLAM & Cultural sector outreach (private)
  • glam (archive) –GLAM (public)
  • glam-us (archive) –GLAM in the United States of America
  • glamtools (archive) – TheGLAMwiki Toolset
• wikilovesmonuments (archive) –Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
  • wlm list by Wikimedia Fr (archives and info for members only)subscribe (open to all)
  • wlm-announce (archive) – the announcements-only mailing list for the 2013 Wiki Loves Monuments competition
  • wlm-es (archive) – Spanish list
  • wlm-it (archive) – Italian list
  • wlm-nl (archive) – Dutch list (members only)
  • wlm-africa (archive) – a mailing list for African countries organising the Wiki Loves Monuments competition
• wikilovesearth (archive) –Wiki Loves Earth Photograph Competition
• 1lib1ref (archive) –1Lib1Ref general mailing list
• education (archive) –Wikimedia and Education
  • education-sa (archive) – Education Program in Saudi Arabia (members only)
  • Scuola (archives) – Education in Italy
  • education-nl (archive) – Education program in the Netherlands
  • education-collab (archive) – The Education Collaborative (Public List)
• wiki-research-l (archive) – low volume list for people who are actively engaged in research on the Wikimedia projects
  • openaccess (archive) – Open Access discussions
  • openaccess by Wikimedia It (archive – Discussioni sull'open access in italiano
• gendergap (archive) – discussing the gender gap on Wikimedia projects
  • Gendergap (archive) – German Gendergap list
  • Gendergap-it
  • artandfem (archive) – discussing list for the Art+Feminism Wikimedia community
• museum-l (archive) – Wikimedia and Museums, for museum professionals (never used. currently private)
• libraries (archive) – Wikimedia and Libraries, for library professionals, all things Wikimedian and librarian, and the inevitable love affair between the two
  • Bibliotecari (archive) – Librarians discussions in Italian
• wikimedia-ped (archive) – Program Evaluation and Design: Announcement list for people interested inprogram evaluation and design
• multimedia (archive) – a list for discussing the contribution, curation, discovery and publishing of multimedia content to Wikimedia projects
• wikipedia-library (archive) – a list for coordination of the global library research and access project (seeThe Wikipedia Library)
• cochrane-announce (archive) – an announcement-only list for theWikipedia-Cochrane Collaboration initiative
• wikipedia-humanities (archive) – mailing list for coordination ofhumanities-based outreach in the Wikipedia community
• wikimaps (archive) – mailing list for theWikimaps project
• wikipedia-pt-saude (archive) – Wikiproject Health in Portuguese: mailing list for the Wikiproject Health in Portuguese.
• newreaders (archive) – A list forNew Readers related topics and discussion, as well as announcements
• wikimedia-nys (archive) – for anything related toNoongarpedia and the Noongar language and culture of the South-West of Western Australia
• wikimedia-genealogy (archive) – (alsoarchived on mail-archive.com) – theWikimedia genealogy project
• wikilovesafrica (archive) –Wiki Loves Africa Photograph Competition
• lessanspages (archive) –Les sans pagEs A mailing list for les sans pagEs project

These lists have to do with specific committees or internal operations, and often require approval to join:

• affcom (archive) – privateAffiliations committee list (AffCom)
• board-l (archive) – internal WMF board list, not intended for outside email. To contact the board, use theWikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard
• checkuser-l (archive) – private mailing list forCheckUser users.
  • wikipedia-fr-checkusers-l (archive) – private mailing list forCheckUser users of the Wikipedia in French.
• functionaries-announce (archive) – private announce only list for Wikimedia Foundation announcements to groups of trusted users for important changes to their tools or policies. List membership rebuilt before each mailing.
• fundraiser (archive) – fundraising discussions, open-subscription and public successor of the now closedfundraising list (which was private, seeMailing lists/Fundraising)
• gac (archive) – internal list for the Project and Event Grants Grant Advisory Committee (GAC).
• global-sysops (archive) – private mailing list forglobal sysops.
• internal-l (archive) – internal list for Wikimedia Foundation board, Legal officers, & boards of local chapters (seeinstructions for chapters).
• langcom (archive) –Language committee (open subscription, replaces the original use of the privatelangcom-l list)
• langcom-l (archive) – Language committee private list, currently used solely to discuss private/personnel questions
• publicpolicy (archive) – Public Policy Advisory Group forWikimedia advocacy efforts.
• rcom-l (archive) –Research Committee.
• reading-wmf (archive) – internal list for the Reading department in the Wikimedia Foundation. @wikimedia.org employees may join the list.
• social-media (archive) – publicsocial media mailing list
• stewards-l (archive) – private mailing list forstewards.
• cvn (archive) – Countervandalism Network
• treasurers (archive) – mainly for treasurers and auditors of Wikimedia organizations, but also for interested individuals; public archives.
• wmfcc-l (archive) –Communications committee (comcom)

• wikimania-l (archive) – for announcements and discussion about the Wikimania conference
  • Wikimania 2010 (archive) (Polish)
  • Wikimania 2016 (open subscription, archive for members) (Italian)
• wikimania-com (archive) –Wikimania steering committee

Lists for Wikimedia movement affiliates:

• affiliates (archive) – Internalmailing list for Wikimedia movement affiliates
• all-affiliates (archive) – For main representatives of the affiliates, appointed volunteer facilitators, members of the Board/Wikimedia Foundation staff for operations related to the2019 ASBS process.
• chapters-reports (archive) – announcement mailing list for all Wikimedia chapters (now merged intoWikimedia Announcements)
• Chapters-l (archive) – private mailing list for Chapters
• chairpersons (archive) – Internal mailing list for the Wikimedia's affiliations chairpersons
• eds – Internal mailing list for executive directors
• Iberocoop – for discussion ofIberocoop activities (currently private)

By chapter:

• wikimediaau-l (archive) – for matters relating to theAustralian chapter
• wikimediabr-l (archive) – for matters relating to the plannedBrazilian chapter
• wikimedia-ca (archive) – for matters relating to the plannedCanadian chapter
• wikimediach-l (archive) – for matters relating to theSwiss chapter
  • wikimediach-de (archive) – German
  • wikimediach-fr (archive) – French
  • wikimediach-it (archive) – Italian
• wikimedia-us-chi (archive) – for Chicago-area Wikimedians
• Wikimediacz-l (archive) – for matters relating to theCzech chapter
• Vereinat-l (archive) – for matters relating to theAustrian chapter
• Vereinde-l (archive) – for matters relating to theGerman chapter
  • ag-partizipation
  • gendergap
  • hive-berlin
  • limeskarte
  • neue-aktive
  • wlm-koordinierung
  • wp-hochschule
• wikimediaindia-l (archive) – for matters relating to theIndian chapter
• wikimediafr-l (archive) – for matters relating to theFrench chapter (deprecated)
• wikimediafr (archive) – for matters relating to theFrench chapter (public list)
• wikimedia-il (archive) – Wikimedia Israel mailing list
  • wikimedia-il-assembly (archive) – Wikimedia Israel General Assembly list
  • wikimedia-il-edu (archive) – Wikimedia Israel Education team
  • wikimedia-il-glam (archive) – Wikimedia Israel GLAM coordination
  • wikimedia-il-updates (archive) – Wikimedia Israel updates
  • wikimedia-il-updates (archive) – Wikimedia Israel updates
• wikimedianl-l (archive) – for matters relating to theDutch chapter
• press-nl (archive) – Wikimedia Nederland Press Releases
• wikimedia-ph (archive) – for matters relating to thePhilippine chapter
• wikimediapl-l (archive) – for matters relating to thePolish chapter
• wikimediapt (archive) – for matters relating to thePT chapter
• wikimediaro-l (archive) – for matters relating to the proposedRomanian chapter
• wikimedia-ru (archive) – for matters relating to theRussian chapter (old archive)
• wikimediase-l (archive) – for matters relating to theSwedish chapter
• wikimedia-sk (archive) – for matters relating to theSlovakia chapter-to-be
• wikimedia-sk-oznamy (archive) – announcements list for Slovakia chapter-to-be
• wikimediasr-l (archive) – for matters relating to theSerbian chapter
• wikimediars-info (archive) – Wikimedia Serbia Info (previouslyWikimediaSCG-INFO, now superseded)
• wikimediaua (archive) – for matters relating to theUkrainian chapter
  • wikimedia-ua-announce (archive) – List for announcements by Wikimedia Ukraine board.
• wikimedia-us-mw (archive) – for matters relating to the proposedMidwest US chapter and for organizing activities in the Midwest region of the US
• wikimediauk-l (archive) – for matters relating to theUK chapter
  • WikimediaUK schools list
• wikimedia-uy (archive) – for matters relating to theUruguayan chapter (members only)
• wikimedia-tw (archive) – for matters relating to theTW chapter
• wikimediaza (archive) – for matters relating to the proposed South African chapter
• wikimedia_nyc (archive) – New York City area Wikimedians
• wikimedia-asia-chapters (archive) – Asian Wikimedia Chapters coordination
• wikimedia-au-announce (archive) – Wikimedia Australia Announcements
• wikimedia-au-members (archive) – Wikimedia Australia Members list
• wikimedia-dc (archive) – Wikimedia DC chapter mailing list
• wikimedia-de-by (archive) – Bayern-Mailingliste fur Wikimedia-Projekte / Wikimedians in Bavaria
• wikimediadk (archive) – Wikimedia Denmark Chapter
• wikimedia-co (archive) – Wikimedia Colombia Chapter
• wikimedia-dcw (archive) – Deoband Community Wikimedia

Lists for established meetup groups in particular locations:

• wikimedia-boston (archive) – New England-area Wikimedians – meetup group
• wikimedia-cascadia (archive) – Cascadia region Wikimedians discussion list
• wikimedia-kh (archive) – Wikimedia Cambodia/ Khmer Wikipedia mailing list – meetup group
• wikimedia-sf (archive) – San Francisco Bay area Wikimedians – meetup group
• wikimediaie (archive) – Ireland Wikimedians
• wikimedia-bd (archive) – Bangladeshi Wikimedians
• wikimedia-in-wb (archive) – Wikimedians in West Bengal (India)
• wikimedia-us-co (archive) – Wikimedians in Colorado, USA
• wikimedia-us-fl (archive) – Wikimedians in Florida, USA
• wikimediacr (archive) – Wikimedians in Costa Rica
• african-wikimedians (archive) – Wikimedians in Africa
• wikimedia guinée conakry (archive) – Wikimedia Guinée Conakry user community
• wikimedia-california (archive) – Wikimedia California
• wikimedia-gh (archive) – Wikimedia Ghana User Group
• wikimedia-in-amd (archive) – Ahmedabad Wikimedians
• wikimedia-in-blr (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore, India
• wikimedia-in-chn (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• wikimedia-in-en (archive) – Wikimedians working on India related content on English Wikipedia & related projects.
• wikimedia-in-hyd (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Hyderabad , India.
• wikimedia-in-mlr (archive) – Wikimedians in Mangalore, India
• wikimedia-in-mum (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Mumbai , India.
• wikimedia-in-pun (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India
• wikimedia-lk (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedia Community Usergroup Sri Lanka
• wikimedia-lv (archive) – Wikimedians of Latvia User Group list
• wikimedia-kr (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedians in South Korea
• wikimedia-ng (archive) – Mailing list for Wikimedians in Nigeria
• wikimedia-th (archive) – Wikimedians in Thailand
• wikimedia-tr (archive) – Wikimedia Turkiye
• wikimedia-us-ga-atl (archive) – Wikimedians in Atlanta, Georgia
• wikimedia-us-mn (archive) – Minnesota Wikimedians
• wikimedia-us-nyc-discuss (archive) – Wikimedia New York City Discussion list
• wikimedia-us-nc (archive) – North Carolina Wikipedians
• wikimedia-us-oh (archive) – Wikimedians in Ohio, United States
• wikimedia-vn (archive) – Vietnam Wikimedians User Group
• wikimediaus-l (archive) – Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS)
• wikimedia-cm (archive) – Wikimedia Community User Group Cameroon
• wikimedia-pe (archive) – Wikimedia Community User Group Perú
• wikimedia-mm (archive) – Myanmar Wikimedia Community User Group
• wikimediaeg-l (archive) – Egypt Wikimedians User Group

Sorted by project name:

• abstract-wikipedia (archive) – a mailing list for discussingAbstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions
• textbook-l (archive) – for global issues, relating to all language versions ofWikibooks (see below forlocal mailing lists)
• wikidata (archive) – a mailing list for discussingWikidata
• commons-l (archive) – for theWikimedia Commons-related discussion
  • commons-poty (archive) –Picture of the day feature on Commons
  • daily-image-l (archive) – Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day
  • photoreporters (archive) – A mailing list for photoreporters from Wikimedia Commons
• incubator (archive) – list forWikimedia Incubator-related discussion
• wikimediameta-l (archive) – list for issues specific for the Meta-Wiki (the wiki where you are now)
• wikinews-l (archive) – for global issues, relating to all language versions ofWikinews (see below forlocal mailing lists)
• wikipedia-l (archive) – for global issues, relating to all language versions ofWikipedia (see below forlocal mailing lists)
• wikiquote-l (archive) – forWikiquote-related discussion
• wikisource-l (archive) – for global issues, relating to all language versions ofWikisource
• wikispecies-l (archive) – for global issues, relating to all language versions ofWikispecies
• wikispecies-admin (archive) – for admin issues on Wikispecies
• wikiversity-l (archive) – for global issues, relating to all language versions ofWikiversity
• wiktionary-l (archive) – for global issues, relating to all language versions ofWiktionary (see below forlocal mailing lists)
• wikivoyage-l (archive) – forWikivoyage-related discussion

• wikipedia-sat (archive) – (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ)
• wikials-l (archive) – (Alemannisch)
• wikiar-l (archive) – (العربية)
• wikipedia-bn (archive) – (বাংলা)
• wikimedia-in-wb (archive) – (বাংলা)
• wikipedia-bn-admins (archive) – (বাংলা)
• wikica-l (archive) – (català)
• wikida-l (archive) – (dansk)
• wikide-l (archive) – (Deutsch)
• wikien-l (archive) – (English)
  • daily-article-l (archive) – sends the current article featured on theMain Page to all subscribers
  • accounts-enwiki-l (archive) – used to create accounts for new users who can't create one themselves, and internal discussion between the Account Creation Team
  • ambassador-announce-l (archive) –English Wikipedia Ambassadors
  • wikipedia-en-editfilters (archive) – for discussion between edit filter managers, primarily regarding hidden filters
• wikieo-l (archive) – (Esperanto)
• wikies-l (archive) – (español)
• wikieu-l (archive) – (español)
• wikifa-l (archive) – (فارسی)
• wikifi-l (archive) – (suomi)
• wikifr-l (archive) – (français)
• wikipedia-gu (archive) – (ગુજરાતી)
• wikihe-l (archive) – (עברית)
  • daily-article-he (archive) – ערך ויקיפדיה מומלץ ביום
  • otrs-he (archive) – Hebrew OTRS discussion
• wikihi-l (archive) – (हिन्दी)
• wikihu-l (archive) – (magyar)
• wikiia-l (archive) – (interlingua)
• wikiid-l (archive) – (Bahasa Indonesia)
• wikiis-l (archive) – (íslenska)
• wikiit-l (archive) – (italiano)
  • wikiit-admins-l (archive) – (italiano)
  • Regional lists (for meetups etc.):Lazio,Lombardia,Veneto
• wikikn-l (archive) – (ಕನ್ನಡ)
• wikilb-l (archive) – (Lëtzebuergesch)
• wikija-l (archive) – (日本語)
• wikiko-l (archive) – (한국어)
• wikimk-l (archive) – (македонски)
• wikiml-l (archive) – (മലയാളം)
• wikinl-l (archive) – (Nederlands)
• wikinn-l (archive) – (norsk nynorsk)
• wikino-l (archive) – (norsk)
• wikipl-l (archive) – (polski)
• wikipt (archive) – (português)
• wikiro-l (archive) – (română)
• wikiru-l (archive) – (русский)
• wikiru-a (archive) – (русский)
• wikisa-l (archive) – (संस्कृतम्)
• wikisk-l (archive) – (slovenčina)
• wikiskan-l (archive) – (new all-Scandinavian list)
• wikisv-l (archive) – (svenska)
• wikita-l (archive) – (தமிழ்)
• wikite-l (archive) – (తెలుగు)
• wikitr-l (archive) – (Türkçe)
• wikiuk-l (archive) – (українська)
• wikivi-l (archive) – (Tiếng Việt)
• wikizh-l (archive) – (中文)
  • wikipedia-zh-afc (archive) –
• wikipedia-or (archive) – (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)
• wikipedia-af (archive) – Discussion list for Afrikaan speaking contributors
• wikipedia-as (archive) – অসমীয়া ৱিকিপিডিয়া / Assamese Wikipedia
• wikipedia-fr-wikimag (archive) – Wikimag (french "Wikipedia Signpost")
• wikipedia-mai (archive) – Discussion list for the Maithili Wikipedia
• wikipedia-ne (archive) – Discussion list for the Nepalese Wikipedia
• wikipedia-pa (archive) – Punjabi Wikipedia
• wikipedia-sq (archive) – Community list of Albanian Wikipedia
• wikipedia-sah (archive) – Sakha Wikipedia mailing list
• wikiur-l (archive) – Mailing list for Urdu Wiki's
• wikiel (archive) – Greek Wikimedia Mailing List
• wikibetarask (archive) – Belarusian Tarakievica Wikipedia mailing list
• wikibg-l (archive) – Community list of bg.wikipedia

• wiktionaryde-l (archive) – (Deutsch)
• wiktionarypt-l (archive) – (português)

• wikibooksde-l (archive) – (Deutsch)

• tawikisource (archive) – no description available

• wikinews-de-l (archive) – (Deutsch)
• wikinews-accreditation (archive) – verifying accreditation requests
• wikinews-fa (archive) – (فارسی)
• wikinews-zh (archive) – (中文)
• wikinews-sr-l (archive) – Serbian Wikinews Email list

• wikiversityde-l (archive) – (Deutsch)

• wikivoyage-fa (archive) – Discussion list for Persian Wikivoyage
• wikivoyage-pl (archive) – Polish Wikivoyage mailing list/Lista dyskusyjna Wikipodrozy
• wikivoyage-zh (archive) – Chinese Wikivoyage mailing list

• otrs-ar (archive) – Internal discussion list for Arabic OTRS volunteers
• otrs-de-l (archive) – Liste fur die deutschsprachigen OTRS-Helfer / German OTRS discussion
• otrs-en-l (archive) – English OTRS discussion list
• otrs-es (archive) – Lista de discusion de OTRS en espanol / Spanish OTRS discussion
• otrs-fr (archive) – Discussions OTRS en francais / French OTRS discussion
• otrs-it-l (archive) – Lista di discussione relativa a OTRS / Italian OTRS discussion
• otrs-ja (archive) – Japanese OTRS discussion
• otrs-ru (archive) – Russian OTRS discussion
• otrs-zh (archive) – 中文志工回覆團隊討論 / 中文志愿者回复团队讨论 / Chinese OTRS discussion
• oversight-request-fiwiki-l (archive) – Pyynnöt pysyvien häivytysten suorittamiseksi suomenkielisestä Wikipediasta / Finnish Wikipedia oversighters
• oversight-wp-simple (archive) – Requests to permanently remove personal information from the Simple English Wikipedia
• privacy-fr-wp (archive) – Discussions masqueurs en francais / French Wikipedia oversighters (privacy) discussion
• unblock-en-l (archive) – Internal discussion between admins using the new Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS)
• unblock-pt-l (archive) – Unblock requests for pt. Pedidos de desbloqueio para Wikipédia Lusófona.
• unblock-zh (archive) – 中文维基百科封禁申诉/中文維基百科封禁申訴/Unblock request for zhwiki

Lists related to software and technical matters.

General MediaWiki discussion, strictly suitable (also) for a general, non-Wikimedia-only audience.

• SemanticMediaWiki/SMW (archive,gmane)
• SemanticMediaWiki users (archive,gmane)

Of interest mainly for developers following the code closely.

MediaWiki discussions local to a specific area or userbase.

Tools to help use and development of all MediaWiki and MediaWiki sites, or of Wikimedia projects by anyone including researchers etc.

• wikibase-nl@lists.wmnederland.nl - The mailings list of the Dutch Wikibase Knowlegde Group -Homepage/sign-up -Archives

For all Wikimedians: thetech ambassadors list for discussion and announcements of upcoming changes and features:

• wikitech-ambassadors (archive) – no description available

Specific technical areas of work on MediaWiki in general and Wikimedia projects specifically.

Lists without archives.

• @wikimedia.org Google Groups
  • productmanagers

• services (archive) – Services (SOA) and REST API related discussions
• intlwiki-l (archive) – formerly for Wikipedia internationalisation and multilingual coordination, closed in favor of wikipedia-l (for project-wide issues), wikitech-l (for tech issues) and requests for permissions (for administrative setup on small wikis): seeMailing list merge andmarc.info for an incomplete browsable archive (missing June to December 2002)
• wikilegal-l (archive) – legal & licensing issues, deprecated by wikimedia-l and the individual project mailing lists
• juriwiki-l (archive) – for legal issues
• announce-l (archive) –Wikizine newsletter
  • wikizine-de (archive,gmane) – German
  • wikizine-id (archive,gmane) – Indonesian
  • wikizine-es (archive,gmane) – Spanish
• Nupedia hada number of mailing lists. Of particular interest:
  • interpret-l (mbox archive)
  • deutsch-l,espanol-l,francais-l,italiano-l (mbox archive),portugues-l
• wiki-offline-reader-l (archive) – list for the co-ordination of work on a free offline MediaWiki reader
• wikiquality-l (archive) – discussions regarding the design and implementation of quality-related technology for Wikimedia projects, as well as quality policies and initiatives
• wikix-l (archive) – planning for Wikipedia's 10th anniversary (which has already happened)
• pywikipedia-svn (archive) – Notification about Pywikibot commits on SVN. Closed after move to Git. New list ispywikibot-commits
• best-practices (archive) – Best practices documentation team
• bilderberg-l (archive) – Working group on Bilderberg projects
• greenspun-illustrations (archive) – Discussion of the Philip Greenspun illustration project
• quarto-l (archive) – Wikimedia newsletter discussion
• wikitech-announce (archive) – Wikimedia technology platform and MediaWiki development and maintenance announcements, reports and updates (low-traffic).

There are other ways of communicating with the community besides mailing lists. Some of them include:

• Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (this wiki!) – a general discussion and brainstorming wiki
• Wikimedia IRC channels – live chat
• Village pump equivalents on different projects – for discussions relating to the specific project: seeDistribution list for a list

• Mailing lists