Community Central:Wikimania

Wikimania is the annual conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikia is a sponsor of Wikimania 2007 and Wikimania 2006. Wikia is supporting Wikimania 2007 by sponsoring KaurJmeb's work on organizing the conference for six months.

Wikimania 2007
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Wikimania 2007 will be held in Taipei. Wikia community team member KJ is part of the organizing group for Wikimedia's third annual international conference.


 * Wikia中文的使用者各位好！首先是一個好消息，一年一度的維基媒體國際年會，經過一個月多的主辦權申辦競賽之後，由台北奪下了2007年的主辦權！舉辦日期尚未確定，預計是在八月初，到時候全球關心維基、wiki發展的人，將會一同到台北參加這個盛會. 2006年在波士頓的年會，安排了各計畫的Wikia用戶一同分享經驗，Wikia的工作人員們，也會與大家一同討論. 希望在這一年中，大家能繼續吸引更多的同好一同參與這個wikia的運作，在明天夏天，將中文的成果，展示給全世界！--KJ_(talk) 06:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikians at Wikimania 2006
Wikimania 2006 took place in August in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Harvard Law School campus. Many members of Wikia staff attended, along with some Wikia users and Uncyclopedians. The conference provided the first opportunity for a general Wikia meetup.

The following Wikians attended Wikimania 2006.


 * Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikia, Chair of Wikia, Inc. Board.
 * Angela Beesley, co-founder of Wikia.
 * Gil Penchina, Wikia Inc. CEO and investor.
 * Tim Starling, former Wikia technical staff.
 * GreenReaper (Laurence Parry), founder of WikiFur and GalCiv, co-founder of Creatures.
 * sannse (Lisa Carter), Wikia community staff.
 * Mindspillage (Kat Walsh), former Wikia community staff
 * River, former Wikia technical staff
 * Keitei, Uncyclopedia administrator
 * KJ, Wikia community staff.
 * Jason Richey, Wikia CTO
 * John Q, Wikia staff
 * Tristan Harris, Wikia staff
 * Emil Podlaszewski, Wikia staff
 * Danny Horn, founder of Muppet Wiki.
 * Jonathan Huang, founder of Uncyclopedia
 * John Santino, Uncyclopedia Admin
 * Sean Black, Tardis Admin / Bureaucrat
 * Joe Kiff, founder of Psychology and SeedtextART wikis
 * CocoaZen (Robin Lampert)
 * Bill Kaufmann, Wikia Inc. Wikia Travel founder
 * Suisui just somebody on wikia!
 * Chaerani enthusiast of 24, Muppet, and setting up Asuh
 * Eric Johnston, Uncyclopedia administrator

Links

 * Official Wikimania website
 * Forum:Wishlists for wikimania
 * Uncyclopedia's report of Wikimania 2006

Photos
Photos on Flickr showing Wikians at Wikimania:


 * John, Tristan, and Jason at Hacking Days
 * John and Bill
 * Uncyclopedians (spot the potato)
 * Wikipedia's ArbCom with potatoes
 * Aphaia
 * Danny
 * Gil
 * Angela
 * GreenReaper giving his presentation
 * GreenReaper, Emil, and Robin
 * Wikians on a duck! (2, 3)

See also:
 * Chaerani's photos
 * Emil's photos
 * KaurJmeb's photos
 * Jimmy's photos
 * Photos tagged with "Wikia"