Community Central:Wikimania



Wikia is proud to be a sponsor of Wikimania 2006, the second annual conference of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wikimania is taking place from August 4th through August 6th in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Harvard Law School campus.

Many members of Wikia, Inc. staff are attending, along with some Wikia users and Uncyclopedians. The conference provides the first opportunity for a general Wikia meetup.

Saturday 5th August
Angela Beesley is running a discussion session on cross-wiki policy and features. The session is particularly aimed at users of Wikia-hosted sites, but should appeal to anyone with experience of working on a large wiki. The topic itself is open for discussion, but will broadly include policies (how these are applied across different wikis, do the same policies work everywhere, effects of over-applying strict policies), technical issues (what features are needed for different wikis), promotion (how to attract new users to a wiki), tips for fighting vandalism and spam, and other topics relevant to anyone working on a wiki.

GreenReaper is presenting "A Tale of Two Wikis" on Saturday morning, where he will talk about techniques for building, managing and promoting collaborative communities.

Sunday 6th August
Wikia users and staff meeting during Sunday lunch. Get lunch from the Ropes-Gray room and then we'll find a space to meet, possibly room 200.

Wikians at Wikimania
If you are a Wikia or Uncyclopedia user at Wikimania 2006, please add your username below.


 * 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), Wikia community staff
 * River, 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