Community Central:Wikimania



Wikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wikimania 2008
Wikimania 2008 will be held in Alexandria, Egypt from 19-21 of July. Hacking days are expected to be held for 2 days prior to this.

The Call for Participation has been released. If you would like to talk at this event, please submit your proposal now.

An alternative event, Wikimedia Conference of the Americas will be held in Atlanta, US, from 15-18 May.

Wikimania 2007
Wikimania 2007 was held in Taipei. Wikia was pleased to sponsor Wikimania again in 2007.



Wikians met for several meetings during Wikimania 2007 in Taipei.

August 2

On August 2nd, early arrivers to Wikimania met for pizza at lunchtime to discuss users' common problems, what new features we need most, what existing features need improvements, and more.

August 3

On August 3rd, Angela's 30th birthday dinner was held at Chopstix

August 4

We met for lunch on the 4th to talk more about Wikia! In the evening, we joined the official Wikimania party and film festival at the Red Theater.

August 5

Wikians joined the Creative Commons Party.

August 6

Following Wikimania, we held a Taipei City Tour and visited the National Palace Museum, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall, and Taipei 101. We had lunch at Dintaifung and dinner at Shintori.

Who was there?

Alexmoskowitz, Angela, Angies, BillK, Bobo12345, CatherineMunro, Charles Matthews, David Beall, dbslikacheung, Dumos, Eloy, Emil, Geo24, Gil, Inez, Jimbo Wales, Johnq, KaurJmeb, PanSola, Pedist, Ppiotr, Rataube, Sannse , Shoichi, Stewartcc, Tim Starling, Yujeromyu, Yukichi, and Zuirdj.

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 staff
 * Suisui just somebody on wikia!
 * Chaerani enthusiast of 24, Muppet, and setting up Asuh
 * Eric Johnston, Uncyclopedia administrator

Links
See Wiki conferences for other wiki events.
 * Official Wikimania 2006 website
 * Official Wikimania 2007 website
 * Official Wikimania 2008 website
 * Forum:Wishlists for wikimania (2006)
 * Uncyclopedia's report of Wikimania 2006