Community Central:Wikimania

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Note: Wikia is not officially affiliated with Wikimania.]] Wikimania 2006 is the second annual conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. It will be held from August 4th through August 6th in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Harvard Law School campus.

Registration is now open. Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikia is not a Wikimedia project) are eligible for a discounted admission rate of $70 for the whole conference. Accommodation in the Harvard Law School dormitories is $40 per night. Available space is limited, so be sure to book early.

Ten members of Wikia, Inc. staff will be there, and we hope many Wikia users will be joining us.

Angela Beesley has submitted a proposal to the program committee for 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.

If you are a Wikia user, we encourage you to attend this event. It will be the first official Wikia meetup and we hope it will be beneficial to you in developing your wiki.

Wikians who intend to be there
If you have registered and intend to be 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. investor, founder of Frequent Fliers.
 * Tim Starling, former Wikia technical staff.
 * GreenReaper, founder of WikiFur and Galciv, active on Creatures.
 * sannse (Lisa Carter), Wikia community staff.
 * Mindspillage (Kat Walsh), Wikia community staff
 * River, Wikia technical staff
 * Keitei, nobody special.