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Wikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Note: this page was written before the name change from Wikia to Fandom

Wikimania 2017

Wikimania 2017 was held on August 9-13 in Montréal.

Wikimania 2016

Wikimania 2016 was held on June 21–28 in Esino Lario.

Wikimania 2015

Wikimania 2015 was held on July 15-19 in Mexico City.

Wikimania 2014

Wikimania 2014 was held on August 6-10 in London.

Wikimania 2013

VE-Wikimania — Engineers at Wikimania 2013

Wikimania 2013 was held on August 7-11 in Hong Kong. Wikia engineers Christian and Inez attended to present about the VisualEditor project.

Wikimania 2012

Wikimania 2012 was held in Washington, D.C. Wikia sent a group of staff to attend. Read more here!

Wikimania 2011

Wikimania 2011 was held on August 4-7, 2011 in Haifa, Israel.

Wikimania 2010

Wikimania 2010 was held in Gdańsk in Poland in July. Many Wikia staff attended, especially from Wikia's Polish office.

Wikimania 2009

Wikimania 2009 was held in Buenos Aires in Argentina, South America. Wikia was pleased to be able to provide sponsorship to Wikimania again this year. Jimmy, Angela, and Juan David attended and hosted a Wikia Party.

Wikimania 2008

Wikimania 2008 was held in Alexandria, Egypt from 19-21 of July. Wikia's gaming and entertainment divisions each sponsored Wikimania. From Wikia, Jimmy, Angela, and Juan David attended.

 	 	 			  
Wikimania 2008 video by Frank Schulenburg

Wikimania 2007

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

200 Wikia t-shirts were given away at Wikimania 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, Doctor Who 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.

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 [[Image:Wikimania06logo.png|none|right|Wikimania logo]]
-Wikimania is the annual international conference of the [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]].
+Wikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia Foundation.
+'''''Note: this page was written before the name change from Wikia to Fandom'''''
+==Wikimania 2017==
+[https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org Wikimania 2017] was held on August 9-13 in Montréal.
+==Wikimania 2016==
+[https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org Wikimania 2016] was held on June 21–28 in Esino Lario.
+==Wikimania 2015==
+[https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org Wikimania 2015] was held on July 15-19 in Mexico City.
+==Wikimania 2014==
+[https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org Wikimania 2014] was held on August 6-10 in London.
+==Wikimania 2013==
+[[File:VE-Wikimania.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Engineers at Wikimania 2013]]
+[http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2013] was held on August 7-11 in Hong Kong. Wikia engineers Christian and Inez attended to present about the [[User_blog:BertH/Wikia's_evolution_continues_with_VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] project.
+==Wikimania 2012==
+[http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2012] was held in Washington, D.C. Wikia sent a group of staff to attend. Read more [[User_blog:Sarah_Manley/Wikimania_Recap|here]]!
+==Wikimania 2011==
+[http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2011] was held on August 4-7, 2011 in Haifa, Israel.
+==Wikimania 2010==
+[http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2010] was held in Gdańsk in Poland in July. Many Wikia staff attended, especially from Wikia's Polish office.
+==Wikimania 2009==
+[http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2009] was held in Buenos Aires in Argentina, South America. Wikia was pleased to be able to provide sponsorship to Wikimania again this year. [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy]], [[User:Angela|Angela]], and [[User:Zuirdj|Juan David]] attended and hosted a [http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikia_party Wikia Party].
+==Wikimania 2008==
+[http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2008] was held in Alexandria, Egypt from 19-21 of July. Wikia's [[w:c:gaming|gaming]] and [[w:c:entertainment|entertainment]] divisions each sponsored Wikimania. From Wikia, [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy]], [[User:Angela|Angela]], and [[User:Zuirdj|Juan David]] attended.
+[[File:Wikimania 2008 -- Change the shape of wisdom|425px]]<br />Wikimania 2008 video by [[m:User:Frank Schulenburg|Frank Schulenburg]]
 ==Wikimania 2007==
 '''[http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2007]''' was held in [[w:c:world:Taipei|Taipei]]. [[Wikia]] was pleased to sponsor '''Wikimania''' again in 2007.
 [[Image:Wikiatshirtsatwikimania2007.jpg|thumb|[[User:Angies|Angie]] makes sure [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy]] gets his Wikia t-shirt!]]
 [[Image:Wikia_t-shirts.jpg|thumb|200 Wikia t-shirts were given away at Wikimania 2007]]
-[[Wikian]]s met for several meetings during [[Wikimania]] 2007 in Taipei.
+[[Wikian]]s met for several meetings during Wikimania 2007 in Taipei.
 '''August 2'''
@@ Line 34: / Line 68: @@
 [[User:Alexmoskowitz|Alexmoskowitz]], [[User:Angela|Angela]], [[User:Angies|Angies]], [[User:BillK|BillK]], [[User:Bobo12345|Bobo12345]], [[User:CatherineMunro|CatherineMunro]], Charles Matthews, [[User:DavidBeall|David Beall]], [[User:Dbslikacheung|dbslikacheung]], [[User:Dumos|Dumos]], [[User:Eloy|Eloy]], [[User:Emil|Emil]], [[User:Geo24|Geo24]], [[User:Gil|Gil]], [[User:Inez|Inez]], [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]], [[User:Johnq|Johnq]], [[User:KaurJmeb|KaurJmeb]], [[User:PanSola|PanSola]], [[User:Pedist|Pedist]], [[User:Ppiotr|Ppiotr]] , [[User:Rataube|Rataube]], [[User:Sannse|Sannse]] , [[User:Shoichi|Shoichi]], [[User:Stewartcc|Stewartcc]], [[User:Tim Starling|Tim Starling]], [[User:Yujeromyu|Yujeromyu]], [[User:Yukichi|Yukichi]], and [[User:Zuirdj|Zuirdj]].
 ==Wikimania 2006==
-Wikimania 2006 took place in August in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Harvard Law School campus. Many members of [[Wikia, Inc.|Wikia staff]] attended, along with some [[Wikian|Wikia users]] and [[Uncyclopedia]]ns. The conference provided the first opportunity for a general Wikia meetup.
+Wikimania 2006 took place in August in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Harvard Law School campus. Many members of [[Wikia, Inc.|Wikia staff]] attended, along with some [[Wikian|Wikia users]] and [[w:c:uncyclopedia|Uncyclopedians]]. The conference provided the first opportunity for a general Wikia meetup.
 The following Wikians attended Wikimania 2006.
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 * [[User:Gil|Gil Penchina]], [[Wikia Inc.]] CEO and investor.
 * [[User:Tim Starling|Tim Starling]], former Wikia technical staff.
-* [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] (Laurence Parry), founder of [[WikiFur]] and [[Galactic Civilizations 2|GalCiv]], co-founder of [[Creatures]].
+* [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] (Laurence Parry), founder of WikiFur and [[w:c:galciv|GalCiv]], co-founder of [[w:c:creatures|Creatures]].
 * [[User:Sannse|sannse]] (Lisa Carter), Wikia community staff.
 * [[User:Mindspillage|Mindspillage]] (Kat Walsh), former Wikia community staff
 * [[User:Zwitter|River]], former Wikia technical staff
-* [[User:Keitei|Keitei]], [[Uncyclopedia]] administrator
+* [[User:Keitei|Keitei]], [[w:c:uncyclopedia|Uncyclopedia]] administrator
 * [[User:KaurJmeb|KJ]], Wikia community staff.
 * [[User:Jasonr|Jason Richey]], Wikia CTO
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 * [[User:Tristan84|Tristan Harris]], Wikia staff
 * [[User:Emil|Emil Podlaszewski]], Wikia staff
-* [[User:Toughpigs|Danny Horn]], founder of [[Muppet Wiki]].
+* [[User:Toughpigs|Danny Horn]], founder of [[w:c:muppet|Muppet Wiki]].
-* [[User:Chronarion|Jonathan Huang]], founder of [[Uncyclopedia]]
+* [[User:Chronarion|Jonathan Huang]], founder of [[w:c:uncyclopedia|Uncyclopedia]]
-* [[User:PantsMacKenzie|John Santino]], [[Uncyclopedia]] Admin
+* [[User:PantsMacKenzie|John Santino]], [[w:c:uncyclopedia|Uncyclopedia]] Admin
-* [[User:Sean-Black|Sean Black]], [[Tardis]] Admin / Bureaucrat
+* [[User:Sean-Black|Sean Black]], [[w:c:tardis|Doctor Who]] Admin / Bureaucrat
-* [[User:Lifeartist|Joe Kiff]], founder of [[Psychology]] and [[SeedtextART]] wikis
+* [[User:Lifeartist|Joe Kiff]], founder of [[w:c:Psychology|Psychology]] and [[w:c:seedtext|SeedtextART]] wikis
 * [[User:CocoaZen|CocoaZen]] (Robin Lampert)
 * [[User:BillK|Bill Kaufmann]], Wikia staff
 * [[User:Suisui|Suisui]] just somebody on wikia!
-* [[User:Chaerani|Chaerani]] enthusiast of [[24]], [[Muppet]], and setting up [[Asuh]]
+* [[User:Chaerani|Chaerani]] enthusiast of [[w:c:24|24]], [[w:c:muppet|Muppet]], and setting up [[w:c:asuh|Asuh]]
-* [[User:Dawg|Eric Johnston]], [[Uncyclopedia]] administrator
+* [[User:Dawg|Eric Johnston]], [[w:c:uncyclopedia|Uncyclopedia]] administrator
-'''Links (2006)'''
+==Links==
 * [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/ Official Wikimania 2006 website]
+* [http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/ Official Wikimania 2007 website]
+* [http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/ Official Wikimania 2008 website]
 * [[Forum:Wishlists for wikimania]] (2006)
 * [[Uncyclopedia:Wikimania 2006|Uncyclopedia's report of Wikimania 2006]]
+See [[w:c:wikis:Wiki conferences|Wiki conferences]] for other wiki events.
+[[zh:Wikia中文:維基媒體國際會議]]
-'''Photos (2006)'''
-Photos on Flickr showing Wikians at Wikimania 2006:
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/midom/211071909/ John, Tristan, and Jason] at Hacking Days
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/midom/211101252/ John and Bill]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/indrani/213227586/ Uncyclopedians] (spot the potato)
-** [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzheado/209338853/ Wikipedia's ArbCom with] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzheado/209338707/ potatoes]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/indrani/213228989/ Aphaia]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/indrani/213228666/ Danny]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/indrani/213227820/ Gil]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/indrani/213214674/ Angela]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaurjmeb/207386899/ GreenReaper] giving his [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:LP1 presentation]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/indrani/213229354/ GreenReaper, Emil, and Robin]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/44785115@N00/208104371/ Wikians on a duck!] ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/44785115@N00/208104327/ 2], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/44785115@N00/208093171/ 3])
-See also:
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/indrani/tags/wikia/ Chaerani's photos]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/44785115@N00/ Emil's photos]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaurjmeb/ KaurJmeb's photos]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimbo_wales/ Jimmy's photos]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/wikia Photos tagged with "Wikia"]
-See [[w:c:wikis:Wiki conferences|Wiki conferences]] for other wiki events.
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