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Wikimania 2005: The First International Wikimedia Conference
was held in
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
from 4 August 2005 to 8 August 2005.
The event was preserved in the
proceedings
originally compiled on Wikibooks and now on
Meta
, in public
images from Wikimania
, and in an archive of
slides and video of presentations
Wikimania provided an opportunity to meet and talk with people at the forefront of the Wikimedia communities and wiki software development. Researchers and speakers presented studies and experiments on Wikipedia and other projects operated by the
Wikimedia Foundation
, on wiki culture and technology, and on the world of free knowledge. The
programme
included a range of presentations, workshops, and tutorials, aimed at newcomers and oldtimers alike, to give for the first time a concise overview of the current state of research on wikis and free knowledge projects.
A primary goal is to promote the various Wikimedia projects and to help them improve their understanding of one another. The objective was achived; 380 participants from over 50 countries attended the conference in Frankfurt. The majority of sessions and conversations were in English, although material from the conference is being translated into multiple languages.
Wikimania has been held annually to pursue its goals, and now Wikimania 2007 is now in preparation, to give a chance again for people to meet the other group from the world, to work together to bring free knowledge to the world.
Latest updates
22 October
Boston
is selected to host Wikimania 2006.
2 October
Boston
and
Toronto
have been shortlisted to host Wikimania 2006 out of four candidate cities. The candidates were Boston, London, Milan and Toronto.
1st September
: Wikimania 2006 in planning, see
here
for more info.
8 August
: wikimania closes its doors. 380 participants from more than 50 countries.
5 August
: Wikimania is now broadcasting on the Internet radio at
Freematrix
4 August
: Wikimania 2005 begins!
2 August
: The
photo galleries
on Commons become filled.
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