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{{Short description|Official annual conference hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation}}
{{Distinguish|Wikimapia}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| name = Wikimania
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| status = Active
| genre = Conference
| frequency = Annually
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| first = {{Start date and age|2005|8|5}}
| last = 13–17 August 2021
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| organizer = Local volunteer teams
| filing = Non-profit
| website = {{URL|https://wikimania.org}}
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'''Wikimania''' is the [[Wikimedia movement]]'s annual conference, organized by [[Wikimedian|volunteers]] and hosted by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Topics of presentations and discussions include Wikimedia projects such as [[Wikipedia]], other wikis, [[open-source software]], free knowledge and [[free content]], and social and technical aspects related to these topics.
Since 2011, the winner of the [[Wikimedian of the Year]] award (known as the "Wikipedian of the Year" until 2017) has been announced at Wikimania.
==Overview==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Wikimania conferences
! Logo
! Conference
! Date
! Place
! Attendance
! Archive of presentations
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania-468x60-en.png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2005 conference, held in Frankfurt, Germany]]
| [[:wm2005:|Wikimania 2005]]
| data-sort-value="08-05" | August 4–8
| [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]
| data-sort-value="0380" | 380<ref name=mania05>[//wikimania2005.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page – Wikimania 2005]. wikimedia.org</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2005 presentations|slides, video]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania (spacing).png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2006 conference, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
| [[:wm2006:|Wikimania 2006]]
| data-sort-value="08-04" | August 4–6
| [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge, Mass.]], [[United States]]
| data-sort-value="0400" | 400<ref name=attendees2006/>
| [//wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:Index slides and papers], [//wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Archives video]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania2007 logo.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2007 conference, held in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]]]
| [[:wm2007:|Wikimania 2007]]
| data-sort-value="08-03" | August 3–5
| [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
| data-sort-value="0440" | 440<ref name=NYT/>
| [[:commons:Wikimania 2007|Commons gallery]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania2008 logo.png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2008 conference, held in Alexandria, Egypt]]
| [[:wm2008:|Wikimania 2008]]
| data-sort-value="07-17" | July 17–19
| [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]]
| data-sort-value="0650" | 650<ref name=WSJ-Egypt>[[James Gleick]], [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121815517776622597?mod=googlewsj Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103704/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121815517776622597?mod=googlewsj |date=March 8, 2018 }}, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', August 8, 2008.</ref>
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110206173303/http://corp.kaltura.com/devwiki/index.php/Wikimania_Sessions abstracts], [//wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations slides], [//wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Discussion_pages.2C_slides_and_video_recordings video]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania 2009 logo-C.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2009 conference, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina]]
| [[:wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]]
| data-sort-value="08-26" | August 26–28
| [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
| data-sort-value="0559" | 559<ref name=meta>[//meta.wikimedia.org/Wikimania#Wikimania 2009 Wikimedia.org]</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2009 presentations|slides, video]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Sans-wikimaniagdansk2010-july-pl.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2010 conference, held in Gdańsk, Poland]]
| [[:wm2010:|Wikimania 2010]]
| data-sort-value="07-09" | July 9–11
| [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]]
| data-sort-value="0500" | about 500<ref name="ReferenceA">[//wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees/en Wikimania 2010 site – Attendees]. wikimedia.org.</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2010 presentation slides|slides]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania 2011 Haifa Logo.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2011 conference, held in Haifa, Israel]]
| [[:wm2011:|Wikimania 2011]]
| data-sort-value="08-04" | August 4–7
| [[Haifa]], [[Israel]]
| data-sort-value="0720" | 720<ref name="Wikimania 2011 in Haifa">{{Cite web |url=http://www.israelij.com/189892/WIKIMANIA2011 |title=Wikimania 2011 in Haifa |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707090004/http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/ |archive-date=July 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2011 presentations|presentations]], [https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaIL video]
|-style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Wikimania 2012 banner.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2012 conference, held in Washington DC, US]]
| [[:wm2012:|Wikimania 2012]]
| data-sort-value="07-12" | July 12–15
| [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]
| data-sort-value="1400" | 1,400<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2011–12|url=http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_report_(2011%E2%80%932012)|publisher=WikimediaDC|access-date=30 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235409/http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_report_(2011%E2%80%932012)|archive-date=December 30, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikimania 2012|url=http://www.groundreport.com/Media_and_Tech/Wikimania-2012/2947112|publisher=groundreport|access-date=30 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606070939/http://www.groundreport.com/Media_and_Tech/Wikimania-2012/2947112|archive-date=June 6, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2012 presentations|presentations]], [https://www.youtube.com/user/wikimediadc videos]
|- style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Wikimania-2013-logo-final.png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of Wikimania 2013]]
| [[:wm2013:|Wikimania 2013]]
| data-sort-value="08-07" | August 7–11
| [[Hong Kong]], [[China]]
| data-sort-value="0700" | 700<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2013-September/005337.html|title=[Wikimania-l] 2013 attendance figures?|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2013 presentations|presentations]], [https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaHK videos]
|- style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Wikimania 2014 Shard logo v3 with logotype and date (small).svg|center|150x80px|alt=The logo of Wikimania 2014]]
| [[:wm2014:|Wikimania 2014]]
| data-sort-value="08-06" | August 6–10
| [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| data-sort-value="1762" | 1,762<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2014-September/006375.html|title=[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2014 presentations|presentations]], [[wm2014:Videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania 15 Mexico logo.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of Wikimania 2015]]
| [[:wm2015:|Wikimania 2015]]
| data-sort-value="08-04" | July 15–19
| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| data-sort-value="0800" | 800{{ctn|date=March 2016}}
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2015 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2015 videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Log Wikimania Esino Lario landscape.jpg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of Wikimania 2016]]
| [[:wm2016:|Wikimania 2016]]
| June 21–28
| [[Esino Lario]], [[Italy]]
| data-sort-value="1365" | 1,365<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.laprovinciadilecco.it/stories/lago/il-bilancio-di-wikimania-a-esino-oltre-1200-presenze-di-70-nazioni_1189866_11/ | title=Il bilancio di Wikimania a Esino: Oltre 1200 presenze, di 70 nazioni | access-date=28 June 2016 | date=27 June 2016 | work=La Provincia di Lecco | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628144004/http://www.laprovinciadilecco.it/stories/lago/il-bilancio-di-wikimania-a-esino-oltre-1200-presenze-di-70-nazioni_1189866_11/ | archive-date=June 28, 2016 |url-status = live| df=mdy-all }} Report of Wikimania Esino Lario https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario.</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2016 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2016 videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania Montreal logo path.svg|center|150x80px|alt=The logo of Wikimania 2017]]
| [[:wm2017:|Wikimania 2017]]
| August 9–13
| [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
| data-sort-value="915" | 915<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|title=Wikipedia founder kicks off Montreal Wikimania by urging net neutrality|date=August 11, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062512/http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3663977/wikipedia-conference-comes-to-montreal-for-first-time/|title=Wikipedia conference comes to Montreal for first time|access-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820124806/http://globalnews.ca/news/3663977/wikipedia-conference-comes-to-montreal-for-first-time/|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2017 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2017 - videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania18 Logo.svg|center|150px|alt=Logo Wikimania Cape Town]]
| [[:wm2018:|Wikimania 2018]]
| July 18–22
| [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]
| data-sort-value="0700" | over 700<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/technology/wikimania2018-conference-one-on-one-with-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-16191934|title=#Wikimania2018 Conference: One on one with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales|website=www.iol.co.za}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2018 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2018 - videos|videos]]
|-
| [[File:Wikimania2019 logo.svg|center|150px|alt=Logo Wikimania Cape Town]]
|[[:wikimania:2019:Wikimania|Wikimania 2019]]
| August 14–18
| [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| data-sort-value="0800" | over 800<ref name="slate.com">{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/wikimania-wikipedia-conference-human-rights-goals.html|title=Wikipedia's Parent Organization Wants to Save the World|first=Stephen|last=Harrison|date=August 16, 2019|website=Slate Magazine}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2019 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2019 videos|videos]]
|-
| colspan="6" | {{center|2020: No Wikimania because of global [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
|-
| [[File:Wikimania2021_eventlogo.svg|center|150px|alt=Logo Wikimania 2021]]
|[[:wikimania:2021:Wikimania|Wikimania 2021]]
| August 13–17
| [[Virtual environment]]
|
|
|}
==Conferences==
[[File:Wikimania world map.svg|thumb|400px|World map showing Wikimania host cities and their countries, each icon denoting approximately 100 attendees]]
=== 2005 ===
[[File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm|thumb|thumbtime=00:17|''Wikimania – the Wikimentary'', documentary about Wikimania 2005, featuring [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Ward Cunningham]]]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2005|Wikimania 2005]], the first Wikimania conference, was held from 4 to 8 August 2005 at the ''Haus der Jugend'' in [[Frankfurt]], Germany, attracting about 380 attendees.<ref name=mania05/>
The week of the conference included four "Hacking Days", from 1 to 4 August, when some 25 developers gathered to work on code and discuss the technical aspects of MediaWiki and of running the Wikimedia projects. The main days of the conference, despite its billing as being "August 4–8", were Friday to Sunday of that week, from 5 to 7 August. Presentation sessions were scheduled all day during those three days.
Keynote speakers included [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Ross Mayfield]], [[Ward Cunningham]], and [[Richard Stallman]] (who spoke on "Copyright and community in the age of computer networks"). The majority of sessions and conversations were in English, although a few were in German.
Sponsors of the event included [[Answers.com]], [[Socialtext|SocialText]], [[Sun Microsystems]], {{Interlanguage link multi|DocCheck|de}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doccheck.com|title=Europe's biggest community for healthcare professionals – DocCheck|author=DocCheck Medical Services GmbH|work=DocCheck|access-date=June 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530125902/http://www.doccheck.com/|archive-date=May 30, 2008|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and [[Logos Group]].
=== 2006 ===
[[File:WM2006 0018.jpg|thumb|Attendees break for lunch, 2006]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2006|Wikimania 2006]], the second Wikimania conference, was held from 6 to 8 August 2006 at [[Harvard Law School]]'s Berkman Center for Internet & Society in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] in Massachusetts, United States, with about 400<ref name=attendees2006>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=August 7, 2006|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420102109/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|archive-date=April 20, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>–500<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.reason.com/news/show/36969.html|title=The neutrality of this article is disputed|magazine=[[Reason Magazine]]|date=August 15, 2006|access-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903073559/http://www.reason.com/news/show/36969.html|archive-date=September 3, 2009|url-status = dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> attendees.
Speakers included [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Lawrence Lessig]], [[Brewster Kahle]], [[Yochai Benkler]], [[Mitch Kapor]], [[Ward Cunningham]], and [[David Weinberger]]. [[Dan Gillmor]] held a [[citizen journalism]] [[unconference]] the day after.
Wales' plenary speech was covered by the [[Associated Press]], and printed in numerous worldwide newspapers. He chronicled how the Foundation evolved from him "sitting in his pajamas" to the maturing corporate structure that it is now; the frequent push for quality over quantity; Wikipedia will be included on computers distributed through [[One Laptop per Child]]; both [[Wikiversity]] and the creation of an advisory board were approved by the Foundation board; and that Wiki-WYG is in development thanks to private investment by [[Wikia, Inc.]] and [[Socialtext]].<ref>[http://www.supload.com/listen?s=SI0OG2vN04i Jimmy Wales' plenary speech at Wikimania 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020184036/http://www.supload.com/listen?s=SI0OG2vN04i |date=October 20, 2013 }} (MP3). supload.com.</ref>
[[Answers.com]] was the Wikimania 2006 patron sponsor, while [[Amazon.com]], the [[Berkman Center for Internet & Society]] at [[Harvard Law School]], [[Nokia]], [[WikiHow]] were Benefactors-level sponsors, [[Wetpaint]], [[Ask.com]], [[Yahoo!]], and [[Socialtext]] were Friends-level sponsors, and [[IBM]], [[FAQ Farm]], [[Elevation Partners]], [[One Laptop per Child]], and the [[Sunlight Foundation]] were Supporter-level sponsors of the conference.<ref>[//wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sponsors Wikimania 2006: Sponsors]. wikimedia.org.</ref>
Three other teams submitted hosting bids, for the cities of London, [[Milan]], Boston, and [[Toronto]]; only Toronto and Boston were passed to the second round of consideration by Wikimania organizers. In Toronto's case the event would have been hosted in the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[Bahen Centre]].
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=== 2007 ===
[[File:CHTnWikimania2007.JPG|thumb| [[Chunghwa Telecom]] press conference, sponsor of Wikimania 2007]]
As announced on 25 September 2006, [[:m:Wikimania 2007|Wikimania 2007]],<ref name="ReferenceB">[//wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimania 2007]. wikimedia.org.</ref> the third Wikimania conference, was held from 3 to 5 August 2007 in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. It was the first Wikimania event to hold a volunteer training course.<ref>[//wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_training/20061209 "Volunteer Training 2006"]. wikimedia.org.</ref>
Three other teams submitted hosting bids, for the cities of London, [[Alexandria]], and [[Turin]]. Bids for Hong Kong, Singapore, [[Istanbul]], and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] failed to make the shortlist.<ref>[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2007/Bid_list "Talk:Wikimania 2007 Bid List"]. Wikimedia.org.</ref> The winner was announced on 25 September 2006.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
On 3 August 2007, ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter Noam Cohen reported: "The conference has attracted about 440 attendees, a little more than half from [[Taiwan]], who want to immerse themselves for three days in the ideas and issues that come up making an entirely volunteer-written encyclopedia.<ref name=NYT>[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/in-taipei-wikipedians-talk-of-fundraising-and-wikiwars/ "In Taipei, Wikipedians Talk Wiki Fatigue, Wikiwars and Wiki Bucks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724232224/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/in-taipei-wikipedians-talk-of-fundraising-and-wikiwars/ |date=July 24, 2011 }}. ''[[New York Times]]''. Noam Cohen, Saul Hansell (ed). August 3, 2007.</ref> The workshops cover practical topics like how to collaborate peacefully; what importance to give 'expertise' in a project that is celebrated for allowing anyone to contribute, including anonymous editors".<ref name=NYT/>
=== 2008 ===
[[File:Wikimania2008 closing event 006.jpg|thumb|Group photo after the 2008 closing ceremony]]
[[m:Wikimania 2008|Wikimania 2008]], the fourth Wikimania conference, was held from 17 to 19 July 2008 at the [[Bibliotheca Alexandrina]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], with 650 attendees from 45 countries.<ref name = WSJ-Egypt/> Alexandria was the location of the ancient [[Library of Alexandria]].<ref name=NYT-Egypt>Noam Cohen, [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/wikipedia-goes-to-alexandria-home-of-other-great-reference-works/ Wikipedia Goes to Alexandria, Home of Other Great Reference Works] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604132542/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/wikipedia-goes-to-alexandria-home-of-other-great-reference-works/ |date=June 4, 2012 }}, ''New York Times'', July 17, 2008.</ref>
Three proposed cities were in the running at the end, the other two being [[Atlanta]] and [[Cape Town]]. Proposals for [[Karlsruhe]], London and [[Toronto]] were also submitted, but later withdrew. There was a controversy about the conference, and even a call to boycott Wikimania 2008 because of Egypt's alleged censorship and imprisoning of bloggers during Mubarak's era.<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/boycott-wikiman.html "Is there a boycott of Wikimania 2008?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519183750/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/boycott-wikiman.html |date=May 19, 2011 }}. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. July 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/21/business/link21.php "In Egypt, Wikipedia is more than hobby"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803063734/http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/21/business/link21.php |date=August 3, 2008 }}. ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''. July 21, 2008.</ref> Mohamed Ibrahim, a graduate of [[Alexandria University]] who worked to bring the conference to Alexandria, told the [[BBC]] "I think we have the right to develop and to make freedom of expression on a larger scale."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7519830.stm Spreading the wiki footprint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406054539/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7519830.stm |date=April 6, 2012 }}, [[BBC]], July 23, 2008.</ref> One of his goals was to help grow [[Arabic Wikipedia]] which he contributes to since early 2005. An Egyptian cabinet minister spoke at the opening ceremonies on Mubarak's behalf.<ref name=NYT-Egypt/>
=== 2009 ===
[[File:Buenos Aires - Wikimedia 2009 - Foto grupal Wikipedia en español.jpg|thumb|2009 group photo]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2009|Wikimania 2009]], the fifth Wikimania conference, was held from 26 to 28 August 2009 in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, with 559 attendees.<ref name=website>{{cite web|url=http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal|title=Wikimania|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014030254/https://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal|archive-date=October 14, 2015|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The final selection was made between Buenos Aires, [[Toronto]], [[Brisbane]] and [[Karlsruhe]], with the final selection coming down to Buenos Aires and Toronto.
=== 2010 ===
[[File:2010-07-11-gdansk-by-RalfR-001.jpg|thumb|[[Jimmy Wales]] gives the keynote address at Gdańsk]]
[[m:Wikimania 2010|Wikimania 2010]],<ref>[//wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimania 2010 main page]. wikimedia.org.</ref> the sixth Wikimania conference, was held from 9 to 11 July at the [[Polish Baltic Philharmonic]] in [[Gdańsk]], Poland. The starting day on July 9 overlapped with the end of the [[WikiSym]] academic conference. Bids for [[Amsterdam]] and [[Oxford]] for Wikimania 2010 lost by a small margin.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
It was the first conference which included a big focus on the cultural aspects of the hosting nation, particularly a concert of a philharmonic orchestra, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the death of the most important contemporary Polish composer [[Władysław Szpilman]] and the premiere of the film ''[[Truth in Numbers?]]''. At the conference, [[Sue Gardner]], executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said that the foundation's aim was to grow the number of visitors to Wikimedia sites from 371 million to 680 million a month, over the next five years.
=== 2011 ===
[[:m:Wikimania 2011|Wikimania 2011]], the seventh Wikimania conference, was held from 4 to 7 August 2011 in [[Haifa]], Israel.<ref name="2011site">[//wikimania2011.wikimedia.org Wikimania 2011]. wikimedia.org.</ref> The conference venue was the Haifa Auditorium and adjoining Beit Hecht cultural center on [[Mount Carmel]]. Keynote speakers at the conference included [[Yochai Benkler]], a fellow at the [[Berkman Center for Internet & Society|Berkman Center for Internet and Society]] at [[Harvard University]] and [[Joseph Reagle|Joseph M. Reagle Jr.]] of [[MIT]], author of [[Good Faith Collaboration|''Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia'']].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/Wikimania-hits-Haifa-14-JUL-2011 |title=Israel hosts Wikimania 2011 |work=mfa.gov.il |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |date=July 14, 2011 |author=Avigayil Kadesh |access-date=October 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016025437/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/Wikimania-hits-Haifa-14-JUL-2011 |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status = live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Head of the Science and Technology Committee at the [[Knesset]], [[Meir Sheetrit]], also spoke at the conference, as did [[Yonah Yahav]], the [[Mayor of Haifa]].<ref name="themarker">{{cite news|url=http://it.themarker.com/tmit/article/16395|title=Wikimania Conference at Its Peak; Founder Jimmy Wales to Speak Tomorrow|work=[[TheMarker]]|date=August 5, 2011|author=Levin, Verony|access-date=August 12, 2011|language=he|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006082831/http://it.themarker.com/tmit/article/16395|archive-date=October 6, 2011|url-status = dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> One of the sponsors of the event was [[Haifa University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=5405 | title=Wikimania 2011-Haifa | publisher=University of Haifa | date=Aug 7, 2011 | access-date=October 29, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331192943/http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=5405 | archive-date=March 31, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The conference featured 125 sessions in five simultaneous tracks and was attended by 720 [[Wikimedians]]<ref name="2011site"/> from 56 different countries,<ref name="themarker"/> including some that have no diplomatic relations with Israel.<ref>[http://www.thej.com/news/israel-news/52805/wikimania-hits-israel-conference-opens Wikimania hits Israel as conference opens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194735/http://www.thej.com/news/israel-news/52805/wikimania-hits-israel-conference-opens |date=July 12, 2015 }}. [[The Jewish Chronicle]] (2011-08-05). Retrieved on April 20, 2012.</ref>
[[File:Haifa - Wikimania2011 - Plenaria.jpg|thumb|left|Opening session of Wikimania 2011]]
In an interview with [[Haaretz]], Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] noted that there had been boycott calls against the conference in Israel, as there had been against having it in Egypt in 2008. He said that despite conflicts among editors on the [[Israel-Palestinian conflict]], and efforts by a pro-Israel group to recruit more Wikipedia editors, he believes Wikipedia articles largely remained neutral on the topic; he stated "[[WP:Neutral point of view|NPOV]] is non-negotiable."<ref>Aliyana Traison, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-founder-israel-palestine-is-heavily-debated-but-we-re-vigilant-on-neutrality-1.377207 Wikipedia founder: Israel-Palestine is heavily debated, but we're vigilant on neutrality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529110910/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-founder-israel-palestine-is-heavily-debated-but-we-re-vigilant-on-neutrality-1.377207 |date=May 29, 2012 }}, [[Haaretz]], August 5, 2011.</ref>
[[Wikimedia Foundation]] executive director [[Sue Gardner]] spoke to the conference about the Western, male-dominated mind-set characterizing Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/media/a-push-to-redefine-knowledge-at-wikipedia.html|title=When Knowledge Isn't Written, Does It Still Count?|date=August 8, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904215213/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/media/a-push-to-redefine-knowledge-at-wikipedia.html|archive-date=September 4, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> At the end of the August 7 closing ceremony, Jimmy Wales was presented with the [[first day cover]] of the first-ever Wikimedia-related postal stamp,<ref name="2011site"/> issued by the Israeli postal service in honor of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.israelphilately.org.il/stamps/content/en/002642 |title=Israel Philatelic Federation |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020200937/http://english.israelphilately.org.il/stamps/content/en/002642 |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status = dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Among new projects discussed was collaboration with cultural institutions such as galleries, libraries, archives and museums.<ref>Yaron, Oded. (2008-04-02) [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-leaders-outline-their-vision-as-conference-opens-in-haifa-1.376967 Wikipedia leaders outline their vision as conference opens in Haifa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812102154/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-leaders-outline-their-vision-as-conference-opens-in-haifa-1.376967 |date=August 12, 2011 }}. Haaretz.com. Retrieved on April 20, 2012.</ref>
After the conference, participants were offered a free tour of Haifa, [[Jerusalem]], [[Nazareth]] or [[Acre, Israel|Acre]]. Shay Yakir, outgoing chairman of Wikimedia Israel, said that for Israel, holding the conference in Haifa was like hosting the Olympic Games.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4104858,00.html|title=Haifa hosts Wikimania conference|last=El-Chai|first=Lior|date=2011-05-08|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=2017-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714213734/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4104858,00.html|archive-date=July 14, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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=== 2012 ===
[[File:Wikimania 2012 Group Photograph-0001a.jpg|thumb|2012 group photo]]
[[m:Wikimania 2012|Wikimania 2012]], the eighth Wikimania conference, was held from 12 to 15 July 2012 at [[The George Washington University]] in [[Washington, DC]], United States, with over 1400 attendees from 87 countries.<ref>Nicholas Bashour, [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/17/wikimania-2012-swan-song/ Wikimania 2012 swan song] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722033559/http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/17/wikimania-2012-swan-song/ |date=July 22, 2012 }}, [[Wikimedia Foundation]] website, July 17, 2012.</ref> In addition, the [[U.S. Department of State]], in conjunction with Wikimania 2012, hosted a conference labeled ''[[Tech@State]]:Wiki.Gov'' which focused on "Collaborative knowledge and the use of wikis in the public sector".<ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/07/194740.htm U.S. Department of State Hosts Tech@State:Wiki.Gov Conference], press release issued by [[U.S. Department of State]] on July 9, 2012.</ref>
Prominent conference themes were the need to update the old and "dowdy" interface<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20120714-wikipedia-hits-defining-moment-social-web-era Wikipedia hits defining moment in social Web era] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717003255/http://www.france24.com/en/20120714-wikipedia-hits-defining-moment-social-web-era |date=July 17, 2012 }} [[Agence France-Presse]], July 14, 2012</ref> with new Wikimedia tools in order to attract and retain more editors and to make Wikimedia sites more inviting and friendly to users, including especially women.<ref>Hayley Tsukayama,[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/wikimania-hits-dc-as-wikipedia-faces-changes/2012/07/14/gJQAqRKxkW_story.html Wikimania hits D.C. as Wikipedia faces changes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063706/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/wikimania-hits-dc-as-wikipedia-faces-changes/2012/07/14/gJQAqRKxkW_story.html |date=January 9, 2018 }}, [[Washington Post]], July 14, 2012.</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'' featured charts displayed at the conference which showed how the number of new administrators has dropped precipitously over the last few years.<ref>Robinson Meyer, [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins/259829/ 3 Charts That Show How Wikipedia Is Running Out of Admins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328195049/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins/259829/ |date=March 28, 2017 }}, ''[[The Atlantic]]'', July 16, 2012.</ref>
During the opening plenary founder Jimmy Wales commented on [[Protests against SOPA and PIPA|''Wikipedia Blackout'']] of January 2012, stating "When I go and visit government officials now, they’re a little bit afraid."
However he reiterated Wikimedia's commitment to ''political neutrality'' except regarding "the most serious things that directly impact our work."<ref>Jennifer Martinez, [http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/237559-wikipedia-co-founder-officials-afraid-when-we-go-dark Wikipedia co-founder: Officials 'afraid' when our site goes dark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027155409/http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/237559-wikipedia-co-founder-officials-afraid-when-we-go-dark |date=October 27, 2012 }}, [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]], July 12, 2012.</ref><ref>Jason Koebler, [https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/12/wikipedia-open-to-future-blackout-protests-of-sopa-like-bills Wikipedia Open to Future Blackout Protests of SOPA-Like Bills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408201645/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/12/wikipedia-open-to-future-blackout-protests-of-sopa-like-bills |date=April 8, 2016 }}, ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'', July 12, 2012 .</ref> Wales agreed with keynote speaker [[Mary Gardiner]], co-founder of the [[Ada Initiative]], that Wikimedia had to do more to increase the number of women editors. She stated: "As a project of social change, even if it's not an activist project, the Wikipedia community has a responsibility both to its mission and to the people out there in the world to always be on a journey toward diversity — to increase the size of the umbrella of the world."<ref>Amar Toor, [https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/15/3160926/jimmy-wales-wikipedia-gender-gap-kate-middleton-wedding-dress Jimmy Wales, Mary Gardiner address Wikipedia's gender gap at Wikimania conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708195532/https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/15/3160926/jimmy-wales-wikipedia-gender-gap-kate-middleton-wedding-dress |date=July 8, 2017 }}, [[The Verge (website)|The Verge]], July 15, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012_tackles_diversity_issues?dpl_id=479655 Wikimania 2012 tackles diversity issues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704104931/https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012_tackles_diversity_issues?dpl_id=479655 |date=July 4, 2015 }}, [[Wikinews]], July 14, 2012.</ref>
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=== 2013 ===
[[File:Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong (no subtitles).webm|thumb|Wikimania 2013 documentary]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2013|Wikimania 2013]], the ninth Wikimania conference, was held from 7 to 11 August 2013 at [[The Hong Kong Polytechnic University]], with 700 attendees from 88 countries. Candidate cities were [[London]] (UK), [[Bristol]] (UK), [[Naples]] (Italy) and [[Surakarta]] ([[Indonesia]]).
One of the parties for the event was held at the tallest building in Hong Kong, the [[International Commerce Centre]]. A closing party was held at [[Shek O|Shek O Beach]]. Topics discussed included [[Gender bias on Wikipedia|Wikipedia's gender disparity]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibtimes.com/wikipedias-gender-gap-persists-why-dont-more-women-contribute-online-encyclopedia-1390565 | title=Wikipedia's Gender Gap Persists: Why Don't More Women Contribute To The Online Encyclopedia? | work=International Business Times | date=19 August 2013 | access-date=29 September 2014 | author=Zara, Christopher | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006130250/http://www.ibtimes.com/wikipedias-gender-gap-persists-why-dont-more-women-contribute-online-encyclopedia-1390565 | archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status = live| df=mdy-all }}</ref> and Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]]' proposal for Wikipedia to begin using [[Secure Sockets Layer]] to encrypt its pages.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/09/tech/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-conference/ | title=Wikipedia founder calls for new model of journalism in 'era of Snowden' | work=CNN | date=9 August 2013 | access-date=29 September 2014 | author=Chan, Wilfred | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007062231/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/09/tech/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-conference/ | archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status = live| df=mdy-all }}</ref>
=== 2014 ===
[[File:14-08-10-wikimania-gruppenfoto-01.jpg|thumbnail|Wikimania 2014 attendees]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2014|Wikimania 2014]], the tenth Wikimania conference, was held from 8 to 10 August 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|title=Wikimania 2014 London|access-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620114350/http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page|archive-date=June 20, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> at the [[Barbican Centre]] in [[London]], England, United Kingdom. Bidding officially opened in December 2012. London was chosen in May 2013 as the host city<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2013-May/004640.html |title=Announcement on ''Wikimania-l'' mailing list |publisher=Lists.wikimedia.org |access-date=2014-08-08}}</ref> with the only other bid coming from [[Arusha]] (Tanzania).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|title=Wikimania 2014 London|access-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620114350/http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page|archive-date=June 20, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Kiss 2013">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/23/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-open-data |title=Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales explains its mission to be mainstream |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 July 2013 |access-date=4 November 2013 |last=Kiss |first=Jemima |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823201347/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/23/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-open-data |archive-date=August 23, 2013 |url-status = live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The keynote address was given by [[Salil Shetty]], Secretary General of [[Amnesty International]].<ref name="Prog">{{cite web|url=https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme|title=Programme – Wikimania 2014 in London|work=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814182417/https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme|archive-date=August 14, 2014|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The event was also the first Wikimania addressed by the Wikimedia Foundation's new Executive Director, [[Lila Tretikov]].<ref name="Prog" /> The event was preceded by a two-day [[hackathon]], and a series of fringe events.<ref name="Prog" />
The conference had five tracks, alongside the annual 'State of the Wiki' round up. These were: Social Machines, The future of Education, Democratic Media, Open Scholarship, and Open Data.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} The conference was documented by the television program ''[[60 Minutes]]'' in a program titled 'Wikimania'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wikimania/|title=Wikimania|work=cbsnews.com|access-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915044849/http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wikimania/|archive-date=September 15, 2015|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
===2015===
[[File:Wikimania 2015 documentary.webm|thumb|right|Wikimania 2015 documentary]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2015|Wikimania 2015]], the eleventh Wikimania conference, was held from 15 to 19 July 2015<ref name=WM2015Main>{{cite web|title=Wikimania 2015 in Mexico|url=https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|publisher=Wikimedia Mexico|access-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082448/https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-date=August 19, 2014|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> at the [[Hotel Hilton Mexico City Reforma]] in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]. Bidding officially opened in December 2013.
Other candidate cities were: [[Arusha]], northern [[Tanzania]]; [[Bali]], a province in [[Indonesia]]; [[Cape Town]], in [[South Africa]]; [[Dar es Salaam]], in [[Tanzania]]; [[Esino Lario]], [[province of Lecco]], [[Lombardy]], [[Italy]]; and [[Monastir, Tunisia|Monastir]], in [[Tunisia]].<ref name="wikinews" /><ref name="bids" /> Shortlisted were Mexico City, Cape Town and Monastir.<ref name=Young>{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=Ellie|title=[Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-April/071282.html|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> [[Mexico City]] was selected in April 2014.<ref name="wikinews">{{Cite web|url=https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/México_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikimanía_2015|title=Wikinoticias note about the election of Mexico City as the venue for Wikimania 2015|language=es|access-date=May 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215449/https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="bids">{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City|title=Wikimania 2015 bids/Mexico City|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323081947/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City|archive-date=March 23, 2015|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The main venue was the Hilton Mexico City Reforma hotel.<ref name="bids"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015 |title=Wikinoticias note about the election of Mexico City as the venue for Wikimania 2015 (in Spanish) |access-date=May 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215449/https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015 |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |url-status = live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The organising entity was Wikimedia México, A.C., the [[Wikimedia Foundation#Movement affiliates|Mexican local chapter]] representing the interests and goals of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].<ref>Related links:
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2014-April/005672.html Ellie Young "Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015". Wikimedia, April 21, 2014.]
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City Meta page about Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323081947/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City |date=March 23, 2015 }}
* [https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/México_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikimanía_2015 Note in Wikinews about the election of Mexico City as the venue of Wikimania 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215449/https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015 |date=May 12, 2014 }} (Spanish)</ref>
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===2016===
[[File:Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy (no subtitles).webm|thumb|Wikimania 2016 documentary]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2016|Wikimania 2016]], the twelfth Wikimania conference, took place from 24 to 26 June 2016, with peripheral events from 21 to 28 June, in the mountain village of [[Esino Lario]], [[Italy]].<ref>[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario Wikimania 2016 bids/Esino Lario] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429040851/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario |date=April 29, 2015 }}, retrieved 2015-05-17</ref> Esino Lario had bid unsuccessfully for the 2015 Wikimania.
The other candidate city that bid for the 2016 hosting was [[Manila]], [[Philippines]].
The venue is the first that is not a major city and plenary sessions are in the outdoor venue. During the event, it was announced that the Wikimedia Foundation's interim Executive Director, [[Katherine Maher]], was appointed permanently.
===2017===
[[File:Wikimania 2017 Closing Ceremony Group Photo-1.jpg|thumb|right|Wikimania 2017 Closing Ceremony Group Photo]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2017|Wikimania 2017]], the thirteenth Wikimania conference, was held at [[Le Centre Sheraton Hotel]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], from 9 to 13 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2015-December/007120.html|title=[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 to be held in Montréal in Canada|last=Forrester|first=James|date=2015-12-22|website=lists.wikimedia.org|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref><ref name="gazette-11aug2017">{{cite news|title=Wikipedia founder kicks off Montreal Wikimania by urging net neutrality|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|access-date=14 August 2017|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062512/http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The event was held in Canada during its [[150th anniversary of Canada|sesquicentennial anniversary]] and in Montreal during its 375th anniversary.<ref name=CDN-MTL>{{cite news|last1=Everett-Green|first1=Robert|title=Montreal can count on a double payout, sharing a birthday with Canada|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/montreal-can-count-on-a-double-payout-sharing-a-birthday-with-canada/article33531540/|access-date=February 8, 2017|work=The Globe and Mail|date=January 6, 2017|language=en-ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207012634/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/montreal-can-count-on-a-double-payout-sharing-a-birthday-with-canada/article33531540/|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The first two days included [[WikiConference North America]]. The final attendance of this event tallied was 915. 144 of which were sponsored through full and partial scholarships. Katherine Maher, WMF Executive Director and Christophe Henner, WMF Chairman of the Board of Trustees [[:wm2017:Keynotes|presented]] the [[:meta:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017|strategic direction]] of the Wikimedia movement named ''#Wikimedia2030''. Esra'a Al Shafei, a Bahraini human rights activist, made a keynote on the challenges of free speech in the Middle East. Due to the nature of Al Shafei's work, the audience were reminded not to take photos, video or streaming online which may endanger her safety in her home country.
This is the first Wikimania where the bid system was not implemented and was replaced by the WMF steering committee selection process.
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===2018===
[[File:Group photo, Wikimania 2018, Cape Town ( 1050886).jpg|thumb|right|Wikimania 2018 Group Photo]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2018|Wikimania 2018]], the fourteenth Wikimania conference, was held in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], from 18 to 22 July 2018 at the Cape Sun Southern Sun Hotel. It was the first time the event had a theme. The theme was "''Bridging Knowledge gaps: the Ubuntu way forward''"<ref name="WMFblog">{{Cite web |url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/05/wikimania-cape-town-ubuntu/ |title=Why the theme for Wikimania 2018 will be "Bridging knowledge gaps—the ubuntu way forward" – Wikimedia Blog |last=Scott |first=Douglas |date=5 February 2018 |website=blog.wikimedia.org |language=en |access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> with the aim of focusing discussion on building shared strategies to bridge the collective knowledge gaps.
It was the second time the event was held in the Southern Hemisphere, second in Africa and first in the [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]. The event featured a [[:wm2018:Program/Africa's Wikipedias|panel]] that discussed the challenges and possibilities of the Wikipedia language editions in the African continent. Nicole Ebber, International Relations Adviser of Wikimedia Deutschland and Kaarel Vaidla, WMF Process Architect for Wikimedia Movement Strategy [[:wm2018:Program/Wikimedia 2030: What needs to change for the movement to move in our new strategic direction?|presented]] the [[:m:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20|second phase]] of the Wikimedia Movement Strategy Process. The second phase focused on nine key thematic areas: Roles & Responsibilities, Revenue Streams, Resource Allocation, Capacity Building, Partnerships, Advocacy, Diversity, Community Health, and Product & Technology.
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===2019===
[[File:Wikimania 2019 Group Photo.jpg|thumb|right|Wikimania 2019 Group Photo]]
[[:wikimania:2019:Wikimania|Wikimania 2019]], the fifteenth Wikimedia conference, was held in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], from 14 to 18 August 2019, at the [[Stockholm University]], with an attendance of over 800.<ref name="slate.com"/><ref name=Stockholm>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/wikimania-kommer-till-sverige-2019/ |title=Wikimania kommer till Sverige 2019 |date=22 August 2018 |author=Sara Mörtsell |language=sv |access-date=4 October 2018 }}</ref> The scholarship recipients and WMF staff were billeted at the Clarion Hotel Amaranten, a short travel from the conference venue. Clarion Hotel Amaranten was also the venue for the organized meetups.
The event centered around the theme ''Stronger Together: Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals.'' As part of the movement's [[:meta:Sustainability Initiative|sustainability initiative]], Wikimedia Sverige and the Wikimedia Foundation [[:wikimania:2019:Carbon offsetting|decided to pay]] half of the [[carbon offsetting]] cost. Terrapass, sponsored the other half of the offsetting for the conference.
[[Emna Mizouni]] was named the [[Wikimedian of the year]].<ref>[https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/18/meet-emna-mizouni-the-newly-minted-2019-wikimedian-of-the-year/ Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year, Wikimedia foundation official website].</ref>
=== 2020, postponed to 2021 and cancelled ===
[[File:Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm.251.jpg|thumb|right|2020 edition presentation in Wikimania 2019]]
[[:wikimania:Wikimania|Wikimania 2020]], the sixteenth Wikimedia conference, was scheduled to be held in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], from 5 to 9 August 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Attendance |title=Wikimania - Wikimania |website=wikimania.wikimedia.org |language=en |access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the event. In March 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Katherine Maher announced that Wikimania would be postponed until a date to be determined in 2021.<ref name="Maher">{{cite web |last1=Maher |first1=Katherine |author-link1=Katherine Maher |title=Wikimania |url=https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania |website=wikimania.wikimedia.org |access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> On January 28, 2021, Wikimedia Foundation Chief Operating Officer [[Janeen Uzzell]] announced Wikimania would be moving to a virtual event as the ongoing pandemic affected planning for an in-person event;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Uzzell|first1=Janeen|date=January 27, 2021|title=Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/01/27/moving-wikimania-2021-to-a-virtual-event/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 January 2021|website=diff.wikimedia.org}}</ref> it took place between August 13 and 17, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Wikimania|title=Wikimania - Wikimania}}</ref>
The scheduled in-person event would have been hosted by [[:m:ESEAP|Wikimedia ESEAP]] (East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific), a first time for a regional collaborative. It would have been the third time it will be held in Asia and first for [[Southeast Asia]]. ESEAP will be given a chance to host Wikimania's next in-person edition.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Moving_Wikimania_to_a_Virtual_Event | title = 2021:Moving Wikimania to a Virtual Event | publisher = wikimania.org | date = 17 February 2021}}</ref>
===2021===
After being postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, the sixteenth edition was finally held online for the first time between August 13 and 17, 2021.
==See also==
*[[Wiki Indaba]] conference in Africa
*[[Wiki Conference India]]
*[[WikiConference North America]]
*[[WikiSym]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Sister project links}}
* [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania Wikimania] at Meta-Wiki, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
'''News reports'''
* [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/11/onlinesupplement2 "Worldwide Wikimania"] Sean Dodson, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 11 August 2005
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4152860.stm "Rewriting the rule books"] Alan Connor, the [[BBC]], 15 August 2005
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss "The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place"] Robert Levine, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 7 August 2006
* [http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid19620.aspx "Anybody can edit: A weekend of Wikimania"] Ian Sands and Jess McConnell, ''[[The Boston Phoenix]]'', 11 August 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090903073559/http://www.reason.com/news/show/36969.html "The Neutrality of this Article is Disputed"] Katherine Mangu-Ward, ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'', 15 August 2006
* [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/08/06/117187/Wikipedia-founder.htm ''The China Post'' – "Wikipedia founder rewards volunteers" Monday, August 6, 2007 – By Dimitri Bruyas]
* [http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/wikimedia-fans-meet-to-discuss-wikimania/story-e6frfkui-1226423085728 "Wikimedia fans meet to discuss Wikimania"] Andy Goldberg, [[News.com.au]], 12 July 2012 1:37AM (retrieved 2012-07-15)
* [https://slate.com/technology/2012/07/kate-middleton-s-wedding-gown-and-wikipedia-s-gender-gap.html "How Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Woman Problem"] Torie Bosch, ''[[Slate (magazine)|The Slate]]'' posted Friday, 13 July 2012, at 18:12 PM EDT (retrieved 2012-07-15)
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/wikimania-hits-dc-as-wikipedia-faces-changes/2012/07/14/gJQAqRKxkW_story.html "Wikimania hits D.C. as Wikipedia faces changes"] Hayley Tsukayama, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', 14 July 2012
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'''Wikimania''' is the [[Wikimedia movement]]'s annual conference, organized by [[Wikimedian|volunteers]] and hosted by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Topics of presentations and discussions include Wikimedia projects such as [[Wikipedia]], other wikis, [[open-source software]], free knowledge and [[free content]], and social and technical aspects related to these topics.
Since 2011, the winner of the [[Wikimedian of the Year]] award (known as the "Wikipedian of the Year" until 2017) has been announced at Wikimania.
==Overview==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Wikimania conferences
! Logo
! Conference
! Date
! Place
! Attendance
! Archive of presentations
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania-468x60-en.png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2005 conference, held in Frankfurt, Germany]]
| [[:wm2005:|Wikimania 2005]]
| data-sort-value="08-05" | August 4–8
| [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]
| data-sort-value="0380" | 380<ref name=mania05>[//wikimania2005.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page – Wikimania 2005]. wikimedia.org</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2005 presentations|slides, video]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania (spacing).png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2006 conference, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
| [[:wm2006:|Wikimania 2006]]
| data-sort-value="08-04" | August 4–6
| [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge, Mass.]], [[United States]]
| data-sort-value="0400" | 400<ref name=attendees2006/>
| [//wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:Index slides and papers], [//wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Archives video]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania2007 logo.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2007 conference, held in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]]]
| [[:wm2007:|Wikimania 2007]]
| data-sort-value="08-03" | August 3–5
| [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
| data-sort-value="0440" | 440<ref name=NYT/>
| [[:commons:Wikimania 2007|Commons gallery]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania2008 logo.png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2008 conference, held in Alexandria, Egypt]]
| [[:wm2008:|Wikimania 2008]]
| data-sort-value="07-17" | July 17–19
| [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]]
| data-sort-value="0650" | 650<ref name=WSJ-Egypt>[[James Gleick]], [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121815517776622597?mod=googlewsj Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103704/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121815517776622597?mod=googlewsj |date=March 8, 2018 }}, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', August 8, 2008.</ref>
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110206173303/http://corp.kaltura.com/devwiki/index.php/Wikimania_Sessions abstracts], [//wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations slides], [//wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Discussion_pages.2C_slides_and_video_recordings video]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania 2009 logo-C.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2009 conference, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina]]
| [[:wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]]
| data-sort-value="08-26" | August 26–28
| [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
| data-sort-value="0559" | 559<ref name=meta>[//meta.wikimedia.org/Wikimania#Wikimania 2009 Wikimedia.org]</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2009 presentations|slides, video]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Sans-wikimaniagdansk2010-july-pl.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2010 conference, held in Gdańsk, Poland]]
| [[:wm2010:|Wikimania 2010]]
| data-sort-value="07-09" | July 9–11
| [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]]
| data-sort-value="0500" | about 500<ref name="ReferenceA">[//wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees/en Wikimania 2010 site – Attendees]. wikimedia.org.</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2010 presentation slides|slides]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania 2011 Haifa Logo.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2011 conference, held in Haifa, Israel]]
| [[:wm2011:|Wikimania 2011]]
| data-sort-value="08-04" | August 4–7
| [[Haifa]], [[Israel]]
| data-sort-value="0720" | 720<ref name="Wikimania 2011 in Haifa">{{Cite web |url=http://www.israelij.com/189892/WIKIMANIA2011 |title=Wikimania 2011 in Haifa |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707090004/http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/ |archive-date=July 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2011 presentations|presentations]], [https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaIL video]
|-style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Wikimania 2012 banner.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of the Wikimania 2012 conference, held in Washington DC, US]]
| [[:wm2012:|Wikimania 2012]]
| data-sort-value="07-12" | July 12–15
| [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]
| data-sort-value="1400" | 1,400<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2011–12|url=http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_report_(2011%E2%80%932012)|publisher=WikimediaDC|access-date=30 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235409/http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_report_(2011%E2%80%932012)|archive-date=December 30, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikimania 2012|url=http://www.groundreport.com/Media_and_Tech/Wikimania-2012/2947112|publisher=groundreport|access-date=30 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606070939/http://www.groundreport.com/Media_and_Tech/Wikimania-2012/2947112|archive-date=June 6, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2012 presentations|presentations]], [https://www.youtube.com/user/wikimediadc videos]
|- style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Wikimania-2013-logo-final.png|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of Wikimania 2013]]
| [[:wm2013:|Wikimania 2013]]
| data-sort-value="08-07" | August 7–11
| [[Hong Kong]], [[China]]
| data-sort-value="0700" | 700<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2013-September/005337.html|title=[Wikimania-l] 2013 attendance figures?|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2013 presentations|presentations]], [https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaHK videos]
|- style="height: 80px;"
| [[File:Wikimania 2014 Shard logo v3 with logotype and date (small).svg|center|150x80px|alt=The logo of Wikimania 2014]]
| [[:wm2014:|Wikimania 2014]]
| data-sort-value="08-06" | August 6–10
| [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| data-sort-value="1762" | 1,762<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2014-September/006375.html|title=[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2014 presentations|presentations]], [[wm2014:Videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania 15 Mexico logo.svg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of Wikimania 2015]]
| [[:wm2015:|Wikimania 2015]]
| data-sort-value="08-04" | July 15–19
| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| data-sort-value="0800" | 800{{ctn|date=March 2016}}
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2015 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2015 videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Log Wikimania Esino Lario landscape.jpg|center|150x80px|alt=Logo of Wikimania 2016]]
| [[:wm2016:|Wikimania 2016]]
| June 21–28
| [[Esino Lario]], [[Italy]]
| data-sort-value="1365" | 1,365<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.laprovinciadilecco.it/stories/lago/il-bilancio-di-wikimania-a-esino-oltre-1200-presenze-di-70-nazioni_1189866_11/ | title=Il bilancio di Wikimania a Esino: Oltre 1200 presenze, di 70 nazioni | access-date=28 June 2016 | date=27 June 2016 | work=La Provincia di Lecco | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628144004/http://www.laprovinciadilecco.it/stories/lago/il-bilancio-di-wikimania-a-esino-oltre-1200-presenze-di-70-nazioni_1189866_11/ | archive-date=June 28, 2016 |url-status = live| df=mdy-all }} Report of Wikimania Esino Lario https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario.</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2016 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2016 videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania Montreal logo path.svg|center|150x80px|alt=The logo of Wikimania 2017]]
| [[:wm2017:|Wikimania 2017]]
| August 9–13
| [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
| data-sort-value="915" | 915<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|title=Wikipedia founder kicks off Montreal Wikimania by urging net neutrality|date=August 11, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062512/http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3663977/wikipedia-conference-comes-to-montreal-for-first-time/|title=Wikipedia conference comes to Montreal for first time|access-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820124806/http://globalnews.ca/news/3663977/wikipedia-conference-comes-to-montreal-for-first-time/|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2017 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2017 - videos|videos]]
|- style="height: 80px;"
|[[File:Wikimania18 Logo.svg|center|150px|alt=Logo Wikimania Cape Town]]
| [[:wm2018:|Wikimania 2018]]
| July 18–22
| [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]
| data-sort-value="0700" | over 700<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/technology/wikimania2018-conference-one-on-one-with-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-16191934|title=#Wikimania2018 Conference: One on one with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales|website=www.iol.co.za}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2018 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2018 - videos|videos]]
|-
| [[File:Wikimania2019 logo.svg|center|150px|alt=Logo Wikimania Cape Town]]
|[[:wikimania:2019:Wikimania|Wikimania 2019]]
| August 14–18
| [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| data-sort-value="0800" | over 800<ref name="slate.com">{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/wikimania-wikipedia-conference-human-rights-goals.html|title=Wikipedia's Parent Organization Wants to Save the World|first=Stephen|last=Harrison|date=August 16, 2019|website=Slate Magazine}}</ref>
| [[:commons:Category:Wikimania 2019 presentations|presentations]], [[c:Category:Wikimania 2019 videos|videos]]
|-
| colspan="6" | {{center|2020: No Wikimania because of global [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
|-
| [[File:Wikimania2021_eventlogo.svg|center|150px|alt=Logo Wikimania 2021]]
|[[:wikimania:2021:Wikimania|Wikimania 2021]]
| August 13–17
| [[Virtual environment]]
|
|
|}
==Conferences==
[[File:Wikimania world map.svg|thumb|400px|World map showing Wikimania host cities and their countries, each icon denoting approximately 100 attendees]]
=== 2005 ===
[[File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm|thumb|thumbtime=00:17|''Wikimania – the Wikimentary'', documentary about Wikimania 2005, featuring [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Ward Cunningham]]]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2005|Wikimania 2005]], the first Wikimania conference, was held from 4 to 8 August 2005 at the ''Haus der Jugend'' in [[Frankfurt]], Germany, attracting about 380 attendees.<ref name=mania05/>
The week of the conference included four "Hacking Days", from 1 to 4 August, when some 25 developers gathered to work on code and discuss the technical aspects of MediaWiki and of running the Wikimedia projects. The main days of the conference, despite its billing as being "August 4–8", were Friday to Sunday of that week, from 5 to 7 August. Presentation sessions were scheduled all day during those three days.
Keynote speakers included [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Ross Mayfield]], [[Ward Cunningham]], and [[Richard Stallman]] (who spoke on "Copyright and community in the age of computer networks"). The majority of sessions and conversations were in English, although a few were in German.
Sponsors of the event included [[Answers.com]], [[Socialtext|SocialText]], [[Sun Microsystems]], {{Interlanguage link multi|DocCheck|de}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doccheck.com|title=Europe's biggest community for healthcare professionals – DocCheck|author=DocCheck Medical Services GmbH|work=DocCheck|access-date=June 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530125902/http://www.doccheck.com/|archive-date=May 30, 2008|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and [[Logos Group]].
=== 2006 ===
[[File:WM2006 0018.jpg|thumb|Attendees break for lunch, 2006]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2006|Wikimania 2006]], the second Wikimania conference, was held from 6 to 8 August 2006 at [[Harvard Law School]]'s Berkman Center for Internet & Society in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] in Massachusetts, United States, with about 400<ref name=attendees2006>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=August 7, 2006|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420102109/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|archive-date=April 20, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>–500<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.reason.com/news/show/36969.html|title=The neutrality of this article is disputed|magazine=[[Reason Magazine]]|date=August 15, 2006|access-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903073559/http://www.reason.com/news/show/36969.html|archive-date=September 3, 2009|url-status = dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> attendees.
Speakers included [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Lawrence Lessig]], [[Brewster Kahle]], [[Yochai Benkler]], [[Mitch Kapor]], [[Ward Cunningham]], and [[David Weinberger]]. [[Dan Gillmor]] held a [[citizen journalism]] [[unconference]] the day after.
Wales' plenary speech was covered by the [[Associated Press]], and printed in numerous worldwide newspapers. He chronicled how the Foundation evolved from him "sitting in his pajamas" to the maturing corporate structure that it is now; the frequent push for quality over quantity; Wikipedia will be included on computers distributed through [[One Laptop per Child]]; both [[Wikiversity]] and the creation of an advisory board were approved by the Foundation board; and that Wiki-WYG is in development thanks to private investment by [[Wikia, Inc.]] and [[Socialtext]].<ref>[http://www.supload.com/listen?s=SI0OG2vN04i Jimmy Wales' plenary speech at Wikimania 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020184036/http://www.supload.com/listen?s=SI0OG2vN04i |date=October 20, 2013 }} (MP3). supload.com.</ref>
[[Answers.com]] was the Wikimania 2006 patron sponsor, while [[Amazon.com]], the [[Berkman Center for Internet & Society]] at [[Harvard Law School]], [[Nokia]], [[WikiHow]] were Benefactors-level sponsors, [[Wetpaint]], [[Ask.com]], [[Yahoo!]], and [[Socialtext]] were Friends-level sponsors, and [[IBM]], [[FAQ Farm]], [[Elevation Partners]], [[One Laptop per Child]], and the [[Sunlight Foundation]] were Supporter-level sponsors of the conference.<ref>[//wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sponsors Wikimania 2006: Sponsors]. wikimedia.org.</ref>
Three other teams submitted hosting bids, for the cities of London, [[Milan]], Boston, and [[Toronto]]; only Toronto and Boston were passed to the second round of consideration by Wikimania organizers. In Toronto's case the event would have been hosted in the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[Bahen Centre]].
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=== 2007 ===
[[File:CHTnWikimania2007.JPG|thumb| [[Chunghwa Telecom]] press conference, sponsor of Wikimania 2007]]
As announced on 25 September 2006, [[:m:Wikimania 2007|Wikimania 2007]],<ref name="ReferenceB">[//wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimania 2007]. wikimedia.org.</ref> the third Wikimania conference, was held from 3 to 5 August 2007 in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. It was the first Wikimania event to hold a volunteer training course.<ref>[//wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_training/20061209 "Volunteer Training 2006"]. wikimedia.org.</ref>
Three other teams submitted hosting bids, for the cities of London, [[Alexandria]], and [[Turin]]. Bids for Hong Kong, Singapore, [[Istanbul]], and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] failed to make the shortlist.<ref>[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2007/Bid_list "Talk:Wikimania 2007 Bid List"]. Wikimedia.org.</ref> The winner was announced on 25 September 2006.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
On 3 August 2007, ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter Noam Cohen reported: "The conference has attracted about 440 attendees, a little more than half from [[Taiwan]], who want to immerse themselves for three days in the ideas and issues that come up making an entirely volunteer-written encyclopedia.<ref name=NYT>[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/in-taipei-wikipedians-talk-of-fundraising-and-wikiwars/ "In Taipei, Wikipedians Talk Wiki Fatigue, Wikiwars and Wiki Bucks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724232224/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/in-taipei-wikipedians-talk-of-fundraising-and-wikiwars/ |date=July 24, 2011 }}. ''[[New York Times]]''. Noam Cohen, Saul Hansell (ed). August 3, 2007.</ref> The workshops cover practical topics like how to collaborate peacefully; what importance to give 'expertise' in a project that is celebrated for allowing anyone to contribute, including anonymous editors".<ref name=NYT/>
=== 2008 ===
[[File:Wikimania2008 closing event 006.jpg|thumb|Group photo after the 2008 closing ceremony]]
[[m:Wikimania 2008|Wikimania 2008]], the fourth Wikimania conference, was held from 17 to 19 July 2008 at the [[Bibliotheca Alexandrina]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], with 650 attendees from 45 countries.<ref name = WSJ-Egypt/> Alexandria was the location of the ancient [[Library of Alexandria]].<ref name=NYT-Egypt>Noam Cohen, [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/wikipedia-goes-to-alexandria-home-of-other-great-reference-works/ Wikipedia Goes to Alexandria, Home of Other Great Reference Works] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604132542/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/wikipedia-goes-to-alexandria-home-of-other-great-reference-works/ |date=June 4, 2012 }}, ''New York Times'', July 17, 2008.</ref>
Three proposed cities were in the running at the end, the other two being [[Atlanta]] and [[Cape Town]]. Proposals for [[Karlsruhe]], London and [[Toronto]] were also submitted, but later withdrew. There was a controversy about the conference, and even a call to boycott Wikimania 2008 because of Egypt's alleged censorship and imprisoning of bloggers during Mubarak's era.<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/boycott-wikiman.html "Is there a boycott of Wikimania 2008?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519183750/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/boycott-wikiman.html |date=May 19, 2011 }}. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. July 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/21/business/link21.php "In Egypt, Wikipedia is more than hobby"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803063734/http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/21/business/link21.php |date=August 3, 2008 }}. ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''. July 21, 2008.</ref> Mohamed Ibrahim, a graduate of [[Alexandria University]] who worked to bring the conference to Alexandria, told the [[BBC]] "I think we have the right to develop and to make freedom of expression on a larger scale."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7519830.stm Spreading the wiki footprint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406054539/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7519830.stm |date=April 6, 2012 }}, [[BBC]], July 23, 2008.</ref> One of his goals was to help grow [[Arabic Wikipedia]] which he contributes to since early 2005. An Egyptian cabinet minister spoke at the opening ceremonies on Mubarak's behalf.<ref name=NYT-Egypt/>
=== 2009 ===
[[File:Buenos Aires - Wikimedia 2009 - Foto grupal Wikipedia en español.jpg|thumb|2009 group photo]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2009|Wikimania 2009]], the fifth Wikimania conference, was held from 26 to 28 August 2009 in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, with 559 attendees.<ref name=website>{{cite web|url=http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal|title=Wikimania|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014030254/https://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal|archive-date=October 14, 2015|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The final selection was made between Buenos Aires, [[Toronto]], [[Brisbane]] and [[Karlsruhe]], with the final selection coming down to Buenos Aires and Toronto.
=== 2010 ===
[[File:2010-07-11-gdansk-by-RalfR-001.jpg|thumb|[[Jimmy Wales]] gives the keynote address at Gdańsk]]
[[m:Wikimania 2010|Wikimania 2010]],<ref>[//wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimania 2010 main page]. wikimedia.org.</ref> the sixth Wikimania conference, was held from 9 to 11 July at the [[Polish Baltic Philharmonic]] in [[Gdańsk]], Poland. The starting day on July 9 overlapped with the end of the [[WikiSym]] academic conference. Bids for [[Amsterdam]] and [[Oxford]] for Wikimania 2010 lost by a small margin.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
It was the first conference which included a big focus on the cultural aspects of the hosting nation, particularly a concert of a philharmonic orchestra, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the death of the most important contemporary Polish composer [[Władysław Szpilman]] and the premiere of the film ''[[Truth in Numbers?]]''. At the conference, [[Sue Gardner]], executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said that the foundation's aim was to grow the number of visitors to Wikimedia sites from 371 million to 680 million a month, over the next five years.
=== 2011 ===
[[:m:Wikimania 2011|Wikimania 2011]], the seventh Wikimania conference, was held from 4 to 7 August 2011 in [[Haifa]], Israel.<ref name="2011site">[//wikimania2011.wikimedia.org Wikimania 2011]. wikimedia.org.</ref> The conference venue was the Haifa Auditorium and adjoining Beit Hecht cultural center on [[Mount Carmel]]. Keynote speakers at the conference included [[Yochai Benkler]], a fellow at the [[Berkman Center for Internet & Society|Berkman Center for Internet and Society]] at [[Harvard University]] and [[Joseph Reagle|Joseph M. Reagle Jr.]] of [[MIT]], author of [[Good Faith Collaboration|''Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia'']].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/Wikimania-hits-Haifa-14-JUL-2011 |title=Israel hosts Wikimania 2011 |work=mfa.gov.il |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |date=July 14, 2011 |author=Avigayil Kadesh |access-date=October 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016025437/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/Wikimania-hits-Haifa-14-JUL-2011 |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status = live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Head of the Science and Technology Committee at the [[Knesset]], [[Meir Sheetrit]], also spoke at the conference, as did [[Yonah Yahav]], the [[Mayor of Haifa]].<ref name="themarker">{{cite news|url=http://it.themarker.com/tmit/article/16395|title=Wikimania Conference at Its Peak; Founder Jimmy Wales to Speak Tomorrow|work=[[TheMarker]]|date=August 5, 2011|author=Levin, Verony|access-date=August 12, 2011|language=he|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006082831/http://it.themarker.com/tmit/article/16395|archive-date=October 6, 2011|url-status = dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> One of the sponsors of the event was [[Haifa University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=5405 | title=Wikimania 2011-Haifa | publisher=University of Haifa | date=Aug 7, 2011 | access-date=October 29, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331192943/http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=5405 | archive-date=March 31, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The conference featured 125 sessions in five simultaneous tracks and was attended by 720 [[Wikimedians]]<ref name="2011site"/> from 56 different countries,<ref name="themarker"/> including some that have no diplomatic relations with Israel.<ref>[http://www.thej.com/news/israel-news/52805/wikimania-hits-israel-conference-opens Wikimania hits Israel as conference opens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194735/http://www.thej.com/news/israel-news/52805/wikimania-hits-israel-conference-opens |date=July 12, 2015 }}. [[The Jewish Chronicle]] (2011-08-05). Retrieved on April 20, 2012.</ref>
[[File:Haifa - Wikimania2011 - Plenaria.jpg|thumb|left|Opening session of Wikimania 2011]]
In an interview with [[Haaretz]], Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] noted that there had been boycott calls against the conference in Israel, as there had been against having it in Egypt in 2008. He said that despite conflicts among editors on the [[Israel-Palestinian conflict]], and efforts by a pro-Israel group to recruit more Wikipedia editors, he believes Wikipedia articles largely remained neutral on the topic; he stated "[[WP:Neutral point of view|NPOV]] is non-negotiable."<ref>Aliyana Traison, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-founder-israel-palestine-is-heavily-debated-but-we-re-vigilant-on-neutrality-1.377207 Wikipedia founder: Israel-Palestine is heavily debated, but we're vigilant on neutrality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529110910/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-founder-israel-palestine-is-heavily-debated-but-we-re-vigilant-on-neutrality-1.377207 |date=May 29, 2012 }}, [[Haaretz]], August 5, 2011.</ref>
[[Wikimedia Foundation]] executive director [[Sue Gardner]] spoke to the conference about the Western, male-dominated mind-set characterizing Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/media/a-push-to-redefine-knowledge-at-wikipedia.html|title=When Knowledge Isn't Written, Does It Still Count?|date=August 8, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904215213/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/media/a-push-to-redefine-knowledge-at-wikipedia.html|archive-date=September 4, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> At the end of the August 7 closing ceremony, Jimmy Wales was presented with the [[first day cover]] of the first-ever Wikimedia-related postal stamp,<ref name="2011site"/> issued by the Israeli postal service in honor of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.israelphilately.org.il/stamps/content/en/002642 |title=Israel Philatelic Federation |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020200937/http://english.israelphilately.org.il/stamps/content/en/002642 |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status = dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Among new projects discussed was collaboration with cultural institutions such as galleries, libraries, archives and museums.<ref>Yaron, Oded. (2008-04-02) [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-leaders-outline-their-vision-as-conference-opens-in-haifa-1.376967 Wikipedia leaders outline their vision as conference opens in Haifa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812102154/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-leaders-outline-their-vision-as-conference-opens-in-haifa-1.376967 |date=August 12, 2011 }}. Haaretz.com. Retrieved on April 20, 2012.</ref>
After the conference, participants were offered a free tour of Haifa, [[Jerusalem]], [[Nazareth]] or [[Acre, Israel|Acre]]. Shay Yakir, outgoing chairman of Wikimedia Israel, said that for Israel, holding the conference in Haifa was like hosting the Olympic Games.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4104858,00.html|title=Haifa hosts Wikimania conference|last=El-Chai|first=Lior|date=2011-05-08|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=2017-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714213734/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4104858,00.html|archive-date=July 14, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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=== 2012 ===
[[File:Wikimania 2012 Group Photograph-0001a.jpg|thumb|2012 group photo]]
[[m:Wikimania 2012|Wikimania 2012]], the eighth Wikimania conference, was held from 12 to 15 July 2012 at [[The George Washington University]] in [[Washington, DC]], United States, with over 1400 attendees from 87 countries.<ref>Nicholas Bashour, [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/17/wikimania-2012-swan-song/ Wikimania 2012 swan song] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722033559/http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/17/wikimania-2012-swan-song/ |date=July 22, 2012 }}, [[Wikimedia Foundation]] website, July 17, 2012.</ref> In addition, the [[U.S. Department of State]], in conjunction with Wikimania 2012, hosted a conference labeled ''[[Tech@State]]:Wiki.Gov'' which focused on "Collaborative knowledge and the use of wikis in the public sector".<ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/07/194740.htm U.S. Department of State Hosts Tech@State:Wiki.Gov Conference], press release issued by [[U.S. Department of State]] on July 9, 2012.</ref>
Prominent conference themes were the need to update the old and "dowdy" interface<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20120714-wikipedia-hits-defining-moment-social-web-era Wikipedia hits defining moment in social Web era] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717003255/http://www.france24.com/en/20120714-wikipedia-hits-defining-moment-social-web-era |date=July 17, 2012 }} [[Agence France-Presse]], July 14, 2012</ref> with new Wikimedia tools in order to attract and retain more editors and to make Wikimedia sites more inviting and friendly to users, including especially women.<ref>Hayley Tsukayama,[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/wikimania-hits-dc-as-wikipedia-faces-changes/2012/07/14/gJQAqRKxkW_story.html Wikimania hits D.C. as Wikipedia faces changes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063706/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/wikimania-hits-dc-as-wikipedia-faces-changes/2012/07/14/gJQAqRKxkW_story.html |date=January 9, 2018 }}, [[Washington Post]], July 14, 2012.</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'' featured charts displayed at the conference which showed how the number of new administrators has dropped precipitously over the last few years.<ref>Robinson Meyer, [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins/259829/ 3 Charts That Show How Wikipedia Is Running Out of Admins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328195049/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins/259829/ |date=March 28, 2017 }}, ''[[The Atlantic]]'', July 16, 2012.</ref>
During the opening plenary founder Jimmy Wales commented on [[Protests against SOPA and PIPA|''Wikipedia Blackout'']] of January 2012, stating "When I go and visit government officials now, they’re a little bit afraid."
However he reiterated Wikimedia's commitment to ''political neutrality'' except regarding "the most serious things that directly impact our work."<ref>Jennifer Martinez, [http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/237559-wikipedia-co-founder-officials-afraid-when-we-go-dark Wikipedia co-founder: Officials 'afraid' when our site goes dark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027155409/http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/237559-wikipedia-co-founder-officials-afraid-when-we-go-dark |date=October 27, 2012 }}, [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]], July 12, 2012.</ref><ref>Jason Koebler, [https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/12/wikipedia-open-to-future-blackout-protests-of-sopa-like-bills Wikipedia Open to Future Blackout Protests of SOPA-Like Bills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408201645/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/12/wikipedia-open-to-future-blackout-protests-of-sopa-like-bills |date=April 8, 2016 }}, ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'', July 12, 2012 .</ref> Wales agreed with keynote speaker [[Mary Gardiner]], co-founder of the [[Ada Initiative]], that Wikimedia had to do more to increase the number of women editors. She stated: "As a project of social change, even if it's not an activist project, the Wikipedia community has a responsibility both to its mission and to the people out there in the world to always be on a journey toward diversity — to increase the size of the umbrella of the world."<ref>Amar Toor, [https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/15/3160926/jimmy-wales-wikipedia-gender-gap-kate-middleton-wedding-dress Jimmy Wales, Mary Gardiner address Wikipedia's gender gap at Wikimania conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708195532/https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/15/3160926/jimmy-wales-wikipedia-gender-gap-kate-middleton-wedding-dress |date=July 8, 2017 }}, [[The Verge (website)|The Verge]], July 15, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012_tackles_diversity_issues?dpl_id=479655 Wikimania 2012 tackles diversity issues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704104931/https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012_tackles_diversity_issues?dpl_id=479655 |date=July 4, 2015 }}, [[Wikinews]], July 14, 2012.</ref>
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=== 2013 ===
[[File:Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong (no subtitles).webm|thumb|Wikimania 2013 documentary]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2013|Wikimania 2013]], the ninth Wikimania conference, was held from 7 to 11 August 2013 at [[The Hong Kong Polytechnic University]], with 700 attendees from 88 countries. Candidate cities were [[London]] (UK), [[Bristol]] (UK), [[Naples]] (Italy) and [[Surakarta]] ([[Indonesia]]).
One of the parties for the event was held at the tallest building in Hong Kong, the [[International Commerce Centre]]. A closing party was held at [[Shek O|Shek O Beach]]. Topics discussed included [[Gender bias on Wikipedia|Wikipedia's gender disparity]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibtimes.com/wikipedias-gender-gap-persists-why-dont-more-women-contribute-online-encyclopedia-1390565 | title=Wikipedia's Gender Gap Persists: Why Don't More Women Contribute To The Online Encyclopedia? | work=International Business Times | date=19 August 2013 | access-date=29 September 2014 | author=Zara, Christopher | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006130250/http://www.ibtimes.com/wikipedias-gender-gap-persists-why-dont-more-women-contribute-online-encyclopedia-1390565 | archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status = live| df=mdy-all }}</ref> and Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]]' proposal for Wikipedia to begin using [[Secure Sockets Layer]] to encrypt its pages.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/09/tech/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-conference/ | title=Wikipedia founder calls for new model of journalism in 'era of Snowden' | work=CNN | date=9 August 2013 | access-date=29 September 2014 | author=Chan, Wilfred | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007062231/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/09/tech/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-conference/ | archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status = live| df=mdy-all }}</ref>
=== 2014 ===
[[File:14-08-10-wikimania-gruppenfoto-01.jpg|thumbnail|Wikimania 2014 attendees]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2014|Wikimania 2014]], the tenth Wikimania conference, was held from 8 to 10 August 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|title=Wikimania 2014 London|access-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620114350/http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page|archive-date=June 20, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> at the [[Barbican Centre]] in [[London]], England, United Kingdom. Bidding officially opened in December 2012. London was chosen in May 2013 as the host city<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2013-May/004640.html |title=Announcement on ''Wikimania-l'' mailing list |publisher=Lists.wikimedia.org |access-date=2014-08-08}}</ref> with the only other bid coming from [[Arusha]] (Tanzania).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|title=Wikimania 2014 London|access-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620114350/http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page|archive-date=June 20, 2013|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Kiss 2013">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/23/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-open-data |title=Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales explains its mission to be mainstream |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 July 2013 |access-date=4 November 2013 |last=Kiss |first=Jemima |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823201347/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/23/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-open-data |archive-date=August 23, 2013 |url-status = live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The keynote address was given by [[Salil Shetty]], Secretary General of [[Amnesty International]].<ref name="Prog">{{cite web|url=https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme|title=Programme – Wikimania 2014 in London|work=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814182417/https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme|archive-date=August 14, 2014|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The event was also the first Wikimania addressed by the Wikimedia Foundation's new Executive Director, [[Lila Tretikov]].<ref name="Prog" /> The event was preceded by a two-day [[hackathon]], and a series of fringe events.<ref name="Prog" />
The conference had five tracks, alongside the annual 'State of the Wiki' round up. These were: Social Machines, The future of Education, Democratic Media, Open Scholarship, and Open Data.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} The conference was documented by the television program ''[[60 Minutes]]'' in a program titled 'Wikimania'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wikimania/|title=Wikimania|work=cbsnews.com|access-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915044849/http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wikimania/|archive-date=September 15, 2015|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
===2015===
[[File:Wikimania 2015 documentary.webm|thumb|right|Wikimania 2015 documentary]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2015|Wikimania 2015]], the eleventh Wikimania conference, was held from 15 to 19 July 2015<ref name=WM2015Main>{{cite web|title=Wikimania 2015 in Mexico|url=https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|publisher=Wikimedia Mexico|access-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082448/https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-date=August 19, 2014|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> at the [[Hotel Hilton Mexico City Reforma]] in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]. Bidding officially opened in December 2013.
Other candidate cities were: [[Arusha]], northern [[Tanzania]]; [[Bali]], a province in [[Indonesia]]; [[Cape Town]], in [[South Africa]]; [[Dar es Salaam]], in [[Tanzania]]; [[Esino Lario]], [[province of Lecco]], [[Lombardy]], [[Italy]]; and [[Monastir, Tunisia|Monastir]], in [[Tunisia]].<ref name="wikinews" /><ref name="bids" /> Shortlisted were Mexico City, Cape Town and Monastir.<ref name=Young>{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=Ellie|title=[Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-April/071282.html|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> [[Mexico City]] was selected in April 2014.<ref name="wikinews">{{Cite web|url=https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/México_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikimanía_2015|title=Wikinoticias note about the election of Mexico City as the venue for Wikimania 2015|language=es|access-date=May 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215449/https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="bids">{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City|title=Wikimania 2015 bids/Mexico City|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323081947/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City|archive-date=March 23, 2015|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The main venue was the Hilton Mexico City Reforma hotel.<ref name="bids"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015 |title=Wikinoticias note about the election of Mexico City as the venue for Wikimania 2015 (in Spanish) |access-date=May 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215449/https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015 |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |url-status = live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The organising entity was Wikimedia México, A.C., the [[Wikimedia Foundation#Movement affiliates|Mexican local chapter]] representing the interests and goals of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].<ref>Related links:
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2014-April/005672.html Ellie Young "Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015". Wikimedia, April 21, 2014.]
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City Meta page about Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323081947/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City |date=March 23, 2015 }}
* [https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/México_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikimanía_2015 Note in Wikinews about the election of Mexico City as the venue of Wikimania 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215449/https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_obtiene_la_sede_para_Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015 |date=May 12, 2014 }} (Spanish)</ref>
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===2016===
[[File:Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy (no subtitles).webm|thumb|Wikimania 2016 documentary]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2016|Wikimania 2016]], the twelfth Wikimania conference, took place from 24 to 26 June 2016, with peripheral events from 21 to 28 June, in the mountain village of [[Esino Lario]], [[Italy]].<ref>[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario Wikimania 2016 bids/Esino Lario] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429040851/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario |date=April 29, 2015 }}, retrieved 2015-05-17</ref> Esino Lario had bid unsuccessfully for the 2015 Wikimania.
The other candidate city that bid for the 2016 hosting was [[Manila]], [[Philippines]].
The venue is the first that is not a major city and plenary sessions are in the outdoor venue. During the event, it was announced that the Wikimedia Foundation's interim Executive Director, [[Katherine Maher]], was appointed permanently.
===2017===
[[File:Wikimania 2017 Closing Ceremony Group Photo-1.jpg|thumb|right|Wikimania 2017 Closing Ceremony Group Photo]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2017|Wikimania 2017]], the thirteenth Wikimania conference, was held at [[Le Centre Sheraton Hotel]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], from 9 to 13 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2015-December/007120.html|title=[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 to be held in Montréal in Canada|last=Forrester|first=James|date=2015-12-22|website=lists.wikimedia.org|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref><ref name="gazette-11aug2017">{{cite news|title=Wikipedia founder kicks off Montreal Wikimania by urging net neutrality|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|access-date=14 August 2017|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062512/http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/wikipedia-founder-kicks-off-montreal-wikimania-by-urging-net-neutrality|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The event was held in Canada during its [[150th anniversary of Canada|sesquicentennial anniversary]] and in Montreal during its 375th anniversary.<ref name=CDN-MTL>{{cite news|last1=Everett-Green|first1=Robert|title=Montreal can count on a double payout, sharing a birthday with Canada|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/montreal-can-count-on-a-double-payout-sharing-a-birthday-with-canada/article33531540/|access-date=February 8, 2017|work=The Globe and Mail|date=January 6, 2017|language=en-ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207012634/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/montreal-can-count-on-a-double-payout-sharing-a-birthday-with-canada/article33531540/|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status = live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The first two days included [[WikiConference North America]]. The final attendance of this event tallied was 915. 144 of which were sponsored through full and partial scholarships. Katherine Maher, WMF Executive Director and Christophe Henner, WMF Chairman of the Board of Trustees [[:wm2017:Keynotes|presented]] the [[:meta:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017|strategic direction]] of the Wikimedia movement named ''#Wikimedia2030''. Esra'a Al Shafei, a Bahraini human rights activist, made a keynote on the challenges of free speech in the Middle East. Due to the nature of Al Shafei's work, the audience were reminded not to take photos, video or streaming online which may endanger her safety in her home country.
This is the first Wikimania where the bid system was not implemented and was replaced by the WMF steering committee selection process.
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===2018===
[[File:Group photo, Wikimania 2018, Cape Town ( 1050886).jpg|thumb|right|Wikimania 2018 Group Photo]]
[[:m:Wikimania 2018|Wikimania 2018]], the fourteenth Wikimania conference, was held in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], from 18 to 22 July 2018 at the Cape Sun Southern Sun Hotel. It was the first time the event had a theme. The theme was "''Bridging Knowledge gaps: the Ubuntu way forward''"<ref name="WMFblog">{{Cite web |url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/05/wikimania-cape-town-ubuntu/ |title=Why the theme for Wikimania 2018 will be "Bridging knowledge gaps—the ubuntu way forward" – Wikimedia Blog |last=Scott |first=Douglas |date=5 February 2018 |website=blog.wikimedia.org |language=en |access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> with the aim of focusing discussion on building shared strategies to bridge the collective knowledge gaps.
It was the second time the event was held in the Southern Hemisphere, second in Africa and first in the [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]. The event featured a [[:wm2018:Program/Africa's Wikipedias|panel]] that discussed the challenges and possibilities of the Wikipedia language editions in the African continent. Nicole Ebber, International Relations Adviser of Wikimedia Deutschland and Kaarel Vaidla, WMF Process Architect for Wikimedia Movement Strategy [[:wm2018:Program/Wikimedia 2030: What needs to change for the movement to move in our new strategic direction?|presented]] the [[:m:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20|second phase]] of the Wikimedia Movement Strategy Process. The second phase focused on nine key thematic areas: Roles & Responsibilities, Revenue Streams, Resource Allocation, Capacity Building, Partnerships, Advocacy, Diversity, Community Health, and Product & Technology.
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===2019===
[[File:Wikimania 2019 Group Photo.jpg|thumb|right|Wikimania 2019 Group Photo]]
[[:wikimania:2019:Wikimania|Wikimania 2019]], the fifteenth Wikimedia conference, was held in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], from 14 to 18 August 2019, at the [[Stockholm University]], with an attendance of over 800.<ref name="slate.com"/><ref name=Stockholm>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/wikimania-kommer-till-sverige-2019/ |title=Wikimania kommer till Sverige 2019 |date=22 August 2018 |author=Sara Mörtsell |language=sv |access-date=4 October 2018 }}</ref> The scholarship recipients and WMF staff were billeted at the Clarion Hotel Amaranten, a short travel from the conference venue. Clarion Hotel Amaranten was also the venue for the organized meetups.
The event centered around the theme ''Stronger Together: Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals.'' As part of the movement's [[:meta:Sustainability Initiative|sustainability initiative]], Wikimedia Sverige and the Wikimedia Foundation [[:wikimania:2019:Carbon offsetting|decided to pay]] half of the [[carbon offsetting]] cost. Terrapass, sponsored the other half of the offsetting for the conference.
[[Emna Mizouni]] was named the [[Wikimedian of the year]].<ref>[https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/18/meet-emna-mizouni-the-newly-minted-2019-wikimedian-of-the-year/ Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year, Wikimedia foundation official website].</ref>
=== 2020, postponed to 2021 and cancelled ===
[[File:Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm.251.jpg|thumb|right|2020 edition presentation in Wikimania 2019]]
[[:wikimania:Wikimania|Wikimania 2020]], the sixteenth Wikimedia conference, was scheduled to be held in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], from 5 to 9 August 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Attendance |title=Wikimania - Wikimania |website=wikimania.wikimedia.org |language=en |access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the event. In March 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Katherine Maher announced that Wikimania would be postponed until a date to be determined in 2021.<ref name="Maher">{{cite web |last1=Maher |first1=Katherine |author-link1=Katherine Maher |title=Wikimania |url=https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania |website=wikimania.wikimedia.org |access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> On January 28, 2021, Wikimedia Foundation Chief Operating Officer [[Janeen Uzzell]] announced Wikimania would be moving to a virtual event as the ongoing pandemic affected planning for an in-person event;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Uzzell|first1=Janeen|date=January 27, 2021|title=Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/01/27/moving-wikimania-2021-to-a-virtual-event/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 January 2021|website=diff.wikimedia.org}}</ref> it took place between August 13 and 17, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Wikimania|title=Wikimania - Wikimania}}</ref>
The scheduled in-person event would have been hosted by [[:m:ESEAP|Wikimedia ESEAP]] (East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific), a first time for a regional collaborative. It would have been the third time it will be held in Asia and first for [[Southeast Asia]]. ESEAP will be given a chance to host Wikimania's next in-person edition.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Moving_Wikimania_to_a_Virtual_Event | title = 2021:Moving Wikimania to a Virtual Event | publisher = wikimania.org | date = 17 February 2021}}</ref>
===2021===
After being postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, the sixteenth edition was finally held online for the first time between August 13 and 17, 2021.
==See also==
*[[Wiki Indaba]] conference in Africa
*[[Wiki Conference India]]
*[[WikiConference North America]]
*[[WikiSym]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania Wikimania] at Meta-Wiki, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
'''News reports'''
* [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/11/onlinesupplement2 "Worldwide Wikimania"] Sean Dodson, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 11 August 2005
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4152860.stm "Rewriting the rule books"] Alan Connor, the [[BBC]], 15 August 2005
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss "The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place"] Robert Levine, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 7 August 2006
* [http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid19620.aspx "Anybody can edit: A weekend of Wikimania"] Ian Sands and Jess McConnell, ''[[The Boston Phoenix]]'', 11 August 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090903073559/http://www.reason.com/news/show/36969.html "The Neutrality of this Article is Disputed"] Katherine Mangu-Ward, ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'', 15 August 2006
* [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/08/06/117187/Wikipedia-founder.htm ''The China Post'' – "Wikipedia founder rewards volunteers" Monday, August 6, 2007 – By Dimitri Bruyas]
* [http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/wikimedia-fans-meet-to-discuss-wikimania/story-e6frfkui-1226423085728 "Wikimedia fans meet to discuss Wikimania"] Andy Goldberg, [[News.com.au]], 12 July 2012 1:37AM (retrieved 2012-07-15)
* [https://slate.com/technology/2012/07/kate-middleton-s-wedding-gown-and-wikipedia-s-gender-gap.html "How Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Woman Problem"] Torie Bosch, ''[[Slate (magazine)|The Slate]]'' posted Friday, 13 July 2012, at 18:12 PM EDT (retrieved 2012-07-15)
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/wikimania-hits-dc-as-wikipedia-faces-changes/2012/07/14/gJQAqRKxkW_story.html "Wikimania hits D.C. as Wikipedia faces changes"] Hayley Tsukayama, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', 14 July 2012
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