Wikimania Committee/History

History of the Wikimania Committee including some planning.


2026

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  • Wikimania Paris promoted by Wikimedia France.

2025

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  • Wikimania East Africa.

2024

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  • Establishment of the Advisory Board.
  • Review of the Wikimania Committee/Charter, including procedure related to COI Conflict of interests.
  • Selection of city and venue for Wikimania 2025 East Africa.
  • Wikimania Katowice (Poland) led by Maciej Nadzikiewicz.

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  • Giselle Bordoy - Giyu starts collaborating with the Wikimania Committee as WMF supporting staff
  • Butch Bustria joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2023.
  • Maciej Nadzikiewicz joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2024.

2023

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  • Wikimania in Singapore promoted by ESEAP and a COT Core Organising Team led by Butch Bustria
  • Selection of the location of Wikimania 2024 in Poland, Wikimania 2025 in East Africa, Wikimania 2026 in Paris

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  • Nomination of three new members of the Wikimania Committee: Angie Cervellera, Lodewijk Gelauff and Yamen Bousrih.
  • Gnangarra joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2021.

2022

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Selection method

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  • Communities are invited to present an "expression of interest"

2021

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  • Wikimania online promoted by a COT Core Organising Team made of Anna Torres (Anna Torres (WMAR), Bodhisattwa, Gnangarra, Lea Lacroix (WMDE), Lodewijk (Effeietsanders), Susanna Mkrtchyan (WikiTatik), Winnie Kabintie, Yamen Bousrih (Yamen).

2020

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  • Wikimania is cancelled due to the pandemic

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  • Eric Luth joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2019

2019

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  • Wikimania in Stockholm, Sweden led by Wikimedia Sverige
  • Bangkok is selected for Wikimania 2020; before the announcement the WMF legal team makes a risk assessment. A comparative risk assessment is requested for the future.

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  • Joel Letang starts collaborating with the WMF as event manager

2018

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  • Wikimania in Cape Town, South Africa organised in collaboration with Wikimedia South Africa

2017

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  • Wikimania in Montréal, Canada organised in collaboration with Wikimedia Canada

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  • Iolanda Pensa joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2016 and it is nominated chair of the Wikimania Committee.
  • Phoebe Ayers is nominated vice-chair of the Wikimania Committee.

2016

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  • Wikimania in Esino Lario, Italy

Selection method

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  • Change in the bidding process: communities can communicate their availability to host Wikimania and/or are invited to host Wikimania

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  • Iván Martínez joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2015.

2015

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  • Edward Saperia joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2014.

2014

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  • Jeromy-Yu Chan joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2013.

2013

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  • James Hare joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2012.
  • Ellie Young starts collaborating with the WMF as event manager

2012

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  • Deror Avi joins the Wikimania Committee as representative of Wikimania 2011.

2011

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2010

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Establishment of a Wikimania Committee

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  • The proposal of organising a standing Wikimania Committee is drafted on Wikimania community. The page dedicated to the Wikimania Committee is created by Seddon

2009

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2008

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2007

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  • Wikimania in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Bidding process. Finalists 2008: Alexandria, Cape Town, Atlanta. Selected Alexandria. Wikimania 2008/Bids
  • Phoebe starts writing some recommendations to organize Wikimania on User:Phoebe/Wikimania

2006

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  • Wikimania in Boston, USA
  • Bidding process. Finalists 2007: Alexandria, London, Taipei, Torino. Selected Taipei. Wikimania 2007/Bids

2005

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  • First Wikimania event in Frankfurt involving as organisers Phoebe Ayers, Delphine Menard, James Forrester and Samuel Klein

Selection method

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  • After 2005 and until 2016, the venue for Wikimania is selected through a bidding process and the Wikimania Committee defines the selection criteria and acts as the jury.
  • Bidding process. Finalists 2006: Boston, London, Milano, Toronto. Selected Boston. Wikimania 2006/Bids