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Wikimedia movement annual conference
Wikimania
Status
Active
Genre
Conference
Frequency
Annually
Inaugurated
August 5, 2005
; 20 years ago
2005-08-05
Most recent
August 6–9, 2025
Organized by
Local volunteer teams
Filing status
Non-profit
Website
wikimania.wikimedia.org
Wikimania
is the
Wikimedia movement
's annual conference, organized by the
community of contributors
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.
Conferences
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Wikimania conferences
Logo
Conference
Date
Place
Attendance
Archive of presentations
Wikimania 2005
August 4–8
Frankfurt
, Germany
380
slides, video
Wikimania 2006
August 4–6
Cambridge, Mass.
, United States
400
slides and papers
video
Wikimania 2007
August 3–5
Taipei
, Taiwan
440
Commons gallery
Wikimania 2008
July 17–19
Alexandria
, Egypt
650
abstracts
slides
video
Wikimania 2009
August 26–28
Buenos Aires
, Argentina
559
slides, video
Wikimania 2010
July 9–11
Gdańsk
, Poland
about 500
slides
Wikimania 2011
August 4–7
Haifa
, Israel
720
presentations
video
Wikimania 2012
July 12–15
Washington, D.C.
, United States
1,400
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2013
August 7–11
Hong Kong
, China
700
10
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2014
August 6–10
London
, United Kingdom
1,762
11
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2015
July 15–19
Mexico City
, Mexico
800
citation needed
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2016
June 21–28
Esino Lario
, Italy
1,365
12
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2017
August 9–13
Montreal
Quebec
, Canada
915
13
14
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2018
July 18–22
Cape Town
, South Africa
over 700
15
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2019
August 14–18
Stockholm
, Sweden
over 800
16
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2020
(cancelled)
August 5–9
Bangkok
, Thailand
Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
Wikimania 2021
August 13–17
Virtual environment
Unknown
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2022
August 11–14
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2023
August 15–20
Singapore
and
Virtual environment
761 in-person and over 2,105 virtually
17
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2024
August 6–10
Katowice
, Poland
1,150 estimated in-person, over 2,200 total
18
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2025
August 5–9
Nairobi
, Kenya
19
776 in-person and over 1,900 virtually
20
presentations
videos
Wikimania 2026
July 21–25
Paris
, France
21
Wikimania 2027
TBA
Santiago
, Chile
22
World map showing Wikimania host cities and their countries
2005
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Wikimania – the Wikimentary
, documentary about Wikimania 2005, featuring
Jimmy Wales
and
Ward Cunningham
Wikimania 2005
, the first Wikimania conference, was held from August 4 to 8, 2005 at the
Haus der Jugend
in
Frankfurt
, Germany, attracting about 380 attendees.
The week of the conference included four "Hacking Days", from August 1 to 4, 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 August 5 to 7. 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
Sun Microsystems
, and DocCheck,
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and Logos Group.
2006
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Attendees break for lunch, 2006
Wikimania 2006
, the second Wikimania conference, was held from August 6 to 8, 2006 at
Harvard Law School
's Berkman Center for Internet & Society in
Cambridge
in Massachusetts, United States, with about 400
–500
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attendees.
Speakers included 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
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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.
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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
2007
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Chunghwa Telecom
press conference, sponsor of Wikimania 2007
As announced on September 25, 2006,
Wikimania 2007
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the third Wikimania conference, was held from August 3 to 5, 2007 in
Taipei
, Taiwan. It was the first Wikimania event to hold a volunteer training course.
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Three other teams submitted hosting bids, for the cities of London,
Alexandria
, and
Turin
. Bids for Hong Kong, Singapore,
Istanbul
, and
Orlando
failed to make the shortlist.
29
The winner was announced on September 25, 2006.
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On August 3, 2007,
New York Times
reporter Noam Cohen wrote: "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.
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".
2008
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Group photo after the 2008 closing ceremony
Wikimania 2008
, the fourth Wikimania conference, was held from July 17 to 19, 2008 at the
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
in
Alexandria
, Egypt, with 650 attendees from 45 countries.
Alexandria was the location of the ancient
Library of Alexandria
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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.
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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."
33
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.
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2009
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Group photo, 2009
The
fifth Wikimania conference
was held at the
Centro Cultural General San Martín
from August 26 to 28, 2009 in
Buenos Aires
, Argentina, with 559 attendees.
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The city was selected over other bids from
Brisbane
Karlsruhe
, and
Toronto
With keynotes from
Richard Stallman
and
Jimmy Wales
, the conference included a Wikimania Codeathon (
hackathon
) and an informal Chapters' meeting. It was organized in two scopes: Casual and Academic tracks, each comprising the same four themes: Wikimedia Communities, Free Knowledge, Latin American challenges, and Technical infrastructure.
2010
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Jimmy Wales
gives the keynote address, 2010.
The
sixth Wikimania conference
was held from July 9 to 11 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
lost by a small margin.
Wikimania 2010 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, WMF executive director
Sue Gardner
said the foundation aimed to grow the number of visitors to Wikimedia sites from 371 million to 680 million a month, over the next five years.
2011
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Workshops at Wikimania 2011
Wikimania 2011
, the seventh Wikimania conference, was held from August 4 to 7, 2011 in
Haifa
, Israel.
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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 and Society
at
Harvard University
and
Joseph M. Reagle Jr.
of
MIT
, author of
Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia
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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
37
One of the sponsors of the event was
Haifa University
38
The conference featured 125 sessions in five simultaneous tracks and was attended by 720
Wikimedians
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from 56 different countries,
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including some that have no diplomatic relations with Israel.
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In an interview with
Haaretz
, 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 "
NPOV
is non-negotiable."
40
Wikimedia Foundation
executive director
Sue Gardner
spoke to the conference about the Western, male-dominated mind-set characterizing Wikipedia.
41
At the end of the August 7 closing ceremony, Wales was presented with the
first day cover
of the first-ever Wikimedia-related postal stamp,
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issued by the Israeli postal service in honor of the event.
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Among new projects discussed was collaboration with cultural institutions such as galleries, libraries, archives and museums.
43
After the conference, participants were offered a free tour of Haifa,
Jerusalem
Nazareth
or
Acre
. Shay Yakir, outgoing chairman of Wikimedia Israel, said that for Israel, holding the conference in Haifa was like hosting the Olympic Games.
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2012
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2012 group photo
Wikimania 2012
, the eighth Wikimania conference, was held from July 12 to 15, 2012 at
George Washington University
in Washington, D.C., with over 1,400 attendees from 87 countries.
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In conjunction with the conference, the
U.S. Department of State
hosted
Tech@State
:Wiki.Gov, which focused on "collaborative knowledge and the use of wikis in the public sector".
46
Prominent conference themes were the need to update the old and "dowdy" interface
47
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.
48
The Atlantic
featured charts displayed at the conference which showed how the number of new administrators has dropped precipitously over the last few years.
49
During the opening plenary, Wales commented on
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."
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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 said, "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."
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2013
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2013 documentary
Wikimania 2013
, the ninth Wikimania conference, was held from August 7 to 11, 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
International Commerce Centre
and the closing party was held at
Shek O Beach
. Topics discussed included
Wikipedia's gender disparity
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and Wales' proposal for Wikipedia to begin using
Secure Sockets Layer
to encrypt its pages.
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2014
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2014 group photo
Wikimania 2014
, the tenth Wikimania conference, was held from August 8 to 10, 2014
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at the
Barbican Centre
in
London
. Bidding officially opened in December 2012. London was chosen in May 2013 as the host city
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with the only other bid coming from
Arusha
(Tanzania).
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The keynote address was given by
Salil Shetty
, Secretary General of
Amnesty International
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The event was the first Wikimania addressed by the Wikimedia Foundation's new executive director
Lila Tretikov
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and was preceded by a two-day
hackathon
, and a series of fringe events.
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The conference was documented by the television program
60 Minutes
in a program titled 'Wikimania'.
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2015
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2015 summary
Wikimania 2015
, the eleventh Wikimania conference, was held from July 15 to 19, 2015
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at the
Hotel Hilton Mexico City Reforma
in
Mexico City
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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
, in
Tunisia
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Shortlisted were Mexico City, Cape Town and Monastir.
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Mexico City
was selected in April 2014.
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The organising entity was Wikimedia México, A.C., the
Mexican local chapter
representing the interests and goals of the Wikimedia Foundation.
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2016
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2016 summary
Wikimania 2016
, the twelfth Wikimania conference, took place from June 24 to 26, 2016, with peripheral events from June 21 to 28, in the mountain village of
Esino Lario
, Italy.
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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.
From 2015 to 2016, the Wikimedia Foundation ran a consultation with the Wikimedia community about the future of Wikimania, with an outcome that supported experimenting with the conference being "held every other year." At the Esino Lario conference, the
Future of Wikimania
session saw strong opposition to this idea, and Wikimania would continue to be annual.
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2017
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2017 group photo
Wikimania 2017
, the thirteenth Wikimania conference, was held at
Le Centre Sheraton Hotel
in
Montreal
Quebec
, Canada, from August 9 to 13, 2017.
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The event was held in Canada during its
sesquicentennial anniversary
and in Montreal during its 375th anniversary.
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The first two days included
WikiConference North America
. Key activities includes discussion on the future direction of the Wikimedia movement under through
Wikimedia 2030 strategy
. The event also made emphasis on the role of libraries, cultural institutions, and the preservation of indigenous languages, prominently featuring discussions on the Atikamekw Wikipedia project and celebrating collaborative
GLAM
(Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums)
initiatives. Pre-conference activities include archives tour and
scan-a-thon
organized in partnership with the
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
(BAnQ); held at the BAnQ Vieux-Montréal, where it allowed participants to physically engage with and digitize precious historical materials, including endangered mid-century negatives illustrating the lives of First Nations communities, contributing to the preservation and open accessibility of regional heritage on
Wikimedia Commons
and
Wikisource
2018
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2018 group photo
Wikimania 2018
, the fourteenth Wikimania conference, was held in
Cape Town
, South Africa, from July 18 to 22, 2018 at the Cape Sun Southern Sun Hotel. It was the first time the event was held in
Sub-Saharan Africa
and having an event theme. The theme was "
Bridging Knowledge gaps: the Ubuntu way forward
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with the aim of focusing discussion on building shared strategies to bridge the collective knowledge gaps.
2019
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2019 group photo
Wikimania 2019
, the fifteenth Wikimedia conference, was held in
Stockholm
, Sweden, from August 14 to 18, 2019, at the
Stockholm University
, with an attendance of over 800.
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The event centered around the theme
Stronger Together: Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals.
As part of the movement's
sustainability initiative
, The Wikimedia Sverige and the Wikimedia Foundation
decided to pay
half of the
carbon offsetting
cost. Terrapass, sponsored the other half of the offsetting for the conference. The Wikimedia
Coolest Tool Award
was inaugurated in this conference.
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2020–2022
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2020 edition presentation in Wikimania 2019
The
sixteenth Wikimania conference
was scheduled to be held in
Bangkok
from August 5 to 9, 2020,
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coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the event. In March 2020, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
, Maher announced a postponement until 2021.
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On January 28, 2021, WMF 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.
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The
2021 edition
took place between August 13 and 17, 2021.
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The scheduled in-person event would have been hosted by
Wikimedia ESEAP
(East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific), a first time for a regional collaborative. It was going to be the third time it was to be held in Asia and first for
Southeast Asia
. It was decided that ESEAP would be given a chance to host Wikimania's next in-person edition.
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Wikimania 2022
was again an online event but with the waning of the pandemic some cities had in-person events. Officially themed "
The Festival Edition
," marked a transitional moment by embracing a hybrid format that combined a central virtual program with several vibrant in-person
satellite events
scattered across the globe. This localized approach allowed contributors to reconnect and celebrate free knowledge face-to-face in their own regions. In Africa, multi-day meetups, edit-a-thons, and training workshops in cities like Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Lagos brought both veteran editors and newcomers together. Wikimedia México hosted a multi-day watch party in Cuernavaca and Xalapa complete with community barbecues, and a lively reprise of the mariachi band from the previous year. Adding a nostalgic touch, the Italian community
return to Esino Lario
, where Wikimania 2016 happened for a weekend of online session streaming, local museum tours, traditional alpine picnics, and shared meals.
2023
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Wikimania 2023 group photo
Wikimania 2023
, the eighteenth edition,
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was held at the
Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
, in
Singapore
, and online from August 16 to 19, 2023. It was the first returning in-person event since 2019 and was organized by Wikimedia ESEAP.
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The theme of the conference was "
Diversity. Collaboration. Future.
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The uses and limitations of generative AI were discussed at length during the conference.
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Gender participation in the Wikimedia movement was also highlighted in this conference with the introduction of the
WikiWomen Summit
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Side activities include a visit at
Google
's Asia-Pacific Regional Head Office,
Singapore Botanic Gardens
, and Singapore's
National Library
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The conference
closing celebration
was held at the Flower dome,
Gardens by the Bay
2024
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Wikimania 2024 opening reception
Wikimania 2024
, the nineteenth edition, was held from August 7 to 10 at the
International Congress Centre
in
Katowice
, Poland under the
motto
Collaboration of the Open
. It was organised by the members of the Polish and
Central and Eastern Europe
communities.
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Journalist
Stephen Harrison
from
The Guardian
described the event as "an event that feels a bit like an international summit of librarians crossed with
Comic-Con
".
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It was attended by more than 2200 participants from 143 countries and was covered by more than 100 news pieces.
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2025
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A Wikimania 2025 attendee affixed her message to a giant "20" display.
Wikimania 2025
, twentieth edition, took place from August 6 to 9, 2025, marking the first time the global conference was hosted in
East Africa
. Organized by the Wikimedia
East Africa
Regional and Thematic Hub
(Wikimedia EARTH) as a hybrid event physically based in
Nairobi
Kenya
, under the theme
Wikimania@20: Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability.
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The four-day event celebrated Wikimania's 20th anniversary, featuring sessions that tackled reducing knowledge and gender gaps, the intersection of open knowledge and artificial intelligence, and strategies for fostering resilient, localized contributor communities worldwide. It also inaugurated the
Users with Extended Rights Convening
, a specialized gathering brought together critical community members who hold high-trust roles such as administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, and stewards. Throughout the convening, participants focused heavily on supporting frontline volunteers by discussing key issues like user safety, privacy protocols, the development of more effective moderation tools, cross-wiki collaboration, and strategies for the long-term sustainability of these essential positions.
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2026
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Wikimania 2026, the twenty-first edition, will be held in
Paris
, France. It will be organized by
Wikimédia France
in partnership with
WikiFranca
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Part of the gathering is the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the pioneer Wikipedias.
See also
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Wiki Indaba
conference in Africa
WikiConference India
WikiConference North America
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