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Wikimania 2008 Alexandria :: Change the shape of wisdom

Wikimania 2008 was the fourth International Wikimedia Conference, and was held at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt on 17th to 19th July 2008.

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For the Socialtext.net–hosted wiki spawned from a panel at Wikimania 2006, see: Enterprise Wikimania.
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Wikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia community. Wikimania allows the community of Wikipedians, and the general public to learn more about Wikipedia and / or wiki technologies in general, and share their experiences face to face with free knowledge initiatives and events all over the world. Wikimania is organized by a different local WikimaniaTeam each year. In 2012, the Wikimania conference took place in Washington, D.C., and the 2013 conference was hosted by Hong Kong. London was the home of the 2014 gathering. The 2015 event took place in Mexico, whilst the 2016 meet-up was in Italy. The 2017 meet was held in Canada, 2018 was in South Africa. The last real meet was in 2019 in Sweden. For the 2020 meet, Thailand was proposed, however, this event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The 2021 meet was a virtual online event, due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, as was the 2022 event. The next conference due in 2023 is scheduled to be held in the city state of Singapore, whilst the 2024 event is penned for Poland.

Wikimania is funded primarily by the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF); with further additional funding from other local, national, and international sponsors.


All Wikimania wiki sites: (viewedittalk)

WikimaniaTeam — Wikimania 2005: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany • Wikimania 2006: Boston, MA, USA • Wikimania 2007: Taipei, Taiwan • Wikimania 2008: Alexandria, Egypt • Wikimania 2009: Buenos Aires, Argentina • Wikimania 2010: Gdańsk, Poland • Wikimania 2011: Haifa, Israel • Wikimania 2012: Washington, D.C., USA • Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong, PRC • Wikimania 2014: London, England, United Kingdom • Wikimania 2015: Mexico City, Mexico • Wikimania 2016: Esino Lario, Italy • Wikimania 2017: Montréal, Quebec, Canada • Wikimania 2018: Cape Town, South Africa • Wikimania 2019: Stockholm, Sweden • Wikimania 2020: Bangkok, Thailand (cancelled due to Covid-19) • Wikimania 2021: virtual online (due to Covid-19) • Wikimania 2022: virtual online • Wikimania 2023: Singapore • Wikimania 2024: Kraków, Poland

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