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Wikimedia to Hold First International Conference

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lets-get-together-and-[drink] dept.

teslatug writes "The Wikimedia Foundation will be holding its first international conference, Wikimania, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from August 4, 2005 to August 8, 2005. Featured speakers will include Jimmy Wales, Ross Mayfield, Ward Cunningham, and Richard Stallman. It will be the largest gathering of Wiki[pm]edians to date."

6 of 69 comments (clear)

  1. call the fbi by truckaxle · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think it is about time the fbi or homeland security start monitoring this potentially subversive group.

  2. Re:The neutrality of this conference is disputed. by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would their credibility stay high if they all stayed at home?

    --
    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  3. Agenda by thijsa · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess we can all freely change the agenda and speakers order in a collaborative effort?

    1. Re:Agenda by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Of course! But as with Wikipedia, all deletions must be by consensus. Which means that hundreds of new speakers will be suggested, and only the most obviously demented or offtopic speakers will not make the cut. The converence is expected to last several years.

  4. Change in date and venue by flyingsquid · · Score: 4, Funny

    In keeping with the spirit of Wikipedia, I have decided that the Wikimania conference will now be held September 17th-23rd in Ulaan Bator, Mongolia. Featured speakers will include Mikhail Gorbachev and Pamela Anderson.

    1. Re:Change in date and venue by identity0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      For all intents and purposes, it might as well be Ulaan Bator than Frankfurt-am-Main, which is in the middle of nowhere.

      I know we all hate Europe here, but we should not refer to it as 'nowhere'.

      Please try to maintain a NPOV.