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Wikimania'06 Kicks Off Next Week

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-wiki-on-or-around-or-betwixt dept.

Vivek writes "Following on the heels of its first international conference, the Wikimedia Foundation is ready to kick off the second Wikimania 2006 International Conference next week (August 4-6) in Cambridge, MA. Last-minute Registration is still open and volunteer positions are available. Among the prominent speakers this year are Jimmy Wales and Lawrence Lessig. Other conference events include hack fests, parties, film festivals, field trips and more!"

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  1. Don't Forget The Scavenger Hunt! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Please folks dont forget the scavenger hunt at Wikimania! http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=Wikitrut h_Scavenger_Hunt

  2. Re:Right place by bigpat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    and he used to run a cheap porn site. Does anybody else just stop and wondering in amazement sometimes that wikipedia actually made it? In just a few years it's gone from nothing to the most used reference in the world.

    A lot of tech guys work on software for internet porn. I was in a meeting once and a discussion about whether a particular solution was scalable was concluded with "Well it worked for Porn, so it should work for this". He made his point.