Wikimania Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide About Registration Schedule Volunteers Press Sponsors Attendee Security FAQ Site Map العربية (Arabic) الصفحة الرئيسية التسجيل جدول متطوعون صحافة الرعاة احتياطات أمنية أسئلة متكررة خريطة الموقع اتصل بنا Navigation Main Page Recent changes Live IRC Chat Contact Search Search English Appearance Donate Log in Personal tools Donate Log in Main Page Main Page Discussion English Read View source View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read View source View history General What links here Related changes Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Appearance move to sidebar hide Wikimania 2008 Alexandria :: Change the shape of wisdom العربية беларуская (тарашкевіца) čeština dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά English español فارسی suomi français italiano 日本語 한국어 latviešu norsk occitan polski português русский Türkçe Tiếng Việt 中文（简体） 中文（繁體） Add translation Wikimania 2008 Alexandria, Egypt • July 17–19 Thanks to all for helping make Wikimania 2008 a terrific event! Watch sessions at Bibalex.org site, give feedback at Comments, post article in your Weblog (tagged with "wikimania2008"), and upload media to Commons with "Category:Wikimania 2008" to share your experience! The 2009 Wikimania conference will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can visit the 2009 conference site for more information. Pictures from Alexandria! See you next Wikimania! More photos... Welcome Welcome to the official website for Wikimania2008! Alexandria was the host to the Wikimania2008 conference in the prestigious new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina). What is Wikimania? Wikimania is aregular conference for all Wikimedians who contribute to one of the many Wikimedia Foundation projects. Past conferences have been held in popular cities around the world such as Frankfurt, Germany (Wikimania 2005 website), Boston, USA (Wikimania 2006 website) and Taipei, Taiwan (Wikimania 2007 website). (more...) Wikimania 2008 planning Presentation streams Archived video streams of many presentations (at the Bibalex website) General details Registration is now closed. Sign up now for Transportation assistance from the airport! The schedule of the conference is available! Team Contact us WikipediaWeekly en:Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly Interviews Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner, The U.S. State Dept's "Diplopedia", Cormac Lawler from Wikiversity Daily shows - July 16-20 Pre-conf., Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Post-conf. + Jimbo Still to come: Kaltura, corpus linguistics and more. Onsite · Offsite Subscription · Feedback Talk to us on Skype! Pictures Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Library of Alexandria) Team members and volunteers (all galleries) Want to help us? List of advertisements that you can place on your website or personal blog! If you blog about Wikimania, tag with "wikimania2008". You can talk with other people about Wikimania on IRC. Coordination Wikimania Committees structure From Previous Wikimanias Taipei, Taiwan (2007) • Boston, USA (2006) • Frankfurt, Germany (2005) The effort was an eye opener to those new to Asia and to the growing communities in the region. This year Wikimania transcended its role as a gathering of Wikimedia projects, becoming the local event of the year for the free culture community in Taiwan. Wikimania became a reason for Creative Commons and Debian Linux to create parallel events, showing Wikimedia's influence worldwide. — Andrew Lih (See another) Retrieved from "https://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=9702" Categories: Pages with broken file links Main Page This page was last edited on 17 July 2008, at 06:32. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Privacy policy About Wikimania Disclaimers Legal & safety contacts Code of Conduct Developers Statistics Cookie statement Mobile view Search Search Main Page Add languages Add topic