Wikimania Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Organisation Recent changes Random page Help Special pages 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 From Wikimania Wikimania 2005: The First International Wikimedia Conference was held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 4 August 2005 to 8 August 2005. The event was preserved in the proceedings originally compiled on Wikibooks and now on Meta, in public images from Wikimania, and in an archive of slides and video of presentations. Wikimania provided an opportunity to meet and talk with people at the forefront of the Wikimedia communities and wiki software development. Researchers and speakers presented studies and experiments on Wikipedia and other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, on wiki culture and technology, and on the world of free knowledge. The programme included a range of presentations, workshops, and tutorials, aimed at newcomers and oldtimers alike, to give for the first time a concise overview of the current state of research on wikis and free knowledge projects. A primary goal is to promote the various Wikimedia projects and to help them improve their understanding of one another. The objective was achived; 380 participants from over 50 countries attended the conference in Frankfurt. The majority of sessions and conversations were in English, although material from the conference is being translated into multiple languages. Wikimania has been held annually to pursue its goals, and now Wikimania 2007 is now in preparation, to give a chance again for people to meet the other group from the world, to work together to bring free knowledge to the world. Latest updates 22 October: Boston is selected to host Wikimania 2006. 2 October: Boston and Toronto have been shortlisted to host Wikimania 2006 out of four candidate cities. The candidates were Boston, London, Milan and Toronto. 1st September: Wikimania 2006 in planning, see here for more info. 8 August: wikimania closes its doors. 380 participants from more than 50 countries. 5 August: Wikimania is now broadcasting on the Internet radio at Freematrix. 4 August: Wikimania 2005 begins! 2 August: The photo galleries on Commons become filled. Retrieved from "https://wikimania2005.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=8281" This page was last edited on 20 March 2012, at 10:39. 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