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Welcome to the official website for Wikimania 2008! Alexandria will be hosting Wikimania 2008 this Summer in the prestigious new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
What is Wikimania?
Wikimania is a regular 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
General details
- Registration is now open!
- Sign up now for Transportation assistance from the airport!
- The schedule of the conference is available!
- Team
- Contact us
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
- Preparation Meetings on IRC
- Next meeting: June 15, 1800 UTC – Program committee
- Last meeting: 2008-05-17 13:00 UTC – Program committee
From Previous Wikimanias
If I dare list some of the things I loved more specifically, and which help making it what I consider was a *great* wikimania.
Most of the attendees were really wikimedians. Not swarms of journalists, nor curious visitors. There were many times I had this odd feeling we were on meta, or on this list, just chatting or trolling, simply face to face.
I think the central point was a little anthill where we could always find others, someone to talk to, something to look at, something to eat... It felt such a warm place. — Florence Devouard
Most of the attendees were really wikimedians. Not swarms of journalists, nor curious visitors. There were many times I had this odd feeling we were on meta, or on this list, just chatting or trolling, simply face to face.
I think the central point was a little anthill where we could always find others, someone to talk to, something to look at, something to eat... It felt such a warm place. — Florence Devouard

