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2025-08-06

NAIROBI (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) MOMBASA (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) KISUMU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) NYERI NAKURU MERU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) TURKANA (Hackathon) ELDORET (Clubhouse) Village Pump (remote only) Common Area / Other
08:00 – 08:30 Orientation No session No session No session No session No session No session No session Morning Briefing hosted by Wiki Africa Hour: Day 1 No session
08:30 – 09:00 Music in the Wikiverse: from Wikisource to the world Decentralizing Software Development in the Wikimedia Movement: Where Are We, and Where Do We Want to Go? - A case for Distributed Software Development Recording and documenting the struggle for territory by activists in Mexico through Wikipedia in Spanish and Wikidata. International Digital Dialogues - opportunities for civil society in 11+ countries Photo permissions for Muggles: creating efficient processes with VRT Mapping Community Libraries, Public Libraries, and Museums in Uganda: Leveraging OpenStreetMap for Knowledge Access Hackathon opening Local Solutions, Global Impact: Adapting Anti-Disinformation Trainings across Regions No session The #VisibleWikiWomxn Photobooth- a feminist corner documenting the presence of women and non-binary folks from most of the world at Wikimania 2025. In the second floor outdoor terrace.
09:00 – 09:15 Making music available: a case of the Slovak Comprehensive Music Database We need a Wiktionary app, and we need it yesterday Keeping the Flame Alive: Coverage of the 2024-2025 Indonesian Protests in Wikiprojects Digitizing Private Heritage Collections - Ethical Considerations and Licensing Bottlenecks
09:15 – 09:30 Coordinate Across Stakeholders with the Product and Technology Advisory Council Strengthening Partnerships & Community Engagement for Open Knowledge Mentor and project matching
09:30 – 09:35 Wikidata: We want our data to be reused. But do we really? How we introduce Wikidata for Japanese Open Source engineer States of the Voices : Wikimedia tools and grants to document orality Preserving History, Empowering Communities: The Power of Multimedia Archives on Wikimedia Commons
09:35 – 09:55 No session
09:55 – 10:15 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
10:15 – 10:45 Unlocking Government Data for Wikidata: Stories, Impacts, and Open Dialogue Temporary Accounts: Enhancing privacy for our unregistered editors Africa Wiki Women Technical Research: Unveiling Insights and Strategies for Gender Equity in Wikimedia Movement strategy 2030 in Africa great lakes, Lessons Learned and New Perspectives Sustainable Partnerships: Exploring Ways Libraries and Wikimedia can Collaborate on Long-Term Initiatives to Preserve Cultural Heritage The African Library ecosystem and the Wikimedia movement in the continent: A marriage made in heaven? Hacking space Global Voices for Cultural and Gender Equity – Shaping the Future of Wiki Loves Folklore & Feminism and Folklore Extended Q&A: Wikidata: We want our data to be reused. But do we really? with Lydia Pintscher
10:45 – 10:55 Better quality and consistent data with ODE State of Offline Wikispeech - continuing the work for a Wikipedia you can listen to Wikimedia Foundation 2025 Board of Trustees Candidates' Recorded Lightning Talks The WikiLearn challenge – Build a course prototype for your community in 65 minutes No session
10:55 – 11:15 No session
11:15 – 11:40 Los concursos Wikimixtura: ¿cómo Bolivia documenta su cultura viva con una mirada local? Rédiger l’Histoire sur Wikipédia : Enjeux et bonnes pratiques pour les sujets sensibles The Problem of Anti-Kurdish Bias in Japanese Wikipedia
11:40 – 13:00 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
13:00 – 13:30 Contributing to Lexemes with Lexica: A Hands-On Walkthrough Empowering movement organizers: Co-creating a community-centered tools task force How to get started in the Wikimedia Incubator Re:searching global trends: gathering your views on how to build Wikimedia’s future together The "List of articles every Wikipedia should have" as a motivational tool Fiscal sponsorships - why you need them, and what they mean for your project Hacking space Shrinking civic spaces: Challenges and Strategies for the Wikimedia Communitys
13:30 – 13:45 Depths of Wikipedia: More reasons an encyclopedia can make you laugh Supporting Wikimedians with big GLAM projects – A space to help you with your big projects
13:45 – 14:00 Enhancing Climate Justice & Environmental Data Mapping through Open Knowledge Allied movements for language and knowledge equity
14:00 – 14:25 The Nigeria Community Micro-Grant: Process, Lessons, and Success in Replication United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization collaborating with Wikimedia
14:25 – 14:45 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
14:45 – 15:15 Conversatorio: Ontologías de Memoria Histórica Undeclared AI-generated text in Wikipedia: A tale of caution Preserving linguistic diversity using Internet-in-a-Box. Experiences from the UNHCR refugee camp of Minawao (Cameroon) Governance Models across the African Movement Bike-quest for WLM in Moldova: from competition to collaboration The State of GLAM Wiki Technology and Tools: Charting a Sustainable Path Forward Hacking space Protecting the People. Navigating human rights risks and safety recommendations
15:15 – 15:40 Leave the hype behind, a Wiki Approach to the World of AI Mexico City to Nairobi is over 9000 miles - Why did it take ten years and 200,000 women to get here? A dozen visions for wikitext! A Network of Places – Wikidata in every GLAM professional's toolbox
15:40 – 15:45 No session No session No session Prompt workshopping
15:45 – 16:10 The state of the Movement Ecosystem pilot Let's Travel: who needs Wikipedia offline, and why Defending Wikipedia: Navigating Global Litigation and Strengthening Community Trust
16:10 – 16:30 No session No session No session No session No session No session
16:30 – 18:00 Opening Ceremony featuring Wikimedian of the Year No session
18:00 – 18:30 No session Review of the First Day

2025-08-07

NAIROBI (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) MOMBASA (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) KISUMU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) NYERI NAKURU MERU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) TURKANA (Hackathon) ELDORET (Clubhouse) Village Pump (remote only) Common Area / Other
08:00 – 08:30 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session Morning Briefing hosted by Wiki Africa Hour: Day 2 No session
08:30 – 09:00 Wikidata: a whirlwind tour through the land of Wikidata-powered apps Shaping the Future of Wikipedia’s Reader Experience Voices of Revitalization: Stories and lessons from digital Language activists Collaborative Copyright Civic Advocacy: The ReCreate ZA Model Learn and discuss with the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network Wiki Is Not Only Pedia: an Overview on the Minor Projects Hacking space WMF Fundraising Banner Message Workshop No session
09:00 – 09:15 Adding Our World in Data (OWID) Visualizations to Wikipedia Beyond barnstars - What learning recognition systems are meaningful for Wikimedians?
09:15 – 09:25 Designing Impactful Wiki Tech Events & Hackathons Media relations tips, tricks, and best practices for Wikimedia volunteers and affiliates
09:25 – 09:30 No session No session No session
09:30 – 09:45 WMF's Impact Litigation Advocating for open access to cultural heritage, targeting UNESCO: the TAROCH initiative
09:45 – 10:00 Effortless File Migration: A Live Demo of the Wikifile-Transfer Tool
10:00 – 10:25 Meet the new Wikimedian of the Year!
10:25 – 10:45 No session No session No session No session No session
10:45 – 11:00 Wikimania@20 Keynote Panel on AI
11:00 – 11:40 No session
11:40 – 11:50 📸 Group Photo 📸
11:50 – 13:00 No session
13:00 – 13:30 Lightning Talk Showcase I Rehearsal Wikimedia’s knowledge infrastructure in a changing internet: Establishing sustainable pathways for content reuse 5 Research Findings and How You Can Use Them in Your Work Building a Common Language for the Wikimedia Movement What do you need to improve open content policies ? The Label Culture Libre an international opportunity Fund for impact: How to write successful Applications for Public Policy Advocacy in the general support fund Hacking space Are you the builder, the listener or both? Put your communication skills to the test with Legos.
13:30 – 14:00 Open Conversation with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
14:00 – 14:25 Handling reports of code of conduct violations in Wikimedia movement groups and organizations Connecting monuments on Commons with Wikidata
14:25 – 14:45 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
14:45 – 15:15 Lightning Talk Showcase I How can we revitalize WikiProjects? An overview of the tools and workflows for mapping knowledge gaps on Wikipedia Lessons for the Gloabl Transition to Equitable Open Access to Research Give Me A Beat! Creative Commons licensing, and ethical considerations for cultural heritage collections What we learned about young Wikimedians' participation from the first youth conference in Prague Hacking space Unpopular Opinions: Bold Lightning Talks to Shake Up Wikimedia
15:15 – 15:30 Open Science for Wikimedians: Lessons learned and potential steps ahead
15:30 – 16:10 The Wishlist Organizers as key partners to support newcomers' growth in our movement: let’s reflect on the current approaches and brainstorm potential future strategies Community chatter and vital decision spaces – exploring communication hubs across language versions
16:10 – 16:30 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
16:30 – 17:30 Wikimedia Quiz 2025

2025-08-08

NAIROBI (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) MOMBASA (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) KISUMU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) NYERI NAKURU MERU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) TURKANA (Hackathon) ELDORET (Clubhouse) Village Pump (remote only) Common Area / Other
08:00 – 08:30 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session Morning Briefing hosted by Wiki Africa Hour: Day 3 No session
08:30 – 09:00 Green Wikimedia Events - A need, a must or a utopia? Parsoid Read Views is coming to all wikis and Wikipedia is next! An overview of one of the biggest MediaWiki platform changes in recent years. How we can handle Wikimania scholarship applications with the invasion of AI? Preserving Linguistic Diversity through the Wiki Audio Walk Campaign State of Wikimedia Research 2024-2025 The global #KeepItOn campaign and coalition's fight against internet shutdowns Debugging abuse filters with ease Let’s disagree together! Exploring a controversial topic No session
09:00 – 09:15 A Practical Guide to Leaving Big Tech The Future of Multimedia in Wikimedia "Wiki for Inclusion: Breaking Barriers, Amplifying Voices, Transforming Communities" Climate Change Knowledge on Wikipedia: A Cross-Language Comparative Analysis
09:15 – 09:30 Storytelling and Learning with Diff: Using the community blog to share your story and connect with others Hacking space
09:30 – 09:55 Keep Wikipedia Weird Making easy ways for new technical contributors The L2 Conundrum Reliable Knowledge-Based Wikipedia
09:55 – 10:00 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
10:00 – 10:15 Weaven Inclusive Futures Together
10:15 – 10:20 Imagining a future for Scribunto Defending our wikis against *weaponized* generative AI MediaWiki to LaTeX How Ukraine’s “Wikipedia for 55+” program helps increase editor diversity Echoes of Hegemony: Media Dominance in Chilean Political Content on Wikipedia Demonstrating Impact: Telling Your Story as a Wikimedia Affiliate Hacking space (Re) imagining: Wikimedia Conferences and Events
10:20 – 10:45 No session
10:45 – 11:15 Smell walks! Collaboratively adding smell-related data using the photowalk model The future of hubs in Wikimedia context OpenSpeaks Archives: Language digital archive for Wikimedia projects A Model of Peer-Produced Knowledge Commons Lifecycles and Governance
11:15 – 11:30 Navigating the Dark Side of AI: Risks and Opportunities Overview of Wikimedia movement in Japan Peculiarities of organizing the Wiki Science Competition in Ukraine: challenges and prospects Wikisource in Uganda : Our experience and best practice recommendations
11:30 – 11:40 Extended Q&A: Research with Benjamin Mako Hill
11:40 – 11:45 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
11:45 – 12:00 WikiWomen's Lunch @ Harvest Restaurant in Trademark
12:00 – 12:40 No session
12:40 – 13:00 No session
13:00 – 13:25 Lightning Talk Showcase II Rehearsal Wikifunctions is coming soon to a wiki near you! Fixing systematically broken processes - English Wikipedia's 2024 adminship reform effort Reviving the Unheard: Digitizing Lampung Language & Culture through Wikimedia Paulina: a Wikidata-based web tool for cultural heritage Wikimedia projects and education: experiences in Apulia Hacking space Cup stacking with peers, without your hands!
13:25 – 13:30 Content gaps: Native American perspectives on Wikipedia coverage Flourishing Nawat: Writing the future
13:30 – 13:45 Fireside Chat with the Wikimedia Foundation Executives
13:45 – 13:50 Decolonising knowledge on Wikipedia
13:50 – 14:00 No session No session
14:00 – 14:25 Wikimedia LGBT+: A Decade of Advancing LGBT+ Representation Across Wikimedia Projects Intra-regional cooperation in the field of education
14:25 – 14:45 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
14:45 – 15:00 Lightning Talk Showcase II Query Wikidata using SPARQL like a Genius Information literacy skills of a conspiracy theorist?... The case for an inclusive approach Preserving Memories of the Dead: Lessons from the WikiPatriot Project Can Teachers Help Teachers with AI? La durabilité du mouvement Wikimedia face aux défis actuels et futurs Hacking space Afrika Baraza: Strengthening Regional Collaboration for a Thriving Wikimedia Movement in Africa
15:00 – 15:15 Extended Q&A: Technology and Product with Selena Deckelmann
15:15 – 15:30 How to organize a multilingual campaign: A case study of the WPWP Campaign. How can Wikimedia support the digital preservation of heritage at risk? Lessons learned in the Heritage Guard Network pilot project and steps ahead Les WikiClubs de Wikimedia Côte d’Ivoire dans les écoles ivoiriennes - Dadrik
15:30 – 15:45 Wikiverse meets CUNYverse: 25 Colleges Blooming Across NYC No session
15:45 – 16:10 Wikicurious: How to use cultural strategy to recruit and activate new editors Sound Recordings from Africa (1908 - 1970) Résilience et détermination : Contributions des Wikimédiens malgré l’insécurité, coupures de courant et d'Internet, Cas de Goma et Bukavu
16:10 – 16:15 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
16:15 – 17:45 Reflection on 20 years of Wikimania Poster Session
17:45 – 18:00 No session No session
18:00 – 20:00 🎤🎙️ Karaoke! 🎤🎙️

2025-08-09

NAIROBI (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) MOMBASA (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) KISUMU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) NYERI NAKURU MERU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw) TURKANA (Hackathon) ELDORET (Clubhouse) Village Pump (remote only) Common Area / Other
08:00 – 08:30 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session Morning Briefing hosted by Wiki Africa Hour: Day 4 No session
08:30 – 09:00 Come and learn how free maps, free knowledge can help care for the world (with a little help from drones) Wikipedia-on-demand: export and share your own minipedia After the implementation of Universal Code of Conduct and U4C, What is the Next? How to Wikibase: National Library of Nigeria Authority Semantic files on Wikibase Web3 & Wikimedia: Building a More Open and Decentralized Knowledge Ecosystem Preserving Global Heritage: The Journey of Wiki Loves Folklore Hacking space Sister Projects Consultation No session
09:00 – 09:15 From Vision to Impact: The Strategy Behind the Million Wiki Project Where are all the Wikipedia administrators? A panel discussion about the future of administrators on Wikipedia. Wikipedia Writing in University course “Ethnography of the World” OpenStreetMap: Mapping for Inclusion, Impact, and Sustainability.
09:15 – 09:30 Capacity Exchange: how to easily share knowledge with peers
09:30 – 09:55 From Needs to Art: Develop an Open Illustrations Contest for Education in Indonesia WikiPortraits: How You Can Participate as a Photographer, Editor or Affiliate
09:55 – 10:15 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
10:15 – 10:45 The Wikipedia Library; An overview and opportunities to collaborate! Reading on the Wikipedia Mobile Apps: Demo and Discussion ما هي أكبر مشاكل وسلبيات ويكيبيديا العربية؟ وما هي وصفات العلاج المطلوبة في المستقبل؟ Wiki Loves Broadcast: Creative Commons Video Edit-a-thon Bridging the Digital Divide: The Role of Libraries in Supporting Open Knowledge in Underserved Communities Future of Online Engagement at Wikimania Hacking space The #VisibleWikiWomxn Photobooth upload sprint
10:45 – 11:00 Information integrity on Climate Change and the role of Wikimedia projects Future of Wikimania
11:00 – 11:15 Navigating Change: Insights into Product, Moderation, Participation & External Trends
11:15 – 11:30 Beyond “Ladies in Red”: Struggling with Gender Equity in Russian Wikipedia Wikipedia & Education: Strategic Updates and Global Engagement
11:30 – 11:40 Biking to Nairobi
11:40 – 12:00 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
12:00 – 13:00 No session
13:00 – 13:30 WikiGames: Play and learn about games and design your own! Artificial Intelligence and the Evolution of Wikimedia Building a Sustainable Future for Wikimedia Contributors Updates from the Product Safety and Integrity team: Incident Reporting System, Better anti-abuse signals, hCaptcha and more! Scaling OER Implementation: Strengthening Collaboration and Empowering Educators in Indonesia Strengthening Wikipedia's neutral point of view Hacking space Creating Newcomer-Friendly Spaces: Building an Inclusive and Multigenerational Wikimedia
13:30 – 13:45 Language Preservation in South Africa
13:45 – 14:00 Wikipedia’s Mobile Editing Experience: A Friction Point or a New Frontier? Empowering the Wikimedia Movement through Inclusive Resource Distribution and Regional Engagement
14:00 – 14:25 Working with children and teenagers on Wikimedia projects in a public library Wikipedia is a Social Network, You Just Don't Know It Yet..., Extended Q&A on users with extended rights
14:25 – 14:30 No session No session No session No session No session No session No session
14:30 – 14:45 Hackathon Showcase and the Coolest Tool Awards Let's game! - extended from Design your own Wikipedia Game!
14:45 – 15:15 Language Perspective of Wikimedia Movement in Taiwan: The Challenge of Taiwanese Taigi and Taiwanese Mandarin UN in the Digital Age: Local voices, global Impact, and the battle for Information Integrity The future role of affiliates within the Wikimedia movement: How Can AffCom help? Music to my eyes and ears! Create your own sheet music and recording for public domain songs What is the VSN? Peer-to-Peer Collaboration for Volunteer Supporters Wikimedians of the Year Showcase
15:15 – 15:30 “Wait… women from that half of the world are really only 0.83% of Wikidata humans? I can do something about that!” How to keep Wiki Loves participants interested even after 10+ editions
15:30 – 15:40 Making Wikipedia More Readable: What Comes Next No session
15:40 – 15:45 No session No session No session
15:45 – 16:10 Empowering the Wikimedia Community in Africa and Around the World with Open Source
16:10 – 16:30 No session No session No session No session
16:30 – 17:00 Extended Q&A: Maryana Iskander
17:00 – 18:00 Closing Ceremony No session
18:00 – 21:00 No session Closing party @ Tribe Poolside