2026 talk:Wikimania

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Before you write your message here, please check if you are raising a public enquiry related to Wikimania 2026 or if you are raising concern or suggestion about Wikimania which may involve sensitive or personal information.
If you are raising a concern or suggestion about Wikimania which may involve sensitive or personal information, we advise you send an email message to wikimaniawikimedia.org and not posting on this talk page. This is for your own safety. Thank you. --Exec8 (talk) 17:00, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

When will program submissions open?

TIA for an answer Hanyangprofessor2 (talk) 04:25, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

The call for submissions for the program will open in early January 2026. SanBonne (talk) 09:52, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Hanyangprofessor2, the submissions will open in early January 2026, stay tuned! Thanks. Dyolf77 (talk) 09:53, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Scholarship resubmittion

Hello. I was just looking at the questions on the scholarship form and didn't mean to actually submit it. Please toss out my malformed request, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:27, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Just tried to create my actual request and was told that I couldn't do so, having already submitted one, and have sent an email (had thought that posting here would be enough) requesting an extension if this isn't figured out early today. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:45, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Internationalization

Hi all! Please note for my requests in MediaWiki talk:Sidebar and Talk:About.
Also, i'm update Wikimania:MediaWiki pages with translations and Template:Mediawiki message check. Kaganer (talk) 21:11, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Conference venue known?

Is the conference venue confirmed in Paris? Or at least, is it known in what district / arrondissement it will be held? Bluerasberry (talk) 16:37, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Came here to ask this. Some of us are coming from very far away and need to plan flights travel and accommodation. I'm coming from New Zealand, and the only way I can be further away from Paris is by being in space. — Jonathanischoice (talk) 07:12, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Pinging the communication team - @Afek91 and Lexy Tchuileu: Bluerasberry (talk) 19:48, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

I believe the organizing team provided some answers at a diff post. — Exec8 (talk) 16:50, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, @Exec8:. This is an exact quote from your link:

• "For those that are self funding or self booking, we recommend booking your accommodation in the northeast part of Paris, along line 7 for easy transport to the conference spaces."

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/12/19/looking-ahead-to-wikimania-2026/ (published 19 December 2025)

I appreciate and fully support everyone who has put in the hard work and effort into organizing this Wikimania and other meetings across our movement. However, timely decision-making and communication—particularly regarding venue, scholarships, visas, and other travel-related arrangements—have consistently been a pain point. Unless improvements are explicitly and publicly announced and benchmarked, it is difficult to see sustained long-term progress.

That said, "northeast part of Paris, along line 7" is safe enough to proceed for this time. The level of advice provided, however, would not have been sufficient in the case of Nairobi.

P.S. While many of us are fortunate enough to make arrangements despite uncertainty, others are effectively prevented from participating due to financial constraints, visa requirements, employer policies, or similar barriers. This is not only an equity issue but also an efficiency one: without sufficient advance information, highly productive volunteers—often those with demanding professional responsibilities—are less able to plan ahead and participate meaningfully. The opposite may be true in some cases, where participation skews toward less productive people with fewer external responsibilities rather than toward those best positioned to contribute, an outcome we should seek to minimize.

--taweethaも (talk) 04:46, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

YouTube live chat

Since the success of Wikipedia 25 live chat, should Wikimania 2026 do the same? Ahri Boy (talk) 00:45, 19 January 2026 (UTC)