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Europe

I suggest a previous continental meeting (online?) in Europe BoldLuis (talk) 18:07, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Dates

Do we know the dates allready? Pavel Bednařík (WMCZ) (talk) 12:38, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Looks like they just announced the dates (6-9 August 2025). OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 19:32, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

What is the deadline for handing in pre-recorded sessions? Thank you for letting me know! Walkuraxx

2026

What city and date will be 2026 Wikimania 143.44.164.223 00:32, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

The 2026 Wikimania will be hosted in Paris by Wikimédia France in partnership with WikiFranca More details here. - MPaul (WMF) (talk) 16:20, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Is there a wikimania conference at Philippines?

So is there any wikimania event in Philippines? 143.44.164.223 00:34, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello @143.44.164.223 currently no there is no wikimania related event in Philippines. However, if there will be one in Philippines it will be listed on the 2025:Related affiliate events page. Please keep an eye on that page.

Thank you.

Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 09:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Ok we hope that in 2026 a Wikimania

event will be in Philippines 143.44.164.223 07:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello @143.44.164.223, please still keep an eye on 2025:Related affiliate events for 2025 maybe the PhilWiki Community might decide to host a Wikimania 2025 watch party/event.

Thank you

Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 10:32, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Currently Wikimania is rotated regionally across the world. For 2026, unless there have been changes since the last round of Wikimania:Expressions of Interest, it will be in Paris. The dates are not decided yet as there are a lot of factors in play. As to if it will be in Philippines the next time, it can be considered if there is a proposal for it in the next EOI. However do note that Singapore hosted Wikimania in 2023, the first since COVID-19. If we are doing it in a rotational manner since then, it may take awhile for South-east Asia region to be considered again. Robertsky (talk) 15:47, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Venue

As booking early can really save money, I wanted to ask when a decision on the venue can be expected?

I understand that negotiating and renting a venue may take time, but perhaps the organisers could indicate an area of Nariobi? Thanks! --Dimi z (talk) 11:53, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dimi z, Please check the Travel page for more information regarding your request. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 14:56, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Is there a wikimania conference in South Africa

. Zipper ffsgb (talk) 21:37, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Zipper ffsgb,

No please there's no Wikimania Conference in South Africa. Wikimania 2025 is only happening in Nairobi and Online. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 11:31, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Proposals for talks/workshops etc

Where is the page where one puts forward proposals tor presentations/ workshops etc? I cannot come, but am hoping to give an online presentation. MargaretRDonald (talk) 18:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello @MargaretRDonald,

The call for proposals has not yet been launched. Once the call for proposals is launched we will definitely be having a page for the call. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 11:33, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Speaking from the perspective of an academic researcher, it is already quite late to start planning funding for participation. It would really make my life easier if I could submit a proposal and get a possible approval early, so that I could seek funding. Pundit (talk) 12:52, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

@Pundit and @MargaretRDonald, The call for proposals will be opening soon. Please keep an eye on Wikimania wiki, the page will be created soon in other to provide guidance for the call for proposals. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 17:47, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Translation?

Could someone with admin user rights add the translation markup and mark the page for translation? Thanks, Ankermast (talk) 19:22, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Ankermast Which page are you referring to? -- Exec8 (talk) 23:10, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

The main page, of course. Ankermast (talk) 10:38, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

If I can ask, why 2025:Wikimania and 2025:Organisers pages haven't translation tool so anyone can help translate it to their respective languages too?. Thank you. Zahirulnukman (talk) 05:22, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

@Zahirulnukman, 2025:Wikimania is currently under construction and it is not advisable to mark that page at the moment for translation. Once its good for translation, the main page will definitely be marked for translation. For 2025:Organisers will definitely marked for translation soon. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 17:23, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Joris Darlington Quarshie Then would you please do so? And why can’t the Main Page receive the markup when it’s possible to update the old translations when changes have been made? Ankermast (talk) 18:02, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Joris Darlington Quarshie Or please grant someone else admin rights to add the markup, e. g. @MrBenjo who had already requested them several weeks ago. Ankermast (talk) 20:02, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Announcing the winners of Egypt photography competition

I would like to ask a question: when will the winners of the international competition in archaeological photography in Egypt in 2024 be announced? I took first place in Egypt and I waited a long time to know when the international competition would be announced, but the answer is always that it is in one month and that it is normal for it to be delayed. But when will it appear in the month of 1 2026? Abdelrahmannr (talk) 15:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Abdelrahmannr:, I believe you need to reach out directly with the user group in Egypt about this concern as the competition you refer to is not part of Wikimania's programme. Kindly go to their talk page. -- Exec8 (talk)

Include "and" in the projects list for translation

In the main page, the word "and" when listing the Wikimedia projects is not included for translation.

Additionally, but not crucially, the "Interested to host Wikimania?" string only includes the opening ''' tag without the closing. It doesn't affect anything but it opens to possible mistakes when translating. EmpAhmadK (talk) 09:41, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

I saw that too + the page links have to be internationalized, for example, the Wikivoyage links all lead to enwikivoyage. Regards, Ankermast (talk) 21:26, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks to @Minorax for fixing the markup. Ankermast (talk) 07:55, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Please keep codes out of the translation

The recent addition of the programme proposal button puts the whole button (code and all) into the translation tag. This can cause confusion among translators who might accidentally translate the code which renders the page broken. Please keep the text only and put the code outside the translation tag. Thanks. EmpAhmadK (talk) 06:34, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Could somebody add more _transalate_ tags to the mainpage, I am dreaming so that the Team will intrigue more session proposals (; Ten more days to go, and good luck to you all, -- Omotecho (talk) 18:04, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Is there a Hackathon?

In previous Wikimanias, there was a hackathon starting the day before the conference proper. Last year this was changed so that the hackathon ran concurrently with the main Wikimania program. What is the plan for Wikimania 2025? Will there be a hackathon? Will there be a process for proposing projects or tutorials for the hackathon? Will it precede the main program or run concurrently as it did last year?

Thanks! Cscott (talk) 14:01, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

@Cscott, There will be a wikimania hackathon for 2025 which will be happening from the pre-conference day August 5th through out the main conference days August 6th to August 9th, 2025.

Currently the call for programming proposals are open and if you want to submit a program session for the hackathon you can feel free and submit it under the technology track.

Please feel free to refer to the Program.

If you have any more questions or need any clarifications please feel to ask them here or via email. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 19:36, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Awesome. Hopefully the Hackathon has its own designated room for every day of Wikimania. At last year's Wikimania, the Hackathon room wasn't available on the first day, and I remember doing some hacking under a stairwell since that is where the electrical outlet was. Novem Linguae (talk) 10:34, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

@Novem Linguae, This time the hackathon room would be available from the pre-conference day. So we will definitely be making sure this doesn't happen. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 18:18, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Amazing. Thanks for the info. Novem Linguae (talk) 18:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Meetups

When will we have to submit proposals of meetups? Do we need to do that by 31 March? --さえぼー (talk) 21:13, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello @さえぼー, Please meet ups are part of the current call. So you can go ahead and submit it as a program proposal. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 16:10, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

"Who's coming" list

Is there a "who's coming" list page for 2025 where we can sign ourselves up if we are attending? If so would love a link to see who's attending. If not maybe we can create one :) Would also be interested in seeing the scholarship recipients list if that data is posted. Novem Linguae (talk) 10:36, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

@Novem Linguae The scholarship process hasn't actually completed as far as I'm aware? Leaderboard (talk) 15:02, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

2025:Attendees page had been set up for all attendees. -- Exec8 (talk) 15:50, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Will there be a community village this year?

Hi

I can't find this in the pages, but maybe I've missed it. Will there be a community village?

Thanks very much

. John Cummings (talk) 11:01, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello @John Cummings, I am going to get back to you with regards to the community village by Wednesday end of day.
Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 09:15, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Joris Darlington Quarshie thanks very much, I'm sure people from chapters and user groups would be happy to help set it up. I organised it at Wikimania London and it was suprisingly straightforward. John Cummings (talk) 09:22, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Just some personal feedback –  a community village where affiliates and user groups with booths can be very rewarding, but it can also be a drain on the time of folks who staff those booths. So we should make sure to consider the 'return on investment' of time. Folks staffing a table, oftentimes idle for long periods, may miss out on Wikimania sessions or other activities. That was a factor in the past when considering whether to hold a community village at Wikimania, or having it be only for limited stretches of time (lunchtime, long breaks, etc). - Fuzheado (talk) 15:15, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Grammar

Please change "This edition marks a great milestone as it also celebrate Wikimania's 20th anniversary." to "This edition marks a great milestone as it also celebrates Wikimania's 20th anniversary.", adds s to celebrate to make it celebrates. Thank you. Myrealnamm (talk) 15:36, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

@Myrealnamm fixed Robertsky (talk) 18:30, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Halal food

Is halal food available at the hotel? or in restaurants near the conference venue? What measures have you taken to ensure halal food is available for participants? Abade ^{Talk with me} 06:26, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@عبد القيوم Yes please, there are halal foods available at the hotels and other restaurants across Nairobi. As Nairobi has a larger Islamic community across the city. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 09:17, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Language option list missinig from the main page

We are missing the language option list. This is difficult especially for some languages which are not supported by browsers, meaning that the translations are completely inaccessible. EmpAhmadK (talk) 13:07, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate for onwards travel (if that country requires a Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate)

While 2025:Visas and Vaccines mentions the need for a Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate for travel to Kenya from some locations, it should also be noted that some people may also need a Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate for onwards travel.

https://www.cdc.gov/yellow-book/hcp/preparing-international-travelers/yellow-fever-vaccine-and-malaria-prevention-information-by-country.html does say

Vaccine is generally not recommended for travel limited to: the city of Nairobi (the capital); the counties of the former North Eastern Province (Mandera, Wajir, and Garissa); or the counties (except Taita-Taveta) of the former Coast Province (Kilifi, including the city of Malindi; Kwale; Lamu; Mombasa, including the city of Mombasa; Tana River).

And yes, while you may not need one for Nairobi, if you are only staying there, if you are going on to another country that requires a certificate, having a vaccination certificate is going to be easier in most cases, than trying to prove/argue with the immigration official where you did or did not go in a country! Reedy (talk) 20:36, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

The shortened version is something like, we should add some text like "Please consider your onwards travel plans as to whether you may require a Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate for that portion of your trip." Reedy (talk) 22:47, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Visa requirements

2025:Visas and Vaccines#Visa requirements says

It is recommended to have a valid passport for at least six months from the date you exit Kenya and at least two blank passport pages.

https://etakenya.go.ke/form/apply/how-to-apply?type=tourist says

Valid passport for at least six (6) months after your planned date of arrival into Kenya, with at least one blank page

There's a bit of a difference between 6 months of your arrival and departure... And two pages vs one... Reedy (talk) 14:29, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

I think it's because one is a recommendation while the other is a requirement? Leaderboard (talk) 17:50, 10 July 2025 (UTC)