2025:Attendees

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Below, you can express your intention of attending Wikimania 2025. Your friends and other people may be interested.
This page does not replace the registration process. It is not meant to present an official or comprehensive list of attendees either.

To maximize your presence in Wikimania 2025, we recommend you to be in our pre-conference on August 5.

Note – Regarding the "language" sections in the tables below, please note that the ISO 639-1 language code for Malay language (Bahasa Melayu) is "ms". While "MY" is the ISO 3166 code for the country Malaysia, as for language codes "my" actually means Burmese (Myanmar) language, i.e. very different from Malay.

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Country	Username	Languages	Arrival	Departure	Comment
US	cscott	en-N, es-4, de-1, it-1	5 August	10 August	Looking forward to seeing everyone!
IN	Aafi	en-4, ks-n, ur-5, hi-2, ar-1	4 August	10 August	Looking forward!
RS	Dungodung	sr-N, en-4, es-2	4 August	10 August	-
DE	Radomianin	de-N, en-3, pl-2	–	–	With heartfelt regret, I had to withdraw my participation due to health- and insurance-related reasons. Thank you deeply for the scholarship – wishing you all an inspiring and successful Wikimania!
GE	David1010	ka-N, ru-4, en-3	4 August	10 August	This will be my 3rd Wikimania.
TN	Csisc	aeb-N, ar-5, fr-4, en-3, it-2, de-1	4 August	10 August	Honored to attend this Wikimania edition. Excited to see African Wikimedia Projects working on the ground.
PH	Sky Harbor	en, tl, es-4, zh-2, pl-2, fr-1, he-1, ja-1	4 August	10 August	Looking forward to returning to Wikimania and to being in East Africa for the first time! Also passing by Turkey, South Africa, Ethiopia and Rwanda before Wikimania, and Uganda after, so if you happen to be in those countries I'd love to meet up there too.
IN	Archies2804	en-4, hi-N	4 August	10 August	Hello I'm Aanchal from Wiki Club SATI, India. Super excited for my FIRST Wikimania conference! Can’t wait to meet amazing people, learn, and be part of this incredible community. Huge thanks to the 2025:Wikimania organizers for making this opportunity possible! Let’s make it unforgettable!
GB	TheresNoTime	en, de-3	4 August	10 August	Looking forward to seeing folx again!
US	Novem Linguae	en, es-2	4 August	10 August
CA	OhanaUnited	en-N, zh(yue)-N	4 August	14 August	Let's explore together after the conference. Always open to trade coins.
-	Gogontsi	tn	3 August	10 August	Looking forward to my first Wikimania
US	Rosiestep	en-N, es-2, fr-2, sr-2	4 August	10 August	Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.
PH	Buszmail	en, tl, es-1	5 August	10 August	This will be my 2nd in-person Wikimania. Excited to meetup with my Wikimedian colleagues and future friendsǃ
TJ	Darafsh	fa-N tg-4, en-4, de-2, ar-2	4 August	10 August
CA	Doc James	en	4 August	DEPARTURE DATE	Looking forwards to it
NL	Ad Huikeshoven	nl-N en-4	17 July	13 August	Looking forwards to it
IL	Maor X	es-N, en-4, pt-4, lad-4, he-4, de-3, guc-2, tr-2	4 August	8 August	My 7th Wikimania, looking forward to meet you all!
ae	Reda Kerbouche	shy-N, arq-N, ru-4, fr-4, ar-4, en-3, de-2	4 August	8 August	Looking forward!
AU	Ethmostigmus	en-N	3 August	10 August	Looking forward to my first Wikimania, thanks to a scholarship from WMAU! Can't wait to meet you all :)
GE	Jaba1977	ka-N, ru-2, en-1	5 August	10 August	Using Wikimedia Georgia scholarship.
US	Sdkb	en-5	4 August 20:45	10 August 23:10	Looking forward to attending my first in-person Wikimania, having previously participated virtually!
GE	MIKHEIL	ka-N, en-4, fr-3, ru-2	5 August	10 August	Using Wikimedia Georgia scholarship.
RS	Gorana Gomirac (VMRS)	sr-N, en-4	4 August	10 August	-
BG	Dimi_z	bg-N, en, de, fr-3	3 August	10 August	Organising a child safety training (welcome to join!)
GE	Mehman	ka-N, tr-N, ru-N, en-3	4 August	10 August	Happy to answer any AffCom-related questions!
GE	იაკობ მახარაძე	ka-N, en-N, ru-3, de-2	5 August	10 August	Using Wikimedia Georgia scholarship.
IT	Laurentius	it-N, en-3, es-1	1 August	11 August	See you in Nairobi!
CI	Dadrik	fr, en	4 August	10 August	My first Wikimania, see you in Nairobi
de	Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)	de-N,en-4,es-1	4 August	10 August	Up for talking anything Wikidata and Wikibase
bi	Gilbert Ndihokubwayo	sw,en,eo,fr	5 August	10 August	Looking forwards to meeting you all and enjoying the Wikimania
de	J. Patrick Fischer	de-N, en-2, fr-1	3 August	9 August	Interested in Community building in Global South
de	Nina	de-N, en-3	5 August	10 August	My last Wikimania was in 2009. so curious to see what has changed
hk	Borschts	zh-N, en-3, ja-1	4 August	10 August	Happy to see y’all again after Katowice :D
ke	Mtembezi	en, sw	N/A	N/A	My last Wikimania was Hong Kong 2013. Happy to welcome y'all to my hometown!
de	Ameisenigel	de, en-4, nds-2, fr-1, tlh-1	4 August	10 August
si	Pinky sl	en	4 August	10 August	Every username on this list represents a story I’m eager to hear. Looking forward to sharing them over coffee.
am	WikiTatik	hy-N, en, ru	4 August	10 August	Looking forward to meeting you all.
si	Yerpo	sl-N, en-3, de-1, it-1, hr-2, sr-2	4 August	10 August	Let's share experience!
th	Tvcccp	th-N, en-2, ru-1	4 August	11 August	This is my second time attending Wikimania in person and first time working as a photographer. This is my first time in Africa. I'm glad to be here again. This won't be my last wikimania event.
th	Wutkh	th-N, en-3	5 August	10 August
de	Katsumo	de-N, en-3, fr-2	3 August	10 August	Interested in Wiki Women Summit
my	Rulwarih	ms, en-2	4 August	10 August	My first Wikimania. Looking forward!
de	Martin Rulsch (WMDE)	de-N, en-3, es-1, grc-3, la-3	4 August	10 August	support for the Wikimedia Deutschland Wikimania scholars; as DerHexer attending as 2024 Wikimedian of the Year (Laureate) and co-contact Wikimedia Stewards User Group; some presentations
nl	Effeietsanders	-	4 August	10 August	-
ps	Fjmustak	ar-N, en-N, fr-2, es-2, he-2 and nl-1	4 August	10 August	Jambo!
ZA	Bobbyshabangu	ss-N, en-N	3 August	10 August	Looking forward to meeting everyone in person.
DE	MB-one	de, en-3, fr-1, pt-1	3 August	10 August
md	Gikü	ro, en-3, uk-1, ru-3	4 August	10 August	sharing experience 🤝 getting experience
TR	Kurmanbek	en-3, tr-N	4 August	10 August	I am excited to talk to you about student clubs, collaborations and graphic design!
gh	Dnshitobu	dag-N,en-5	3 August	11 August	sharing experience 🤝 getting experience
gh	SIR SUCCESS (NAA JAHINFO)	dag-N,en-5	5 August	11 August	Collaborating to grow 🤝 growing through collaboration
NG	Kaizenify	Yo-N,en-5	4 August	11 August	Networking, learn and collabortion
DE	Miriam Konert (WMDE)	de, en, fr	4 August	10 August	I am very happy to meeting you all and share our knowledge about conflict resolution and cooperative collaboration
NO	Jon Harald Søby	nb, en-4, sw-2 ++	4 August	10 August	Looking forward to my 13th Wikimania!
GB	HJ Mitchell	en	4 August (late night)	10 August
GB	Seddon	en	4 August	10 August
GB	Lajmmoore	-	4 August	-	looking forward to making new friends
US	Pingnova	en-N	4 August	9 August	I use he/him pronouns. Representing Wikimedians of Minnesota User Group, interests include Hmong and Dakota, Native American representstion in Wikimedia projects, youth involvement, LGBT and queer topics and involvement, and more. Excited to meet new people! Please say hi!
PL	Nadzik	pl-N, en-5, de-2, fr-1	4 August	10 August	I was one of the Wikiamania 2024 Organisers. This is my third in-person Wikimania (after 2023 in Singapore and 2024 in Poland) and my fifth overall (I've presented online during Wikimania 2021 and 2022). I used to be a sysop on Polish Wikipedia. I've served on the Wikimedia Poland Governance Board, and I was Wikimedia Wikimedia Europe Secretary in 2022–2024. Since 2024, I have been on the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation.
IN	Mayur-WMF	en, hi, ur-3, pa-3, it-1	-	-	Looking forward to helping out with the event and some presentations
US	SDeckelmann-WMF	en-N	2 August	9 August	Excited for the users with extended rights day, reconnecting with everyone and spending time in community from the Foundation.
UK	LWyatt (WMF)	en, fr-3, it-3	4 August	10 August	also known as User:Wittylama
SE	Johan (WMF)	sv, en-4, de-3	4 August	10 August	also known as User:Julle
KE	Tish Madesh	YOUR EN,SW	ARRIVAL 4 August	DEPARTURE NA	Karibu Kenya
DE	DomenikaBo	de-N, en-4, fr-3, hu-2, es-1, zh-1	4 August	10 August	Looking forward meeting new people, speaking foreign languages, getting to know why you love Wiki. Organizing Meetup for neurospicy people!
LU	Volvox	lb-N, de-4, en-3, fr-3, la-1, zh-1	31 July	11 August	Looking forward to my first Wikimania and my first visit to Kenya.
PL	Msz2001	pl-N, en-4	4 August	10 August	I'm a sysop, checkuser and interface admin on Polish Wikipedia. My primary activity on wiki is related to technical things, such as templates, gadgets etc. I've been engaged in GLAM partnerships and co-organized a few community gatherings as well as Wikimania 2024. Since July 2025, I've been working as a software engineer in Product Safety and Integrity.
JO	عباد ديرانية	ar-N, en-4, de-2, fr-1	1 August	10 August	Come talk to me about GenAI and Wikipedia, WikiTermBase, Arabic community, MENA. I'll be doing a quick safari before the conference.
ZA	IngridThomson	en-N	4 August	10 August	Can't wait.
ZA	KeMang??	st-N, en-N	4 August	14 August	My second Wikimania and visit to Kenya.Looking forward to meeting everyone and forging meaningful collaborations.
IQ	Ravan	ar-N, en-4, Ku-4, Fr-1	5 August	10 August	My last in person Wikimania was 2015, looking forward seeing you all in Nairobi.
TD	Abakar B	ar-2, en-4, Fr-5	5 August	10 August	I proudly represent my dear country Chad because I am a co-founder and volunteer as an English-French or French-English translator. Serving is my motto..
PL	SGrabarczuk (WMF)	pl-N, en-4, la-2, fr-2	4 August	10 August	As a volunteer (Tar Lócesilion), I'm a Polish WP admin and was on the Wikimania 2024 Core Organizing Team. As staff, I'm on the Movement Communications team supporting Product Safety and Integrity (temporary accounts, Incident Reporting System, tools for CUs, AbuseFilter, and such). This will be my sixth in-person Wikimania.
US	LZia_(WMF)	fa-N, en-3, de-1	3 August	10 August	looking forward to spending time with you and learning from you. I also look forward to sharing with you some of the research and research support WMF offers to the Wikimedia communities and researchers. Examples of topics we can talk about: Research Community events, Research Funds, AI, findings from research on users with extended rights, and NPOV.
UA	Ата	uk-N, en-3	4 August	10 August	I'm attending as Wikimedian of the Year 2024 (Functionary). As a member of Ukrainian community, Wikipedia admin and translations enthusiast, I'm looking forward to talking to you all!
MT	ToniSant	en-N, mt-N, it-3	4 August	10 August	Looking forward to reconnecting with Wikimedians we've known for many years and other I've never met before.
NP	Ganesh Paudel	ne-N	4 August	10 August	I'm coming there to listen you a lot and tell a little. See you in Nairobi!
US	SuperHamster	en-N	4 August	14 August	Excited to talk about wiki games, WikiPortraits, Wiki Loves events, and more.
AT	krabina	en-4, de-N	5 August	10 August	Talk to me about MediaWiki Stakeholder's Group and Semantic MediaWiki
de	Verena Lindner (WMDE)	de-N,en-4,fr-1	4 August	10 August	Excited to talk about community growth (outreach campaigns and onboarding activities) and community relations (capacity building and local community spaces) and curious to hear how you do that.
UG	Owobusingye	-	-	-	I attended, and I will ensure it is not my last Wikimania

Probably in person (75%)

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Country	Username	Languages	Arrival	Departure	Comment
AQ	Name	en-N	4 August	11 August

Unsure in person (50%)

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Country	Username	Languages	Arrival	Departure	Comment
AQ	Name	en-N	4 August	11 August

Probably online

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Country	Username	Languages	Comment
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Definitely online

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Country	Username	Languages	Comment
LY	عبد القيوم	ar-N, en-1	The first time in Wikimania!
ID	Rachmat04	ace-N, id-N, en-3
IN	Kasyap	te-N, hi-3, en-4
IN	Hridyesh_Gupta	hi-4, en-4

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