Wikimania 2005 Flashback, 19:00 UTC today, live panel in a little less than 3 hours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkybZMOLY1E Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 4:47 PM phoebe ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > Dearest Wikimaniacs, > > I've found myself this week catching myself at various times feeling > melancholy. Yes, there's a lot (a lot) of stuff going on the world and it's > been a very, very hard year. But there's one particular thing that I've > been thinking about this week, which is - this was supposed to be Wikimania > week, starting in a few days. > > If the pandemic hadn't happened, I (and perhaps you) would be on our way > to Bangkok soon, to celebrate the 16th Wikimania. We'd be connecting in > person about all the things our movement does, online and off. We'd be > making new friends and renewing old friendships and getting rejuvenated > once again for the work we do. > > I miss you all terribly, and I also want to celebrate that we've had 15 -- > and counting -- amazing, life-changing movement-wide conferences, held all > around the world. > > Andrew, Richard and I are starting a new podcast series to celebrate > Wikimania and our history, called "Wikipedia: year by year". We'll be > chatting with invited guests to discuss the world of Wikimedia each year, > seen through the lens of Wikimania. We're starting with Wikimania 2005, of > course -- the very first Wikimania, held this week (well, August 4th) in > 2005 in Frankfurt, Germany. > > Tune in this Sunday, 19:00 UTC (3PM EST) to listen to us and some special > guests talk about that Wikimania, why it was so cool, and what the world of > Wikimedia was like in 2005. Send us questions and comments on social media, > add your own experiences to the etherpad, and watch live (or watch the > stream afterwards). > Info on tuning in: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Weekly_Network/Year_by_Year > etherpad for comments & story-telling, before or during the episode: > https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikipedia_Year_by_Year__2005 > > And regardless of whether this year would have been your 16th Wikimania, > your first Wikimania, or you weren't going to attend in person: let's > remember and celebrate the strength and the joy of our movement in any way > we can. Let's celebrate the late nights and the dance parties and the > multilingualism and the hacking and... staying up to make just one more > edit. > > I miss you! > Phoebe > > p.s. our hope is to not stop with 2005, but go through all of the years, > building towards the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia on Jan 15, 2021. Help us > build out the series and ideas for episodes (and guest suggestions) on > meta! > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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