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In the Wikimedia movement, there are many events happening all around the world. This page records major events that happened in the past. Information about upcoming events can usually be found at events calendar, or {{Main Page/WM News}}.

You may also want to check other international calendars of free culture events, such as the foss. events, FSFE events calendar, and LWN CfP calendar.

Global conferences

Wikimania

Main article: Wikimania

Wikimedia Conference/Summit

Main article: Wikimedia Conference

Hackathons

MediaWiki events

Main article: mw:Events

GLAM conferences

Main article: GLAM/Conferences

Wikimedia+Education/EduWiki conferences

Wikimedia Diversity Conferences

WikidataCon

Main article: d:Wikidata:WikidataCon

Language diversity conference

Research events

Main article: Research:Events

Regional conferences

Bangla WikiConference

WikiArabia

Main article: WikiArabia

WikiIndaba conferences

Main article: Wiki Indaba

WikiConference North America

WikiCon

Main article: German WikiCon

Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit (Iberoconf)

Main article: Iberocoop:Iberoconf

WikiConvention francophone

Italian WikiCon

Main article: ItWikiCon

WikiConference India

Main article: WikiConference India

Wikimedia CEE Meeting

Main article: Wikimedia CEE Meeting

ESEAP Conference & Strategy Summit

Main article: ESEAP Conference

Central Asian WikiCon

Viquitrobada

National conferences

Australia

Brazil

China

Indonesia

Israel

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Philippines

Poland

Konferencja Wikimedia Polska (Polish Wikimedia Conference)
  • 2006: April 29–May 1, 2006, Wrocław
    • 42 participants, 10 lectures, a tour in Wrocław and on Odra
  • 2007: May 1–3, 2007, Białowieża
    • 101 participants, 14 lectures, 3 workshops, 3 free journeys, 1 bonfire, general assembly and elections
  • 2008: May 22–25, 2008, Rabka-Zdrój
    • 77 participants, 12 lectures, 7 workshops, 2 discussion panels, 3 free journeys, 3 bonfires, general assembly of WMPL with elections
  • 2009: May 1–3, 2009, Jadwisin
    • 87 participants, 17 lectures, 2 workshops, 1 discussion panel, general assembly
  • 2010: March 27–29, 2010, Warsaw
    • 97 participants, 17 lectures, 2 workshops, 2 panel discussions, general assembly of WMPL members
  • 2011: March 18–20, 2011, Wrocław
    • 101 participants, 15 lectures, 1 workshop, general assembly
  • 2012: June 1–3, 2012, Łódź
    • general assembly of WMPL members elections and discussions, 3 panels, 5 lectures, social events with a free tour
  • 2013: May 3–5, 2013, Kraków
    • 12 lectures/workshops, 2-panel discussions, general assembly, social events with a free tour
  • 2014: May 9–11, 2014, Poznań
    • 11 lectures/workshops, general assembly of WMPL members incl. elections and discussions, social events with a free tour
  • 2015: June 12–14, 2015, Gdańsk
  • 2016: June 3–5, 2016, Lublin
    • 13 lectures, 4 workshops/discussions, general assembly of WMPL members incl. elections and discussions, social events with a free walk
  • 2017: June 2–4, 2017, Bydgoszcz
    • 10 lectures, 2 panels, 4 workshops/discussions, general assembly of WMPL members incl. elections and discussions, social events with a free tour
  • 2018: June 8–10, 2018, Katowice
    • general assembly of WMPL members incl. elections and discussions, 77 participants
  • 2019: June 7–9, 2019, Wrocław
    • general assembly of WMPL members incl. elections and discussions, 89 participants, 19 lectures/workshops, 1-panel discussion, social events including two free guided tours
  • 2020: July 3–5, 2020, online
Zlot Zimowy (winter meeting)
  • "Christmas Wikimedia Party" 2005: 10 December 2006, Chorzów
    • Around 30 participants, 3 lectures
  • Polish Wikimedia Meeting 2006 (no. 2): 16 December 2006, Chorzów
    • 20 participants, 5 lectures, one workshop
  • Polish Wikimedia Meeting 2007 (no. 3): 15–16 December 2007, Chorzów
    • ~ 30 participants, one workshop
  • Polish Wikimedia Meeting 2008 (no. 4): 13–14 December 2008, Chorzów
    • ~ 30 participants, several workshops.
  • Winter Meeting 2008 (no. 5): 15–17 January 2016, Warsaw and Mroga near Koluszki
    • 41 participants, event in Zachęta, 12 items, and social events in Mroga
  • Winter Meeting 2017: 27–29 January 2017, Tworzyjanki near Koluszki
    • 31 programmatic items (presentations, workshops, discussions) + social time, 59 confirmed participants
  • Winter Meeting 2018: 12–14 January 2018, Warsaw and Mroga near Koluszki
    • preconference and unconference activities + 20 regular programmatic items, 52 participants (59 registered, 7 could not attend)
  • Winter Meeting 2019: 25–27 January 2019, Kalisz
    • Preconference and unconference activities + 19 regular programmatic items, 2 lightning talk sessions, 59 participants, free guided tour of the city

Russia

Serbia

Spain

Ukraine

United States

Symposia

Category:Pages that need updating#List%20of%20Wikimedia%20Conferences%20and%20Events

Wikipedia Academy

Wikipedia Academies are public outreach events, usually lasting one or two days, designed to coach academics and other subject matter experts in how to contribute to Wikipedia, as well as to encourage them to view Wikipedia as friendly. Often Wikipedia Academies are focused on encouraging contributions from a particular language or on a specific subject matter. Their purpose is to increase the quality and – to a lesser extent – quantity of articles in Wikipedia. Wikipedia Academies are normally staged as conferences, in a single location, for 80–200 people at a time. Typically, a Wikipedia Academy is organized by the local Wikimedia chapter together with a notably credible external partner organization that can provide subject matter expertise and authority. The reputation of the partner organization can help to ensure that the target group becomes interested in the event, and contact lists can be shared to maximize the impact on the target audience.

(es) GLAM Wikimedia Encounter

GLAM related International Encounter, incl. presentations, edit-a-thon, and editing workshop.

(de) Wikipedia-Forschungssymposium

National conference for scientists working on Wikipedia-related topics.

(de) Wikipedia Workshop Köln

Smaller community event, focussing on workshops around the German Wikipedia (articles and photos).

(de) Wikipedia-Tag Dresden

Local Wikipedia event for people living in Dresden: workshops and lectures around the German Wikipedia

(nl) Wikimedia workshop

Workshop for MediaWiki sysops to learn tips and tricks from each other and broaden knowledge on Wikimedia and MediaWiki-related topics. Organized by Wikimedia Nederland.

(ch) Wikipedia Day

Local Wikipedia event for people living at and around the location of the Wikipedia Day in Switzerland; presentations and discussions about Wikipedia, MediaWiki and Wikis in Education/Science/Business.

(ar) Arabic Wikipedia Day

Arabic Wikipedia days are organized for extensive editing in Arabic Wikipedia to increase its content. Several articles is targeted on that day and contributors to the Arabic Wikipedia from all around the world work their best to achieve it.

  • 08/2006
  • 09/2006
  • 08/2007 Web based days
  • Fourth Arabic Wikipedia Day 08/08
  • In addition to web based contributors, the event was also organized in Cairo and Alexandria
    • In 24 hours the Arabic articles increased from 71,163 to 75,358 articles (685 new articles + 3510 Bot edit). There were more than 10,000 edits throughout the day, which is more than 2.5 times the number of edits in English Wikipedia and more than 10 times the edits on German Wikipedia on the same day. This day advanced Arabic Wikipedia to rank 27. From the fourth day on Commons

Wikipedia Day NYC

Thematic events & projects

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(de) Wikipedia Schulprojekt

Workshops to enhance the media literacy of pupils.

Hebrew Wikipedia mobile poster exhibition

An exhibition of posters explaining in Hebrew different aspects of the Wikipedia project. A joint project of the Hebrew Wikipedian Community, Wikimedia Israel (WM-IL) and the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL). The exhibition is modeled after the Wikimedia Deutschland project: "Fünf Jahre Wikipedia - Eine Enzyklopädie erobert das Internet".

  • Placing the exhibition at the entrance hall of the Center for Educational Technology (CET) in Tel Aviv during a teacher and educator conference, on 9 December 2007.
  • Placing the exhibition at the Center for Law and Technology of Haifa University, during the CC-IL conference, Haifa, 18 December 2007.
  • Hebrew: w:he:ויקיפדיה:תערוכה
  • Gallery: commons:Category:Wikimedia Israel

Photo-Workshop in Berlin

See Foto-Workshop, Commons:Photo-Workshop Berlin 2009

"Elef Millim" project, Israel

A series of field trips to different sites in Israel. Taking pictures of interesting sites and uploading them to the Commons, enriching knowledge.

Wikipedia Takes Manhattan

A scavenger hunt and free content photography contest for New Yorkers, aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles covering the wondrous sights on the island of Manhattan.

Wikipedia Loves Art (US, UK)

A scavenger hunt and free content photography contest at 15 cultural institutions, aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles about art, history, science and culture.

Online

Wikimedia meetups that are online, international, and recur two or more times per year
Name Hosting person or group Active Conclusion date Approximate frequency Primary language(s) Translation capacity Notes
Afrika Baraza Wiki Indaba Steering Committee (WISCOM) and the WMF Movement Communications team yes Quarterly
Catch up Wikimedia CEE Hub (Central and Eastern Europe) and the WMF Movement Communications team yes Bi-monthly See also CEE Office hours
Collaboration hours North American Wikimedians/Indigenous North American issues team in collaboration with the University of Maryland iSchool yes Weekly
Community Calls ESEAP Hub (Wikimedia East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Regional Cooperation) yes Monthly the letters E and N English the letters Z and HChinese and the letters I and DIndonesian (based on request) Community call for ESEAP Hub is an update of the regional activities and an hour to exchange regional collaboration. See also: South Asia Open Community Call
DCW Conversation Hour Deoband Community Wikimedia yes Monthly the letters E and N English "The conversation hour focuses on Wikimedia movement strategy initiatives such as increasing the sustainability of the movement, and helps invest in the skills and leadership development across Wikimedia entities." External link: DCW Conversation Hour
  1. EduWiki Hub Knowledge Showcase
  2. EduWiki Hub Workshop
 Wikipedia & Education User Group yes Bi-monthly the letters E and N English "...community gathering platform for members of the Wikimedia and Education User Group and EduWiki practitioners across the globe... The goal is to foster a sense of belonging and connectivity and inspire diversity within education programs."
  1. English meetings
  2. Spanish meetings
 Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group yes Monthly in Spanish, less frequently in English 25pxalt=the letters E and S Spanish and the letters E and N English
Language community meetings Wikimedia Foundation's Language and Product Localization team yes Quarterly the letters E and N English See also: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization Newsletter
Learning clinics Let's Connect yes Monthly the letters E and N English the letters E and S Spanish, the letters F and R French, The letters P and tPortuguese and the letters A and R Arabic Focuses on skills development
NARWHAL Meetups User:Pharos in connection with the North American Wikimedians regional hub yes Monthly the letters E and N English. Note: the related WikiConference North America is inclusive of the letters E and S Spanish and the letters F and R French presentations. Focus on North America including Canada, US, and Mexico.
Meetings (sic) Wikifunctions Natural Language Special Interest Group (NLG SIG) yes Bimonthly the letters E and N English
Office hours Wikimedia CEE Hub (Central and Eastern Europe) yes Monthly the letters E and N English "Wikimedia CEE Hub staff members conduct online (virtual) sessions known as office hours. Office hours provide Wikimedia community members from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Region the opportunity to ask questions or provide feedback on the work of the Wikimedia CEE Hub. There is generally no set agenda."

See also CEE Catch up.

South Asia Open Community Call yes Monthly See also: ESEAP Community Calls
WikiAfrica Hour Wiki In Africa yes Monthly the letters E and N English "WikiAfrica Hour is a monthly live discussion that support the activities of the WikiAfrica movement and Wikimedians across Africa."
Wikibase office hour Wikimedia Deutschland's Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects team yes Monthly the letters E and N English German translation is likely to be available. Notes are on the Wikidata site in "Category:Office hour notes"
WikiCauserie WikiFranca and the WMF Movement Communications team yes Monthly the letters F and R French Some translation capacity
Wikimedia Café User:Pine yes Monthly the letters E and N English Each session may have a specific theme such as strategy, technologies, training, metrics, or funding.
Wikimedia Research Showcase Wikimedia Foundation Research team yes Monthly the letters E and N English See also Research:Index
Community Support Sessions Art+Feminism User Group intermittent Quarterly the letters E and N English External link: https://artandfeminism.org/resources/community-support-sessions/
MENA Connect Community Call (Middle East/North Africa) intermittent Semi-annually
Wikimedia monthly activities meetings, also known as "Metrics meetings" Wikimedia Foundation Communications no August 2019 Monthly the letters E and N English The public WMF Metrics meetings evolved from an internal meeting series which focused on WMF-chosen metrics. The public Metrics meetings included presentations of activities, discussions with WMF executives, and a variety of announcements including upcoming events and projects, upcoming due dates, work anniversaries, and celebrations. Beginning in 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin newsletter serves a similar purpose.
Wikimedia Clinics Wikimedia Foundation's Community Development team no May 2021 Monthly
WIKIMOVE Wikimedia Deutschland no July 2024 Monthly the letters E and N English This podcast related to the development of the 2030 Strategy.
WikiFireside Chat Yop Rwang Pam and User:Philip Kopetzky no August 2024 Biweekly the letters E and N English This podcast related to the development of the 2030 Strategy and the proposed Movement Charter.
Conversation hour with Community Resilience and Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation Community Resilience and Sustainability team no April 2025 Quarterly the letters E and N English The CR&S team is part of the WMF Legal team.
Conversations with the Trustees Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee no December 2025 Quarterly the letters E and N English Some translation capacity This was an approximately quarterly meeting hosted by the WMF Board's Community Affairs Committee which was intended to facilitate two-way communication between the Board and the broader Wikimedia population. Many topics were covered in the meetings, and there were time slots for open questions & answers.
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Meetups

Resources

historical/outdated resources

See also

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