Greetings, MediaWiki users and developers!
We are now accepting contributions for the 2024 MediaWiki Users and
Developers Conference [0], which will be held April 17-19 in Portland, OR,
USA. The deadline to submit a proposal is March 22. Sign up as soon as
possible at [1].
This will primarily be an in-person conference, however we will consider
remote presentations on a case-by-case basis.The first two days of the
conference will be reserved for presentations. The third day of the
conference will be a Create Camp, which will include tutorials, hands-on
presentations, and small group hacking sessions.
The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, formerly EMWCon, brings
together the community that makes up MediaWiki – those who develop for
MediaWiki, those who deploy MediaWiki, and those who use MediaWiki and are
enthusiastic about the software. MediaWiki is used every day in a variety
of contexts – educational projects, corporate knowledge bases, even online
hobbyist communities – all valuing MediaWiki for its flexibility and its
openness. By meeting together we can learn from our experiences and
continue to build a true community of support for MediaWiki.
Looking forward to seeing you in Portland!
- The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Organizing Committee:
James Hare - Conference Chair
Cindy Cicalese - Program Chair
Bryan Hilderbrand - Registration Chair
Jeffrey Wang - Social Chair
Ike Hecht - Sponsor Chair
Ryan Schmidt - Technology Chair
[0]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conference_20…
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conference_20…
We are pleased to announce EMWCon 2023 [0]. It will be held at the Hilton
Garden Inn Austin NW/Arboretum [1] in Austin, Texas on April 19th-21st.
Everyone who is attending is encouraged to stay at the Hilton, where we
have a special group rate of $129/night [2], this rate is available until
March 16th so please book early (and soon)! The booking is cancellable up
to 6:00pm on first night.
For those who cannot attend in person for any reason, this will be a
"hybrid" conference, with online/virtual capability via Hopin that is
intended to be as integrated into the conference as possible. All
presentations will be available on Hopin live and we are accepting talks
from remote speakers. There is no cost for online/virtual attendance.
About EMWCon: EMWCon is a three-day conference featuring discussions of
topics related to "Enterprise MediaWiki", i.e. the usage of MediaWiki
software by companies, governments, and other organizations. The intended
audience is anyone who uses, or would like to learn more about, MediaWiki.
There will be many opportunities to interact with others using and
developing MediaWiki including presentations, workshops, breakout rooms and
hackathon sessions.
To register/signup for EMWCon please add your name here [3]. To get tickets
for in-person attendance, see the Eventbrite page [4] which has an early
bird discount through March 19th. To submit a talk, please add your talk
proposal here [5], the deadline for talk submissions is April 3rd.
We hope to see you in Austin or on Hopin!
Sincerely,
The EMWCon 2023 organizing committee
* Bryan Hilderbrand (General Chair)
* Jeffrey Wang (Local Chair)
* Yaron Koren (Program Chair)
* Ike Hecht (Sponsorship Chair)
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023
[1]
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/ausaagi-hilton-garden-inn-austin-nw-arbore…
[2] https://group.hiltongardeninn.com/0w8ee1
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023#Sign-up
[4] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emwcon-spring-2023-tickets-511004527297
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023#Talks
As a reminder, EMWCon is only 2 weeks away, there's still time to get
tickets and attend.
After two years of being an all-virtual conference, EMWCon [0] is going
back to being an in-person event. It will be held at the Hilton Houston
Westchase in Houston, Texas on April 6-8. Everyone who is attending is
encouraged to stay at the Hilton, where we have a special group rate of
$105/night [1]; unless of course you live in Houston already.
For those who cannot attend in person for any reason, this will be a
"hybrid" conference, with online/virtual capability that is intended to be
as integrated into the conference as possible. All presentations will be
available on Hopin live and we are accepting talks from remote speakers.
There is no cost for online/virtual attendance.
About EMWCon: EMWCon is a three-day conference featuring discussions of
topics related to "Enterprise MediaWiki", i.e. the usage of MediaWiki
software by companies, governments, and other organizations. The intended
audience is anyone who uses, or would like to learn more about, MediaWiki.
There will be many opportunities to interact with others using and
developing MediaWiki including presentations, workshops, breakout rooms and
hackathon sessions.
To register/signup for EMWCon please add your name here [2] and if you are
planning on attending in-person, you can purchase your ticket here [3].
We hope to see you there—in Houston or on Hopin!
Sincerely,
The EMWCon 2021 organizing committee
* Bryan Hilderbrand (General Chair)
* Jeffrey Wang (Local Chair)
* Yaron Koren (Program Chair)
* Ike Hecht (Sponsorship Chair)
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2022
[1]
https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=HOUWCHF&groupC…
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2022#Sign-up
[3] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emwcon-spring-2022-tickets-295981989097
We are pleased to announce that, after two years of being an all-virtual
conference, EMWCon [1] is going back to being an in-person event. It will
be held at the Hilton Houston Westchase [2] in Houston, Texas on April
6-8. Everyone who is attending is encouraged to stay at the Hilton, where
we have a special group rate of $105/night; unless of course you live in
Houston already.
For those who cannot attend in person for any reason, this will be a
"hybrid" conference, with online/virtual capability that is intended to be
as integrated into the conference as possible. All presentations will be
available on Hopin live and we are accepting talks from remote speakers.
There is no cost for online/virtual attendance.
About EMWCon: EMWCon is a three-day conference featuring discussions of
topics related to "Enterprise MediaWiki", i.e. the usage of MediaWiki
software by companies, governments, and other organizations. The intended
audience is anyone who uses, or would like to learn more about, MediaWiki.
There will be many opportunities to interact with others using and
developing MediaWiki including presentations, workshops, breakout rooms and
hackathon sessions.
To register/signup for EMWCon please add your name here [3]. And, to submit
a talk, please add your talk proposal here [4]. The deadline for talk
submissions is March 18th.
We hope to see you there—in Houston or on Hopin!
Sincerely,
The EMWCon 2021 organizing committee
* Bryan Hilderbrand (General Chair)
* Jeffrey Wang (Local Chair)
* Yaron Koren (Program Chair)
* Ike Hecht (Sponsorship Chair)
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2022
[1]
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/houwchf-hilton-houston-westchase/?16439995…
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2022#Sign-up
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2022#Talks
As part of her commitment to "to listen and seek to understand", the incoming CEO of Wikimedia, Maryana Iskander, is undertaking a listening tour of the Wikimedia movement.
This Wednesday, November 24th, at 15:00UTC (timezone conversion below), the MediaWiki Stakeholder's user group (#mwstake) is hosting a Zoom call for all MediaWiki users to discuss MediaWiki and its importance to the Foundation's vision to "freely share in the sum of all knowledge."
Please join us for a short presentation followed by a Q&A.
Information links:
* Time conversion link: https://tinyurl.com/5nmmjddk
* Zoom call: https://tinyurl.com/yvn872d4
* Maryana's Listening tour: https://w.wiki/4AXf
* MediaWiki Stakeholder's user group information: https://w.wiki/ZHc
Thank you,
Mark A. Hershberger
#mwstake president
Dear Semantic MediaWiki community member,
We are writing to provide an update on the current situation of the Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) extension as well as to ask you to fill out a survey that will help to define the path forward for this extension.
Over time, SMW has grown to incorporate many features and sophisticated functionality. It is also accompanied by many additional semantic extensions that add further capabilities. SMW is built on top of MediaWiki, which itself is evolving to a more modern code base. SMW does not currently have a thriving developer community, so some decisions must be made on how to maintain and/or evolve its code base going forward. This could involve refactoring or rebuilding SMW. The decision on how to proceed requires a plan with an analysis on the current and anticipated use of SMW and related semantic extensions.
To get a clear picture on the use of SMW we kindly ask you to respond to this survey :
[ https://survey.kdz.eu/index.php/622841 | https://survey.kdz.eu/index.php/622841 ]
Your response is highly appreciated as it will shape the future of SMW. Your input plays a key role in the analysis and recommendations to ensure a bright future for SMW.
We will inform you on the results and further steps on this site.
Regards,
MediaWiki Stakeholders’ Group
Mark A. Hershberger (President)
There will be a MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group [0] meeting this Friday
(01JUL) at 15:30-16:30 GMT / 08:30-09:30 PDT / 11:30-12:30 EDT /
17:30-18:30 CET / 15:30-16:30 UTC. Meeting information is linked at [1].
Topics of discussion will be:
1) MediaWiki News
* What's new in MediaWiki
* Voting for the WMF board of trustees
* CTO change
* Developer Portal update
2) How to battle spam in community wikis
* Jeffrey Wang from MyWikis will be discussing solutions to spam in
community run wikis
Feel free to come and listen, ask some questions, or add a topic to the
Etherpad [2].
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group
[1] https://mwstake.org/mwstake/wiki/Event:138
[2] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2021-07
~Bryan Hilderbrand