Dear Wikimedia Community Members,
We have been so hard at work that we are just now peeking our heads out of
our computer screens! However, we have some exciting news to share with you
around Wikimania 2021!
Here are some updates and important information:
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Session Submission forms are now live! If you’re looking to lead a
session at Wikimania 2021, please review the following links:
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Program Submissions
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions>
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Session Submission Guidelines
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submission_Guidelines>
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FAQ <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:2021_FAQ>
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Wikimania 2021 Wiki Page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> is
now LIVE, you can now refer to this page for all information regarding
Wikimania 2021! However, it is a live and under construction page - any
suggestions on how to improve it? Message us!
We look forward to receiving your submissions and suggestions.
Have a great weekend and see you all soon.
Best Wishes,
Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
Dear Wikimedia Community Members,
It’s finally here! The session submission guidelines for the first ever
virtual Wikimania are live! You can view them here
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimania-2021/> on DIFF. The Wikimania
2021 Event Wiki will also go live next week, we’ll start to host all
further updates there!
Session submissions will open on Monday 24th of May! We will share where
you will be able to do this.
Reading all of this information could leave you with questions. We
therefore will be making ourselves available for office hours. More
information on when and how to engage with us will be provided next week.
In the meantime you can leave your questions for the Core Organizing Team
here:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Wikimania_Submission_help_desk
Best Wishes,
Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
Dear Wikimedia Community Members,
As promised, here we are providing more updates around the development of
Wikimania 2021!
With only 2 months and 26 days left, we are walking steadfast into the
first-ever virtual development for the biggest Wikimedia community event of
the year!
Without further ado, here are a few updates to kick start the week:
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Session submissions:
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Program submissions will open on May 21st. Proposals can be submitted
as a Movement Group, Affiliate, Individual or as a Collective of
individuals.
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More details will be coming later this week, so please be on the
lookout for updates.
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Scheduling Principles:
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We are taking into consideration all time zones for Wikimania and
will have a broad mix of UTC start and end times.
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We plan to have a more elaborate programme on the weekend, less heavy
program on weekdays to accommodate diverse individual schedules.
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There will be a combination of live and on-demand content.
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The first day of the five days of Wikimania is dedicated to the
Hackathon.
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There is a two-hour break each day.
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On-demand content will be available during the event.
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Programming principles:
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Unconference and Networking activities run concurrently during all
five days.
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The Collective & Individual Submissions tracks are running
concurrently.
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Level of participation and expertise level will be taken into
consideration (Three levels of content for: newcomers, intermediates, and
experts).
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There will be on-demand content and support dedicated to newcomers.
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Wikimania registration
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Since this year will be our first-ever virtual experiment for
Wikimania, and we want to maximize attendance; there will be no
registration costs for event participants! Registering for the 2021
virtual Wikimania will be free of charge!
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We are opening up an additional Call for volunteers: Fill out the survey
here. <https://survey.wikimedia.it/index.php/778836?lang=en>
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Trust and Safety tasks (Session Moderation, Help Desk Support and
enforcing Trust and Safety Policy)
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Session Submissions Peer Review (Reviewing Session Submissions and
logistics)
This is all folks! We’ll be back with more news next Monday and on Friday
the 21st with details around session submissions!
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Best Wishes,
Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
Dear Wikimedia Community Members,
We’re so excited to share some updates with you around Wikimania 2021!
We’ve been hard at work, getting things running and putting things in place
and realized we have so much we’d like to share with you. Thank you for
your flexibility and understanding, as we navigate through this rapidly
moving ship.
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Wikimania 2021 will be happening! We’ve already announced the dates
(August 13-17) but wanted to remind you - in case you had any doubts - that
the first ever virtual Wikimania will be happening - and we want you there!
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We noticed that all though we’ve been going full speed on the back end
at organizing Wikimania 2021, we haven’t updated you as frequently as we
would like… So, we will be sending out a weekly update email to all of you
on Monday’s - until the event goes live. Which in case you were wondering,
is in 3 months and 2 days! (Yes, that soon!)
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We will be having a Scholarship Program this year as well! We’d like to
remove most barriers of participation for those who would otherwise not be
able to join. More information will be coming soon around Scholarships - so
stay tuned!
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This year's theme is: Celebrate 20 years of Wikipedia and the humans who
make it happen. We will also be opening up submission proposals for
sessions - you can apply as an individual, a collective or a Community
Organization.
We are excited about all the work and progress happening so far to make
this event happen. We're looking forward to hearing about your amazing
session proposals to help bring Wikimania 2021 to life. We can't wait to
convene to celebrate two decades of free knowledge.
Best Wishes,
Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
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https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Save_the_date_and_the_Core_Organi…