Apparently there was a 2010 bid to host it in Oxford as well: <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford</a> which got shortlisted to the final three.<div>
<br>Tom</div>