[Foundation-l] 5th Birthday of the Polish Wikipedia

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/me sees delphine creating a new tower of babel... ;-)

2006/9/26, Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com>:
> /me hopes for billions more of those birthdays.
>
> Long life etc.
>
> Be good and don't abuse the champagne.
>
> Delphine
>
> On 9/26/06, Łukasz Garczewski <tor at oak.pl> wrote:
> > [Argh... Reposting this, since the first mail apparently didn't reach
> > the list... :/]
> >
> > Dear All,
> > a quick report from the 5th Birthday of the Polish Wikipedia, which
> > took place last Saturday.
> >
> > We met at the Warsaw School of Economics around 5 p.m. After a brief
> > introduction by Justyna (Creative Commons Poland) Jimbo gave his talk
> > on Wikipedia and wikis in general, Polish Wikipedia and Wikia Poland.
> > After that there was a session of questions and answers (a bit too
> > long, perhaps, but quite interesting at times even to a long time
> > Wikipedian such as myself).
> >
> > Next, we move to two very brief presentations by Wikimedia Poland
> > members: Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz outlined plwiki's first days and
> > history, I talked a bit about the future (as in the future of the
> > project and the future moves and goals of WMPL).
> >
> > After that it was time to... party! We had a beautiful cake (see [1],
> > [2]) and champagne (see [3]). There was time for a few interviews and
> > some socializing. We also sung "Sto lat" ("Happy birthday").
> >
> > Later we moved to a nearby pub for even more socializing, this time
> > without the media. You know, the usual geeky gathering - linux jokes,
> > the latest trolls on wikipl and all that stuff wikipedians like to
> > chat about. Alek (CCPL) even got Jimbo to drink something we call
> > "wściekły pies" (Polish for "rabid dog" - vodka with raspberry juice).
> > Don't worry, Jimmy survived it and only coughed for a little while. ;)
> >
> > It was a very nice and cheerful event. The only downside was
> > attendance - we had thought more people would come. I can only hope that
> > next year there will be more interest.
> >
> > [1] *The* Cake
> > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:5._urodziny_polskiej_Wikipedii_-_Wikitort_01.JPG>
> > [2] Jimbo with *The* Cake
> > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:5._urodziny_polskiej_Wikipedii_-_Jimbo_Wales_%28krojenie_tortu%29_01.JPG>
> > [3] Champagne... and a lot of it
> > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:5._urodziny_polskiej_Wikipedii_-_Szampany.JPG>
> > [4] Wikimedians (and a few CC guys and gals ;))
> > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Pi%C4%85te_urodziny_pl_wiki_rodzina_wikipedyst%C3%B3w.jpg>
> >
> > More photos here:
> > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/5th_birthday_of_Polish_Wikipedia>
> >
> > --
> > Lucas "TOR" Garczewski
> > President of Wikimedia Poland
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