many thanks for your hard work and - yay, this is really exciting! dj
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Ellie Young <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation, > I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania > 2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team > <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Wikimania_2018_team> led Douglas Scott with > support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be > further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we > hope to confirm the award. > > This past Fall there were a total of four teams > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018> that expressed interest > in > hosting in 2018. We would also like to thank the people from South > Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting > together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing > the possibilities. As a volunteer-led movement, it is very encouraging > to have so many who want to support Wikimania. > > Please join us in congratulating the South African team. If any of you > would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please > contact Douglas > Scott [email protected] > > Sincerely, > > > Ellie Young > > WMF Events Manager > > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- __________________________ prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego i grupy badawczej NeRDS Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego http://n <http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl/>wrds.kozminski.edu.pl członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 Recenzje Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia The Wikipedian: http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge
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