Wikimania 2013
Wikimania 2013 was the ninth Wikimania conference and was held from August 7–11, 2013 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with 700 attendees from 88 countries.
Candidate cities were London (UK), Bristol (UK), Naples (Italy) and Surakarta (Indonesia).
Topics discussed included Wikipedia's gender disparity[1] and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales' proposal for Wikipedia to begin using Secure Socket Layer to encrypt its pages.[2]
Gallery
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Jimmy Wales keynote address at Hong Kong
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Group photo
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Video showing group Photo of Wikimania 2013
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Wikimania 2013 - a delegation of students from Kazakhstan talk about how they use Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Zara, Christopher (19 August 2013). "Wikipedia’s Gender Gap Persists: Why Don’t More Women Contribute To The Online Encyclopedia?". International Business Times. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ Chan, Wilfred (9 August 2013). "Wikipedia founder calls for new model of journalism in 'era of Snowden'". CNN. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
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