Wikimania 2013

Logo of 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.

A documentary about Wikimania 2013

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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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