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WikiConference North America 2018 – Columbus

Save the date! Join Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts October 18-21 for the annual continental conference.

Register

Travel & accommodation

Check-in desk & badge pick-up

View Schedule

Introduction

WCNA 2017, Montreal

WCNA 2016, San Diego

WCUSA 2015, Washington D.C.

WCUSA 2014, New York City

WikiConference North America is the annual conference of Wikimedia enthusiasts and volunteers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The 2018 conference will take place in Columbus, Ohio on October 18-21.

Our main host is the Ohio State University Libraries.
This year's theme is possibilty/posibilidad/possibilité. Participation in conference activities includes compliance with our Friendly Space Policy.
Registration is required of all attendees, and will remain open until we run out of allocated space. Register soon!
We've created a travel and lodging guide. If you find things to add in your own research, feel free to contribute as well.
Follow us on social media: #WikiConferenceNA

Activities

October 18-19: The first two days, Thursday and Friday, will include our pre-conference activities. This year, we are offering a hackathon, tech demos, and our annual Culture Crawl, a day-long event where we collaborate with local museums, libraries, cultural, and metropolitan institutions to host free backstage tours, edit-a-thons, and more. These crawls are a fantastic opportunity for conference attendees to experience the local culture, as well as collaborate with local institutions to improve Wikipedia's coverage of local topics, and to upload new images to Commons.

October 20-21: Saturday and Sunday will be our main conference, which includes keynotes, community presentations, round-table discussions, panels, and lightning talk sessions. The main session themes include:

Academia
Editor Recruitment & Retention
Harassment, Civility, & Safety
Inclusion & Diversity
Relationship Building & Support
Sister projects (WikiCite, WikiCommons, WikiData, WikiSource)
Tech & Tools

Keynotes

Nicole Ebber, manager of the 2030 strategic plan / movement strategy
Mark Graham, Director of the Wayback Machine at Internet Archive
McKensie Mack.jpg

McKensie Mack, Director of Art + Feminism

History

Our previous events had unique themes and were located in different cities: New York City (2014), Washington D.C. (2015), San Diego (2016), and Montreal (2017).

WikiConference North America User Group was formed in 2016 after that year's conference. It is a recognized Affiliate by the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of the User Group is to assure that the experiences gained at one conference are shared with future year conference organizers. The mission of the User Group includes coordinating the planning and hosting of events under our purview. Additionally, the User Group documents best practices and shares lessons learned with other Wikimedia communities planning and hosting conferences and similar events.

Partners

Want to get involved? Reach out to us.

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+* Our main '''host''' is the Ohio State University Libraries.
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-The 2018 conference will take place in '''[[w:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]''' on '''October 18-21'''. Our main host is the Ohio State University Libraries. Planning is underway by this year's organizing committee and partners.
+* '''Registration''' is required of all attendees, and will remain open until we run out of allocated space. Register soon!
+* We've created a '''[https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2018/Travel travel and lodging guide]'''. If you find things to add in your own research, feel free to contribute as well.
-This year's theme is '''possibilty'''/'''posibilidad'''/'''possibilité'''.
+* Follow us on '''social media''': [[File:Twitter.png|30px|link=https://twitter.com/wikiconna]] [[File:Facebook_f_logo_2013.png|30px|link=https://www.facebook.com/wikiconferencena]] [[File:Email Shiny Icon.svg|30px|link=https://wikiconference.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d3c40f0a6e016e58de1db021c&id=88527058d8]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WikiConferenceNA #WikiConferenceNA]
-Participation in conference activities includes compliance with our [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2018/Safe_Space_Policy '''Friendly Space Policy'''].
-Follow us on social media: [[File:Twitter.png|30px|link=https://twitter.com/wikiconna]] [[File:Facebook_f_logo_2013.png|30px|link=https://www.facebook.com/wikiconferencena]] [[File:Email Shiny Icon.svg|30px|link=https://wikiconference.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d3c40f0a6e016e58de1db021c&id=88527058d8]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WikiConferenceNA #WikiConferenceNA]
 == Activities ==
-October 18-19: The first two days, Thursday and Friday, will include our pre-conference activities. This year, we are offering a hackathon, tech demos, and our annual Culture Crawl, a day-long event where we collaborate with local museums, libraries, cultural, and metropolitan institutions to host free backstage tours, edit-a-thons, and more. These crawls are a fantastic opportunity for conference attendees to experience the local culture, as well as collaborate with local institutions to improve Wikipedia's coverage of local topics, and to upload new images to Commons.
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-October 20-21: Saturday and Sunday will be our main conference, which includes keynotes, community presentations, round-table discussions, panels, and lightning talk sessions. The main session themes include:
+'''October 20-21''': Saturday and Sunday will be our main conference, which includes keynotes, community presentations, round-table discussions, panels, and lightning talk sessions. The main session themes include:
 * Academia
 * Editor Recruitment & Retention
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+Mark Graham at WikiConference North America 2016 LoS.jpg|Mark Graham, Director of the Wayback Machine at Internet Archive
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-== Registration ==
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-== Travel & accommodation ==
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 ==History==
-Our [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Past_Events previous events] had unique themes and were located in different cities: New York City [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2014/Main_Page (2014)], Washington D.C. [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2015/Main_Page (2015)], San Diego [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page (2016)], and Montreal [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2017/Main_Page (2017)].
+Our '''[https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Past_Events previous events]''' had unique themes and were located in different cities: New York City [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2014/Main_Page (2014)], Washington D.C. [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2015/Main_Page (2015)], San Diego [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page (2016)], and Montreal [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2017/Main_Page (2017)].
-WikiConference North America User Group was formed in 2016 after that year's conference. It is a recognized Affiliate by the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of the User Group is to assure that the experiences gained at one conference are shared with future year conference organizers. The mission of the User Group includes coordinating the planning and hosting of events under our purview. Additionally, the User Group documents best practices and shares lessons learned with other Wikimedia communities planning and hosting conferences and similar events.
+'''[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_North_America WikiConference North America User Group]''' was formed in 2016 after that year's conference. It is a recognized Affiliate by the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of the User Group is to assure that the experiences gained at one conference are shared with future year conference organizers. The mission of the User Group includes coordinating the planning and hosting of events under our purview. Additionally, the User Group documents best practices and shares lessons learned with other Wikimedia communities planning and hosting conferences and similar events.
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