Wikimania'06 Kicks Off Next Week 20
Vivek writes "Following on the heels of its first international conference, the Wikimedia Foundation is ready to kick off the second Wikimania 2006 International Conference next week (August 4-6) in Cambridge, MA. Last-minute Registration is still open and volunteer positions are available. Among the prominent speakers this year are Jimmy Wales and Lawrence Lessig. Other conference events include hack fests, parties, film festivals, field trips and more!"
So many links... (Score:5, Funny)
Celebrations! (Score:4, Funny)
But... (Score:5, Funny)
But... Can anyone jump in the middle of their speeches and change a part of what they said?
Warning! (Score:3, Funny)
I have no choice but to file an Aricle-for-deletion entry with the Slashdot police.
Re:Link noise (Score:4, Funny)
New Yorker on WIkipedia (Score:5, Funny)
There is a nice article on Wikipedia in the July 31 "New Yorker" magazine.
It covers fairly concisely and for a non-technical audience many of the things covered here on slashdot and elsewhere.
It does have a couple nice quotes :
And, in response, from Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia) :From Jorge Cauz - the president of the Britannica corporation :