2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact?
The annual Wikimedia Conference wound up last Sunday, 13 April—a four-day meeting costing several hundred thousand dollars, hosted in Berlin by Wikimedia Germany and attended by more than 100 Wikimedians. They included some 80 chapter volunteers and staff (eight from WMUK alone), one from the new thematic organisation, Amical Wikimedia, 11 from user groups (including the new Wikimedia Nepal and Brazil Community group), six WMF trustees, 14 WMF staff, nine members of the FDC and AffCom, and nine others.
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Almost all of the nearly 40 sessions are documented on Meta; they varied between tightly conceived and delivered presentations on specialised themes, and group brainstorming that appeared to yield few tangible outcomes. Since only a small minority of affiliated organisation members were able to attend the conference, the documentation of proceedings has the potential to make the key messages widely accessible to those who might benefit. The Signpost scrutinised the quality and content of the notes, and assessed the potential for such a conference to make conceptual progress and improve knowledge and skills in the movement in line with the WMF's priorities.