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Travelogue

Wikimedia Conference 2015

This year, the Wikimedia Conference was held in Berlin, Germany. We were hosted by Wikimedia Deutschland ("WMDE"), which is the national chapter for Germany and is the largest Wikimedia chapter in the world with approximately 20,000 members. "Pre-conference" days were May 13–14 and the primary conference days were May 15–17, 2015.

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