page_title: Wikimania
section_title: 2006
hierarchical_section_title: Wikimania / Conferences / 2006
caption_attribution_description: Català: Wikimania 2006. Чӑвашла: Викимани-2006. English: Wikipedians at Wikimania. Attendees break for lunch. Español: Wikimanía 2006. Magyar: A résztvevők az ebédlőben. ភាសាខ្មែរ: ពេលសំរាកសំរាប់អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់. Nederlands: Lunch van de genodigden. Русский: Викимания-2006. Français&#160;: Wikipediens lors de la réunion Wikimania 2006. Les participants en pause-déjeuner. Sicilianu: Cunfirinzieri ca pranzanu assèmi.
context_page_description: Wikimania is the official annual conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. Topics of presentations and discussions include Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, other wikis, open-source software, free knowledge and free content, and social and technical aspects related to these topics.
  Since 2011, the winner of the Wikimedian of the Year award has been announced at Wikimania.
  The next Wikimania will happen in Bangkok, Thailand in 2021, the planned August 2020 event having been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
context_section_description: Wikimania 2006, the second Wikimania conference, was held from 6 to 8 August 2006 at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society in Cambridge in Massachusetts, United States, with about 400–500 attendees.
  Speakers included Jimmy Wales, Lawrence Lessig, Brewster Kahle, Yochai Benkler, Mitch Kapor, Ward Cunningham, and David Weinberger. Dan Gillmor held a citizen journalism unconference the day after.
  Wales' plenary speech was covered by the Associated Press, and printed in numerous worldwide newspapers. He chronicled how the Foundation evolved from him "sitting in his pajamas" to the maturing corporate structure that it is now; the frequent push for quality over quantity; Wikipedia will be included on computers distributed through One Laptop per Child; both Wikiversity and the creation of an advisory board were approved by the Foundation board; and that Wiki-WYG is in development thanks to private investment by Wikia, Inc. and Socialtext.
  Answers.com was the Wikimania 2006 patron sponsor, while Amazon.com, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Nokia, WikiHow were Benefactors-level sponsors, Wetpaint, Ask.com, Yahoo!, and Socialtext were Friends-level sponsors, and IBM, FAQ Farm, Elevation Partners, One Laptop per Child, and the Sunlight Foundation were Supporter-level sponsors of the conference.
  Three other teams submitted hosting bids, for the cities of London, Milan, Boston, and Toronto; only Toronto and Boston were passed to the second round of consideration by Wikimania organizers. In Toronto's case the event would have been hosted in the University of Toronto's Bahen Centre.
caption: Attendees break for lunch, 2006
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