250px|Jimbo Wales being interviewed by Stephanie Keppler of 3sat television, one of several journalist teams at Wikimania On Thursday, August 4 Wikimedia opened its doors to the first ever Wikimania Conference, a 5 day event put together by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimania, with a core organisation team of 8 people and a staff of 23, drew in more than 100 members of press and 70 speakers, and at least 350 delegates from 52 countries were at the conference on Saturday, August 6. Among delegates, nine from developping countries were sponsored their travel and accomodation costs by Open Source Initiative. Source  Wikimania Website
250px|Jimbo Wales being interviewed by Stephanie Keppler of 3sat television, one of several journalist teams at Wikimania On Thursday, August 4 Wikimedia opened its doors to the first ever Wikimania Conference, a five-day event put together by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimania, with a core organisation team of eight people and a staff of 23, drew in more than 100 members of press and 70 speakers, and at least 350 delegates from 52 countries were at the conference on Saturday, August 6. Among delegates, nine from developing countries were sponsored their travel and accommodation costs by Open Source Initiative. Source External links Wikimania Website
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