Press
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Press Coverage
Mainstream press
Please collect links here from all the news sources that covered Wikimania!
- Wikimania hits D.C. as Wikipedia faces changes, The Washington Post, 14 July 2012
- Yeni "Viki çılgınları" aranıyor!, veteknoloji.com, 13 July 2012 (Turkish)
- Wikipedia: Meet the men and women who write the articles, BBC News, 14 July 2012
- Wikimania: Wikipedia-Autorenschaft schrumpft, Zahl der Artikel steigt, Heise online, 15th July 2012 (German)
- Austrian National Public Broadcaster ORF report in the even*ing news, 17.07.2012 (German)
- Wikipedia turns 10, the magic continues -Times Of India, Jul 14, 2012
- Wikipedia soul-searches at annual conference -The Hindu, July 17, 2012
Blogs/Other
- Do we need a governmentwide wiki? Nextgov, 13 July 2012. (mentions Tech@State but not wikimania)
- Kate Middleton's Gown and Wikipedia's Gender Gap, Slate. (cites Wikimania; focuses on gender gap)
- MIT economist: Here's how copyright laws impoverish Wikipedia. The Atlantic. (focused on one talk with remarkable findings)
- 3 charts that show how Wikipedia is running out of admins. The Atlantic. (focused on admins count issue)
- Wikimania 2012 and onward. Wikimedia D.C (general overview)
- وانتهت ويكيمانيا 2012! (kind of detailed Arabic report)