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| | name = Wikimania 2008 | |||
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| | logo = Wikimania 2008.svg | |||
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| | image = File:Wikimania2008 closing event 006.jpg | |||
| | caption = Group photo after the closing ceremony | |||
| | genre = Conference | |||
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| | begins = {{Start date|2008|07|17|df=y}} | |||
| | ends = {{End date|2008|07|19|df=y}} | |||
| | frequency = Annually | |||
| | location = ], ], ] | |||
| | years_active = 10 | |||
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| | last = {{dts|08 Aug 2014}} | |||
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| | participants = ] | |||
| | attendance = 650 | |||
| | area = Global | |||
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| | website = {{URL|wikimania2008.wikimedia.org}} | |||
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| '''Wikimania 2008''' was the fourth ] conference and was held in ], Egypt from July 17 to 19, 2008. It had 650 attendees from 45 countries.<ref name = WSJ-Egypt>James Gleick, , ], August 8, 2008.</ref> Alexandria was the location of the ancient ]<ref name=NYT-Egypt>Noam Cohen, , New York Times, July 17, 2008.</ref> and the venue was the modern library, ]. | |||
| Three proposed cities were in the running at the end, the other two being ] and ]. Proposals for ], London and ] were also submitted, but later withdrew. There was a controversy about the conference, and even a call to boycott Wikimania 2008 because of Egypt's alleged censorship and imprisoning of bloggers during Mubarak's era.<ref>. '']''. July 2008.</ref><ref>. '']''. July 21, 2008.</ref> Mohamed Ibrahim, a graduate of ] who worked to bring the conference to Alexandria, told the ] "I think we have the right to develop and to make freedom of expression on a larger scale."<ref>, ], July 23, 2008.</ref> One of his goals was to help grow ] which he contributes to since early 2005. An Egyptian cabinet minister spoke at the opening ceremonies on Mubarak's behalf.<ref name=NYT-Egypt/> | |||
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