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• You guys got an article up before I have even made it home! This was my first time attending one of these things and what I took away from it was that, unlike a few years ago, other organizations want to be assosciated with Wikipedia and Wikimedia movement. I feel like we've made it, we have shown the world that what sounded like a crazy idea is actually possible, that knowledge can be both free and trustworthy, and that people who believe in that ideal will dedicate their time to insuring it remains so. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:24, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I didn't know you attended, Beeblebrox. I'm sorry I didn't see you! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Back at you. With so many people there I wonder how many people I saw from the back but never spoke to...Beeblebrox (talk)

• Let's include the other winner of the WMF employee of the year - Brandon Harris.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:46, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • That was an oversight on my part – added now. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• So, I found several images on Commons from the group photo thing, but not the actual group photo taken from the ladder in front. Anyone know where that is? Beeblebrox (talk) 19:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • It hasn't been uploaded yet, as far as I'm aware, or it would have been in this article. ;-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• The claim that "While a few of the most popular sessions held in smaller rooms were crowded, none overflowed" is false. I and others were turned away from two sessions which were too full. I was told by one of organisers "we always new room would be too small", and another told me "you can always watch the sessions online later" (I'd flown over three thousand miles to be there!). Thankfully, the situation subsequently improved. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • Hmm. I hadn't see any overflown (right word?) rooms when I was checking around. I've tweaked this a bit in the article. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
    • Yeah, I've had reports that the presentation my team did had people unable to get in. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 10:42, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
• Regarding the opening keynote, it says "The talk was neutrally received by conference attendees, many of whom felt that the speech had beneficial ideas but left many undeveloped". I am curious as to how many attendees were asked about the presentation - "many" seems to indicate a sizeable portion had this opinion. I only point it out because this wasn't what I felt about the keynote at all, but I'm only one guy, and realise others may feel differently. Steven Zhang ^{Get involved in DR!} 20:52, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  • It wasn't exactly scientific, if that's what you are asking. This was the general feeling I got from talking to several conference-goers, but I could have a similar problem in that I just happened to talk to the wrong people. Does anyone else feel the same way? Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:56, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
• There is a link to Wikipedia Zero in the article that goes nowhere. Please make it a more direct link. What is Wikipedia Zero? --Timeshifter (talk) 04:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Fixed it in the article. Here is the correct link: mw:Wikipedia Zero --Timeshifter (talk) 05:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• Did Sue Gardner discuss content dispute resolution as one of the reasons there are more articles, but less editors? --Timeshifter (talk) 04:08, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
  • She covered a lot of ground. I recall discussion of editor retention issues, one of the top priorities, but I don't recall that she specifically mentioned dispute resolution.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

• Can anyone tell me what "discoverability" means in this context? Powers ^T 14:53, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
  • I believe it was the ability of new users to discover things like WikiProjects, etc. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
• What does "fewer than 1100 people combined" mean? This datum doesn't seem to have any significance if compared to the number of attendees in a single year because of course there's a lot of overlap between years. Nemo 10:35, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
  • Sorry, I don't think I fully understand your comment. I'm talking about total number of people attending each conference, so there were 650 people (if I remember my numbers right) at Gdansk in 2010, vs. 1400 this year. Yes, some were the same people, but that's not what I was looking at. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

    So where does this 1100 come from? --Nemo 07:50, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

    Two archived Signpost stories. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 21:51, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

• Group photo is now up at File:Wikimania 2012 Group-0001.jpg. It's not absolutely everyone who was there but you get the idea. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:05, 21 July 2012 (UTC)