Question-and-answer session with Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales
MONTREAL — More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the annual conference of Wikimania, which is being held in Montreal this year, from Aug. 9 to 11.
One of those taking part will be Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, who took part in a question-and-answer session with The Canadian Press ahead of the event. Here are excerpts from the exchange:
CP: Why was Montreal selected this year?
JW: We hold Wikimania every year. It’s our flagship event where we bring together volunteers from all around the world. We have a process whereby we have bids from various local communities as to why we should have Wikimania in the city. Montreal was chosen because they had the strongest bid and that was very good. Obviously, there’s a lot of excitement around the first time we’ve had Wikimania in a francophone region.