Salut Hélène,

Je pense que l'idée c'est que tout comme Wikipedia est l'encyclopédie que n'importe qui peut éditer, tout le monde est bienvenu à Wikimania.
En 2014, je me suis occupé du stand d'exposition WMUK dans le hall de la Barbican à Londres toute la semaine, et j'ai été ravi de parler de Wikipédia, Wikimedia, notre travail et nos espoirs et nos rêves à des dizaines de «non-wikimédians» qui sont venu et qui ensuite sont parti voulant contribuer . Il y avait aussi des nombreux francophones. J’ai assisté à plusieurs Wikimanias.

I think the idea is that just as Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can edit, anyone is welcome to come to Wikimania.
In 2014 I looked after the WMUK stall in the lobby at the Barbican in London and I was thrilled to talk about Wikipedia, Wikimedia, our work and hopes and dreams to dozens of 'non-wikimedians' who came and then went away wanting to contribute. There were plenty of French speakers among them too.
I’ve been to several Wikimanias.

Kudpung
On 10Dec, 2016, at 21:47, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:

On 08/11/16 06:59, Hélène Pedrosa-Masson wrote:
As for the name, "Wikimania" doesn't seem offensive to me, but English
is not my maternal language (French is). Perhaps it isn't descriptive
enough for outsiders, but do we really want a lot of non-wikimedians at
Wikimania? I presume this will be one of the questions that are to be
discussed concerning Wikimania's future and goals.



Yes, if the conference was a group of bipolar types, they could call it
"Flip Flop Mania" or "Up Down Mania"....

This is all about the name. Nothing to do with the conference aims and
content and spirit (I have also been to two Wikimanias).

Gordo



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