MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference
The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, commonly abbreviated as MWCon, is a twice-yearly event featuring talks, workshops and tutorials relating to the use and development of MediaWiki. The event has a special (though not exclusive) focus on the use of MediaWiki outside of Wikimedia sites. It is generally held in North America in the spring and Europe in the fall/autumn. It is co-organized by the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group.
This conference addresses everybody interested in wikis and open knowledge, especially in MediaWiki, e.g. users, developers, consultants, business or government representatives, students, and researchers.
The conference aims to:
- inspire/onboard new users,
- inform on where and how MediaWiki is used,
- convey and consolidate best practices,
- initiate/foster/integrate application and development and
- strengthen the community of stakeholders and its service portfolio.
Dates[edit]
The next MWCon events will be:
- MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024, November 4-6, in Vienna, Austria
- MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Spring 2025, dates TBD, tentatively will be held in Sandusky, Ohio
Previous MWCon events have been:
- MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Spring 2024, April 17-19, in Portland, Oregon (in-person)
History[edit]
MWCon began in 2024, and is the successor to two conferences: EMWCon, or the Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (2016-2023), which was held annually in North America, and SMWCon, or the Semantic MediaWiki Conference (2009-2023), which since 2016 was held annually in Europe. Both of those conferences covered MediaWiki more broadly than their name implies, so the renaming to MWCon is to some extent simply a reflection of reality.