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Wikimania 2016 was the 12th Wikimania conference, an annual event for the international Wikimedia community, and was held in Esino Lario, June 21–28, 2016.[1]

This is a rough timeline for the Wikimania 2016 selection. Please note that these times may be subject to some revision. You should check back to the scheduled date of the item for which you're interested; or subscribe to mail:wikimania-l for announcements.

Deadline Milestone
August 2014 Wikimania 2016 jury call for volunteers
September 2014 Jury selection announced; Bidding officially opens
November 15 2014 23:59 UTC Deadline for Proposals to Host;

List of qualified proposals announced by Jury. All hosts should have adhered to guidelines in criteria section and have created a page on Meta.

November 20 – December 3, 2014 Public Question & Answer phase
December 1–15 2014 Conference Calls with Jury and bidding teams; deliberations.
by the end of 2014 Jury decision made; announcement of host city to bidders and public.


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Bids