Wikipedia Academy Mainz 2007

These are photos from the second German Wikipedia Academy at Mainz, August 24 to 25, 2007. For further information about the event please have a look at the Academy website archive copy at the Wayback Machine and the referring page in the German Wikipedia.

Opening

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  Elke Lütjen-Drecoll, President of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
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  Doris Ahnen, Minister of Education, Research, Youth und Culture in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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  Audience at the “Plenarsaal”

Lectures and Discussions

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  Peter Wippermann during his lecture on the impact and social relevance of Wikipedia
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  The philosopher Herbert Hrachovec, University of Vienna, during a discussion Friday afternoon
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  Markus Mueller, board member of Wikimedia Deutschland, during his lecture on the quality management of the German Wikipedia
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  Ulrich Johannes Schneider, Director of the University Library of Leipzig, during his lecture “Johann Heinrich Zedler’s Universal-Lexicon and the premature attempt to start Wikipedia in the 18th century”

Press coverage

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  Eric Beres and his cameraman (ARD-Aktuell, German television)
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  Martin Haase, Wikipedian and Professor for Linguistics at the University of Bamberg, interviewed by the German television.

Johann Heinrich Zedler Medal

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  The “Johann Heinrich Zedler Medal”, named after the 18th-century publisher of a German encyclopedia, the Universal-Lexicon
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  Josef Winiger (left), Gernot Wilhelm (middle) and Frank Schulenburg during the award ceremony
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  Josef Winiger, author of a biography on the German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach and winner of the Zedler Medal 2007
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  Gernot Wilhelm (left) and the Wikimedia Deutschland board members Frank Schulenburg and Markus Mueller with Josef Winiger, winner of the first Zedler Medal for his Wikipedia article on “Ludwig Feuerbach”

Panel discussion

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  Overview of the panel
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  Professor Dr. Ernst Fischer (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz)
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  Professor Dr. Gudrun Gersmann (University of Cologne)
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  TV moderator Volker Panzer and Professor Dr. Martin Haase (University of Bamberg)
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  Professor Dr. Herbert Hrachovec (University of Vienna) and Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Elmar Mittler (Georg-August University of Göttingen)
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  Professor Dr. Gerald Spindler (Georg-August University of Göttingen)

Smalltalk

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  TV moderator Volker Panzer with participants of the panel discussion

Participants / Organization

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  Nando Stöcklin, Wikimedia CH
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  Arne Klempert, CEO of Wikimedia Deutschland
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  Michail Jungierek, Board member of Wikimedia Deutschland
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  Wikimedians Marcus Cyron, Jonathan Groß and Delphine Ménard at the conference office
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  Wikimedians during a lecture
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  Wikimedians documenting the panel discussion

Impressions

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  Academy of Sciences and Literature, entrance
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  Academy of Sciences and Literature, courtyard
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  His favorite occupation