Wikimania 2025

Stephane @Kiwix

Stephane is one of the co-founders of Kiwix, the offline Wikipedia reader. Living in Switzerland, he's been editing since 2004 and thinks most speaker biographies are boring. His talks are not boring.


Sessions

08-06
10:00
25min
We need a Wiktionary app, and we need it yesterday
Stephane @Kiwix

Dictionaries are mostly viewed and used on dedicated apps, not via web browsers. So why don't we have Wiktionary apps, and why can't we have them? The culprits will be in the room with us, and they'll have to answer hard questions (spoiler: that may be you).

Technology
MOMBASA (Ballroom 1) 🌐 💬
08-06
11:45
55min
State of Offline
Stephane @Kiwix, Florence Devouard, Tim Moody, jmh, Andrew Lih, SJ

There are many ways to share and access information, and sometimes even edit, when there is no internet. Which are they?

Technology
MOMBASA (Ballroom 1) 🌐 💬
08-06
14:00
25min
Fiscal sponsorships - why you need them, and what they mean for your project
Stephane @Kiwix

New grantees, or those living in administration-heavy regions, are often required by the Foundation to have a fiscal sponsor. Great, but what does that mean? Who's this person and why do I need them?

Partnerships
MERU (Meeting room B) 🌐 💬
08-06
16:45
25min
Let's Travel: who needs Wikipedia offline, and why
Stephane @Kiwix

Wikipedia offline is used in schools, in refugee camps, on boats, on planes, at Antarctic bases, in nuclear research facilities, in prisons, in North Korea - and pretty much anywhere there's no internet.

If you are a Wikimedian, it is time to come and meet readers you did not know existed.

Partnerships
MERU (Meeting room B) 🌐 💬
08-09
09:30
40min
Wikipedia-on-demand: export and share your own minipedia
Stephane @Kiwix, benoit

Imagine being able to make a list of articles, and then export these very articles into a mini-wikipedia that you can browse at will, anywhere and anytime.

Technology
MOMBASA (Ballroom 1) 🌐 💬