Wikimedia Cuteness Association/Timeline
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This page describes all related and unrelated key moments and cuteness related activities of the Wikimedia Cuteness Association (WCA) that took place in and beyond the Wikimedia movement. Basically those things that go beyond individuals and everything that has the cuteness factor.
2024
[edit]- 5 May 2024 - Cuteness meetup held at Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia
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Cuties at Wikimedia Hackathon 2024
2018
[edit]- 19 August 2018 - Publication of the scientific overview of the importance of cuteness for the Wikimedia movement at Science.
- 22 July 2018 - Group photos of 37 cuties present after closing session during Wikimania 2018
- 22 July 2018 - State of the Cuteness 2018, as part of the closing ceremony of Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town (photos / video on Youtube / video on Youtube)
- 21 July 2018 - Movement Strategy Space session on 32nd floor, including goatification with goats, dragons, unicorns and trolls
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Goatification with dragons stickers
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Working group model was goatified with two goats, two dragons and a unicorn
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State of the Cuteness 2018
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Group photo of the cuties during Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town
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Group photo of the cuties with their assistants during Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town
Outcomes goatification session as part of Movement Strategy Space
- 18-19 July 2018 - 5th annual cuteathon during the Hackathon at Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town (2018 project page)
- 22 April 2018 - Session about goatification at Wikimedia Conference 2018: 44: How to build a movement in 3 days: What we’ve learned from #goatification + creation of goatification page
- 21 April 2018 - Update of the Priorities of the Wikimedia Cuteness Association in line with the new strategic direction (update)
- 21 April 2018 - 250 users have signed up on the Wikimedia Cuteness Association page to show their support for cuteness in the Wikimedia movement, therefore the Wikimedia Conference 2018 team organised a party that evening to celebrate this milestone (link 250)
- 21 April 2018 - Wikimeet and group photo of the cuteness members during Wikimedia Conference 2018, 17 mascots present on photo together with (almost) all conference participants (photo)
- 17 April 2018 - Publication of the guide How to recognise a Wikipedian during the Wikimedia Conference 2018
- 9/10 April 2018 - The Wikimedia Foundation hires Josh Weinberg as the new Chief of Stuff (sources: 1/2/3)
2017
[edit]- 11 November 2017 - Creation of the learning pattern Spread cuteness
- 29 October 2017 - Wikimeet of the cuteness members during WikidataCon 2017 (photo)
- 27 October 2017 - Adding endorsement of the 2017 movement strategy direction by the Wikimedia Cuteness Association to the endorsement page itself (link)
- 13 August 2017 - General Assembly of the Wikimedia Cuteness Association during Wikimania 2017 in Montreal
- Together with the meetup from the assistants of the present mascots
- Cuteness report on Wikimania 2017
- 12 August 2017 - The Wikimedia Cuteness Association is the first Wikimedia association to endorse the 2017 movement strategy direction, during Wikimania 2017 after the call for support from the exe-cute-ive director Katherine Maher.
- 12 August 2017 - Goat-a-thon as part of the goatification initiative during the Wikimania Hackathon 2017 in Montreal
- 9-10 August 2017 - Draw your own cat at the table of Wikimedia Deutschland during Wikimania 2017
- 9-10 August 2017 - Start of the goatification initiative during the Hackathon at Wikimania 2017 in Montreal
- 9-10 August 2017 - 4th annual cuteathon during the Hackathon at Wikimania 2017 in Montreal
- 1 April 2017 - Wikimeet and group photo of the cuteness members during Wikimedia Conference 2017, 13 mascots present on photo together with (almost) all conference participants (photo)
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The goat of review for Wikimedia technical spaces during Wikimania 2017
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Draw your own cat at the table of Wikimedia Deutschland during Wikimania 2017
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Draw your own cat at the table of Wikimedia Deutschland during Wikimania 2017
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Group photo of the cuties with their assistants during Wikimania 2017
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Tiny planet group photo of the cuties with their assistants during Wikimania 2017
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Group photo of the cuties (first row) with the other participants of Wikimania 2017
2016
[edit]- 22-23 June 2016 - 3rd annual cuteathon during the Hackathon at Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario (2016 project page)
- April 2016 - Creation and publication of a logic model at the Wikimedia Conference 2016: Behind the Scenes of the Wikimedia Conference 2016
2015
[edit]- 23 September 2015 - The Wikimedia Cuteness Association Meta page has been created to document the cuteness, to make cuties more approachable and to enlarge the cuddiness.
- 15-16 July 2015 - 2nd annual cuteathon during the Hackathon at Wikimania 2015 in Mexico-City (2015 project page)
2014
[edit]- 21 August 2014 - The Board of Cuties unanimously resolved to appoint Erminig as a member of the Board of Cuties.
- 21 August 2014 - The Board of Cuties unanimously resolved to appoint Shaxal as a member of the Board of Cuties.
- 21 August 2014 - The Board of Cuties unanimously resolved to appoint Russell the skunk as a member of the Board of Cuties.
- 6–10 August 2014 - Indonesian monkey becomes during Wikimania 2014 most photographed as honory participant and non-human cutie (photos / story)
- 6–7 August 2014 - 1st annual cuteathon during the Hackathon at Wikimania 2014 in London (2014 project page)
- 27 July 2014 - The Board of Cuties unanimously resolved to appoint Wendy the Weasel as a member of the Board of Cuties.
- 1 June 2014 - Official announcement of finding a unicorn, which got hired by the Wikimedia Foundation (source, have we been looking for a unicorn, see also: unicorns)
- 8 January 2014 - The Board of Cuties unanimously resolved to appoint Peter the Platypus as a member of the Board of Cuties.
- 1 January 2014 - The Wikimedia Cuteness Association starts the Wikimedia Cuteness Dialogue. Stay cute for updates!
2013
[edit]- 16 December 2013 - Launch of the Cuteness Strategic Wiki!
- 15 December 2013 - The Wikimedia Cuteness Association now has a cute logo. Use it to show your support to Cuteness!
- August 2013 - Session about Plushies: the future of the Wikimedia movement at Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong
2012
[edit]- 15 July 2012 - The first-ever top-level plush meet-up at Wikimania 2012 in Washington, D.C., this was the founding meeting of the Wikimedia Cuteness Association