Hi Everyone,
Happy New Year! Hope you are excited for a fruitful new year of Wikipedia :)
Major
updates / activities for January-February 2018
1. Wikipedia Anniversary Celebration (Boston) :
Wikipedia will be 17 year old in January 2018! We have hosted
celebration parties in the past around Wikipedia Day and we can host
another small celebration/meet-up in late January/February as per
everyone's convenience.
Kindly participate in the poll and let us know your availability -
https://doodle.com/poll/ts3r7vwqsfp7v4mz
2.
Data and Editing Workshop @ MIT
:
SJ is organizing a workshop for people interested in writing about
universities and their people+research, next Tues-Thurs.
Hosted by the Media Lab, which has been leading the way w/ free-licensing
policies. This is part of MIT's inter-activities period, and open to the
public; but requires an RSVP for lunch.
Details and RSVP here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/2018_
Data_and_Editing_Workshop
You may reach out to SJ if you are interested in being a mentor for an
hour on one of those days.
3.
Wikipedia Anniversary Celebration (New York)
:
The Wikipedia Day 2018 NYC will be an all day celebration and
mini-conference on Sunday, January 14, 2018, hosted by Wikimedia New York
City at the Ace Hotel <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Hotel> in
Manhattan. This Wikipedia Day
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day> celebrates
Wikipedia's 17th birthday and we expect more than 150 people joining
conversations about Wikimedia and allied projects presented by Free Culture
Alliance NYC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_Alliance_NYC>
partners.
More information :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2018
4
. Wikimedia Conference and report writing:
After successful report submission - t
he New England
Wikimedians
user group
is eligible
to send
two
representative
s
to the Wikimedia
Conference taking place from
20 to 22 April, 2018 in Berlin,Germany.
We
need to update our user group repor
t in order to qualify
. I have updated previous 201
6
/201
7
reports
Kindly have a look at the draft -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians/Reports
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians/Reports>
Apologies if I missed any events, feel free to edit the page.
After final report submission, we can talk about Wikimedia Conference
representatives at our next event/meet-up.
Thanks for reading this far, and hope to see you soon at Wikipedia
anniversary celebration event :)
Best
Regards
,
Abhishek
Suryawanshi,
Your friendly New England Wikimedian
Dear wiki wanderers,
I'm organizing a workshop for people interested in writing about
universities and their people+research, next Tues-Thurs. Hoping to help
get closer to 100% coverage in our fair city.
Hosted by the Media Lab, which has been leading the way w/ free-licensing
policies. This is part of MIT's inter-activities period, and open to the
public; but requires an RSVP for lunch. Details and RSVP here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/2018_Data_and_Editing…
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/2018_Data_and_Editing…>Let
me know if any of you are interested in being a mentor for an hour on one
of those days.
Warmly, SJ
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Learn to edit Wikipedia like a pro: with structured data, annotated
sources, and memorable media. Learn how to compile lists of people,
places, and projects and turn them into redlinks.
Learn to make your own work accessible to others who might write about it.
Practice using the network of Wikidata, Commons, and Wikisource for
distributing already-published work.
Compete for clarity, glory, and cryptokitties.
*Where*: E15-359
*When*: Jan 9-11, 12-5pm* / 12-4pm / 12-4pm
[Jan 9 we're meeting elsewhere for lunch. RSVP for details]
*Who*: Humans + algorithmic entities with an interest in Boston-area
research
*What* to bring: Blood, sweat, tears. A laptop.
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