Wikimedia-boston January 2020

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Sat Feb 1: Wikipedia edit-a-thon about Prince, MIT
by phoebe ayers 25 Jan '20

25 Jan '20

Hi all, Join us on Saturday, Feb 1, 1-5pm at MIT Libraries for Prince-o-pedia: a Wikipedia edit-a-thon themed around the music of Prince! We will have new editor training and a Purple Playlist featuring lots of b-sides. RSVP here: www.mitprinceopedia.eventbrite.com In honor of Black History Month, come to MIT's Digital Instruction Resource Classroom and learn to edit Wikipedia in order to augment Prince-related content in the encyclopedia. All are welcome, new and returning editors alike. Questions, let me or Amy (cc'd) know. -- Phoebe

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Would you want to move to a forum instead of an email list?
by Luke Heine 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

Hey Wikipedia BOS! Question for you - would you ever want to have a forum? I've been thinking about this as YC has a forum which I LOVE because I can see peoples' bios and search past messages. If something y'all want, happy to toss something up over a weekend! Would love to hear your thoughts (direct reply me so we don't spam <3 ) Really appreciate it! Luke

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6 millionth wikipedia article some time today
by Samuel Klein 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

Dear ones, English WP is 50 articles away from 6 million! Somewhere someone's watching article-creation timestamps and will record which the 6 millionth was and generate a press release about it. If you have a draft in progress, consider posting it now (or within the hour) for a chance to get it some extra publicity and a line in the history books :) Wiki'd, SJ

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Grafton Street Meet up
by Luke Heine 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Hi Wikimedia List! In case you're around BOS Friday, feel free to join a meetup at Grafton street at 8 pm for a beer in Harvard Square! If you're interested, rsvp by email to (luke(a)summerplaybook.com) Looking forward! Luke

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Wikipedia Day edit-a-thon, MIT
by phoebe ayers 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Hi all, We at MIT Libraries are pleased to host a Wikipedia Day edit-a-thon again for 2020 centered on newly-in-the-public domain books that MIT has digitized. We will have it on January 15, 2020 (Wikipedia's 19th birthday!) from 4-7pm in Barker Engineering Library on MIT's campus. Find out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Public_Domain_Day_2020 and register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/6126715 We will have birthday cake! Also, you may be familiar with MIT's tradition of hosting many workshops and events during the Independent Activities Period (IAP) in January. My colleague who is also involved in our edit-a-thon is teaching another workshop that may be of interest to Wikipedians who work with copyright and free licenses called "Is it in the public domain?" That's on Jan 7. Find out more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-it-in-the-public-domain-2020-intellectual-p… Hope to see you all at the edit-a-thon! Phoebe

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