wikimedia-dc November 2010

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01/02 meeting venue
by Ed Summers 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Hi all, I just wanted to say that I think I might be able to find some space at the Library of Congress for the 01/02 meeting if you are looking for any. Katie saw the space (at a Django Meetup) that's typically available in the Madison Building, which is close to the Capitol South Metro Station. The room fits up to about 40 people, and there's a projector and public wi-fi. The only thing I would need to figure out is if it is available on the weekend. Let me know what you think. //Ed (edsu)

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Public policy leaderboard
by aude 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Of course, edit counts are not a true metric on wikipedia, but the public policy initiative has a leaderboard to help encourage folks. It gives some idea how things are going -- apparently very very well at Georgetown University! Yay! Unfortunately, things aren't quite as well with the GWU courses, and you can see the other schools and courses listed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Pol… Cheers, Katie (@aude)

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Notes from DC Meetup #13
by aude 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Notes are posted for DC Meetup #13 on Wednesday: http://bit.ly/dc13notes (sorry, they are lengthy, we have lots going on!) In summary, we talked about: 1) Social media outreach for the fundraiser, and beyond that for when we reach the fundraising target. Let's use social media and outreach to engage with people and encourage more contributions (e.g. edits). Swatjester will follow-up with more info on this. 2) Public policy initiative - how's it going, what's up for the Spring semester? 3) Smithsonian collaboration - it's continuing, working with Smithsonian American Art Museum on article collaboration, strong possibility for us to work with Archives of American Art, we have more contacts elsewhere w/in the Smithsonian and can connect people 4) Holocaust museum wants to work with Wikipedia, perhaps bring in an intern to work on Wikipedia 5) National Archives is another important collaboration possibility, via the FedFlix project and has lots of potential, with people high up in NARA supporting FedFlix and have approached us to see how they can engage with us more directly in cool ways 6) User:Econterms and a colleague from the Bureau of Labor Statistics talked about how they might contribute data to Wikipedia, as "Economy of Virginia" or such state infoboxes. 7) Wikipedia's 10th birthday is coming up in January. We are talking about doing something special to celebrate, perhaps the following weekend! 8) Talked about next meetups and future events 9) Talked briefly about Wikimedia DC chapter stuff, trying to gauge where consensus is (towards having a local group, but find ways to coordinate regionally and nationally where it makes sense, maybe a loose structure such as US Chapters Council) 10) Ed Summers (user:edsu) was at the meetup, he works at the Library of Congress, created the linkypedia tool (http://linkypedia.inkdroid.org/), etc. He (we agree) suggests the DC area might be ripe for holding a GLAM-Wiki type symposium to bring folks together. He also says he's willing to host us for meetups! 11) We also have contacts in Baltimore, with historic preservation folks, who are interested in doing a Wikipedia Takes Baltimore event (photographing historic sites) Wow, that's a lot... that's why I think more regular meetups are a good idea. We might not be able to do all these things but if we get enough people involved, we can do a lot and much as possible. Cheers, Katie (@aude) -- Katie Filbert filbertk(a)gmail.com @filbertkm

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DC Meetup on Wednesday
by aude 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Reminder that we have a Wikipedia meetup on Wednesday evening. It's 7-9pm (though I will be there early) and we'll do it at Cosi @ Metro Center, 700 11th Street NW (12th & G St NW) We won't do formal presentations but can do discussions of the agenda topics (or any topics you bring and want to discuss). There's a lot going and plenty to talk about: * Wikimedia DC, next steps, what do we want and how? * Wikimedia Public Policy initiative * Smithsonian collaboration, how's it going, what's next * Collaboration with the National Archives & FedFlix project * Discuss about the Wikimedia Fundraiser * Discuss your topics! If we want to do weekday meetups again (do we?) we could try it in January and I think we'll be able to get formal meetup space to do presentations. I would love to get Smithsonian people and such to participate, which I think might be more unlikely on a weekend, but who knows??? Next month we can do a social meetup on a Saturday or Sunday, Dec 18th or 19th? is that good for folks? where? ( http://enwp.org/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/DC_14) Cheers, Katie (@aude)

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Next meetup: Nov 17, 7-9pm
by aude 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

There is lots going on in the DC area for Wikimedia and enough things to discuss that I think we should do more regular meetups. I propose we try doing monthly meetups, and rotate between weeknights (w/ talks, discussions) and weekends (at a restaurant, socializing only). I propose the next meetup be on November 17th, in the evening (~7-9pm) at some place near the metro (I'm looking into it). If this goes well, we can make it a regularly thing, supplementing our social meetups. Topics for discussion or as short presentations can include: * Smithsonian collaboration * Wikimedia public policy initiative * Discuss how to move forward with formalizing Wikimedia DC. (as a local, separate chapter or local affiliate of a regional chapter? pros/cons, next steps) * Wikimedia fundraiser * your topic ... Meetup page and RSVP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_13 If people want, we can migrate after the meetup to a pub or some place. Cheers, Katie

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Announcing the Contributions team
by Dan Rosenthal 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

(note: sending this from my personal account as my work account is not subscribed to this list) Hi Wikimedia DC folks, I'd like to announce the Wikipedia Contributions Team, aimed at helping to improve contributions to the English Wikipedia, and to help advance the goals of the 2010 Fundraiser. The page is located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contribution or by shortcut at [[WP:CONTRIB]]. I hope that members of Wikimedia DC will consider joining and helping out, especially those that have been helping with outreach projects (especially to GLAM partners). We are hoping that the Contribution team will be your direct link to the WMF office staff to support your local chapter efforts. If there is anything that I can do to assist Wikimedia DC, please let me know at drosenthal(a)wikimedia.org. Thank you all, -- Dan Rosenthal Community Associate, Wikimedia Foundation drosenthal(a)wikimedia.org

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