Greetings!
Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here, or you could email James Hare at james.hare at wikimediadc.org. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!
July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.
What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.
We hope to see you at our upcoming events!
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
All,
I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia District of Columbia has selected Leo Zimmermann to lead our Wikipedia Summer of Monuments project. Leo's experience running Wikipedia workshops and reaching out to rural libraries have prepared him for what is our largest outreach project yet. The object of Summer of Monuments is to improve photographic coverage of nationally recognized historic sites in the Southern United States, a region that is underrepresented on Wikipedia. In particular, we have identified ten states where photographic coverage lags behind: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Our plan is to build on the success we had with Wiki Loves Monuments with a campaign of direct outreach to those historical and cultural institutions who share our mission to improve access to the world's knowledge. To learn more, read our latest blog post: <http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/06/introducing-wikipedia-summer-of-monumen…>.
We invite Wikimedians and our allies to join us in this effort to share history on Wikipedia!
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
Wikimedia DC has now published its activity report for the second quarter
of the 2013-14 fiscal year. The report is available on our wiki at
http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Activity_report_(Q2_2013–2014).
As always, comments or suggestions are very welcome!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary
Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
Greetings!
Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:
On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.
Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?
Best,
James Hare
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@harej / @wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia DC is hiring a project manager for our upcoming Wikipedia Summer of Monuments campaign. Summer of Monuments is a variant of the Wiki Loves Monuments campaign successfully carried out in the United States in 2012 and 2013. The position will be filled from May to October and it will be based in Washington, DC. For more information on the project and position, see <http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/04/were-hiring/>.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the position.
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@harej / @wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
I have a meetup on our calendar scheduled for Saturday, April 26. However, I won't be able to attend, seeing as I will be traveling. Thus if anyone would like to take the initiative to plan the meetup, including finding a good place for us to gather, you are more than welcome to!
Whoever volunteers to schedule the meetup should do so on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/April_2014&a…
Once you've done so I can assist with promoting it.
Thank you!
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@harej / @wikimediadc
Hello there,
I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.
First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon [1] will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack [2] with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour [3] the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.
On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon [4] will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.
The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill [5] training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.
There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!
All the best,
James Hare
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_in_the_Arts_2014
[2] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-government-wikihack-tickets-10862424805
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Sunlight_Foundation_Happy…
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Africa_Collection_Editath…
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wiki_Loves_Capitol_Hill_2…
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC
Hello everyone,
I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia DC is working with the Sunlight Foundation on hosting the first Open Government WikiHack, which will take place at the Sunlight Foundation offices in Washington, DC on April 5–6. The Open Government WikiHack is be a two-day hack-a-thon/edit-a-thon with the goal of using open government data, including the Sunlight Foundation APIs, to improve the Wikimedia projects. We encourage all people to participate—coders and non-coders, those with Wikipedia experience and those without.
The registration form is live: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-government-wikihack-tickets-10862424805
For more information, read our guest blog post on the Sunlight Foundation blog: http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/03/21/opengov-voices-what-if-wikipe…
Hope to see you there!
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@harej / @wikimediadc
Here's a fine WiR job focusing on using the Houghton special collections.
3 months @ 15 hr/wk, $16/hr
http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=8583
If you're looking for an excuse to come spend three months in Boston,
this may be a great opportunity. For whoever ends up there: this is a
beautiful library to work in.
SJ