(CCing PA and NY Wikimedians; please come!)<br><br>As you are hopefully aware by now, since it is in the geonotice and I have spammed talk pages, this Saturday, the National Archives will be hosting us for a backstage pass tour and editathon. We have lots of space, and we could have up to 40 people! So far, only 2 people have signed up as sure yeses, which is a bit sad. :-( If you can possibly come, please do! Don&#39;t feel like you need to come for the whole day if you can&#39;t/don&#39;t want to. If you are afraid you may have trouble getting to College Park without a car, we can make arrangements to make sure you get here, too. So, for everyone, whether you can make it or not, I&#39;d like to ask your help in getting the word out. Please help make sure we have a good turnout. The meetup page is &lt;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_20" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_20</a>&gt;.<br>

<br>We will be given a tour of the facility, including an opportunity to go in the closed stacks and see some documents. There will also be time for lunch. Afterward, we will convene in the research rooms for an editathon, and will hopefully be joined by several staff members who want to get involved in Wikipedia. I am holding a crash course in Wikipedia for staff all this week. We also have a scanner (and visitors can bring their own), which we can use to digitize documents for Commons; submit requests ahead of time, or a staff member will pick some for us. New scans we do for documents not yet in the catalog will then be cataloged by NARA staff using our scans! And there are plenty of books and journals on hand for article research; let me know if you want to pick a theme for the editing.<br>

<br>Dominic<br>