Wikimedia-SF January 2013

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WikiBUG and Oakland Wiki
by Vicky Knox 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hello Bay Area Wikimedians! I'm a fellow Wikimedian who spammed our list once to promote the Oakland Wiki Local History Editathon<http://oaklandwiki.org/Local_History_Editathons>series my fellow volunteers and I have been putting on. I had originally hoped to spam you once, catch the lot of you who swam into my Oakland Wiki listserv net<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/oaklandwiki-announcements>, and leave the rest of us alone to our own WMF-oriented endeavors. Now that I've gotten a few of you involved, I realize that there is a lot of opportunity to get more good local history content onto Wikipedia and Commons. We have been meeting every other Sunday at the Oakland History Room, a special repository of the Oakland Public Library. The editathon this past Sunday lead to edits to the Idora Park<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idora_Park>Wikipedia article and the digitization of images that can potentially be uploaded to Commons (here<http://oaklandwiki.org/Francis_Marion_%22Borax%22_Smith?&redirected_from=%2…>, here <http://oaklandwiki.org/Mary_R._Smith>, here<http://oaklandwiki.org/Arbor_Villa>). On the latter topic, a local historian began bringing his mounted camera to the library to create beautiful, digitized images. A large collection of what is available meets criteria for inclusion in Wikimedia Commons. The spirit of WikiBUG really excites me around the possibility of greater communication amongst any networks of like-minded folk that may have previously been disconnected. I'd love to see how this will contribute to greater participation in outreach events such as Oakland Wiki's editathons and Pete Forsyth's WikiWomen editathons, and other types of wiki events. Please contribute your voice and the voices of your networks to the WikiBUG Meta-Wiki page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_BUG>! Vicky/Eekiv PS: I will spam you with event announcements again (no overkill) unless someone objects!

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Wiki BUG
by maiki 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Hey folks, I wanted to draw your attention to a discussion that Pete started, concerning Wiki BUG (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_BUG). It is a user group that focuses on less technical issues, and would cover the region that BART runs to. I think it is a great idea, and covers more things than have been stated in the SF group's page. Quim has done a great job, nearly single-handedly as far as I can tell, to get this group together. I don't want to see that effort put to waste, so I think it should be under consideration for merging the two groups together, covering more than either would alone. I love the idea of folks working in communities, and getting more people using wikae to document their communities. I also like the support and technology that comes out of the WMF. If there is enough overlap, then it makes sense to work together. The only way for us to know if there is an overlap is for members to say what they are interested in, and what they think we should do. So please pipe up in that thread! ^_^ maiki

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Tomorrow: Edit-a-thon in Oakland!
by Pete Forsyth 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Hi all, just a friendly reminder: tomorrow I'm hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon, along with the California League of Women Voters, at Tech Liminal. If you have books or other references relating to women and democracy, California public policy, or any other topic you'd like to work on, please bring them along! If you came last month, please note that Tech Liminal has moved! The new location is at 555 12th St., Suite 110 -- right by the 12th St. BART. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bay_Area_WikiWomen%27s_Edit-… Hope to see you tomorrow afternoon! -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] p.s. In case you missed it, here's a brief recap from last month's edit-a-thon: http://oaklandlocal.com/article/jamming-wikipedia-ca-league-women-voters-co…

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In town Feb 23-28, anyone wanna meet up?
by Mike Doherty 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi guys n gals, It's been a while since I've been involved with the Wikimedia world. I've moved to the programming world, and am quite involved with FOSS, and still interested in the Wikimedia movement. In any event, I'd love to get some folks together one evening. If there's a group meetup going on, I'll happily come. Of if not, maybe one of you wants to meet this AWOL ex-steward? I'd be happy to buy you a beer in return for showing me around for a few hours. Thanks, -Mike

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Next Engineering meetup: The Wikimedia mobile challenge
by Quim Gil 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Hi, the topic of the next Wikipedia Engineering meetup is The Wikimedia mobile challenge [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/100444752/ Brion Vibber will do one presentation. There is one slot available for a speaker chosen by the MediaWiki Group San Francisco, hopefully presenting a mobile related topic as well. Suggestions welcome, here or (better) at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Groups/San_Francisco#Next_meetup:__22984 -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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I'll be a promoter
by maiki 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Heya folks. I added myself as a promoter for the SF group. I coerced JudyTuna to co-promote with me, since both of us want to help, but can't commit as much as either of us want, so we are having a go at it together. We would like feedback from the group on what they would like from it, and I encourage you to use the discussion page (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Groups/San_Francisco) or this list to share yer ideas. And of course, the more promoters the merrier! maiki

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memorials for aaron swartz
by phoebe ayers 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Hi folks, For those in the SF area who want to get together to remember Aaron Swartz, there are at least two public events in the coming days: *Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, Bill Pollack and No Starch Press are hosting an open house at 7p to remember Aaron and other hackers. Their office is 38 Ringold Street (between Harrison and Folsom and 8th and 9th). Everyone is welcome. * On Jan 24th, the Internet Archive will be hosting a memorial starting at 7pm. Announcement here: http://blog.archive.org/2013/01/15/memorial-for-aaron-swartz/ There is an on-wiki condolences page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AaronSw#RIP best, phoebe

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MediaWiki Group San Francisco approved!
by Quim Gil 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Hi, the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee has approved MediaWiki Group San Francisco. Yay! :) http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/San_Francisco We can have a toast this Thursday at the Wikipedia Engineering Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/ Two priorities I want to push for this group: * Promote technical efforts from the Wikimedia Foundation and 3rd parties in the Bay Area, in an integrated way. * Get another promoter not working at the WMF. Any volunteers? -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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Reminder: Oakland Wiki local history editathon this Sunday
by Vicky Knox 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

Hello! Please excuse me for this slightly late reminder (though a reminder nonetheless): the first-ever Oakland Wiki History Edit-a-thon is this Sunday! This will be a fascinating way to meet other people with an interest in local history, and coming from the point of view of a Wikipedian a great opportunity to include rare images on Commons and well-researched local history content on Wikipedia. *12-1p*: Brown Couch Cafe<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=brown+couch+cafe+oakland&hl=en&hq=brown+couc…> noontime meet-n-greet *1-5p*: Oakland History Room<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Oakland+Public+Library,+14th+Street,+Oakland…> editathon, 2nd floor of Oakland Public Library (main branch) Don’t forget a computer or some note-taking materials! Updates can be found in the Oakland Wiki on the project page here<http://oaklandwiki.org/History_Editathon> . Cheers! Vicky

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Fwd: PhD Comics and Open Access Event in San Francisco
by phoebe ayers 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

Possibly of interest to this group. This should be pretty fun... Jonathan Eisen, if you've never seen him, is a great speaker. Jan 17th, UCSF. -- phoebe ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Meredith T. Niles" <mtniles(a)ucdavis.edu> To: openscience(a)ucdavis.edu Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 5:35:55 PM Subject: PhD Comics and Open Access Event in San Francisco Hi there, Please find attached information for a free event to be hosted in San Francisco on January 17th by the Right to Research Coalition on open access featuring PhD comics creator Jorge Cham (and our own UC Davis Jonathan Eisen). The event is free but registration is required. More info and registration here: http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/open-access-explored-a-conversation-wit… Best, Meredith

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