Wikimedia-SF October 2013

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Wikipedia edit-a-thon at UC Davis, this Sat.
by phoebe ayers 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi all, Just a quick reminder that I'm hosting an edit-a-thon in the UCD library on Sat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/University_of_California_Davis… There is also one scheduled for Friday Nov. 15. Bring yourself or tell your friends, especially your friends in the Sacramento/Davis area :) Feel free to also participate remotely; I'm happy to do research in our collection for folks. Questions? Ideas? Want to know where Davis is, exactly? Let me know: phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com best, Phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers Wikimedia Foundation | UC Davis Libraries http://phoebeayers.info

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Internet Archive's 'No 404' event
by Quim Gil 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

An invitation from the Internet Archive (the event is free anyway, but now you surely know): On 10/17/2013 05:12 PM, Alexis Rossi wrote: > (...) we'd mostly just like to > make sure that everyone in your community is invited to attend a > celebration at our headquarters in San Francisco next week. The > invitation (and a link to RSVP) are at > http://blog.archive.org/2013/10/02/invitation-oct-24th/ From the URL above: October 24, 2013 Free Admission, Donations Welcome 6pm – 7pm : Cocktails and Reception 7pm – 8pm : Announcements 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco CA 94118 415-561-6767 Please RSVP - we don’t want to run out of wine! -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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Edit-a-thon, Berkeley, Nov. 16, South Branch
by Karen Coyle 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Another great Berkeley Wikipedians meetup! This time we will meet at the South Branch of the Berkeley Public Library, which is a short walk from the Ashby BART station. The South Branch is one of the newly renovated branches, and is also the home of the famous Tool Lending Library. We'll start around 1:00, and begin cleaning up around 5:00. Bring a laptop and ideas. Oh, and any spare extension cords :-) kc -- Karen Coyle kcoyle(a)kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet

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Flow UX workshop
by Quim Gil 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

Flow UX workshop Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA Please RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/wikimedia-tech/events/141845782/ The Flow project's goal is to build a modern discussion and collaboration system for all Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki. We have a minimal functional prototype: join us to play with it and give feedback to the team. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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Modular couch at WMF, 6th floor
by maiki 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Sorry if this is too out there, feel free to reply to me directly. I recently moved and don't have any furniture, and was impressed by the modular couch slices used on the 6th floor in the "front" of the presentation room. What brand are those? Where did they come from? I'd like to get something like that. Then I could easily host edit-a-thons at my place! (See what I did there? Totally topical!) Thanks. ^_^ maiki

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September Berkeley edit-a-thon in Daily Cal
by Karen Coyle 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

I just remembered to look this up, and it's a nice article: http://www.dailycal.org/2013/09/22/wikipedia-enthusiasts-convene-at-berkele… Many thanks to Daily Cal reporter Alison Fu, who came in as a reporter but left as a Wikipedian. kc -- Karen Coyle kcoyle(a)kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet

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Wiki Wednesday
by Stephen LaPorte 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Hello all, I want to extend an invitation to join an informal discussion about wikis (big and small!) this Wednesday (October 2, 2013) at 6:30 PM. The event will be at the Wikimedia Foundation offices, near Montgomery BART in San Francisco. More information is available here: http://eekim.com/blog/2013/09/wikiwednesday-in-san-francisco-state-of-the-w… Cheers, Stephen

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Edit-a-thons at UC Davis
by phoebe ayers 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Hello all, I am very pleased to invite you to a couple inaugural edit-a-thons at the UC Davis library. Have you ever wanted to hang out in a great research library and edit articles? Well, now you can! *Details: * *Wikipedia editing workshops and edit-a-thons at UC Davis! * ** - *Saturday Nov. 2., 1:00pm-5:00pm* - *Friday Nov. 15, 10:00am-3:00pm* *Wiki page and signup: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/University_of_California_Davis… * * *Location and logistics: * Both workshops will be held at the UC Davis Shields Library [main library], Library Instruction Lab. - Directions and maps will be linked on the wiki page above - The Shields Instruction Lab is a computer classroom, so you don't need to bring your laptop (but if you do we can get you a guest account for wifi, please let me know ahead of time). - All members of the campus and community are welcome! (including localwiki/daviswiki editors!) - If you're on campus or in the area, there will be an additional shorter workshop on 10/18 -- see page above for details - Questions? Contact Phoebe Ayers, psayers<at>ucdavis.edu. *Theme: * Edit whatever you like of course, but there's a (preliminary) theme of "exploring California food, wine and farming..." -- UC Davis is the best agricultural school in the country, with specialty library collections in everything related to food and wine. Come take advantage of them! We also have very good collections in many other areas as well. Remote participants are welcome to send reference requests :) *Publicity: * I will send out reminders closer to the event, and set up Facebook events etc. But especially if you know editors or potential future editors in the region (Davis/Sacramento) please help spread the word... I know there's a bunch of us out here, but we've not had formal meetups. So I would appreciate help with publicity! *What is this again? * Come learn how to edit Wikipedia! The first part of the session will introduce the edit-a-thon and include a short class for new and beginning editors in how Wikipedia works and how to get started (experienced editors should feel free to just start editing). The next part will be a hands-on workshop devoted to improving articles using UC Davis library resources, with a special focus on California food, wine and farming. Bring your Wikipedia questions and topics that you are interested in working on (you don't need to be an expert!). Drop in anytime during the event. cheers, -- Phoebe

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Still seeking date for next Berkeley meeting
by Karen Coyle 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Well, I don't know how Shreyas managed to get us the room at BPL last time, but I'm having no luck for our next meeting. I've been told that the following are the only weekend dates available: Sunday November 10 Saturday November 23 Sunday December 8 Saturday December 21 Sunday December 22 Saturday December 28 Sunday December 29 Sundays the library is only open until 5:00 so it doesn't give us much time. The available Saturdays are all around holidays. Does anyone else have the ability to find us space in October and November? We could try one of the other public library buildings but none of them are particularly convenient to public transportation, unfortunately. Ideas? Suggestions? (I really really want Berkeley to have a hacker space!) kc -- Karen Coyle kcoyle(a)kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet

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Edit-a-thons at UC Riverside on 10/12, 10/26 & 11/23
by phoebe ayers 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

Hi all, The UC Riverside libraries are holding three edit-a-thons as part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries, on Oct. 12, Oct. 26, and Nov. 23 (all are Saturdays). Details are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Riverside/WLL/2013 The edit-a-thons will focus on the very cool special collections at the Riverside libraries, including the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy: http://eaton.ucr.edu/ -- "the largest publicly-accessible collection of science fiction, fantasy, horror and utopian literature in the world." Other special collections that editors might want to use include the Water Resources Archive (http://library.ucr.edu/wrca/), and a collection on the Tuskegee Airmen archive (http://library.ucr.edu/tuskegee/). And of course all of the other UCR library resources will be available as well. This is a fantastic opportunity to take advantage of a great library and librarians who are eager to share their collections! If you can attend in person please do, or if not consider participating remotely -- feel free to make reference requests on the talk page :) And please encourage your friends in southern California to attend. -- Phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers Wikimedia Foundation | UC Davis Libraries http://phoebeayers.info

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