Wikimedia-SF July 2024

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Wiknic and meetups through December
by emelinebrule 18 Jul '24

18 Jul '24

Hi everyone! We had a great meetup last Thursday. Many thanks to our speaker Yucheng Jiang! You can find the notes here https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/bawug We've scheduled all the meetups from now until December: - We will have a [Wiknic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic) on Saturday August 17th 11-2 at Dolores Park. I expect we will meet behind the playground. More details to come. Please invite your friends! - We will then meet every second Thursday at 6.30pm. That's September 12, October 10, November 14 and December 12. You can sign up and you will receive a calendar event and reminder here https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/e/ev-s639-20240912183000 We're hoping our September speaker will be a researcher working on onboarding newcomers. Suggestions for future speakers are very welcome. Best, Emeline and Elan

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Proposal for transportation to Sequoia Fabrica meetings
by Nathan Holmes-King 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

When we hold meetings at Sequoia Fabrica, I take BART to 16th St Mission (Green-S @ 18:00), and then I take Waymo from there. But now that Waymo is open to everyone, it is becoming too expensive for me to ride by myself. Would anyone like to ride in a Waymo with me to the meetings, and split the cost? -- - Nathan Holmes-King emperor0nathan(a)gmail.com

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traveling to Katowice via plane + train?
by Luis Villa 08 Jul '24

08 Jul '24

Hey, all- I'm trying to plan my Wikimania travel, and wondering if anyone has had better luck than I had. Specifically: I've found recently that I prefer, instead of multiple flight connections, the closest direct flight I can from SFO and then train. For example, there is no direct SFO -> Stockholm, but you can direct SFO -> Copenhagen and then a pleasant train directly from the Copenhagen airport to Stockholm. So far I am... not having much luck on this for Katowice. Looks like the best I can do is direct flight to Frankfurt and then multiple (3+ changes) trains from Frankfurt to Katowice. I worry about connections because neither the German nor Polish train systems seem to have a great reputation for timeliness and I'd hate to miss connections. Anyone had better luck, or alternative suggestions in a similar vein? Thanks in advance, and look forward to seeing some of you there- Luis -- Me: lu.is Work: tidelift.com Social: @luis_in_brief@social.coop Open ML news: openml.fyi I process email slowly. If you need a quick response, please use messaging. If you prefer another tool, please let me know!

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June Meetup recap and next meetup July 11
by emelinebrule 04 Jul '24

04 Jul '24

Hi everyone! You can find the notes and shared links from today's meetup [on this etherpad](https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/bawug), featuring discussions on the use of AI for editing, needs for local pictures, delays in a transit construction project in Boston, efforts to import datasets from the Free Law Project to Wikidata, and how Indian History is represented on Wikipedia. Next meetup: [July 11, 6.30-8.30pm](https://bookwhen.com/sequoiafabrica/e/ev-s36g-20240711183000) (please rsvp if you can, it helps with logistics), at 1736 18th street! We have invited a local researcher to present on research on AI tools in editing wikipedia, since there's a lot of interest in this. We are also planning a Wiki Picnic (Wiknic) on Saturday August 17, 11am-2pm, at Mission Dolores Park (near Bart 16th/Mission in San Francisco). Hope everyone is doing well!Emeline and Elan

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