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You are invited! Edit For Change Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, February 11, 2026, 1:00-2:30 PM
by Ann Glusker 20 Jan '26

20 Jan '26

Dear Bay Area Wikipedians, We hope this finds you well! We are writing from the UC Berkeley Library to warmly invite you and your community to the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon we're holding again this year, as part of the UC Love Data Week program. Full details are below (created for a new-user audience, feel free to share). We very much hope you will join us on February 11! All the best, Ann, Bee, and Nadia [image: wikipedia-editathon-banner-2026.jpg] *Edit For Change Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon* Wednesday, February 11, 2026 1:00 - 2:00 pm workshop; 2:00 - 2:30 Open editing Online (Zoom) More info: https://bit.ly/wiki-berkeley Registration link: https://berkeley.libcal.com/event/16182783 Who (or what?) deserves a Wikipedia page? You can read about our thoughts on the subject in our January 9, 2025 blog post about “The Bias of Notability in Wikipedia <https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2025/01/09/the-bias-of-notability-in-wikipe…> .” Whether you’re a Wikiphiliac or a Wikipedia skeptic, there’s no denying it: Wikipedia is among the most visited websites in the world; it is routinely cited in scholarly articles, the news, and congressional hearings. Wikipedia is often the first stop in the research journey. Yet, fewer than 20 percent of biographical articles in Wikipedia are about women. Wikipedia does acknowledge that its content reflects its editorship (75.6% of US editors are white; 90% are male). These editors decide which topics are "notable" and therefore worthy of inclusion, which often excludes genderqueer and female individuals and topics from the global South. *You can be part of the solution! Join us on February 11 on Zoom for a tutorial for the beginner Wikipedian, then edit some Wikipedia entries yourself. * Sign up for a free Wikipedia account in advance <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=M…> (optional). You may bring topic ideas or articles you’d like to edit, or we’ll help you find a way to make a difference in an area of interest to you. *Editing experience is not needed*, we will teach you! This event is part of UC Love Data Week <https://uc-love-data-week.github.io/> (February 9-13, 2026) *If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Amber Lawrence at libraryevents(a)berkeley.edu <libraryevents(a)berkeley.edu> or 510-459-9108 at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.* Hope to see you there! *Library Edit-a-thon Planning Committee:* Bee Lehman, Digital Humanities Librarian Ann Glusker, Social Sciences Librarian Nadia Winters, Business Librarian editathon(a)lists.berkeley.edu *Ann Glusker* *Liaison Librarian for **Sociology, Demography**, Psychology, **& School of Social Welfare; **Librarian for Research Methods* University of California, Berkeley; Social Research Library, 227 Haviland Hall 94720-6000 *Email:* glusker(a)berkeley.edu (she/her); *ORCID*: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2852-5293 *Appointments*: tinyurl.com/glusker (or email me) *Research guides*: Sociology <https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/soc>, Demography <https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/dem>, Psychology <https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/psychology>, Social Welfare <https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/subject-guide/10-Social-Welfare-Research-To…> , Research Methods <https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/researchmethods>

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Volunteer sign-up form for the 25th birthday on Jan 24
by Bay Area Wikipedians 05 Jan '26

05 Jan '26

Hi everyone! If you would like to help before or during our birthday celebration event, please sign-up here! https://forms.gle/s9cuTXn7jEzTdkWZ7 The form asks about your availability, what you would like to help with, and of course, tee shirt size :) Cheers, Your organizing committee

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Request to present at next meetup
by Nathan Holmes-King 04 Jan '26

04 Jan '26

Here is the presentation I would like to give: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tZs2OteyspGCr1npBdZK16Qo6cLRkWIe9U0… -- - Nathan Holmes-King +1 510 945 7737 emperor0nathan(a)gmail.com

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Reminder: December meetup this *WEDNESDAY* Dec 10
by Bay Area Wikipedians 08 Dec '25

08 Dec '25

Hello everyone! Our next meetup is this Wednesday, December 10th at the SF Public Library Main Branch (100 Larkin St, San Francisco), starting at 6 PM. Note that the day of the week, the location and the starting time have all changed! So I'll say it again: Wednesday, 6 PM, SFPL Main Branch If you haven't registered on our on-wiki Event page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Bay_Area_Meetup_December_2025) please do so! If you didn't know, this helps us track our "impact and reach", which is very important when we submit grant and funding requests to the foundation. The focus of the meetup is using library resources and editing local articles. We will be lucky enough to have a librarian from the periodicals department give a proper presentation on the ways we can access reliable sources for the encyclopedia. And of course pizza and socializing! As a reminder, all attendees at all of our events are expected to abide by the [Universal Code of Conduct](https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Con…. This event is the culmination of a lot of our discussions around finding reliable sources and how we can contribute to articles that hit close to home, so we hope you'll join us. With best regards, The BAWUG Organizing Committee [User:Audiodude](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Audiodude) [User:E_mln_e](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:E_mln_e) [User:ElanHR](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ElanHR)[User:Mcint](https…

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Call for volunteers: multilingual Wikimedians
by Bay Area Wikipedians 10 Nov '25

10 Nov '25

Dear all, Last email for today. We have received inquiries about the feasibility of doing introductions to Wikipedia in languages other than English. If you speak (fluently or natively) a language other than English, and may be interested in volunteering a couple hours of your time to present Wikipedia to members of the public in 2026, could you send us an email at bayareawikipedians(a)proton.me? We are especially searching for Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Filipino, and Vietnamese speakers, as these are the official San Francisco languages, but we encouraged all foreign language speakers to signal interest. Thank you, BAWUG's organizing committee

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Reminder: Meeetup Thursday 11/13, Wikidata Birthday!
by Bay Area Wikipedians 10 Nov '25

10 Nov '25

Hello everyone! Our next meetup is this Thursday, November 13th at Double Union. The event will be hybrid, in-person with folks able to join online with Jitsi as well. If you haven't registered on our on-wiki Event page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Bay_Area_Meetup_November_2025) please do so! This helps us track our "impact and reach", which is very important when we submit grant and funding requests to the foundation. You will also be able to see the precise event location/address as well as the Jitsi link when registering. We will be celebrating Wikidata's 13th birthday! There will be a talk on [OpenHistoricalMap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenHistoricalMap), a summary of key points from [WikidataCont 2025](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025), a possible lightning talk on Wikidata tooling, and of course pizza and socializing! As a reminder, all attendees at all of our events are expected to abide by the [Universal Code of Conduct](https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Con…. This should be a fun and informative time with a great schedule. We're very excited to see you there! With best regards, The BAWUG Organizing Committee [User:Audiodude](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Audiodude) [User:E_mln_e](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:E_mln_e) [User:ElanHR](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ElanHR) [User:Mcint](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mcint)

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Call for volunteers: November 18, 11.30am-1.30pm, lunch and learn with the San Francisco Historical Society
by Bay Area Wikipedians 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

Dear all, Another call for volunteers, in case you have missed the recent meetups. On November 18th, we will be participating in a Lunch and Learn event at the [San Francisco Historical Society](https://www.sfhistory.org/)(downtown San Francisco). It will bring together approximately 40 representatives from historical and cultural organizations across the Bay Area wishing to learn about Wikipedia and its sister projects. We are seeking volunteers who would answer questions from attendees and help them with the worksheets included in the [Glam Workbook](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Workbook_for_Cu…. We would also welcome an experienced Wikimedia Commons contributor. Lunch is provided, and we may be able to reimburse some travel expenses (within the Bay Area). Email bayareawikipedians(a)proton.me if you wish to join! Cheers, @e_mln_e (coordinator)

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Calls for lightning talks, Wikidata birthday November 13 + meetup summary
by Bay Area Wikipedians 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

Hi everyone, Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday for the meetup and the elections! See summary below. Call for lighting talks, Wikidata birthday, November 13th We will celebrate Wikidata birthday at our next meetup: November 13th, 6.30-8.30pm. Please RSVP even if you are a regular! This is how we keep track of attendance for our Rapid grant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Bay_Area_Meetup_November_2025 If you would like to do a lightning talk (5-10 minutes) on a Wikidata-related project, or an open data project, please send an email to bayareawikipedians(a)proton.me. This can be an online presentation. This can be a project you participate in, something you are interested in or something you are working on. Suggested talks topics: - Lexica: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexica - Paulina: paulina.toolforge.org/ - Wikidata and botany: https://academic.oup.com/aob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aob/mcaf062/8158086 - Wikidata and galleries, museums, libraries or archives - see eg https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/05/18/ld42023-iii-the-examples-libraries-us… - Wikidata and games - Biodiversity project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Biodiversity - Wikidata tooking (wikibase, integraality, open refine, etc) Let's learn together! And have cake. October meetup summary We have elected our first formal organizing committee (OC), and amended the governance document to add "Keeping track of members eligible for voting" to the OC's duties. All details here: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Wikipedians_User_Group/Membershi… We also: - heard the report on the very successful SFPL panel; - discussed learnings from the [GLAM camp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wikimedia_DC_GLAM_C…; - discussed outreach initiatives proposed by members; - reminded those eligible about the Board of Trustees election: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025 - helped each other with editing And of course enjoyed pizza, company and got some editing done. Next events Lace editathon, October 19th, 1-3pm, online. Background here: https://www.lacecouvige.com/threadsblog/enhancing-lace-content-in-wikipedia. Trip to visit the Fremont lace museum archives: 26th October afternoon, reach out if interested More calls for volunteers to follow. Cheers, BAWUG's organizing committee

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SFPL Event was a success!
by Travis Briggs 09 Oct '25

09 Oct '25

Hi folks, I just wanted to send a note this morning to let everyone know that our Tuesday Oct 7 event at the SF Public Library, North Beach branch, was a huge success! We had about a dozen members of the public in the audience as we presented some slides on Wikipedia, commons, and the process of adding an article. We then opened the floor for a panel discussion and Q&A, and had some really good topics discussed. I want to thank our librarian Charlie for reaching out and setting up the event for us. I'd also like to thank Emeline for fielding the initial contact and seizing the opportunity. And of course, huge thanks to our BAWUG folks who were there to present and be on the panel: Pax, Nathan Han, Nathan Holmes-King, Michelle, Lucas and Emeline! Events like this really give us an opportunity to share our expertise and reach out to the community to spark interest in the Wikimedia Movement, so I am very thankful for the opportunity and all the work everyone put in to make it possible. Thank you again to all! Thanks, -Travis

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Reminder: panel and meetup
by Bay Area Wikipedians 07 Oct '25

07 Oct '25

Hi everyone, A quick reminder about: - the panel at the SFPL North Beach branch tomorrow (https://sfpl.org/events/2025/10/07/panel-life-wikipedia-editor) - please remind any friend who might want to join! - and our meetup on Thursday (RSVP here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Bay_Area_Meetup_October_2025) - we'll have a short presentation on working with cultural organizations and the GLAM bootcamp, in light of our partnership with SFHS and the Fremont lace museum. Cheers!

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