Hullo hullo lovely Bay Area Wikimedians,
Next weekend is Wikimania <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>,
the annual international festival of all things Wikipedia ^_^
Since I didn't see an SF-based event in the calendar
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/In-person_events>, I created one for
this Friday 🎉 😄 I'm thinking we could do hackathon stuff in the morning
and workshops and a mixer in the afternoon. If anyone wants to help
organize, please let me know! I'll try to have an event page this
afternoon.
Cheers,
Amanda
Is this going to be virtual ?
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> Hullo hullo lovely Bay Area Wikimedians,
>
> Next weekend is Wikimania <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
> >,
> the annual international festival of all things Wikipedia ^_^
>
> Since I didn't see an SF-based event in the calendar
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/In-person_events>, I created one for
> this Friday 🎉 😄 I'm thinking we could do hackathon stuff in the morning
> and workshops and a mixer in the afternoon. If anyone wants to help
> organize, please let me know! I'll try to have an event page this
> afternoon.
>
> Cheers,
> Amanda
>
Hi fellow SF Wikimedia people!
I've gone down one of those rabbit holes where you find an entire category
that needs a ton of work, and this one is English Wikipedia's articles
about the history and practice of tattooing. I'd like to organize a virtual
editing event to recruit more people to edit in this topic area, especially
people knowledgeable about the subject who are interested in learning how
to contribute to Wikipedia.
Do you have a connection to some sort of institution or organization, GLAM
or otherwise, that has relevant collections/audiences and might want to
host this? Local to the Bay Area would be ideal, but elsewhere is fine.
Thank you,
Britta
Hi everyone,
Reusing some of the work from the SFMOMA virtual editing session I helped
with last month, I'm helping staff from the African American Museum &
Library at Oakland and the Oakland History Center with this upcoming
virtual editing session on May 26:
https://oaklandlibrary.org/events/aamlo-online/wikipedia-edit-thon-aamloohc
Meetup page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Oakland/Oakland_Public_Libra…
The theme is contributions of African Americans to college activism and the
Black Power and Black Arts movements of the 1960s and 1970s. In particular,
this got sparked when Liam of East Bay Yesterday produced an episode about
the influential Afro-American Association and noticed that it doesn't have
a Wikipedia article (yet):
https://eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/were-no-longer-afraid-to-be-black/
Sign up and share with anyone who may be interested! It's always great to
have a bunch of experienced editors around to help newcomers.
Thank you,
Britta
Hi everyone,
As part of the Art+Feminism campaign, I'm helping SFMOMA host a virtual
edit-a-thon on Tuesday March 9 from 4-8 pm PT, and you're invited:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Art%2BFeminism…
I haven't really seen any "local" virtual events recently, so I'm hoping
this can be an opportunity for Bay Area Wikipedians to hang out and edit
together despite the pandemic. Some SFMOMA staff will also be there and
learning to edit.
If you'd like to come, make sure to register for the Zoom link in advance:
https://sfmoma-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlcuihqj4sGdHm67mm4LARbI0rH5O…
Thank you,
Britta
Hello,
I am the Branch Manager at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland and I am interested in hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon as part of our Black History Month series of events. In the past I have hosted similar events at the Library of Congress and worked with Ariel Cetrone (Institutional Partnerships Manager at Wikimedia District of Columbia). I am new to the Bay Area Wikimedia community and would appreciate any assistance from local wikimedians to make this event (the first one for the Oakland Public Library system!) happen.
Your time and guidance is greatly appreciated!
Best,
Talia
Talía Guzmán-González, Ph.D.
Branch Manager
African American Museum and Library at Oakland<https://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-oakland>
659 14th St., Oakland, CA 94612
TGuzman-Gonzalez(a)oaklandlibrary.org
Pronouns: she/her
Subscribe to the AAMLO newsletter<https://mailchi.mp/oaklandlibrary/aamlo>!
Dear Bay Area Wikimedians:
The Bay Area Wiki Salon is excited to co-host another Wiki-a-thon
(edit/upload-a-thon) at the Prelinger Library, and you are all invited to
join us on Sunday February 9th!
In honor of Black History Month, we will be focusing our efforts on
creating and improving Wikipedia articles and enriching other Wikimedia
projects relating to persons of African descent, and places, events,
movements, organizations, or cultural items associated with the the African
Diaspora using the unique, largely image-rich and public domain, holdings
of the Prelinger Library, a collection 19th and 20th century historical
ephemera, periodicals, maps, and books not commonly found in other public
libraries.
See below for more information and links, including a link to the Stacks
Explorer where you can explore the virtual shelves of the Prelinger
Library's holdings. We hope to see/work with you on February 9th!
Black History Month Wiki-a-thon at Prelinger Library
+ Date: Sunday, February 9
+ Time: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
+ Location: Prelinger Library
+ Address: 301 8th Street, San Francisco
+ Meetup page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Black_History_…
+ See also: http://www.prelingerlibrary.org/home/; Stacks Explorer:
http://www.prelingerlibrary.org/stacks/
Cheers,
Niki, on behalf of BAWS
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Dear Bay Area Wikimedians:
The Bay Area Wiki Salon is excited to co-host another Wiki-a-thon
(edit/upload-a-thon) at the Prelinger Library this month, and you are all
invited to join us on August 25!
The Prelinger Library is an appropriation-friendly collection 19th and 20th
century historical ephemera, periodicals, maps, and books not commonly
found in other public libraries, much of which is in the public domain. The
eclectic collection presents many opportunities to enrich a vast range of
Wikipedia articles and other Wikimedia projects, and also to explore and
raise questions about the evolution of knowledge collection and
distribution from the early days of print and "mass media" culture to
today, and the impact of these material (or immaterial) forms on shifting
perceptions of neutrality and reliability.
See below for more information and links, including a link to the Stacks
Explorer where you can explore the virtual shelves of the Prelinger
Library's holdings. We hope to see/work with you on the 25th!
Wiki-a-thon at Prelinger Library
+ Date: Sunday, August 25
+ Time: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
+ Location: Prelinger Library
+ Address: 301 8th Street, San Francisco
+ Meetup page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Prelinger_Libr…
+ See also: http://www.prelingerlibrary.org/home/; Stacks Explorer:
http://www.prelingerlibrary.org/stacks/
Cheers,
Niki, on behalf of BAWS
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Hi all,
I'm going to give a presentation in SF Rotary Club about Wiki(m|p)edia
and research in September. One of the reasons I do this kind of
presentation is to help raise awareness about the importance of and
the activities of Wikimedia communities and I would like to leave the
audience with a few concrete ways to engage with Wikimedia projects if
possible. If you're interested to provide input to me, I'm all ears.
Just let me know on this thread or even better in the Description of
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229272 under "Pointers to engage
with the community".
Some examples I've been thinking about:
* Let them know about this mailing list?
* Let them know about Wiki Loves Monuments, especially because the
event will be in September?
* Let them know about upcoming local community events?
Thanks,
Leila
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Leila Zia
Principal Research Scientist, Head of Research
Wikimedia Foundation
Dear Bay Area Wikimedians:
The Bay Area Wiki Salon has taken a short respite, and is back in action
for May Day!
Please join us for the next salon on Wednesday May 1st at the Wikimedia
Foundation HQ, where we will focus on the topic of "Talk Pages and
communication". This theme is inspired by the ongoing 2019 Talk Page
Consultation (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_consultation_2019),
and the awareness that communication is a complex, key component of the
movement and our work.
See below for more information and links, and we hope to see and
communicate with you there!
If you want to give a lightning talk or present something on this theme for
the May Salon, please get in touch with the organizers via email or the
Meetup page.
Bay Area Wiki Salon - May 02019 Edition
+ Date: Thursday, May 1
+ Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
+ Focus: Talk Pages and other communi
+ Location: Wikimedia Foundation
+ Address: 120 Kearny Street, San Francisco
+ Meetup page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bay_Area_WikiSalon_May_2019
+ RSVP: *https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHtIIcEtUPqLtbG6BXCAs-A6u6bdK6aW3z_jBNiA5lnTHKog/viewform
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHtIIcEtUPqLtbG6BXCAs-A6u6bdK6aW3…>*
Cheers,
Niki, on behalf of BAWS
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