Hi Guarav and everyone,
Is there going to be a Wiki takes America 2014? The page still has a 2013 logo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America
Nevertheless, there are still more pictures to be had, no?
I checked out the Denver Public Library page; I assume Wikipedia groups qualify for the reduced room rental rate because Wikipedia is a non-profit and a meet up would be public??
I’d be down to organize something for September (Wiki Takes Denver would probably be able to be put together in a short time), but I’m only available the weekend of the 13th. What say ye, folks?
Best,
Q Miceli
qmiceli(a)alumni.princeton.edu
gothicgranola.com
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Hi everybody!
Both Open Access Week (Oct 20-26, http://www.openaccessweek.org/) and Wiki Loves Libraries (Oct/Nov, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries) are rapidly approaching, and I was wondering if anybody wanted to organise something for either of them. Of course we’ve already got one editathon lined up in Fort Collins (October 21, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Fort_Collins/2014), but it’d be fun to do something in the Boulder/Denver area as well. I’ll get in touch with CU Boulder and see what I can find out about their Open Access Week, but — if everybody’s willing to pitch in — we could organise a meetup at the Denver Public Library as well (http://denverlibrary.org/content/meeting-room-event-space-procedures-central).
We also had a great time at Wiki Takes Denver last year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/2013/Denver), and those things are really easy to organise. Unfortunately, my September is completely crap, but if someone else can take the lead in planning a date and travel, I might be able to make it — or we could hold it in early October instead, when it’ll be easier for me to make it!
Anyways, I just wanted to get everybody thinking about Wiki events in the next couple of months, so please shout out any ideas you have and lets see if we can make ‘em happen!
cheers,
Gaurav
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Hi everybody!
Both Open Access Week (Oct 20-26, http://www.openaccessweek.org/) and Wiki Loves Libraries (Oct/Nov, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries) are rapidly approaching, and I was wondering if anybody wanted to organise something for either of them. Of course we’ve already got one editathon lined up in Fort Collins (October 21, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Fort_Collins/2014), but it’d be fun to do something in the Boulder/Denver area as well. I’ll get in touch with CU Boulder and see what I can find out about their Open Access Week, but — if everybody’s willing to pitch in — we could organise a meetup at the Denver Public Library as well (http://denverlibrary.org/content/meeting-room-event-space-procedures-central).
We also had a great time at Wiki Takes Denver last year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/2013/Denver), and those things are really easy to organise. Unfortunately, my September is completely crap, but if someone else can take the lead in planning a date and travel, I might be able to make it — or we could hold it in early October instead, when it’ll be easier for me to make it!
Anyways, I just wanted to get everybody thinking about Wiki events in the next couple of months, so please shout out any ideas you have and lets see if we can make ‘em happen!
cheers,
Gaurav
WHO: Six Universities in the Rocky Mountain Region
Colorado State University
Montana State University
Washington State University
Metropolitan State College
University of California Riverside
Colorado Mesa University
WHAT: Are hosting edit-a-thons on WATER for Open Access Week
MORE DETAILS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Fort_Collins/2014#R…
The point of this message: Experienced Wikipedians, please plan to attend, whether in person or online. There will be many a new user, from students to librarians to professors, who would very likely appreciate your guidance in citing, researching, formatting, et cetera. There’s free food if you attend in-person :-).
ALSO, admins and those who have the power: how can it be ensured that a large number of users will be able to register at the various locations during the event?
FYI, the CSU event organizer/point of contact is Shea [User: Bibliophage01].
Respectfully submitted,
Q [User:Undead q]
Was there a conclusion about Boulder area carpooling to Arvada? I either
need a ride or can give a ride if someone will help with gas. I'm in
Longmont. Thanks!
Q
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> Would someone mind sending me the details? Never did hear back from Buaidh,
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> > Hey guys, I don't know if this would be feasible, but by any chance would
> > anyone going to the wiknic who happens to have legal access to a vehicle
> be
> > able to start a carpool in the Boulder area? I may be able to get to the
> > wikinic without it, but this would probably be a preferable option,
> > especially since as I understand it there may be a couple others who lack
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> > Basically a carpool would be great but I can't start it and I feel bad
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> > asking like this but if anyone could, please? Or something.
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Hi everybody,
In case you missed it, the Great Colorado Wiknic 2014 will be held in Arvada CO on either June 21 or July 6: details are available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Wiknic/2014 — please do let Buaidh know if one of those dates work for you and the other doesn’t!
cheers,
Gaurav
Hey guys, I don't know if this would be feasible, but by any chance
would anyone going to the wiknic who happens to have legal access to a
vehicle be able to start a carpool in the Boulder area? I may be able to
get to the wikinic without it, but this would probably be a preferable
option, especially since as I understand it there may be a couple others
who lack reliable/legal transportation as well.
Basically a carpool would be great but I can't start it and I feel bad
for asking like this but if anyone could, please? Or something.
Thanks,
Kim
Hi everybody!
I wrote up a paragraph on our Backstage Pass event for the "This Month in GLAM" newsletter on Wikipedia. You can read it (or, even better, improve it) at https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2013/Contents/…
Heather: I hope you don't mind that I referred to you by name in my writeup! If you do, let me know and I'll delete it. Let me know if you'd me to link it to your homepage!
Everybody else: if you have a better photograph than the ones I've used, please upload them to the Commons in the https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedians_at_the_CUMNH_2013 category -- I'll be uploading all the photos I have at our next meetup, whenever and wherever that be!
cheers,
Gaurav
Hi everybody,
If anybody's working on Denver articles, check out this new publication from the DMNS on its own history! I've never been to the DMNS, but if you think it's worth organising a trip to or to see if we could get backstage access, we could give it a shot!
New article: http://www.dmns.org/media/1955224/c1-summative-historyprintrevwebred.pdf
Available online at: http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-publications/ (in Annals 4)
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science
cheers,
Gaurav
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> On 31 December 2013 a comprehensive history of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has been published. Thirty-two authors have contributed to the 427 pages of the volume that contains a summative history of the whole institution from the very beginning in 1897, and detailed, comprehensive histories of Exhibits, Education, and the Research and Collections departments Zoology, Geology, Paleontology, Anthropology, Space Sciences, and Health Sciences. It is illustrated with uncountable historical photos and illustrations, many of them in color. This will be *the* reference on the Museum's history for a long time, it looks nice, and it reads pretty well (I can say that since as the Editor-in-Chief, I had to read the whole thing). The volume is number 4 of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals and available for free download at http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-publications/.
> It can be purchased at lulu.com, in hardbound and paperback (links given on the publications webpage). As it is in full color, it is not cheap, but probably worth it. We produced a separate edition of the first chapter (summative history) which can also be purchased at lulu.com, in hardbound and paperback.
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> The Denver Museum will continue its remarkable journey with the opening of the Morgridge Family Exploration Center in February 2014, a new 126,000 square feet state-of-the-art collections and education facility. Stay tuned.
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Hullo from India!
Is anybody going for the National Western Stock Show in Denver
starting in a week? It'd be particularly great to get some photographs
of the longhorn cattle being driven down 17th Street on January 9,
particularly since Wikipedia's one photo of this event was uploaded
seven years ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Western_Stock_Show
I can't make it, since I don't get back to Boulder until January 11,
but the details are available at
http://www.denver.org/national-western-stock-show
cheers,
Gaurav
Hi everybody,
I thought I should send out a reminder that Wiki Loves Libraries in
Boulder is THIS Saturday from 2pm to 6pm at the Boulder Public
Library! You can find all the details at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/November_2013
-- but please do e-mail me if you have any other questions,
suggestions or ideas!
cheers,
Gaurav