[Wikimedia-US-CO] Please elaborate

-- -Spencer http://aninternetpresence.net ----------------- "What a lark! What a plunge!" - Mrs. Dalloway http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/woolf/virginia/w91md/, Virginia Woolf On 9/22/2013 7:42 PM, Garfield Salas wrote: > please no more e mails to this e mail accress > > > > ------------------------------ > On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 1:16 PM MDT Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > >> Hullo! >> >> Sounds like the 28th works for a bunch of us! If you can make it, >> could you please sign up at >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/2013/Denver? >> I'd like to make sure I'm not the only Wikipedian there this Saturday! >> >> cheers, >> Gaurav >> >> >> On 18 September 2013 21:35, Spencer Williams williamcwilliams@gmail.com wrote: >>> The 28th should work well for me, as far as I know at the moment. I'm trying >>> to find a job and so things could suddenly change, but I will do my best to >>> keep that time open. Of course, traveling together in a car has its >>> benefits. However, I can also make it to Denver by bus and then we could >>> meet at Union Station or something like that. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> I would prefer the 28th as well, since I'll be taking a friend to the >>> airport on the 21st. Any trouble with this? >>> >>> On Sep 18, 2013 7:07 PM, "Gaurav Vaidya" gaurav@ggvaidya.com wrote: >>>> Hi everybody! >>>> >>>> On 4 Sep, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> So, if we can all bring along a camera. >>>> (Or not -- we had a surprisingly fun Wiki Takes Boulder last year with >>>> one camera between three people!) >>>> >>>>> It depends where we want to go. If we'd like to go by car, I'd have >>>>> probably 3 seats available, long as someone doesn't mind the middle in the >>>>> back. If by train to downtown, however many would like to go. We can meet up >>>>> at my car from there if need be, at Mineral. >>>> I'm not sure where Mineral is, but thanks for the offer! >>>> >>>>> I would like to stop downtown to get some photos of Biker Jim's, as I'm >>>>> currently working on that article. We can do that in either case, and I can >>>>> bring my camera to work if it's really opposed, but I'd really rather prefer >>>>> it to be on the same day. And they really do have some good food. :) I'd >>>>> prefer not to go downtown by car, since I can get there for free on the >>>>> train, and would rather do that than pay for parking. But I'd be happy to >>>>> drive to some farther out areas after that's done. >>>>> >>>>> So, anyone opposed to meeting downtown for lunch/photos prior to lunch, >>>>> and hitting the Botanic Gardens or other locations from there? >>>> I like this plan, and have set up the first part of the paperwork: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/2013/Denver >>>> >>>> I've proposed September 28 as the day of photography, since I'm leaving >>>> Boulder for a week from Sunday, September 29. Once we know how many people >>>> are interested, and have a time and a date finalised (hopefully by this >>>> weekend), we'll have all of next week to run geonotices >>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geonotice). >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Spencer Williams IV >>>>> enderandpeter@yahoo.com wrote: >>>>> Hey there, good folks. I'm totally up for Wikipedia Loves Monuments or >>>>> Takes America, or whatever it might be this month. However, I should warn >>>>> you, I'm totally, like, dirt poor. And so I couldn't provide transportation >>>>> or anything like that. Ideally, I hope Gaurav might convince his roommate to >>>>> go so I could jump into their car or something. I do have an iPhone though, >>>>> and the Wikimedia app. So I'm set in that department. >>>> Sorry, Spencer -- I think my friend (not roommate!) might be out of town >>>> then. Would a bus trip to Denver be too expensive for you? >>>> >>>>> Any of the places Todd Allen suggested sound great. I don't have a >>>>> particular preference, but the Children's Museum might be interesting. The >>>>> Botanical Gardens would be nice too. I don't think I've been there yet. But >>>>> really anywhere on that list sounds great. >>>> There's space on the event page to start throwing up ideas. Being on 16th >>>> Street means that we can go anywhere from Union Station to the Capitol for >>>> free. There must be something interesting within walking distance of that, >>>> right? >>>> >>>>> So if any of y'all are planning to go, please let me know. Also, I was >>>>> very interested in helping out with Wikipedia Loves Libraries next month. >>>>> Was there anyone else here who wanted to get together to make something >>>>> happen in that regard? I think I may be able to ask someone at BPL to get a >>>>> room reserved. I don't really have a solid game plan laid out, but I >>>>> definitely wanted to do something like talk about basic Wikipedia editing, >>>>> and then more advanced stuff like Templates, transclusion vs. substition, >>>>> customizing your theme, custom CSS and stuff like that. Nothing too heavy, >>>>> though, as I suspect there will mainly be people new to the project. But >>>>> just to give people a sense of how to go about contributing a variety of >>>>> content. >>>> Let me know how this goes! I'm trying to think of something we could do >>>> at either the CU Libraries or the CU Museum, but it's going to take a lot >>>> more organising than I'll have time for this semester. >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> Gaurav >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >>>> Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >>> Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >>> Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >> Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co