Hi Wiki-Minnesotans,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia Minnesota User Group meeting at the
Minneapolis Institute of Art on this Sunday (May 20), from 4-6pm, with a
dinner afterwards.
Hopefully this can the first of a series of meetings to help develop as a
group, and support activities throughout the state:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/May_2018_Minnesota…
I'm joining from Wikimedia New York City for this, and I'll be glad to
share experiences from our chapter, and as Wikimedian in Residence at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Join us on Saturday, February 17 at noon for an afternoon edit-a-thon. We
will have treats and each of you who add something to Wikipedia can earn a
limited edition, charming cookie decorated with a work of art from Mia.
Check us out at
https://new.artsmia.org/event/to-wikipedia-with-love/
Susan Jacobsen | Manager, Lectures & Academic Programs
Minneapolis Institute of Art
2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
612.870.3204 I *sjacobse(a)artsmia.org* <sjacobse(a)artsmia.org> I *artsmia.org*
<http://artsmia.org>
612.296.5193 mobile phone
Hello,
I'm trying to organize a Wikinic and was wondering what Minneapolis
parks have free wifi outdoors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic#Midwest Please let me
know if there are any options. I was thinking that perhaps we could meet
next to a building, such as the Powerhorn Park community building, in a
park if none of the parks have other free wifi. Thanks in advance for
your help on this matter.
Cordially,
Kurtis
Hello Minnesota Wikimedians,
At the meetup last Saturday we submitted an application to be recognized
as a user group, Wikimedia Minnesota User Group (WMUG). Please add your
name to the user group page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Minnesota_User_Group> on Meta
if you are interested.
I'd also like to invite you to join us for some of our upcoming events:
February 11: An edit-a-thon focusing on artists from marginalized
communities will be held at the Loft Literary Center on Thursday,
February 11 from 6-8pm. Sign up here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Loft_Literary_Cent…>.
March 5: The annual Art+Feminism edit-a-thon will be held at
Minneapolis Central Library on Saturday, March 5 from 11 to 5. Sign up
here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/ArtAndFeminism/M…>.
To prepare we'll be doing a "train the trainers" session at the library
on February 22 at 4pm. Contact me if you are interested in being involved.
There will also be an edit-a-thon on June 18
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2016/Minnesota> for
Wiki Loves Pride at the Minneapolis Central Library. Another event on
the horizon is a scan-a-thon of National Register files with the
Minnesota Historical Society.
Jason (User:Gobonobo)
Thanks, Richard. Good idea.
Noreen
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> From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-US-MN] Fwd: Information Architecture
> edit-a-thon in April
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> Hi Noreen and all,
>
> Another good way to reach out to Minnesota Wikipedians might be the talk
> page for the Minnesota wiki-meetups, there are probably more editors
> watching there than are subscribed to the mailing list:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Minnesota
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> (User:Pharos)
>
>
Hi MN Wikipedians!
I am writing to follow up on Mark's post last month about a Wikipedia editathon I am hosting at the ASIS&T Information Architecture Summit (http://iasummit.org). Thanks, Mark! And thanks to Veronica Erb, who is one of the event producers who connected me with your group. I am based in New York City and am User:nwhysel on Wikipedia. I have been editing Wikipedia and attending Wikimedia NYC editathons for about two years and have many years of private wiki editing experience.
The IA Summit will be held on April 22-26 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis. I am inviting Minneapolis area Wikipedians to help facilitate a session on Information Architecture on Saturday April 25. For the editathon, I have a 110 minute session Saturday afternoon, 1:30-3:15pm, which I plan to use to as both an informal introduction to editing and an editathon, similar to how Wikipedia editathons are run. I am repurposing a deck from the Art+Feminism event for the session and am hoping to get some local Wikipedians to help out as facilitators. I have confirmed that volunteer facilitators for the session will receive entry passes for the event.
The Information Architecture page is currently listed under WikiProject Human Computer Interaction. I created a WikiProject proposal for Information Architecture at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals/Inf…. I created the proposal to expand the scope beyond computing to the foundation of information architecture practice in library science, cognitive science, design, and physical architecture. I have 17 supporters so far but not many with editing experience so the session will help to bring people up to speed with wikipedia editing culture. I may also propose a task under the HCI project.
If this sounds like interesting way to spend a Saturday afternoon, please let me know.
Noreen Whysel
Begin forwarded message:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Mark Holmquist <mtraceur(a)member.fsf.org>
>> Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:48 AM
>> Subject: Fwd: Information Architecture edit-a-thon in April
>> To: wikimedia-us-mn(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> Cc: Veronica Erb <veronicaerb(a)gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Hello, wikimedia-us-mn! I got an email last night from our esteemed friend
>> James Hare from WMDC, who introduced me to Veronica, who is looking for
>> some experienced Wikipedia editors to help out at an event she's helping
>> to plan in April.
>>
>> See the details below - I figured some of you would be interested and
>> able to help.
>>
>> See: http://www.iasummit.org/node/51
>> See also: http://www.iasummit.org/events/ias2015
>> Venue: http://minneapolis.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html
>>
>> ----- Forwarded message from Veronica Erb <veronicaerb(a)gmail.com> -----
>> IA Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
>>
>> April 25, 2015 from 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm
>>
>> Presented by Noreen Whysel
>>
>> Become an IA Wikipedian and help discover and promote the people, events
>> and history of Information Architecture. Wikipedia is more than just a
>> global, multi-language, linked encyclopedia. It is a community of people
>> committed to accurate and deep discovery of a world of topics. Case studies
>> on recent Wikipedia edit-a-thons, outcomes and controversies will inform
>> the process for participants as they help to improve the accuracy and
>> discoverability of Information Architecture topics on Wikipedia.
>>
>> What will you learn?
>>
>> - What really happens behind the scenes of a Wikipedia page.
>> - How Wikipedia is fulfilling Tim Berners-Lee’s vision of a linked, open
>> collection of human knowledge.
>> - How to create an account and start editing Wikipedia pages.
>> - How to appropriately link and cite content within a Wikipedia document.
>> - How to avoid conflicts of interest, so your hard work doesn’t
>> disappear.
>> - How to find information about Information Architecture and fill in
>> gaps, correct errors, suggest new content.
>> - How to run your own Wikipedia edit-a-thon back home.
>>
>> Session Takeaways
>>
>> - Appreciation of Wikipedia as a knowledge resource
>> - Appreciation of Wikipedia as a community
>> - How and why to set up a Wikipedia Account
>> - Understanding of Wikipedia Conflict of Interest rules
>> - Understanding of proper citation and linking
>> - Satisfaction of giving back to one's industry
>> - Tools and knowledge to host a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon back home
>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>
>> --
>> Mark Holmquist
>> Software Engineer, Multimedia
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> mtraceur(a)member.fsf.org
>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:MHolmquist
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