Wikimedia-US-NYC-Discuss February 2015

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AfroCROWD Kickoff Recap + HaitiCROWD on 3/14
by Alice Backer 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Dear all: AfroCROWD's next event will be HaitiCROWD on March 14th at the Brooklyn Public Library's Info Commons from 12:30 to 3:30PM. The event will showcase and invite engagement by attendees with the Haitian Kreyòl, French and English Wikipedias and with our Haiti and its diaspora suggested articles list. It would be great to have interested NY Wikipedians there to help onboard and generally guide both new people and returnees from our February kickoff. Here is the wikipage for the event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Events#HaitiCR… If you plan to attend, please also sign up on the eventbrite to facilitate communication leading up to the event: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-presents-haiticrowd-tickets-157195074… Also, those who are curious about what was discussed at our kickoff events can check out our AfroCROWD Kickoff Storify page: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-presents-haiticrowd-tickets-157195074… (Cross-posting all East Coast lists.) Best, Alice A L I C E B A C K E R www.afrocrowd.org www.kiskeacity.com skype: alicebacker

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[Wikimedia NYC] Edit-a-thon Photos
by Dorothy Howard 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Thank you all for coming out to the amazing #BlackLivesMatter Wikipedia Edit-a-thon last week, Saturday February 7th, 2015 I've published an initial re-cap in this month in GLAM: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/U… And we've started a Commons category with many images from the event (any many donated by the Schomburg photographer!) here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Schomburg_Center_Black_Lives_Ma… Please add to the Commons category with any images you took of the event, and watch out for an upcoming post on the event in the Wikimedia blog! Cheers, Dorothy -- Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia_NYC mailing list Wikimedia_NYC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia_nyc

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Future AfroCROWD events in NYC
by Alice Backer 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

I would like to thank Wikimedia NYC for your support during AfroCROWD's kickoff for Black WikiHistory Weekend. We had a great turnout and are in the process of updating the relevant wiki pages with details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd#AfroCROWD_Arti… In furtherance of our project proposal, we plan to hold future AfroCROWD events on the following dates granted to us by the Brooklyn Public Library: Sat 3/14 Sat 4/4 Sun 4/12 Sun 5/10 Sat 6/20 More details will be available at www.afrocrowd.org and here as the events approach. We look forward to Wikimedia NYC's continued input and support and welcome your comments and suggestions. Best, Alice A L I C E B A C K E R Haitian Blog Aggregator: http://haitianbloggers.com LOF1804 Podcast: http://www.kiskeacity.com Blog: http://www.kiskeacity.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/kiskeacity Newsletter: Kiskeácity Daily <http://paper.li/kiskeacity/1310337365?utm_source=subscription&utm_medium=em…> skype: alicebacker

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Subway update for Schomburg wiki-event in Harkem
by Pharos 07 Feb '15

07 Feb '15

The 3 train is not running at all today, and the 2 train is not running between 3 Av-149 St and 96 St. My train is to take the C train to 135 St, and then walk east to Malcolm X Blvd / Lenox Ave. (There may also be a bus solution, but I'm not very familiar with Manhattan buses.) Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Event page for AfroCROWD events this weekend
by Alice Backer 07 Feb '15

07 Feb '15

Hi all, Here is the meta wiki page for AfroCROWD events this weekend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd Best, Alice A L I C E B A C K E R Haitian Blog Aggregator: http://haitianbloggers.com LOF1804 Podcast: http://www.kiskeacity.com Blog: http://www.kiskeacity.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/kiskeacity Newsletter: Kiskeácity Daily <http://paper.li/kiskeacity/1310337365?utm_source=subscription&utm_medium=em…> skype: alicebacker

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Edit-a-thon for undersung theater artists!
by Leanora Lange 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Dear NYC Wikipedians, You are invited to join us for Wikiturgy NYC<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WikiturgyNYC>, an edit-a-thon on theater with a focus on artists who are queer, women, people of color, or otherwise underrepresented as part of a worldwide Wikiturgy Edit-a-Thon. Help improve articles like the one on Warhol star Jackie Curtis<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Curtis> or "master of camp" Helen Hanft<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hanft> or create articles on artists whose work you admire and feel should have a place in Wikipedia. Where: The Studio (Room 208), Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, NY When: February 17, 2015, 4:00-7:30 pm See the Wikiturgy NYC meetup page<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WikiturgyNYC> for more details, directions, and to RSVP. Hope to see you there! All the best, Lea Leanora Lange Processing and Institutional Archivist and Digitization Projects Liaison Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street New York, NY 10011 212-294-8301 x1051 llange(a)cjh.org<mailto:llange@cjh.org>

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[Wikimedia NYC] Announcing: Black Lives Matter Wikipedia Edit-a-thons and Black WikiHistory Month
by Dorothy Howard 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

Hi All, We are gearing up for the February 7th #BlackLivesMatter Wikipedia Edit-a-thon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black_Life_Matters_Edita…> this 12noon-5pm this Saturday February 7th at the NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY (organized by NYPL <http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg>, METRO <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/METRO>, Wikimedia NYC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City>), as well as the AfroCROWD Editathon <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/AFROcroWd_and_Interglider.ORG/Ou…> (Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia) at the Brooklyn Public Library Central on Feb 7th and 8th (organized by Alice Backer, Milos Rancic, Wikimedia NYC). In addition to having a big community response at the Schomburg we have had enough enthusiasm so that there are Black History Month Edit-a-thons being planned by other organizers in Nashville <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Our_Story_Matters_…>, Westchester County <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Westchester_County/Black_Lif…> (SUNY Purchase), and in Washington D.C. (note: we will be running a Google Hangouts on Air/Youtube livestream with simultaneous events on February 7th). Richard Knipel has generously created a general launching page for all Black History Month events at Wikipedia:Black WikiHistory Month <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Black_WikiHistory_Month>, and there has already been some exciting and overwhelming press coverage by major media outlets, Black History Month special reports, and Twitter (!), which I will be documenting on Wiki <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Black_WikiHistory_Month#Press>. If you are a Wikipedian and plan to attend any of these events, please sign up on the Event page(s) so we can have an estimate of facilitators we will have on hand (though you are welcome to sign up as a participant but just plan to do your own editing thing rather than help do training, as you wish!) *I can’t emphasize enough how thankful we are to have volunteer Wikipedians attend these events, participate remotely, and take interest in the multicultural gaps in Wikipedia. You all inspire me and the spirit of your labor has attracted global attention to Black History and to the socio/political import of Wikipedia! * *One final note: we are collectively looking for experienced Wikipedians in the SUNY Purchase/ Westchester area that might be able to help out at the SUNY Purchase event scheduled for Saturday February 7th. Please email me if you are in that area, and would like to help out! * Let me know if there are any further questions. All the best, Kindest regards, Dorothy Howard -- Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia_NYC mailing list Wikimedia_NYC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia_nyc

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