Hi folks,
Wikis Take Manhattan 2009 is a planned scavenger hunt and free content
photography contest coordinated with Columbia University and New York
University students and The Open Planning Project, aimed at
illustrating Wikipedia and Streetswiki articles covering the wondrous
sights of the isle of Manhattan, and all across the Five Boroughs of
New York City
Scheduled for Saturday, October 10, 2009, this event will be a sequel
to last spring's Wikipedia Takes Manhattan (WTM-1) and last fall's
Wikis Take Manhattan (WTM-2) event.
Everyone will meet up and check in at one of the two starting points
located at Columbia and The Open Planning Project, and after an
afternoon of subways, street rambles, photography and free culture
goodness, the night will conclude with a party back at The Open
Planning Project's fantastic new event space nestled between Chinatown
and SoHo.
The day will be sponsored by Free Culture @ Columbia, the Columbia
University chapter of Students for Free Culture, in cooperation with
the NYU chapter Free Culture @ NYU, The Open Planning Project,
Wikimedia New York City and Wikipedia volunteers.
All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in
teams of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a
digital camera and a love of the city).
Details here on the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan
Register your team here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6ZUwmVAR5AffdgwuyvNNKA
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Come one, come all!
Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is Sunday September 13 at Columbia
University.
This is a meeting for volunteers to the projects of the non-profit
Wikimedia Foundation, and everyone else too, who has ever looked at
Wikipedia and wondered what's going on behind it.
One big topic of discussion, out of many, will be preparing for our
'Wikis Takes Manhattan' photo scavenger hunt this fall.
Other topics will be recent experiences at the recent Wiki-Conference
New York and in cooperating with local groups in the metro area, a
roundtable on the yearlong Wikimedia Strategic Planning process, and
discussing issues relevant to Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia
projects.
We welcome all guests. If you support open education and free
culture, we are your people. If you have a project you want to work
on with us, this is a great opportunity to get acquainted. If you want
someone to give a talk or teach a class with an inside view of
Wikipedia, meet your volunteers. And if you just have any questions,
we'd be glad to try to answer them.
Remember, the agenda here is up to you! I encourage anyone who is
interested to sign up to give a presentation or suggest a topic for
general discussion at our wikimeetup page (given below).
---Meeting details---
2:30 PM - 5:00PM:
Room 1402 Pupin Hall, Columbia University. Take the elevator to the
13th floor and then walk up one flight of stairs. Meeting to be held
in the library at the east end of the hall.
5:00 PM onwards:
Meetup at Pupin Hall, and then walk together to The Symposium, a local
Greek restaurant with an oddly appropriate name.
Page on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
You can officially 'sign up' at that page, and please add your ideas
to the agenda!
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)