Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
The Truth-a-Thon is an edit-a-thon being held on Saturday February 3, 2018,
12-6pm, at Nathan Cummings Foundation in Manhattan, as part of the
exhibition Hold These Truths with No Longer Empty.
Please RSVP here:
https://bit.ly/truthathon
Artists Heather Hart from Black Lunch Table (BLT), Sara Clugage from
Art+Feminism and members of Wikimedia NYC will host a "Truth-a-Thon" as
part of the Truth Be Told program series for the exhibition Hold These
Truths with No Longer Empty. Workshop leaders will lead a training and will
be available throughout the event to guide participants on the editing
process for articles of their choosing. Come learn about the work of these
collectives and how to transform public discourse in real time! Bring your
laptop and a friend.
And see the wiki meetup page here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Truth-a-Thon
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to attend Wikipedia Day 2018 on Sunday, January 14th at the
Ace Hotel in midtown Manhattan!
Part of Wikipedia's global 17th birthday celebration, Wikipedia Day will
include a mini-conference of scheduled panels as well as unconference style
talks and discussions proposed by attendees on the day of the event. We are
very excited to announce speakers such as Jason Scott (Internet Archive),
Jackie Koerner (Visiting Scholar, Wiki Ed), and Andrew Lih (Wikimedia DC),
as well as a fantastic line-up of panels that highlight projects and issues
of relevance to the Wikimedia NYC community.
This event is free of cost and open to all. We encourage you to invite
anyone who might be interested in discussing Wikipedia and Wikimedia
projects, but all attendees must agree to follow our friendly space
policies: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policies
To register, please sign-up at http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/newyork/
wikipedia-day-2018. See this year's schedule and sign your wiki account
name on the wiki event page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2018.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our
roster, and otherwise join in the open space experience. We look forward to
seeing you soon!
Megs
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President, Wikimedia New York City