Hi Wiki Yorkers,
We invite you to join us for two events this weekend with AfroCrowd for
Black WikiHistory Month.
On Saturday:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/
AfroCrowd/Schomburg_Black_Power
On Sunday:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Action=History
Sign up here:
https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
***Saturday February 25***
Improve Wikipedia articles on Black history and culture- new contributors
and voices are especially encouraged to join!
The Schomburg Center, working with AfroCROWD, is hosting a successor to
last year's Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, to contribute to
articles on Wikipedia for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach
campaign.
Held in coordination with the Schomburg's #BlackPower50 initiative marking
the historical anniversary of the movement.
For the first time, via video link, we will also unite with Wikipedia
editors in Africa editing alongside us for Black History Month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/
AfroCrowd/Schomburg_Black_Power
***Sunday February 26***
On the last Sunday of every month, the Boardroom at Ace Hotel New York
hosts Action Equals History — a unique opportunity for New Yorkers to learn
hands-on in a technology training/workshop session about the mechanics,
practices and benefits of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. This is an
opportunity for all to gather, share and work collectively towards a more
robust account of history.
For our first monthly event, AfroCROWD will be hosting a Black WikiHistory
Month workshop focused on the Wikidata project, improving metadata on
African Diaspora biographies and related topics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Action=History
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on February 15 for our
next evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop at
Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
This month will also feature on our agenda: upcoming editathons, Black
WikiHistory Month, & Metropolitan Museum of Art image uploads and other
collaborations.
We welcome all interest from the education, museum and library, and
nonprofit worlds, and from everyone in any community interested in building
a bigger, broader and better Wikipedia.
With a meetup-keynote this month TBA. Also, we welcome your 5-minute
lightning talks!
*****
WikiWednesday Details:
February 15 @ Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street
7:00pm - 9:00pm Regular meeting: Introduction for new participants,
Noshing, Chapter projects
Agenda and RSVP on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYChttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Sign_up
RSVP on meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!
Thanks,
Richard (User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on Saturday January 28, 2017, for the first ever Women Journos Unite! "Her Girl Friday Tackles the Gender Gap: The Wikipedia Editing Brunch" unconference and editathon from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at ThoughtWorks, 99 Madison Avenue (29th & Madison) in Manhattan.
This event is co-sponsored by Her Girl Friday, a women journalist organization, and Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter feminist newsletter and online publication.
The all-day event will be an Unconference / Hackathon-style event with the goal of getting more notable women represented with pages on Wikipedia. #gender gap #PostInauguration
Strategies to address Post-Truth and Alternative Facts will be part of the conversation. Make a difference at a grass roots level by improving facts on Wikipedia! #Empowerment!
Throughout the day there will be yummy food, refreshments, and cupcakes!
*****
Details:
Saturday January 28 @ ThoughtWorks, 99 Madison Avenue at 29th Street
11:00 am – 4:00 pm:
- Welcome- Lightning Talks with a focus on women journalists and Post-Truth- Editing demos and editathon
Agenda and RSVP on Wikipedia -- or Facebook:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01_HGF_Lennyhttps://www.facebook.com/events/741527676021901/
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! If you can't make it in person, join in remotely!
Thanks,ErikaWikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join us next Sunday at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC
2017, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's
global 16th birthday festivities.
In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference,
with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions.
With special guests Katherine Maher of the Wikimedia Foundation and Tim Wu
of Columbia Law School speaking on our Post-truth panel!
Also featuring an International/Multilingual panel, a Documenting Activism
panel, a Multimedia/Tech Panel, a Science panel, an Art panel, and more.
And there will be cake :)
Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2017
Ace Hotel page:
http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/newyork/wikipedia-day-2017
We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture
movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in
developing free knowledge projects.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our
roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!
Meetup.com page:
https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on December 21 for our
monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing
workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
This will be the holiday party! Celebrate a December holiday with us, or in
wiki-fashion, edit the calendar itself and join us to celebrate any holiday
of your choice regardless of when it usually happens.
Featuring special guest presentations on structure data, university library
meetups, metrics and reporting, and other topics.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, and
other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement
and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing
free knowledge projects.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, and
other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, savory and sweet pies and refreshments and video
games in the gallery!
*****
WikiWednesday Details:
December 21 @ Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street
7:00pm - 9:00pm: Introduction for new participants, Noshing, Chapter
projects
RSVP on meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Agenda and RSVP on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYChttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Sign_up
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!
Thanks,
Pharos
Wikimedia NYC
P.S. And RSVP now (and prepare your talks) for Wikipedia Day 2017 @ Ace
Hotel NYC on Sunday Jan 15!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2017
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
On Saturday December 3, 2016, in conjunction with a global campaign, the
Guggenheim will host its fifth Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to
enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from
Greater China.
The event will cap off Wikipedia Asian Month, an online campaign dedicated
to augmenting Asian content on Wikipedia throughout November.
Time:
Saturday, December 3, 2016
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave, New York, NY
Enter at the 88th Street entrance via the ramp at 88th Street and Fifth
Avenue
New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training
session for participants who are new to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia
specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing
support.
Local editors will receive complimentary tickets to tour the exhibition
Tales of Our Time, after the editing session
The Guggenheim aims to raise awareness of the artists featured in the Tales
of Our Time exhibition supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation
Chinese Art Initiative, and build on the model of campaigns like the
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture, Wikipedia
Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and
North Africa, and Art+Feminism.
RSVP and more details here:
https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Contemporary_Chinese_Art
All are welcome, and let me know if you have any questions, or if you are
interested in greater engagement by bringing along a student group, or any
other group who are interested in editing articles on contemporary Chinese
artists.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
The New York Academy of Sciences is excited to welcome new and experienced
Wikipedians to join us for their second annual Women In Science Edit-a-thon!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WomenSciWiki2016https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
This is part of a month-long Wikipedia editing campaign aims to create,
update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of
women scientists, working to highlight undercovered science stories in the
encyclopedia.
This event also coincides with the year-long celebration of the Academy's
200th Anniversary.
Saturday, November 12, 2016 -
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: 7 World Trade Center, 40th Floor
With this effort we're also supporting the Wikipedia:Year of Science,
WikiProject Women in Red, and WikiProject Women scientists.
You should also register at the NYAS website:
http://www.nyas.org/WikiEdit2016
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at MoMA (drop-in
any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia
articles pertaining to the lives and works of Latin American artists.
The WikiArte (Wiki Arte y Cultura Latinoamerica) edit-a-thon is a global
campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Latin American arts and culture
and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia.
http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
The Museum of Modern Art and Fundacion Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps
de Cisneros are uniting with international allies to focus on the lives and
works of Latin American artists, architects and designers.
With keystone events scheduled for October 22 in New York City and other
cities throughout the month (Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Caracas, & others),
the campaign aims to further similar goals to Art+Feminism.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia
editing experience required. Introductory training on the basics of
Wikipedia editing will be given throughout the edit-a-thon. Please bring
your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a
list of suggested topics on hand.
Page on Eventbrite, RSCP and see more details here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikiarte-edit-a-thon-2016-tickets-27850123469
Page on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte/MoMA_2016
Location: The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building
at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
On Sunday, October 16, Wikimedia NYC will host a multimedia tutorial,
workshop, and hackathon focused on Wikimedia Commons and the work processes
for cultural multimedia wiki-projects.
The CommonsLab is the concluding "upload party" to the Wikipedia @ Open
House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt, and an accompanying Wikimedia
Commons multimedia hackathon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/CommonsLabhttp://blog.ohny.org/wikipedia2016/
Location and time:
Sunday, October 16, 2016, 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM
NYU Tisch School of Arts, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor
The event will take the form of a modified unconference, with sessions for
photographers/creatives, editors/writers and hackers/software folks!
More details on-wiki, and add your ideas for unconference sessions there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/CommonsLabhttp://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Dear WikiYorkers,
Wikimedia New York City (WM NYC) is an official chapter of the Wikimedia
Foundation, the parent organization behind Wikipedia. The goal of the
chapter is to support the New York tri-state area with educational
initiatives, development of free culture, providing free central knowledge,
and advocating for the best interests of the community.
The organization seeks a Metrics and Reporting Assistant to manage the
reporting process for WMNYC events. This position reports to and works in
collaboration with the Metrics & Reporting Committee, which represents key
stakeholders in these initiatives. We expect the position to evolve over
the first year, and thus the explicit list of responsibilities may change.
However, the person in this position will:
- Collect Wikipedia account names from the attendance record on
Wikipedia event pages, including those from Art + Feminism, AfroCrowd, and
other edit-a-thons organized by WMNYC
- Generate reports for individual events, using Wikimetrics tool as
required
- For each report from the Wikimetrics tool, process that data into a
meaningful human-readable report.
- Collect articles created and edited for each event so impact can be
tracked over time.
- Develop and propose a means to combine data from multiple events to
develop one annual report and multiple specialized reports.
The successful candidate will possess skills and experience in the
following areas:
- Experience with collecting and processing data, including both
qualitative and quantitative measures
- Ability to communicate with event organizers and the WMNYC community
in a clear and respectful manner
- Ability to communicate with the Wikipedia community in the Wikipedia
website and beyond
- Willingness to spend time studying the existing wikimetrics processing
tools
- Some prior experience with Wikipedia or attendance at editathons is a
plus, but not required
The is a part-time temporary position, funded by a grant from the Wikimedia
Foundation
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/APG/2016_Supplemental_In…>.
WMNYC anticipates an average of 10 hours per week at the rate of $35/hr.
To apply for the position, email a resume to hiring(a)wikimedianyc.org. The
Metrics and Reporting Committee will follow-up with voice interviews. A
cover letter is not required, but it is encouraged.
Persons who wish to read the full description or ask questions about the
position in a permanent, public forum may do so at
Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Metrics_and_reporting_assistant_2016
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Metrics_and_reporting_as…>
.