Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on August 17 for our
monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing
workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
Featuring special guest presentations on 'WikiVerse' and 'Bringing
Wikipedia to the Last Mile'.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter,
and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new
participants.
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 (UN Women!) and upcoming
edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video
games in the gallery!
*****
WikiWednesday Details:
August 17 @ 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,
Pharos
Wikimedia NYC
P.S. Prep for our chapter elections next month in September (and add your
candidacy!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Elections
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at Manhattan's
Central Park on Sunday July 10, as part of the Great American Wiknic
celebrations being held across the USA.
Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck :)
Date and location:
Sunday July 10, 3–8pm - come by any time!
The picnicking area is the southwest section of the Great Lawn, north of
the Delacorte Theater, just inside the park at Central Park West between
81st & 82nd. Enter the park at West 81st St.
Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner!
Sign up and details here:
http://nyc.wiknic.orghttp://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
We hope to see you there!
All are welcome, and we'd like to bring together Free Culture and Open
Education folks of all stripes together for this occasion.
And let me know if you have any questions about the event.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing in MoMA's library,
during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles
pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history.
Event Page on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki_Loves_Pride_2016
Time and Place:
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
MoMA Reseach and Education Center
4 West 54th Street, New York, NY
Wiki Loves Pride is a global campaign to expand and improve LGBT-related
content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. The activities of
Wiki Loves Pride are focused on June, traditionally a month when lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities around the world
celebrate LGBT culture and history. We invite you to participate in a
series of edit-a-thons and photography campaigns to help improve
Wikipedia's coverage of LGBT-related content.
Also featuring a lightning talk by CUNY students at the La Guardia and
Wagner Archives in a project to document local 1980s HIV/AIDS activism on
Wikipedia.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia
editing experience required. A brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia
editing will be given at the start of 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.
http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Let me know if you have any questions about this event.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on June 15 for our
monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing
workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
Featuring special guest presentations on Wikipedia Asian Month and
Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter,
and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new
participants.
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 (Art+Feminism! AfroCrowd!) and
upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video
games in the gallery!
*****
WikiWednesday Details:
June 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,
Pharos
Wikimedia NYC
P.S. Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon is also coming up on June 29 at MoMA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki_Loves_Pride_2016
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
***
Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon @ Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, New York, NY
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Sun June 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WomeninJewishHistory2016
***
Join us for a full Sunday of social Wikipedia editing at Center for Jewish
History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and
improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia
editing experience required.
Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their
creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a
positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice
and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's
narratives.
A training session on editing Wikipedia will be held at 12:30 pm.
Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day.
Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources,
WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WomeninJewishHistory2016http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Thanks,
Pharos
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
This month's WikiWednesday Salon, we'll meet and share with the MediaWiki
software development community, through a community learning night at NYU
on May 25.
Location - NYU Tisch School of Arts, 721 Broadway, 4th floor (same location
as Wikipedia Day in January)
6:00 pm: Introduction, pizza
7:00 pm: MediaWiki tutorial, community involvement and extension ideas,
novel uses of wiki technology
8:00 pm: State of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia / Wikimedia
community
9:00 pm: Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco video-link, casual bicoastal
chat
And see full details (and sign up!) on the wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYChttp://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
On Saturday April 30, the Guggenheim Museum will host its fourth Wikipedia
edit-a-thon — or, #guggathon — with the theme 'Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the
Guggenheim: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MENA
You will enter the museum at 88th St, via the ramp by 5th Ave.
New and experienced editors are welcome.
The event will begin with a panel discussion at 1pm that examines art
practice in the modern Middle East and North Africa, followed by a training
session for participants who are new to Wikipedia.
Wikipedia helpers will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing
support.
1 pm - 2:30pm, Peter B. Lewis Theater: The Built, Unbuilt, and Unbuildable,
panel discussion with Guggenheim curators and current exhibition artists
2:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Wikipedia editing session
Sign up here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MENA#Sign_uphttp://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/230462966/
Event at Guggenheim, register here for the panel discussion:
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/calendar-and-events/2016/04/30/the-built…
Let me know if you have any questions about this event.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on April 13 for our
monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing
workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
Special this month, a Mini-Video opportunity for individuals to share their
Wikipedia experiences (during pre-meeting, 6-7pm, and in side-office during
regular meetup):
A videographer will be present to record 1-3 minute Mini-Videos of folks
saying anything about their Wikipedia-related projects, whether an
edit-a-thon they joined (Art+Feminism or others), an article they edited,
or a class project they were a part of.
(Videos will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and YouTube. With the time we
have, anyone may present a video. Rehearse your talk before you come. You
may share an experience, give a lesson, make a presentation, or say what
you like. The audience might be anyone searching for videos of Wikipedians
talking about Wikipedia. This will be an amateur effort.)
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter,
and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new
participants.
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 (Art+Feminism!) and upcoming
edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video
games in the gallery!
We will also decide on our chapter's votes for the global Wikimedia
Foundation board at this meeting:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominat…
*****
WikiWednesday Details:
April 13 @ Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street
6:00pm - 7:00pm Mini-Video hour
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!
Let me know if you have any questions about participating in the Mini-Video
opportunity, or other aspects of the meeting.
Thanks,
Pharos
Wikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
On Wednesday, March 30th, join Barnard librarians and others for a feminist
Wikipedia party! Working with the theme of writing + feminism, attendees
will edit existing articles as well as create new ones. Barnard Library
will provide training to those that want it--from creating an account to
citing sources to navigating Wikipedia culture.
Possible topics include queer women, trans women, zine authors, comparative
literature, non-binary writers, publishing houses, and writing collectives.
Pizza and intersectional feminism will be served. Everyone welcome!
Sign-up
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Writing_Feminism_March20…>
in advance or just come by the Barnard Library Instruction Lab (LeFrak
Center, room 113) <http://barnard.edu/about/visit/campus-map> between 5:30
and 7:30.
If you there are any services that will make it easier for you to
participate, please email Jenna Freedman
<jfreedma(a)barnard.edu?subject=wiki%20-%20accommodations>.
Very best,
Megan
Hi Wiki Yorkers,
You are invited to join us for the MoMA Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on
Saturday, to support the expansion of Wikipedia's coverage of women in the
arts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism_2016https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-artfeminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets…
We encourage both people new to Wikipedia, and people who have experience
editing online, or have joined us for past edit-a-thon events.
This is by far our biggest event of the year (over 200 participants in the
last edition), and every extra hand counts, so please join and volunteer to
help us engage new communities!
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2015
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST (drop-in anytime!)
Location: The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building
at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54 Street (between 5th/6th), New York,
NY 10019
Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd
Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue.
Please bring a laptop with you! Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for
entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you
to stop by to show your support.
And bring your interested friends and colleagues!
And for those not in the city, see regional and global events here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism
Thanks,
Richard (User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
PS, see Online New York Times coverage of the Schomburg edit-a-thon in
February:
http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/02/29/women-leading-movemen…