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NYCwiki.org lives!
by Pharos 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

I'd like to invite all local Wikipedia/Wikimedia-loving folks to participate in the very early stages of NYCwiki.org, our new wiki specifically for NYC neighborhoods and topics of local interest. http://nycwiki.org NYCwiki.org is a joint effort of 3 nonprofit groups: Wikimedia New York City, the New York Chapter of the Internet Society, Connecting.nyc Inc., and of course also the whole local NYC grassroots community. It's still quite experimental, but here are some highlights: http://nycwiki.org/wiki/NYCwiki:Neighborhoods http://nycwiki.org/wiki/NYCwiki:General_forum http://nycwiki.org/wiki/NYCwiki:Three_keys http://nycwiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents http://nycwiki.org/wiki/NYCwiki:Community_portal See you on the wiki! Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia New York City http://nyc.wikimedia.org

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Wikimedia NYC Meeting Saturday May 22 (not Sunday)
by Pharos 21 May '10

21 May '10

***Note: An earlier version of this email had a typo as to date. The meeting is indeed Saturday May 22, not Sunday*** Come one, come all! Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is Saturday May 22 (next weekend) at OpenPlans @ 148 Lafayette St in Lower Manhattan. 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. A couple of big topics of discussion, out of many, will be preparing for our 2nd annual Wiki-Conference New York this summer, and making the way for 'Wikipedians in Residence' to volunteer at local cultural and academic institutions. 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: OpenPlans @ 148 Lafayette St, between Howard and Grand in Lower Manhattan. Meeting to be held in the fantastic penthouse event space on the 13th floor. 5:00 PM onwards: Meetup at OpenPlans, and then walk together to a local neighborhood restaurant (help us decide!). 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) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City If you are new and have any questions about this event, feel free to email me personally: pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com

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Wikimedia NYC Meeting Saturday May 22
by Pharos 14 May '10

14 May '10

Come one, come all! Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is Sunday March 21 (next weekend) at OpenPlans @ 148 Lafayette St in Lower Manhattan.. 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. A couple of big topics of discussion, out of many, will be preparing for our 2nd annual Wiki-Conference New York this summer, and making the way for 'Wikipedians in Residence' to volunteer at local cultural and academic institutions. 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: OpenPlans @ 148 Lafayette St, between Howard and Grand in Lower Manhattan. Meeting to be held in their fantastic penthouse event space on the 13th floor. 5:00 PM onwards: Meetup at OpenPlans, and then walk together to a local neighborhood restaurant (help us decide!). 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) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City PS, If you are new and have any questions about this event, feel free to email me personally: pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com

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19 Apr '10

Hi folks, I'd like to invite everyone to join Liam Wyatt of Wikimedia Australia for a talk on Wednesday morning, April 21 at Columbia on "Copyright, Art & Wikipedia". http://www.wittylama.com/ For more event details, see forwarded information below. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kenneth Crews <kcrews(a)columbia.edu> Date: Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:48 PM Subject: Copyright, Art & Wikipedia--April 21 and 26 at Columbia To: "Kenneth D. Crews" <kcrews(a)columbia.edu> You are invited to attend the following presentations and discussions of copyright issues as they relate to artworks, the internet, and Wikipedia. Each session is one hour and is open to everyone interested in the issues. Wednesday, April 21 at Butler Library, at 10:00 am. Details below. and Monday, April 26 at the Columbia Law School, W&J Warren Hall, Room 101, at 11:00 am. Liam Wyatt of Wikipedia presenting on an innovative proposal for analyzing copyright and licensing in art museums. We hope you will take advantage of these exciting opportunities. Kenneth Crews Director, Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University www.copyright.columbia.edu *********** Columbia University Libraries is pleased to invite you to the following presentation in the Digital Library Seminar Series. TOPIC: Wikipedia, Museums, Libraries, and Access to Art Collections SPEAKER: Liam Wyatt Liam Wyatt is the Vice President of Wikimedia Australia and an info-philanthropy advocate. He received the University of New South Wales medal in history for his thesis on the Academic Lineage of Wikipedia. He works to try to find the common ground between the museum, education and Wikimedia communities. Previously he was the multimedia coordinator for the Dictionary of Sydney and Project officer for the Australasian Legal Information Institute. Liam will be visiting Columbia after a stop in Denver, where he will be leading the Wikimedia session as part of the "Museums and the Web" conference (http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/index.html). He is en route to London, where he will be the inaugural "Wikipedian in Residence" at the British Museum (http://www.wittylama.com/2010/03/the-british-museum-and-me/). MORE INFORMATION: The availability of art images through Wikimedia and other openly accessible sources is often defined and controlled by license agreements and institutional policies asserted by museums and even libraries that hold the original art collections. Re-evaluation and critical examination of policies that will enable museums to better contribute to and use Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, and for the Wikimedia community to benefit from the expertise in museums. This session will provide a close look at rules, guidelines and examples that can be clarified to order to promote active engagement between the keepers of the collections and the scholars, publishers, and other members of the public who seek to benefit from them. WHEN: Wed., April 21, 2010 ~ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WHERE: 203 Butler Library, Morningside Heights Campus, Columbia University SPONSORS: Copyright Advisory Office and the Libraries Digital Program Division This program is open to members of the Columbia community and the public Kenneth Crews, Director, Copyright Advisory Office (www.copyright.columbia.edu) Robbie Blitz, Digital Projects Librarian, Libraries Digital Program Division

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Re: [Wikimedia NYC] Belated article work from WSTM2
by Jim Henderson 15 Apr '10

15 Apr '10

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:40:26 -0400 "Daniel and Elizabeth Case" <dancase(a)frontiernet.net> writes: > I have spent the last couple of weeks working on articles related to > historic buildings on the Upper East Side, related to (though not > always using the photos from, nor always on the goals list from) > Wikis Take Manhattan 2 (yes, even though that was a year and > a half ago (although I did touch up and improve my own pictures > from the Headcases team). > [[Lenox Hill Hospital]]: improved pic, and found logo online (free image since it's only text). > [[East 80th Street Houses]]: not on list, but used my photo and others by Jim Henderson and Americasroof to improve and nominate for DYK Very good that someone is taking time for real article work of good quality. As for me, the lovely weather this month has put me on the bike, looking for more places the good photographers haven't seen yet. Yesterday was Ft Lee, North Bergen, Secaucus, and Jersey City as far south as Journal Square for pix near sunset of the structure holding up the square, which isn't really a town square but an enormously wide reinforced concrete bridge. And I got sunburnt and sore and happy. Did you know the northwest side of Journal Square is a Little India neighborhood? I never suspected such a thng. Now, it's time for a few days at the computer, not so much to add to articles, as to select, process and upload my pictures, leaving the unbicycled to do most the picture categorizing, article editing, and other work that doesn't make sunburn. ======== No more from Jim ========= ____________________________________________________________ $13/Month Car Insurance? Insurance deal just passed now allows you to get car insurance for $13 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4bc7d1641311b4aafem06vuc

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Belated article work from WSTM2
by Daniel and Elizabeth Case 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

I have spent the last couple of weeks working on articles related to historic buildings on the Upper East Side, related to (though not always using the photos from, nor always on the goals list from) Wikis Take Manhattan 2 (yes, even though that was a year and a half ago (although I did touch up and improve my own pictures from the Headcases team). [[Lenox Hill Hospital]]: improved pic, and found logo online (free image since it's only text). [[East 80th Street Houses]]: not on list, but used my photo and others by Jim Henderson and Americasroof to improve and nominate for DYK [[Park Avenue Christian Church]]: improved photo [[1000 Park Avenue]]: not on goals list; new article nominated for DYK [[St. Vincent Ferrer Church (New York)]]: improved and expanded with infobox (the first Catholic church article I've really worked on, believe it or not). [[East 73rd Street Historic District]]: new one in area (not on goals list) up for DYK. [[Union Club of New York]]: improved picture [[Church of the Resurrection]]: improved picture and added infobxo to article [[St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church]]: improved and greatly expanded (I really like how this one turned out). I also moved a couple of Americasroof images (740 Park Avenue, the priory at St. Vincent Ferrer and one other of St. Jean Baptiste) to Commons as well. So, these actvities can yield long-term benefit to the project besides just the pictures. Daniel Case

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Bring Wikimania 2011 to NYC
by Pharos 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Hi folks, Please sign our petition to bring the international Wikimania 2011 conference to NYC: http://wikimanianyc.org/ Having this event in NYC will allow it to take advantage of our city's strong open source and open knowlege copmmunities in the technology and cultural sectors, to strengthen these communities, and to result in a truly high-profile Wikimania before the eyes of the world. With efforts like the planned Wiki World's Fair that can engage the city as a whole, this occasion represents an unequalled opportunity of broad public outreach for the wiki and free culture movements on both a local and an international basis in this very global city. Clearly, there is no better place to celebrate Wikipedia's 10th year than will be found at the crunchy core of the Big Apple. More details on our bid here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/New_York_City Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City

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Wiki Takes Philadelphia 2
by Marc Blumberg 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

All, The Philadelphia section of the New York chapter of Wikipedia is planning a second iteration of Wiki Takes Philadelphia. It's a photo scavenger hunt and contest where pictures are taken for the benefit of the Wikipedia project. The event will be on Sunday, April 11, 2010, starting at Noon at the Drexel University Quad (33rd and Market Streets). To find more information or to sign up, visit our wikipedia project page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philadelphia/Wikipedia_T…> . Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you there! -Marc Blumberg <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mblumber>

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One more thing... (sorry)
by Peter Tesler 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

We've created a Wikipedia category for issues surrounding Wikipedia: http://ideagra.ph/1870 -Peter Please fan/follow! Twitter: http://twitter.com/ideagraph Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ideagraph/319390481771

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Wikipedia meetup and debates
by Peter Tesler 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Hi everyone - It was great joining you all for the Wikipedia meetup on Sunday. We had quite a few debates, most of which were about intellectual property issues. At Wikipedia Day last January, I discussed the fact that debates over Wikipedia policies tend to get very complex, long, and convoluted on discuss wikis. I'd like to suggest (as an experiment) using the ideagraph system, which I presented last Jan, to discuss a few of the most complicated/controversial Wikipedia-related issues that haven't yet garnered a consensus. For example... "Citing sources on the English Wikipedia should be optional in cases where obtaining sources is difficult" http://ideagra.ph/1755 ...this is something we discussed on Sunday with regard to scientific issues that are difficult to source. The UI has been completely redesigned since last Jan - it now resembles the look of a traditional Wikipedia discuss page with indented refutations, etc. What makes this different from a Wikipedia discuss page? Statements have a color (green/red) which represents their current state of consensus (something that's been refuted, for instance, is red). You can also re-use facts concluded in other debates by other people - thus allowing the work of debating/reasoning to be distributed among (potentially) billions of people. The Ideagraph is a non-profit project based on the open principles of Wikipedia (see the about page at the bottom). It was specifically designed to fix the current problems with Wikipedia's discuss pages. Hope you like it. Thanks! -Peter

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