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Fwd: [it-society] ITS-February 17
by Joseph Reagle 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

I hope this isn't off topic, but I suppose it might qualify for "a place to send out timely notices about upcoming events." In any case, I'd be happy to see some local Wikipedians :). [1]:http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia_nyc/2008-February/000000.… ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Dear Colleagues: Please join us for the next ITS Colloquium. 4:30 - 6:00 PM, Tuesday February 17 206 Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Wash. Sq. So. Presenter: Joseph Reagle, NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication Topic: Wikipedia: Nazis and Norms Abstract: In 1990 Mike Godwin coined his "Law of Nazi Analogies" to capture the common devolution of Usenet discourse into insulting comparisons with Nazis or Hitler. Eleven years later, Jimmy Wales wrote that it was important that the Wikipedia community "preserve and extend our culture of co-operation, with all of us standing as firmly as possible against the culture of conflict embodied in Usenet." I argue Wikipedia is a realization -- even if flawed -- of a long-held vision for a universal encyclopedia: a technology inspired vision seeking to wed increased access to information with greater human accord. And I claim Wikipedia's collaborative culture is a big factor for this success: the norms of "Neutral Point of View" ensures that the scattered pieces of what we think we know can be joined and good faith facilitates the actual practice of fitting them together. Joseph Reagle is an adjunct professor at NYU's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication where he studies collaborative cultures, specifically Wikipedia. As a former Research Engineer at MIT's Lab for Computer Science, he served as a Working Group Chair and Author within IETF and W3C on topics including digital security, privacy, and Internet policy. ALL WELCOME! For more information: www1.law.nyu.edu/ili/colloquia/index.html Helen Nissenbaum, professor media, culture & communication, NYU + http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum protect the privacy of your web searches + http://mrl.nyu.edu/~dhowe/TrackMeNot/ 2008: visitor, School of Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study -- Regards, http://reagle.org/joseph/ Joseph Reagle E0 D5 B2 05 B6 12 DA 65 BE 4D E3 C1 6A 66 25 4E

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Wikipedia Loves Art museum photo extravaganza Feb 6 and 7
by Pharos 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Come one, come all! We're celebrating the global monthlong "Wikipedia Loves Art" photo events with our "Weekend Museum Wikistravanganza" next week on Friday Feb 6 and Saturday Feb 7 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum. This is part of our broader "Wikipedia Loves Art!" project, which also extends to other city institutions, including the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Jewish Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the New-York Historical Society. Separately, we'll also be having a business meeting in Brooklyn that Saturday. See our main page on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art We're also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ And Facebook: http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43008300207 So spread those links around :) And invite all your non-Wikipedian friends and family; this is a big tent event for everyone, just like Wikis Take Manhattan was ( http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/wikis-take-manhattan/ ). ---Photo event details--- Friday, February 6 from 5:30-6:30 pm, Metropolitan Museum of Art. We'll be joined by the Free Culture folks during the intro session, which will be in the Art Study Room at the Uris Center for Education (enter at the 81st Street entrance), where we'll meet the participants and explain the project. The actual photography event can last until the museum closes at 9 PM. Friday, Saturday 7 from 5:00-11:00 pm, Brooklyn Museum. This is the night of the First Saturday party ( http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php ) at the museum. We'll be joined by the Free Culture folks at our table in the museum lobby, where we'll meet the participants and explain the project. Don't worry, everyone's not gonna stay at the table the whole time, but a least a couple of us will stick around there. ---Business meeting details--- Saturday, February 7 from 2:30-4:00 pm, business meeting hosted at David's place in Brooklyn. We'll be joined by Frank Schulenburg (Head of Public Outreach) and Sara Crouse (Head of Partnerships and Foundation Relations), flying in for the weekend from Wikimedia Foundation headquarters in San Francisco. We will also likely have guests from the New York Public Library, with whom we can discuss joint projects. To register your RSVP and get directions for the business meeting, please contact David, as explained on the wikimeetup page. Page on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC You can officially 'sign up' at that page! Thanks, Pharos

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Wikimedia NYC Meeting Sunday Jan 18
by Pharos 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Come one, come all! Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is Sunday January 18 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 a special planning session for our February 'Wikipedia Loves Art' event with Shelley from the Brooklyn Museum and Alex from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art We're also on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ And Facebook: http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43008300207 So spread those links around :) Other topics will be the next stage of our progress as a chapter and projects we might pursue such as classes at the New York Public Library (we may be officially approved as a chapter by meeting time), and discussing issues like Biographies of Living Persons articles. We'll also be collecting folks to join our little 'Wikipedia Takes the Subway' adventure which will be held the day after the meeting. 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, Pharos

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Thursday meet-and-greet for Wikimedia New York City and a special guest
by Pharos 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

Sorry to put this up on such short notice. This will be a mini-meetup on Thursday (a little like the September meeting) with a special guest: Jay Walsh, Head of Communications for the Wikimedia Foundation, who's in town for just a few days, and would like to meet with some of us as we make progress to becoming an official chapter, and just to hang out with local Wikimedians (he asked us to hold this meeting). He's also been dealing with the Wikimedia Foundation end of our February "Wikipedia Loves Art" project, coordinated in New York City with the Brooklyn Museum, and we can talk about this project as well. http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ This will be a little more intimate, not quite a "full-scale" meet-up, but we'd love to have you! ---The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 12/4/2008 at 6:30 PM.---- The meeting will be at The Symposium restaurant http://www.geocities.com/symposiumrestaurant/ at 6:30 PM this Thursday (2008-12-04). This is the same venue right by Columbia University where we have held our Wikimedia New York City dinners in the past. Also, it is still possible that details may change in future; but remain assured we will update this list on any changes. After dinner, we may as well walk over to the Free Culture-themed event on Illegal Downloading and copyright law scheduled at 8 PM: http://cupolitics.org/ taking place at the Columbia University campus, and partly organized by our friends at Free Culture Columbia and in the broader NYC Free Culture community. After the panel, some of the Free Culture folks might also organize an outing at a nearby bar. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Wednesday meet-and-greet for Wikimedia New York City and a special guest
by Pharos 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

---Let me apologize about my previous message. The event is Wednesday evening Dec 3, -not- Thursday Dec 4. I made an error earlier.--- Sorry to put this up on such short notice. This will be a mini-meetup on Wednesday (a little like the September meeting) with a special guest: Jay Walsh, Head of Communications for the Wikimedia Foundation, who's in town for just a few days, and would like to meet with some of us as we make progress to becoming an official chapter, and just to hang out with local Wikimedians (he asked us to hold this meeting). He's also been dealing with the Wikimedia Foundation end of our February "Wikipedia Loves Art" project, coordinated in New York City with the Brooklyn Museum, and we can talk about this project as well. http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ This will be a little more intimate, not quite a "full-scale" meet up, but we'd love to have you! ---The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 12/3/2008 at 6:30 PM.---- The meeting will be at The Symposium restaurant http://www.geocities.com/symposiumrestaurant/ at 6:30 PM this Wednesday (2008-12-03). This is the same venue right by Columbia University where we have held our Wikimedia New York City dinners in the past. Also, it is still possible that details may change in future; but remain assured we will update this list on any changes. After dinner, we may as well walk over to the Free Culture-themed event on Illegal Downloading and copyright law scheduled at 8 PM: http://cupolitics.org/ taking place at the Columbia University campus, and partly organized by our friends at Free Culture Columbia and in the broader NYC Free Culture community. After the panel, some of the Free Culture folks might also organize an outing at a nearby bar. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Bylaws process for Wikimedia New York City (ending December 1)
by Pharos 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Hi folks, Per discussion at the November 16 New York City meetup, bylaws for the future Wikimedia New York City will be decided on-wiki with a deadline of 2 weeks to complete the process. Please read the proposed bylaws: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City/Bylaws and comment on them before the process ends on December 1: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_New_York_City/Bylaws#Review_p… Thanks for participating! Richard (User:Pharos)

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Meeting this Weekend! - Sunday November 16 at Columbia University
by Pharos 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

It's less than a week away, folks. Come one, come all! Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is this Sunday November 16 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 a look back at our October 'Wikis Take Manhattan' event: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan See the cool video here: http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/wikis-take-manhattan/ The agenda will also include the formation of the Wikimedia New York City chapter. And our new project with the Brooklyn Museum and possibly the Met Museum as well, scheduled for February: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art As well as discussion of issues important to the Wikipedia and Wikimedia community, including an adminship discussion, and a GFDL 1.3 discussion with guests from the Software Freedom Law Center and Creative Commons. 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, Pharos

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Wikis Take Manhattan uploading party tonight
by Pharos 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

We're having an uploading party at TOPP at 7:30 PM tonight for anyone who still has Wikis Take Manhattan photos on hand (we've still only got about half of the photos online as of yet). So, bring your laptops (if you have) and your files, and be ready to tag! The event will be mostly Free Culture Columbia students; who are canceling their regular meeting tonight to come downtown for the uploading fun; there will be pizza and everything also, like at Wikis Take Manhattan. TOPP is located at 349 West 12th Street, Floor 3. Sorry, folks, for the late notice on this (we just confirmed it last night). Thanks, Pharos

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Fw: REAL ESTATE IN INDIA BOOMING /SUNIL TANDON
by Raina Szilagyi 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Dear Sir/Madam: Kindly DO NOT use this email list for advertizing and self-promotion! This list is internal, only for the use of wikimedia associates and volunteers. Are you a wikimedia member? And just out of curiosity, how did you manage to get your hands on this list anyway? ----- Forwarded by Raina Szilagyi/United Nations on 21/10/2008 10:06 AM ----- associates_ sunil <associates_sunil(a)yahoo.com> Sent by: wikimedia_nyc-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org 21/10/2008 06:23 AM Please respond to associates_sunil(a)yahoo.com; Please respond to New York City Wikimedians <wikimedia_nyc(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To Wikimedia_NYC(a)lists.wikimedia.org cc Subject [Wikimedia NYC] REAL ESTATE IN INDIA BOOMING /SUNIL TANDON REAL ESTATE IN INDIA BOOMING BUSSINESS RIGHT TIME FOR INVESTMENT IN INDIA THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTRY ECONOMICALLY SAFE, PRIMEMINISTER OF INDA HAS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLOCIES , WHICH HELP NRIS TO INVESTMENT IN THIS COUNTRY IS SAFE THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY IS FAST MOVING IN INDIA CITIES LIKE HYDERABAD/ BANGALORE /PUNE / MUMBAI ARE SAFE CITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY THANKS WITH REGARDS SUNIL TANDON HYDERABAD INDIA Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia_NYC mailing list Wikimedia_NYC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia_nyc

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Meeting this Sunday November 16 at Columbia University
by Pharos 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Come one, come all! Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is this Sunday November 16 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 a look back at our October 'Wikis Take Manhattan' event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan See the cool video here: http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/wikis-take-manhattan/ Other topics will include the formation of the Wikimedia New York City chapter, planning for new photography projects and other content enhancement schemes, and discussion of important issues to the Wikipedia and Wikimedia commmunity. 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--- ---Important notice: There is a possibility that we may be upgraded in facilities and move the meeting to a somewhat better room in Lerner Hall, also on the Columbia University campus. In case this happens, I will let everyone on the list know about it. 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. After the restaurant, we can return to Pupin Hall for an observing session with the telescopes on the roof, weather permitting. 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, Pharos P.S. Sorry for that real estate spam that snuck through our filter.

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