Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
We hope you're hanging in there and staying safe and healthy. I'm writing
to invite you to Wikimedia NYC's monthly WikiWednesday Salon this coming
Wednesday, April 22nd via Zoom. This month, we've invited Esther Jackson
of the New York Botanical Garden to join us for an Earth Day focused
conversation. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like
answered? Let us know by adding it to the agenda or responding to this
email.
*** WikiWednesday Salon ***
Date: April 22nd
Time: 7:00 - 8:00, with optional breakout room discussions from 8:00 - 8:30
Location: Online! Connect from anywhere using this link
<https://zoom.us/j/94563307743>!
Agenda and details about how to connect (by computer or phone), and
optional RSVP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/April_2020
Be well,
Megs
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President, Wikimedia New York City
I would like to invite everyone to join Wikimedia NYC and friends in
drinking four cups of wine (or other beverage of your choice) to Free
Knowledge, tonight at 7pm!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSeder
The WikiSeder is a secular celebration of wiki wisdom and free culture in
the age of the quarantini. As we pass through our current plague, let us
come together from our lockdowns to retell stories of liberation and crisis
overcome through fellowship and information-sharing.
All are very welcome, this is not meant as a religious or exclusive thing.
There is an American tradition since the 1960s of interfaith and secular
seders highlighting social causes, and I hope WikiSeder can be in this
tradition.
Whether you're marking Passover, Easter, the upcoming Ramadan, or just
Spring, you're welcome to virtually join us and share comments as we
proceed through the evening, and share the role and relevance of
Wikipedia/Wikimedia in overcoming crises past and present, by furthering
the cause of a world that can know itself a little better.
We'll do this as a livestream video episode on the Wikipedia Weekly Network
podcast, so it will be public and go live on Youtube and other platforms at
7pm tonight -
We'll be able to see your comments on the various platforms and respond to
them in real-time, so we encourage interaction in that way.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCvt2DowhM0
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2809226415791838/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/WikipediaWeekly
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly
WikiWednesday Salon. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to
the well-being of members, we will not meet in person. Instead, we will
hold our first ever ONLINE WikiWednesday meeting via Zoom.
Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A
Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda or
responding to this email.
*** WikiWednesday Salon ***
Date: March 18th
Time: 7:00 - 9:00PM
Location: Online! Connect from anywhere using this link
<https://zoom.us/j/553505594>!
Agenda, details about how to connect (by computer or by phone), and
optional RSVP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March_2020
We look forward to editing with you soon!
Ryan
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
Wikimedia NYC is committed to keeping its volunteers and its communities as
safe as possible, and has made the difficult decision not to lead or
support in-person events through March due to concerns about the COVID-19
pandemic.
NYC now has several cases from community spread, and we believe cancelling
events that bring people together - especially high contact events such as
edit-a-thons - is the most responsible thing to do. Wikimedia NYC is
working with its partners to identify new dates and remote options when
possible, but there will also be cancellations. Updated event information
is available on our events page as it becomes available:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
Please take care of yourselves and each other. We look forward to editing
with everyone again soon.
Megs
--
President, Wikimedia New York City
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You're invited to join one of several edit-a-thons this weekend to improve
Wikipedia's coverage in honor of International Women's Day:
*** Women in Art in Asia @ NYPL ***
Date: March 7th (Saturday)
Time: 11:30A - 5P
Location: 476 5th Ave, New York Public Library, Manhattan
Details and RSVP:
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/03/07/2020-wikipedia-edit-thon-ar…
*** Newark Museum of Art ***
Date: March 7th (Saturday)
Time: 10A - 4P
Location: 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ
Details and RSVP: https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/Art-Feminism-2020
*** Jewish Museum ***
Date: March 7th (Sunday)
Time: 1P - 5:30P
Location: 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St, Manhattan
Details and RSVP:
https://thejewishmuseum.org/calendar/events/2020/03/08/wikipedia-edit-a-tho…
And see more events for next week and the remainder of the month here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Upcoming_meetups
We will have training wiki-workshops at each event for beginners, and we
will share topics to collaborate on together. No previous experience is
assumed, and we will share research resources on all covered topics. Let
us know if you have any questions!
Thanks,
Pharos
Secretary, Wikimedia NYC Chapter
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You're invited to join one of several edit-a-thons this weekend to improve
Wikipedia's coverage in honor of International Women's Day:
*** Women in Art in Asia @ NYPL ***
Date: March 7th (Saturday)
Time: 11:30A - 5P
Location: 476 5th Ave, New York Public Library, Manhattan
Details and RSVP:
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/03/07/2020-wikipedia-edit-thon-ar…
*** Newark Museum of Art ***
Date: March 7th (Saturday)
Time: 10A - 4P
Location: 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ
Details and RSVP: https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/Art-Feminism-2020
*** Jewish Museum ***
Date: March 7th (Sunday)
Time: 1P - 5:30P
Location: 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St, Manhattan
Details and RSVP:
https://thejewishmuseum.org/calendar/events/2020/03/08/wikipedia-edit-a-tho…
And see more events for next week and the remainder of the month here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Upcoming_meetups
We will have training wiki-workshops at each event for beginners, and we
will share topics to collaborate on together. No previous experience is
assumed, and we will share research resources on all covered topics. Let
us know if you have any questions!
Thanks,
Pharos
Secretary, Wikimedia NYC Chapter
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly
WikiWednesday Salon. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question
you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by
adding it to the agenda or responding to this email.
*** WikiWednesday Salon ***
Date: February 19th
Time: 7:00 - 9:00PM
Location: Metropolitan New York Library Council, 599 11th Avenue
Details and optional RSVP: hhttps://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/February_2020
Other upcoming events include an In/Visibility Edit-a-thon at Pratt
Institute on February 21st, the annual Black History Month Edit-a-thon with
AfroCROWD at NYPL's Schomburg on February 22nd, and a Climate Justice
Edit-a-thon at Interference Archive on March 11th. Stay informed about all
our events via the public calendar (bit.ly/WMNYCEvents) or at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
We look forward to editing with you soon!
Megs
--
President, Wikimedia New York City
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
Coverage on electronic music is way behind so we'll be editing from the DJ
booth with our friends at Nowadays as part of the Techno Edit-a-thon
scheduled for tomorrow, January 30th, from 8 - 11P. We hope you'll join us!
As usual, no experience of anything is required, but we do ask that you
bring a laptop.
*** Techno Wikipedia Edit-a-thon ***
Date: January 30th
Time: 8:00 - 11:00P
Location: Nowadays, 56-06 Cooper Avenue (https://nowadays.nyc/)
Details and optional RSVP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Electronic_Music_Edit-a-…
We look forward to editing with you soon!
Megs
--
President, Wikimedia New York City
An update for tomorrow, spend the rainy day inside with art and open
knowledge, with a wiki-cake finale:
Join us at The Met for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon focused on the history, art,
and culture of America—and the understanding that each of us brings to
America. America's past and evolution is a complex tapestry of cultures,
from Indigenous peoples to settlers, enslaved peoples, pioneers, and
immigrants. Each culture, together with the growing pains of war, industry,
and expansion, has provided a rich history of our past in the objects that
artists and artisans created.
---When & Where---
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020
Time: 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
Metropolitan Museum of Art (81st Street entrance), 1000 Fifth Avenue
We have a special tour of the American Wing at 1pm, and we'll end the day
with wiki-cake, and briefly sing in Wikipedia's new year!
And maybe some of us will head out to a bar afterward for an informal
Wikipedia Night.
---Event pages---
https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-celebrates/wikipedia-edit-a-t…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAmerica
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly
WikiWednesday Salon. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question
you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by
adding it to the agenda or responding to this email.
*** WikiWednesday Salon ***
Date: January 22nd
Time: 7:00 - 9:00PM
Location: Metropolitan New York Library Council, 599 11th Avenue
Details and optional RSVP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/January_2020
Other upcoming events include the Understanding America Edit-a-thon at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art on January 25th, an Electronic Music Edit-a-thon
at Nowadays on January 30th, and an edit-a-thon with the Tech Workers
Coalition on February 5th. Stay informed about all our events via the
public calendar (bit.ly/WMNYCEvents) or at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
We look forward to editing with you soon!
Megs
--
President, Wikimedia New York City