Hi Wiki Yorkers,

We have two events upcoming, our regular WikiWednesday next week, and a photo event this weekend on Sunday. Read below for details on both.

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on October 18 for our next evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

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:

October 18 @ Babycastles, 145 West 14th Street

***This is a new address for Babycastles, a couple of doors down from their old location.***

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/NYC https://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!

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P.S. - Open House New York bonus event, Sunday October 15

You are also invited to join us on Sunday October 15 at Ace Hotel from 4-8pm for the concluding "upload party" to the Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt, and an accompanying Wikimedia Commons tutorial and multimedia hackathon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/OHNY2017

Note that this is part of the larger Open House New York Weekend activities on Saturday and Sunday, when sites normally closed to the public are open for public visits and photography:

https://www.ohny.org/weekend/overview

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Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC