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Wiki Loves Libraries Oct multi-event
by Pharos 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

My fellow Wikimericans, Please add your city and library to 'Wikipedia Loves Libraries', the Wiknic successor sweeping the USA this October: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC

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Future National Wiki-Events
by Pharos 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi folks, Congratulations to the organizers of the 16 large and small Wiknics held this summer across the USA! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic But what about an encore? Maybe something like a Wiki Library microconference day in the fall? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wiknic#Future_national_multi-ev… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Fwd: Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit
by Pharos 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

My fellow Wikimericans, I thought this might be interesting, it's a summit of Ibero-American Wikimedia chapters and chapters-to-be, and possible inspiration for us USA-Americans... A point to consider in advance of the 1st Annual Great American Wiknic :) Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:49 PM Subject: [Internal-l] Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)" <internal-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear friends: >From Friday 24 to Sunday 26 Wikimedia Argentina will be hosting the first Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit in Buenos Aires. This Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit will gather representatives from Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedia Chile, Wikimedia España and Wikimedia Portugal, as well as working groups from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela that are currently working towards the establishment of local chapters in their countries. We wanted the event to focus especially on these groups, so that already established chapters can help developing the Wikimedia movement in our region by means of sharing experiences and know-how, as well as working on somme common, cross-frontier projects. Unlike most international events in the Wikimedia scene, the Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit will have only Spanish and Portuguese as its working languages. We believe it's better to use our native languages to discuss the common challenges and shared grounds our region has. We believe regional efforts such as this help making multilingualism real. Ibero-America shares not only a land mass; more important, the reasons behind Ibero-American cooperation have to do with a shared history, a common culture and two sister languages such as Spanish and Portuguese, which are mutually intelligible to a very high degree. The final schedule can be seen at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Encuentro_Wikimedia_Iberoamericano_2011/Prog…; a rough English translation of the proposed agenda that led to it can be seen here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ibero-American_Wikimedia_Summit_2011/Agenda/… The conference will span for three days, from Friday 24 to Sunday 26. The first day we'll be discussing general topics having to do with forming a working group and running a chapter. On Friday we'll dedicate one our and a half to a panel/workshop on educational outreach (Wikipedia en el aula) with Lila Pagola, a professor from the National University of Villa María who was a pioneer in incorporating Wikimedia projects in her classes, and Ángeles Soletic, from the Innovation in Education and Tecnology Centre of the University in Buenos Aires. During the afternoon, we'll be discussing about the Foundation's Five-Year Plan and the way in which it relates with our region, emphasizing about the "Global South" concept. We expect to produce some documents to discuss with all of the community afterwards. Waiting to see some of you here this week, un abrazo, Patricio -- Patricio Lorente Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente _______________________________________________ Internal-l mailing list Internal-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-l

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Great American Wiknic in 1 week
by Pharos 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

My fellow Wiki-Americans, Just a reminder that the Great American Wiknic is almost upon us, coming up on the weekend after this (Saturday June 25). Now with over a dozen confirmed cities, from Boston to St Louis! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic And we'll have extra publicity coming on tomorrow, so make sure you're Wiknic-ready :) Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC

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Re: [Wikimediaus-l] Fwd: Recent Bubblemap of English Wikipedia edits
by Pharos 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

(reposting for Philippe) On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Philippe Beaudette <pbeaudette(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > I'm from Oklahoma, which we colloquially refer to as "South Kansas".... so, > yeah. :P > What you're getting there is the Sprint Mobile/Broadband center in Topeka. > _______________________ > > Philippe Beaudette > Head of Reader Relations > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > philippe(a)wikimedia.org > 415-839-6885 x6643 >> On 5/25/11 12:30 PM, Pharos wrote: >>> >>> Well, it *would* be awesome if we had a secret wiki-hive in Topeka, >>> anyway. >>> >>> Who else is trying to build (g)local wiki communities in the US? I >>> think some of these may already be quietly growing beyond the horizon >>> of our attention... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Richard >>> (User:Pharos) >>> >>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Guerillero Wikipedia >>> <guerillero.wikipedia(a)gmail.com> awrote: >>>> >>>> Since thats right in the middle of the country that may be a false >>>> reading. I know other mapping programs put all of the hits to a >>>> website that come from the united states but they can't tell where >>>> from at that location. >>>> >>>> -Guerillero >>>> >>>> On 5/17/11, Alex Stinson<sadads(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey, >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone noticed the high concentration of editing coming out of >>>>> Kansas in >>>>> the United States on the recent bubble map at >>>>> http://infodisiac.com/blog/2011/05/wikipedia-edits-visualized/? Do we >>>>> know >>>>> who/what is going on there? Should we be holding events in Topeka? >>>>> >>>>> Alex >>>>> User:Sadads >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >> > > > >

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Fwd: Recent Bubblemap of English Wikipedia edits
by Alex Stinson 28 May '11

28 May '11

Hey, Has anyone noticed the high concentration of editing coming out of Kansas in the United States on the recent bubble map at http://infodisiac.com/blog/2011/05/wikipedia-edits-visualized/? Do we know who/what is going on there? Should we be holding events in Topeka? Alex User:Sadads

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The Great American Wiknic
by Pharos 15 May '11

15 May '11

HI fellow USians, I'd like to propose The Great American Wiknic, a Wiki-Picnic to be held in cities across the United States on the same day (maybe Saturday June 18?) in Summer 2011. I think this could be a great way of building up some of the grassroots activist energy we'll need to really cement Wikipedia/Wikimedia as a strong on-the-ground movement throughout the varied regions of the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic PS Welcome to everyone who's a member of or interested in the 'Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States' (WALRUS) committee: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_Chapters_Council#WAL… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC

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Please join Oct 23 DC Meetup & Hack-A-Ton DC
by aude 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

If you are in DC or need an excuse to come visit Washington DC, please join us for the next DC Wikimedia meetup on October 23, 6pm at Bertucci's in Foggy Bottom. (21st & I St / Penn Ave NW) The date/time are all definite! Come and discuss about collaboration activities with the Smithsonian, hang out with other Wikipedians and "geek out". :) For more details and to RSVP, see the meetup page: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_12 The meetup coincides with the MediaWiki Hack-A-Ton DC (err... it will be out in Tysons Corner, but there will be car pools & probably a shuttle between the metro and the venue) that is taking place that weekend, thus we will have developers, Wikimedia CTO Danese Cooper and other Wikimedia staff joining us! If you feel like fixing some MediaWiki bugs, feel free to also join the Hack-A-Ton: * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hack-A-Ton_DC Cheers, Katie (user:aude)

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Wiki-Conferencing USA
by Pharos 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Hey, I'm all for Wiki-Conferences in NYC, San Francisco, Boston, and Chattanooga! If anyone wants planning assistance with an event of this kind anywhere in the country, I'd be glad to help and to share the NYC experience. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The Wikiconference in New York was lovely -- thanks to Pharos and the > WM-NYC team for pulling it off for a second year. The tone was so > friendly and productive that I expect we could expand the scope of > such events to include more non-wikipedians, readers and professors > and others. > > Is there any interest in making something like this happen as part of > Recent Changes Camp next spring? (It will be held in Boston; we are > finalizing the venue now). > > SJ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaus-l mailing list > Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >

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Re: [Wikimediaus-l] Wikimediaus-l Digest, Vol 4, Issue 1
by Samuel Klein 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

The Wikiconference in New York was lovely -- thanks to Pharos and the WM-NYC team for pulling it off for a second year. The tone was so friendly and productive that I expect we could expand the scope of such events to include more non-wikipedians, readers and professors and others. Is there any interest in making something like this happen as part of Recent Changes Camp next spring? (It will be held in Boston; we are finalizing the venue now). SJ

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