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December 10, 2013[edit]

An ad hoc meeting in Kirkland, Washington was set up off-wiki. — Brianhe (talk) 16:38, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

November 12, 2013[edit]

Monthly meeting at Cafe Allegro, 7–8 PM. Please sign up below with four tildes (~~~~))

Regrets[edit]

Wikimedia Research & Data Hackathon, November 9th, 2013[edit]

Hi all! First off, it was great to meet you today and/or see you again. I'm thrilled that my first Seattle Meetup was so well-attended and interesting.

I mentioned during the event that I'm coordinating the Seattle Research & Data Hackathon on Saturday, November 9th. This inaugural research hackathon will be a relatively informal event: there's a broad proposed agenda here, but we can really make the day whatever we want. Probably topics of conversation/collaboration include:

  • research tools and datasets (and how to use them)
  • burning research questions (and how to ask and answer them)
  • ongoing research projects (and how to get involved)
  • new research projects (...you get the idea).

The hackathon is for both interested local Wikipedians and students and researchers from UW. The event will be held semi-concurrently with other hackathons in Minnesota, San Francisco, the UK, and elsewhere, hosted by WMF researchers and Wikipedians from around the world. There will be open IRC channels and Google Hangouts throughout the day so that we can share ideas and even collaborate with the other sites and with Wikipedians who don't have a hackathon in their area.

Afterwards, I'd be happy to re-convene somewhere on the Ave for food and drink. Please sign up, spread the word, and let me know if you have any questions!

I look forward to seeing you at next months' meetup if not sooner. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 05:24, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just posted a bunch more information about the hackathon next Saturday here. Hope to see you there! Ping me if you have any questions. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 03:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

October 8, 2013[edit]

Ada Lovelace Day and Wikipedia Loves Libraries October 12 or 13[edit]

Ada Lovelace Day will be commemorated on October 12-13 at Seattle InfoCamp at the University of Washington. This will also be the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Libraries event for Open Access Week This conference will include an editathon in which people contribute to articles on women scientists.

See Seattle InfoCamp. Please post on the talk page or write to user:bluerasberry if you would like a scholarship to cover the entrance cost to this conference.

  • I am presenting Wikipedia on Saturday 12 October and will be there for morning sessions on Sunday 13 October. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:05, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

September 9 2013[edit]

If anyone else is here at the Allegro for the meetup: I'm in the "GS8" t-shirt, at a table near the center of the main room, come join me. - Jmabel | Talk 02:01, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Looks like no one else showed up. I'm out of here. - Jmabel | Talk 03:14, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Special event - Open Science Hackathon at HUB near Smith Tower 7 August 2013[edit]

The HUB Seattle is hosting an open science hackathon on Wednesday 7 August at 5:45. No science background required! This group is seeking to become more wiki-oriented. See details at

Tuesday 14 May 2013[edit]

This month's regular meeting will be at Café Allegro at 7pm. The first person to arrive, please post where you're sitting if Allegro's wi-fi is working.

Planning to attend:

  1. Dennis Bratland (talk) 13:50, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Jmabel | Talk 19:09, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm at the middle four-top in the main room. - Jmabel | Talk 01:52, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Your name here! Sign with ~~~~ (four tildes) to automatically insert your name.

Regrets:

Tuesday 2 April 2013[edit]

  • SodaAnt Talk 02:11, 3 April 2013 (UTC) I'm at the very back of the back room wearing a black jacket.[reply]
    • Hang on. I'm running late. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:27, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Looks like I was too late. I'll hang around anyway. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:57, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yeah, bad timing there, I left around 10 minutes ago, somehow missed your post that you were running late. Sorry about that. SodaAnt Talk 03:02, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Planning to attend:

  • sign here with ~~~~
  • Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:41, 18 March 2013 (UTC) I will try to print a sign with a Wikipedia logo on it and put it at the table. I think the best place to sit is one of the large tables in the first floor back room, where the bathroom is.[reply]
  • SodaAnt Talk 17:49, 2 April 2013 (UTC) I will hope to be there, as long as I can somehow remember.[reply]

Regrets:

  • Brianhe (talk) 17:19, 30 March 2013 (UTC) Oops, will be on spring break road trip![reply]

Tuesday 5 March 2013[edit]

This month's regular meeting will be at the usual place and time - Café Allegro at 7pm. Planning to attend:

Regrets:

  • sign here with ~~~~

Disorganization:

Well, I was at Allegro. They said whoever had the upstairs reserved had cancelled. I went up anyway and there was a hip-hop group, who said they had the room reserved. If there are Wikipedians here, damn if I know who they are/were. What a waste of time. Yworo (talk) 03:26, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to hear - I think Dennis was probably the guy singing hip-hop. Anyway, I messaged you on your talk page. Let's talk about Seattle Wikipedia stuff some time. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:33, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I did finally connect with them shortly before the meeting broke up. They weren't upstairs and weren't obviously all on Wikipedia, so I didn't know how to identify them. Yworo (talk) 22:54, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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