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Wikimedia NYC remains committed to the well-being of its communities. We have decided to begin hosting in-person events with a hybrid element starting late 2022. We ask if you want to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space. If you are not feeling well, please attend remotely.

Upcoming meetups and ongoing events

June

• Online-only WikiWednesday Salon NYC

When: Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 7 PM - 8:30 PM ET

Where: Zoom

July

• Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners

When: Friday, July 19, 2024, 3 PM - 8 PM ET

Where: Civic Hall

August

• Wikimania 2024

When: August 7-10, 2024

Where: Katowice, Poland *(possibility of NYC satellite event in Greenpoint, Brooklyn)

Past Meetups & Events in 2023–24

• June 8: Governors Island Wiknic - June 2024
• June 2: All-Day Hacking Sunday - June
• May 8: WikiWednesday Salon - May
• May 4: Community Gardens Edit-a-thon
• April 25: Hacking Night - April
• April 11: City Tech Library LBGTQIA Editathon
• April 10: WikiWednesday Salon - April
• March 16: Queens Name Explorer Edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library Tech Lab at Queensbridge
• March 14: Pi Day Hacking Night
• March 5: Wiki Gala and fashion show with Wikimedia Foundation
• February 25: AfroCROWD Black Wiki History Month - Online edit-a-thon
• February 21: WikiWednesday Salon - February
• February 8: Hacking Night - February
• January 14: Wikipedia Day 2024 at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation
• January 4: Hacking Night

2023

(second half)

• December 6: NYC Hacking Night
• November 15: WikiWednesday Salon - November
• November 8–13: NYC→Toronto Wiki-Train for WikiConference North America
• October 29: Wikidata Day in New York City
• October 21–22: Wiki-NYC Pavilion for Open House New York
• October 3: History of Medicine in Newark Wikipedia Editathon at Dana Library
• October 1: Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month: Edit-a-thon!
• September 20: Annual Election & Members Meeting
• August 27: Great North American Wiknic on Governors Island
• August 23: WikiWednesday Salon - August
• July 29: New York Botanical Garden Environment of the Bronx Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
• July 19: WikiWednesday Salon - July

Photos from past Meetups & Events

• 
  WikiGap Women, Health & Environment - Swedish Residence - April 2022
• 
  Hacknic - Prospect Park - May 2022
• 
  Wiki Worlds Fair - August 2022
• 
  Depths of Wikipedia live in NYC - August 2022
• 
  WikiConference North America - November 2022
• 
  Wikipedia Day - Jefferson Market Library - January 2023
• 
  WikiWedneday - Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch - February 2023
• 
  Groiler Club Tour - March 2023
• 
  Earth Day Edit-a-thon with Sure We Can recycling center - Brooklyn Public Library Bushwick Branch - April 2023
• 
  Environment of the Bronx - NYBG - July 2023
• 
  Wiki-Picnic - Governors Island - August 2023
• 
  WikiWednesday - Prime Produce - September 2023
• 
  Wikidata Day - October 2023
• 
  Wikipedia Day - Brown Institute - January 2024
• 
  Wiki-Cake at Wikipedia Day 2024

See also

• Archive of events in prior years
• Wikimedia New York City's Code of Conduct
• Wikimedia New York City Discord server
• Membership

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2017‎
Wikimedia NYC WikiWednesday

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Time	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Address	Babycastles 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) Basement level
City, State	New York City, New York 10011

The October 2017 NYC WikiWednesday salon with the Wikimedia NYC community was held on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

Details

• Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Location: TBD
• Location: Babycastles. 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), Basement level, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011

40°44′18″N 73°59′55.6″W

• Subway:
  • ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 7th Avenue)
  • ​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  • to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  • ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  • ​​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  • ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 8th Avenue)
• Bus: M1, M2, M3, M14A, M14D, X1, X7, X9, X10, X12, X17, X27, X28 buses
• Accessibility: Let us know if we should set up the manual elevator for this meetup.
• Hashtag: #WikiWednesday
• After the main meeting: Food and refreshments
• Meetup link:
• Etherpad: wikinyc Oct 2017

Agenda

Bring your own ideas!

• 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Introductions for visitors
• 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Meeting, Part I (roundtable on ongoing projects)
• 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Meeting, Part II (new project proposals and ideas)

Check in - ongoing projects

Wikipedia Meetups

June 2024 +/-
Exeter	June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)
Los Angeles Wiknic	June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)
London 205	June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09)
Cascadia Wikimedians general meeting	June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09)
Bay Area Wikipedians	June 13, 2024 (2024-06-13)
Oxford 101	June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16)
BLT Office Hours	June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23)
Perth 81	June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23)
Edinburgh 16	June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29)
July 2024 +/-
WikiClub Toronto Meetup	July 7, 2024 (2024-07-07)
London 206	July 14, 2024 (2024-07-14)
BLT Office Hours	July 28, 2024 (2024-07-28)
Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta

Recent edit-a-thons, etc.

Since last WikiWednesday

• LaGuardia Community College Translatathon 2017 Wednesday, October 11, 2017
• Wikipedia @ Open House New York / Weekend Photo Competition - concluding "upload party", Sunday October 15, 2017
• Partnership with OCLC for continuing online training for librarians at public libraries, with update from User:Vizzylane

New and upcoming projects

• meta:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Direction
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Upcoming events

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Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions

Lightning talks

5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
Sign up here!

• The SAPG grant process. Becksguy (talk) 23:36, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Food tonight

Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!

• pizza

External links

• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City
• Free Culture Alliance NYC

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Regrets

• kosboot (talk) 13:27, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
• BlaueBlüte (talk) 23:05, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Possible attendees

• MusikAnimal ^talk 08:15, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Likely attendees

• Pharos (talk) 17:23, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
• Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 20:36, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
• FULBERT (talk) 20:10, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
• Jim.henderson (talk) 04:30, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
• Mozucat (talk) 21:07, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
• DGG ( talk ) 01:16, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 15:41, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 21:58, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
• Aude (talk) 13:19, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
• HugoHelp (talk) 15:13, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
• Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:16, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
• Becksguy (talk) 23:34, 18 October 2017 (UTC)