Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2018

WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, August 29, 2018
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 August 2018 NYC WikiWednesday Salon and Skillshare with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 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, August 29, 2018
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• 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.
• Food: pizza (have another suggestion? let us know!)

Agenda

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• Welcome and introductions
• Recent Events
• Upcoming Events
• Skill share: steps to adding photos to a Wikipedia entry Vyeh (talk) 10:29, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
• Conversation: The article for Indiggo + sources in other languages (Artatra)
• JavaScript program helps convert references from English to Spanish-language templates. Frenezulo (talk) 12:25, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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COVID-19 notice

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

October

• Wikidata Day 2024

When: Saturday October 26

Where: Pratt Institute School of Information

Past Meetups & Events in 2023–24

• October 3–6: WikiConference North America in Indianapolis
• September 25: Annual Election & Members Meeting
• September 21: Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat
• August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic
• August 7–10: Wikimania 2024 in Poland
• July 19: Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners (launch event)
• June 26: WikiWednesday Salon - June
• 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

• 
  Wiki Worlds Fair - 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
• 
  Community Gardens edit-a-thon at Prime Produce - May 2024
• 
  Wiki-Picnic - Governors Island - June 2024
• 
  Wiki-coaches and cake - Wikicurious at Civic Hall - July 2024
• 
  Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat at Lehman College - September 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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Likely attendees

• Megs (talk) 14:22, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

• Pharos (talk) 16:10, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

• This will be my first time attending, and I am very excited. Threebeans (talk) 20:19, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

• Ronald Sexton (talk) 21:39, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
• Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 14:57, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

• Dbudell (talk) 17:44, 23 August 2018 (UTC) Looking forward to it!

• Mozucat (talk) 18:06, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

• LumaNatic (talk) 18:44, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

• Vyeh (talk) 21:07, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

• Nudgol (talk) 04:56, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

• Jim.henderson (talk) 12:56, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

• Artatra (talk) 21:38, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

• DGG ( talk ) 01:58, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• Jean parallels (talk) 01:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• Philepitta (talk) 12:22, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• Frenezulo (talk) 12:24, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• FULBERT (talk) 13:11, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 15:00, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• BlaueBlüte (talk) 19:19, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• Elyaqim (talk) 19:38, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

• Vizzylane (talk) 21:40, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
• Becksguy (talk) 23:13, 29 August 2018 (UTC)