Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2019

Part celebration and part conference, the Wikipedia Day 18th Birthday Bash will be held on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at the Ace Hotel New York and hosted by Wikimedia NYC. One of a number of Wikipedia Days worldwide, the day will feature keynote presentations, breakout group discussions, lightning talks and yes, cake. Wikimedia NYC is especially interested in seeing newcomers join experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians on this day, so step right up.

Participation is free, but limited based on capacity.

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Schedule

	Liberty Hall	Board Room	Commons Bar
9:30 am	DOORS OPEN
10:00 am	Welcome from Wikimedia NYC	Room closed	Coffee time, bagels and muffins
10:15 am	Featured speaker: Phoebe Ayers, Wikipedia at 18	Room closed
11:00 am	Wikipedia as a Global Project	(open)
11:50 am	Wikidata + Wiki Tech	Introduction to Wikipedia	(chill space)
12:40 pm	Lightning Talks I
1:00 pm	LUNCH
2:00 pm	Featured speaker: Carwil Bjork-James, TBD	Room closed	(chill space)
2:50 pm	Public Domain and the Commons	WikiProject New York City Conversation
3:35 pm	CAKE + PHOTO
4:00 pm	Wikipedia in the University	(open)	(chill space)
5:00 pm	Lightning Talks II	(open)

Event details

• Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019
• Time: 9:30AM - 6:00PM
• Location: Ace Hotel New York at 20 West 29th Street (Be sure to check-out the MTA's planned service changes!)
• Participation: Participation (food and cake!) will be free, with room for ~100 participants
• Welcome: All are welcome. We are especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from cultural institutions interested in developing Open Education projects. All attendees must agree to follow our Friendly Space Policies.
• Food: Ace Hotel's own restaurant The Breslin will provide a coffee, bagel, and fruit breakfast and a lunch suitable for vegans and omnivores. And it wouldn't be much of a birthday without cake, so we'll have plenty of that too.
• Twitter: #WikipediaDay
• Livestream Can't reach? No excuse! https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc2019/

Support

Wikipedia Day is free to attend and welcome to all! Please consider supporting its success by donating your time or funds to cover expenses such as food and travel scholarships (be sure to write "Wikipedia Day" in the notes!).

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Lightning talks

Add your 3 minute lightning talk here! Lightning talks may cover a wide range of topics related to Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and the larger free culture movement. They don't even have to mention Wikipedia! However, we ask that lightning talks aren't used to promote or sell products and services.

Lightning Talks I

Lightning Talks II

1. Gender representation on Wikidata - Megs (talk) 21:15, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
2. Photography and getting your pictures into articles - Jim.henderson (talk) 18:13, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
3. Perhaps Jersey. No, no, not New Jersey, across the river, Jersey in the Duchy of Normandy.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 22:47, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
4. How about the Signpost, Matthew Whitaker and scams on Wikipedia. If there's any time left I'll follow up on Jim H. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 02:29, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
5. Current progress on dealing with scams and undeclared paid editors, following up on Smallbones. DGG ( talk ) 05:57, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
6. Writing about Wikipedia, Wiki Wormhole - Mike Vago (talk) 21:15, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
7. It started with a picnic: a brief history of Wikimedia NYC.--Pharos (talk) 20:32, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
8. Script/tool demos: reply-link gets an upgrade, new script installer, and more. Enterprisey (talk!) 20:37, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

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Regrets

• For the first time in several years, I will be unable to attend; I have a conflict this weekend. Daniel Case (talk) 20:11, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Likely attendees

• ovA_165443 (talk) 02:58, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
• Megs (talk) 23:27, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 06:02, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
• Pharos (talk) 20:58, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
• DGG ( talk ) 12:23, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
• Frenezulo (talk) 14:17, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
• Wwwhatsup (talk) 06:11, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
• kosboot (talk) 15:04, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
• -- RoySmith (talk) 01:31, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
• Not going to register yet, but I'll try to make it! ceranthor 18:53, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
• Emjackson42 (talk) 17:48, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
• Enterprisey (talk!) 20:17, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
• Dthomsen8 (talk) 22:21, 29 December 2018 (UTC) from Philadelphia
• Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:50, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
• Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 20:53, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
• Smallbones_(smalltalk) 02:30, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
• ilovepiday (talk) 23:27, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
• King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:04, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
• Mozucat (talk) 21:10, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
• Kim Post (talk) 22:15, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
• Nudgol (talk) 02:26, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
• Nudgol (talk) 02:30, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
• Smvlvtmrng (talk) 15:28, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
• MusikAnimal ^talk 20:40, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
• LoreMariano (talk) 19:10, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
• Artatra (talk) 20:55, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
• Jim.henderson (talk) 17:35, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
• FULBERT (talk) 15:48, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
• --Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:05, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
• 38.76.64.43 (talk) 16:37, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
• agr (talk) 17:33, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

• — Dispenser 04:02, 8 January 2019 (UTC)