Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September-2017
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Upcoming meetups and ongoing events
June
- 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
- 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
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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
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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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| When and Where | |
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| Date | Wednesday, September 27, 2017 |
| Time | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
| Address | Babycastles 137 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) 2nd Floor |
| City, State | New York City, New York 10011 |
The September 2017 NYC WikiWednesday salon with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
This event included the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual meeting and board elections.
Details
- Date: Wednesday, September 27, 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 / 40.73833°N 73.998778°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:
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)
Elections
- See also WM NYC Elections page
- Requirement to be a candidate for the Wikimedia NYC Board is annual membership, which is $5
- If you will be at WikiWednesday, please prepare a 3 sentence introduction to share about yourself
- 3 sentence introduction can include:
- Name
- User name
- Wikipedia / Wikimedia project interests
- Why you would like to be part of the leadership and any goals or projects you are interested in working on
- 3 sentence introduction can include:
- Election details explained at event
- Voting happens in person at election.
- If you are unable to attend WikiWednesday, please select a proxy who can share your 3 sentence introduction about yourself
- Candidates with the most votes will be selected for the 12 available Board positions
- Selection of officers happens at a later time, within 3 weeks of the WikiWednesday, as agreed upon by the Board
Candidates for Wikimedia NYC Board
Add your name below if you'd like to be a candidate!
- Becksguy (talk) 22:23, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
- kosboot (talk) 22:53, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
- DGG ( talk ) 23:13, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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Check in - ongoing projects
| June 2024 +/- | |
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| Exeter | June 8, 2024 |
| Los Angeles Wiknic | June 8, 2024 |
| London 205 | June 9, 2024 |
| Cascadia Wikimedians general meeting |
June 9, 2024 |
| Bay Area Wikipedians | June 13, 2024 |
| Oxford 101 | June 16, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | June 23, 2024 |
| Perth 81 | June 23, 2024 |
| Edinburgh 16 | June 29, 2024 |
| July 2024 +/- | |
| WikiClub Toronto Meetup | July 7, 2024 |
| London 206 | July 14, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | July 28, 2024 |
| Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta | |
- Recent edit-a-thons, etc.
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Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions
Lightning talks
5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
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Food tonight
Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!
- pizza / Russian pies, maybe
- Russian pies would be different from the usual, and they look appetizing. Maybe something vegetarian also. - Becksguy (talk) 02:33, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
External links
- Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
- Wikimedia New York City
- Free Culture Alliance NYC
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