Nicole, I don't think there has been a crossover. the Boston Photog
group would be a great one to engage. And we could start with
university libraries and museums, which tend to be especially open to
such things. Getting permission to take / relicense good photos of
major library works would likely be possible as well.
--SJ
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Nicole Willson
<artisticaltruist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't know if you're aware of Dave Menninger or Wikipedia Loves Art, but I
> follow them on Facebook. Description from the page:
>
> "Wikipedia Loves Art is a scavenger hunt and free content photography
> contest among museums and cultural institutions worldwide, and aimed at
> illustrating Wikipedia articles."
>
> More info can be found here:
> http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=128326730243&h=oXcAL&u=vVoJp .
> Looks like a lot of NYC museums are involved.
>
> Do you know if any effort has been made to work with Boston museums? I know
> there's a big Boston Photography meetup. Also Boston MediaMakers has a lot
> of photographers and videographers willing to volunteer for the right
> projects. Maybe they'd be interested? Also, I have a library school friend
> who used to work at the MFA. She may be able to tell me who to contact about
> getting permission to take pictures for Wikipedia.
>
Dear wikiboston,
Two things:
1) don't forget about BLPs at the BPL this Saturday! It's going to
be awesome. But remember : you can't comment on library books in the
margins (despite confusing crossover efforts such as the attached) --
it's against the rules. so leave the highlighters at home.
2) We could use 1 or 2 people to moderate the mail that comes into
this list - most of the task is just moderating spam. Please write
back if you're interested; thanks!
SJ
Dear wikiboston,
Phoebe is coming to visit at the end of the month, and Nicole and I
have been talking about getting together for a reference day at the
BPL, focused on BLPs and [other] disputed topics.
In particular, I would like to see [[List of people from Boston]]
improved and expanded to include modern people, so that it look more
like lists from other major cities (e.g., [[List of people from
Chicago]] and [[List of Austinites]]).
Modern writers, musicians, and educators might be a place to start.
A Reference Challenge with a list of 100 peeps to begin with would be
interesting. (does someone want to start putting this together?)
I would start with
* [[Category:People_from_Boston,_Massachusetts]]
* Older unref'ed BLPs from [[Category:Unreferenced_BLPs]]
* Topic searches of the BLP noticeboard's archives:
http://tinyurl.com/blpsearch
And at the end of the day we could have a new and improved list of
Bostonians (with a special marker for BLPs? for those who have been
through BLP review?) and wrap up with comments on the en:wp
policies...
[[Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons]]
SJ,
who can bring a 12-plug power strip.
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Nicole Willson
<artisticaltruist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
< So, do we want to do BLP at BPL? Also is there a
> specific area of BLP that could use help, like people in a certain area of
> the humanities (authors, artists etc.)? Another idea would be researching
> disputed articles.
>
> What time should this be? I just remembered that the BPL opens at 9 on
> Saturdays, but I think it'd be better that this start around 1 or 2.
>
> I know Hasty and Janet were interested, so that's two people right there. I
> can also email Evan to see if he can make it.
>
> SJ: Could you post this to the meetup group and the mailing list? I can do
> some sort of write-up, but can't post things to the meetup group. Thanks!
>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:18 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like the humanities area is the way to go, and someone should
>> bring a power strip.
>>
>> Can you guys publicize it to wpians? I can put together a quick how to
>> reference page. Doing boston history articles would also be sweet, but
>> maybe too hard.
>>
>> If we even get one or two people it will be a fun way to spend an
>> afternoon.
>>
>> P.
Whoops, the meetup this Saturday will be at ASMARA restaurant in
Central Square (the meetup two mondays later will be back in Harvard
Square):
http://www.yelp.com/biz/asmara-restaurant-cambridge
Please post suggested agenda items, and sign up, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston
Cheers, SJ
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Where : Wagamama, Harvard Square
> When : 7pm Saturday night
> What: Our first non-Monday meetup in months!
>
> On the agenda: ongoing projects people have suggested we start with
> support from local companies and unis. offers of space for regularly
> hosted events. In particular, finalizing speakers for a monthly
> speaker series, and chat about chapters and more formal organization
> of the meetup group.
>
> Meanwhile there are updates and wikipedia references from the Mystery
> Hunt and recent online games. Come join us on Saturday 7pm at
> Wagamama for all of this and more! Friends and family are welcome.
> BYOS.
>
> SJ
> 617 529 4266
>
Where : Wagamama, Harvard Square
When : 7pm Saturday night
What: Our first non-Monday meetup in months!
On the agenda: ongoing projects people have suggested we start with
support from local companies and unis. offers of space for regularly
hosted events. In particular, finalizing speakers for a monthly
speaker series, and chat about chapters and more formal organization
of the meetup group.
Meanwhile there are updates and wikipedia references from the Mystery
Hunt and recent online games. Come join us on Saturday 7pm at
Wagamama for all of this and more! Friends and family are welcome.
BYOS.
SJ
617 529 4266
Hi folks,
Great to see that you've started putting them on weekends :)
You should be aware, though, that Jan 24 is also the date of the
Hartford CT meetup, so you might want to take that into account.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Connecticut
I'd probably still come though, because I just went to Hartford this Saturday.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)