Dear all -- forwarding on behalf of my MIT colleague -- a virtual
edit-a-thon this week! All are welcome.
best,
phoebe
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Join us the week of August 17 - 21 for the Black, Indigenous, and People of
Color (BIPOC) Design Virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and learn about the
BIPOC in the Built Project, a collaborative effort between student
researchers in the MIT School of Architecture + Planning and MIT Libraries.
During the Edit-a-thon, participants will build community while creating
new and editing existing Wikipedia pages of BIPOC designers.
After a *short introduction held live via Zoom on August 17 at 3pm*, stay
for the kick-off of our week-long virtual Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon where
attendees can participate in training and begin editing Wikipedia pages of
designers who have left their mark on the fields of art, architecture, art
history, activism, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design and
more connected to the built environment. No prior experience editing
Wikipedia is required and edit live or at your leisure.
RSVP here to attend the introduction and to get the daily zoom links to the
live editing events and slack channel. Help us track edits by registering
your user name through the dashboard link in the calendar RSVP and get a
schedule for the week.
*https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/bipocdesign*
<https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/bipocdesign>
Happy editing.
The BIPOC in the Built team
Hi all,
Sorry for the late notice, but we are having the annual picnic - aka the
wiknic -- over Zoom this year! This Sunday, Aug 16.
Richard in NYC is organizing a national program from 3-4pm eastern; we'll
have a new england focused breakout from 4-5pm Zoom info/links here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic#Great_American_Wiknic_virtua…
Hope you can join us -- even just to drop in and say hi! -- and I hope
everyone is well and healthy in these strange times!
Phoebe
Wikimedia is drafting a universal code of conduct; feedback welcome. If you
are interested in commenting on the process, here is an invitation to fill
out a survey:
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Dear Friends:
A universal code of conduct will be a binding minimum set of standards
across all Wikimedia projects, will apply to all of us, staff and
volunteers alike. We invite you to devote some minutes to take this survey,
to help inform the drafting process:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd36dNdU3C5shXEkKp9itJOhuCTx9hZE5A…
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd36dNdU3C5shXEkKp9itJOhuCTx9hZE5A…>
We look forward to your thoughts and opinions and hope you can respond in
the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions, please contact Mervat Salman (
msalman-ctr(a)wikimedia.org)
Thank you.
Dear Wikimedia New England - late tonight and tomorrow afternoon, we are
hosting a community discussion of the proposed Wikimedia rebrand. I'll be
there; happy to answer questions. Others are welcome to join. There's also
a survey; I'll send the link to everyone soon.
best,
Phoebe
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From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 2:31 PM
Subject: [All-affiliates] June 21 All-Affiliates Brand Meeting
To: Wikimedia Affiliates <all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
All Wikimedia affiliates are invited to join an urgent meeting on the Brand
Project in two sessions on Sunday June 21, regarding the most recent
developments. This has been proposed and discussed on the "Wiki User Groups
Affiliates" Telegram channel.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting
3:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific friendly time - https://zonestamp.com/1592708427)
https://meet.google.com/mff-bsiy-tvd
19:00 UTC (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time -
https://zonestamp.com/1592766035)
https://meet.google.com/hjq-ptwx-aex
Please see proposed agenda, and sign up with your affiliate here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
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All-affiliates mailing list
All-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/all-affiliates
Dear Wikimedians,
I hope that this email finds you well.
Here’s an upcoming event for the day after Memorial Day from our friends at Wikimedia DC:
Women’s Suffrage Centennial Wikipedia Editing Workshop
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Time: 5:30pm –7:30pm
More info: https://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Upcoming_events
Register here: https://alexlibraryva.org/event/4261727
I hope to see some of you at the event.
Best wishes,
Laura
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Laura Jenemann
Communication, Media, & Film Librarian
Boston University Libraries
617-353-9240
ljeneman(a)bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu>
Need a break? Looking to celebrate Earth Day? As part of Boston University’s Online Earth Day celebrations<https://www.bu.edu/sustainability/what-you-can-do/events/earth-day-festival/>, we will host a Sustainability-themed Wikipedia-Edit-a-thon on Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 3-6 p.m. (Eastern). We’re particularly interested in topics related to sustainability, but you can also improve your own favorite topics. Check our meet-up page for information<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/BU_Earth_Day_50>!
Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 3-6 p.m. (Eastern). The event will include:
* A presentation by MIT Librarian and Wikipedia expert Phoebe Ayers<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Phoebe> on the many sustainability and climate change related initiatives in the Wikimedia Community
* An introduction to Wikipedia editing
* Support and troubleshooting by BU Libraries staff
How to participate:
* Register in advance.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-earth-day-50-registratio…> by April 22 at 3pm (Eastern). We will provide you with a Zoom link prior to the event.
Please contact myself or Laura Jenemann, ljeneman(a)bu.edu<https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink/compose/ljeneman@bu.edu>, with questions.
Best wishes,
Rachel Dwyer
African Studies Library
771 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
rdwyer(a)bu.edu
Hi All,
I'm on the hunt for a Wikipedian that would be willing to help out at an
Art + Feminism edit-a-thon March 7, 2020 10- 2pm .
The contact person is Jenna Crowder <jenna(a)thechart.me>
Their Dashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Portland_Museum_of_Art/PMA_Ar…
.
Thanks so much!
Gabrielle V L Reed
Access Services Librarian
Morton R. Godine Library
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
w. 1-617-879-7102
m. 401-440-1852