Dear Wikimedia California folks:
I'd like to announce an exciting opportunity for the week of August 13-17.
I've been working with the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA on
a GLAMwiki (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) gathering that
would provide a way for Wikipedians to work with the museum to improve
Wikipedia articles about objects in their collection. If you haven't been
to the museum, it's a spectacular facility in one of the famous Silicon
Graphics buildings in Silicon Valley and hosts a new permanent collection
about computing machinery through the ages. (http://www.computerhistory.org/
)
Even more interesting, the museum plans to have an exhibit next year about
seven software technologies that have changed our lives, and Wikipedia will
be one of them. This get-together would also be a time to brainstorm and
have Wikipedians give direct input into what is believed to be the first
physical museum exhibit about Wikipedia.
This would likely be a 4-8pm event on one of the evenings of the week of
August 13-17.
Interested parties, please contact me by email or as User:Fuzheado on
English Wikipedia on which days you might prefer, and I'll send out a
followup notice.
Thanks,
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-Andrew Lih
User:Fuzheado
Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com
WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com
BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http:/www.wikipediarevolution.com
Hi! I'm helping to organize a "Queering Wikipedia" edit-a-thon at the
Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles on July 22. We are looking
for Wikipedians to help newbies at the event learn to edit.
Event details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/304527102967652/
Please contact me offlist if you can help!
Adrianne (User:Wadewitz)
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Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz
Mellon Digital Scholarship Fellow
Center for Digital Learning and Research
Occidental College
https://college.oxy.edu/cdlr/https://sites.google.com/site/wadewitz/