New subject: Boulder Wiki event

20 Mar 2017

Thanks folks!  I'm back from a trip and catching up.  I'm CCing the Colorado user
group email list.

I've added the event to our local events page

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder

It might make sense to make a wikipedia page for the event also, like we've done in
the past. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Wiknic/2016

On wikipedia, my username is "nealmcb"
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nealmcb).
If you all share yours (or we make and sign up on a Wikipedia page) it will be easier to
coordinate things on wikipedia itself.

I also posted it to our Facebook page:
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipedia.boulder/permalink/108089220868181…

I suggest advertising widely. Having room for 35 sounds great.

I'm pretty open for a planning meeting this week also.

I also found this Boulder Art + Feminism event also, from March 8th:

http://events.colorado.edu/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/27/2017&todate=3/1…

Did anyone go to that?

It lists Contact Information: Name: Jessica Brunecky Email: jessica.brunecky(a)colorado.edu
so she'd be a good one to touch base with!

Finally, there is some organizing info at:

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon

note in particular:

 Within a 24-hour period, only six Wikipedia accounts can be created via single IP
address. If there's a chance you'll have more than six new editors at your
edit-a-thon, you'll want to have a plan for how they'll create accounts.

They have tips for handling that, and also for advertising the event on wikipedia, e.g.
via the geographic software notices.

Cheers,

Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 05:08:27AM +0000, Kassondra Cloos wrote:
...
  Thanks, Isarra! We would love to have you with us at
Sanitas. I'm around next week, too, and I'd love to meet up. My schedule is
 pretty flexible. What works for you? Anyone else is welcome to join, as well!

 On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 6:03 PM Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

     Hi Isarra!

     Yes, this is in reference to the event at Sanitas.

     We are new to editing ourselves.

     We don't have a ton of people signed up at the point, but we are ramping up our
promo efforts now. Kassondra works for SNEWS
     and I work for Mountain Project, so we are using those platforms to spread the word.

     We would so love to have you! Thank you for offering!

     Abby

     On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:43 PM, Isarra Yos &lt;zhorishna(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

         Okay, so to clarify, since I've only been sort of following along:
           ☆ The event you mention at the start, that all of this is about, is the Sanitas
Brewery editathon, yes?
           ☆ Are you guys running this new to editing too, or is it just that you want
everyone involved up to speed ahead of time
             so that the properly new folks are sure to get ideal help?
           ☆ How are you getting the word out? Are enough people signing up as-is, or
should we be helping?

         I'm probably not the most knowledgeable about how to actually edit well,
being more a developer than an editor myself, but
         the event certainly looks interesting and I'd love to come get in the way. I
mean, help. So if anyone else is interested in
         meeting up next week, I should be around too, so just let me know.

         -I

         On 14/03/17 03:43, Kassondra Cloos wrote:

             Hi everyone,

             We're coming up on the event Abby and I are hosting at the end of the
month, and I want to circle back on all of this
             for some additional advice. 

             Abby and I had a great talk with Jackie about the editing event she hosted in
New York. She had some really useful
             insight for us on on the intricacies of writing and editing on Wikipedia, and
we realized there is a lot we don't know.
             For example, we were both thinking we could give people a list of women who
need pages, and send them off to start
             researching them, but Jackie mentioned that those articles could get deleted
by more senior editors if they're written
             by folks just starting out. We want to make sure we're setting people up
with the knowledge and tools they need to
             build up their experience and become lifelong editors who will regularly add
citations, and, hopefully, some day write
             well-researched entries on important women as they see needs.

             I think Pharos said you're all based in the Boulder area? If so, we'd
love to meet up with one (or all!) of you to
             learn how we can be a useful resource for the folks attending our event in
two weeks. Abby is out of town right now,
             but I believe she's coming back next week. My schedule is completely open
then, and I'm also available this weekend if
             that works best for anyone. We'd love a bit of a primer on how to get
started as editors, and a run-through of the
             system so that we can give accurate advice during our event.

             Also, if any of you are interested in joining us at Sanitas for our
"Outdoor Women of Wikipedia" event, we'd love to
             have you all! Jackie mentioned that Erika was an incredible--and
necessary--resource for her event, and we will
             certainly take all the help and expertise we can get. 

             Thank you so much, everyone, and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

             Best,
             Kassondra

             P.S. Apologies if I've left someone out here! This chain grew pretty
quickly and I thought it would be simpler to reach
             out to the Colorado folks directly, but please feel free to pass this message
along to anyone else in the Wiki
             community. 

             On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

                 Hey everyone,

                 Yes to the 3:30 call tomorrow.

                 We'll be at Sanitas Brewery on March 26 from 4-6pm. One thing to
note: We probably don't want to spread the word
                 too widely as we have to cap the guest list at 35.

                 Thanks,

                 Abby
                 [t]ᐧ

                 On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Neal McBurnett
&lt;neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us&gt; wrote:

                     Thanks folks!

                     I got in the conversation late.  What is the time / place / venue /
plan you have in mind?

                     Cheers,

                     Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/

                     On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 01:27:08AM +0000, Jackie Snow wrote:
  3:30/5:30 sounds great for me. And definitely
starting with me and figuring out where you are in the process                     
and what help you need
  sounds like a plan. Feel free to break us off
into another thread if you set up a conference line (otherwise                     
I'll just expect a
  ring!).

 On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:06 PM Kassondra Cloos &lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

     Hi everyone,

     Sorry for the delay in my response! Thank you so much for connecting us to so many
resources and people                      willing to help. Abby
      and Jackie, Wednesday at 3 or 4 MT works for
me, too--let's say 3:30? I'm happy to set up a conference                   
  line and send you the
      call-in number. 

     Richard, we weren't planning this in conjunction with the Art + Feminism
campaign, because we hadn't                      realized that was
      happening. I'm so glad to hear
there's a larger movement. Our edit-a-thon sounds like it's aligned with    
                 the campaign, and I
      don't see any events on that list yet
that are in Boulder. 

     One slight variation is that we have been planning to put an outdoor spin on this
event, since we live in                      a community full of
      adventure writers and people who work in the
outdoor industry. We have started a list of women who fit                      this
category and are
      not yet recognized on Wikipedia. Beyond that,
we have picked a date, time, and venue, but have not yet                     
started spreading the
      word. Jackie, I'm really looking forward
to hearing how you got people excited about this and dedicated                     
to following through at
      HGF's event. Perhaps we should start
there and then we'll circle back with the rest of you on any                    
 questions we may have?

     Neal, Isarra, Clif, and Abhay, it's nice to meet you! Do you know of any similar
edit-a-thons happening                      in Boulder in the
      coming month that might be in the early
stages, like ours is?

     Thank you so much, everyone!
     Kassondra

     On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:55 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

         Hi all,

         I'd like to introduce you to Neal, Isarra, Clif and Abhay, who are all I
think more or less                      Boulder-based.

         Is your edit-a-thon part of the Art+Feminism campaign in March, or does it have
another focus?

         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism

         Thanks,
         Richard
         (User:Pharos)

         On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

             That would be 5pm my time so 3 p.m. MT or even 4 would be fine.

             On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:26 AM Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

                 Thanks so much for all of this helpful information, Erika and Jackie! And
nice to connect                      with you, Richard!

                 Jackie, if we'd still like to hop on a call, Wednesday works well for
me, too, but it would                      need to be after 3 p.m.
                  MT. Kassondra, I know you are
traveling this weekend, so let us know when you're available                    
 when you get back to
                  email!

                 Thanks again, everyone,

                 Abby
                 [t]ᐧ

                 On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Erika Herzog
&lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

                     Hi Kassondra,

                     Apologies for delay in responding.

                     I think there's a Meetup group in Boulder -- you might be able to
reach out to some of                      the people who attend
                      and/or organize the events:
                     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder

                     And this Facebook group:
                     https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipedia.boulder

                     And a Wiki mailing list:
                     https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimedia-US-CO

                     I suspect you might already know about these.

                     I'm cc'ing Richard, WM NYC's President, who has a great
network of people knowledge                      within the Wikimedia /
                      Wikipedia community -- he
might be able to provide more specific connection info.

                     Is your editathon part of Art+Feminism? They have a coordinator now,
and I'm sure might                      have some collective
                      materials and might be able
to provide assistance.

                     If I can skillshare or help at all, let me know. I provide
administrative assistance to a                      lot of different
                      initiatives on Wikipedia and
if I can help would be happy to do so.

                     Might be helpful to have more specifics / details about the
editathon, etc. :-)

                     Best,

                     - Erika

                     Erika Herzog
                     erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com
                     erika.herzog(a)gmail.com
                     +1-212-749-9601 (cell and home)

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                      From: Kassondra Cloos
&lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     To: Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt;om>; Abigail Wise
&lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     Cc: Erika Herzog &lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt;
                     Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:38 AM
                     Subject: Re: Boulder Wiki event

                     Thank you, Jackie! 

                     I'm copying Abby Wise here, who is co-hosting the Boulder
edit-a-thon. I'll be out of                      town for the next few
                      days, but my schedule is
pretty flexible next week. I'd love to find a time we can all                   
  talk together. We're
                      really excited about this! 

                     On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Jackie Snow
&lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

                         Hi Kassondra,
                         So cool about your event. I'd be happy to hop on a call for
any questions. I'm                      connecting you to Erika
                          here, who is part of
Wikimedia NYC and the event would have been impossible without                     
her help and knowledge.
                          Erika, Kassondra got in
touch with HGF and is planning their own edit-a-thon in                      Boulder
for next month. Is
                          there a Wikimedia chapter
out there?
                         --
                         Jackie Snow
                         239.404.9698
                         www.jsnowphoto.com

                     --
                     Kassondra Cloos
                     @kassondracloos
                     kassondracloos.com

                 --
                 Abigail Wise

                 Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
                 Reported Features Contributor | Romper
                 www.abigailwise.com
                 @abigailwise
                 (651) 324-7341
                 Subscribe to my newsletter

             --
             Jackie Snow
             239.404.9698
             www.jsnowphoto.com

     --
     Kassondra Cloos
     @kassondracloos
     kassondracloos.com

 --
 Jackie Snow
 239.404.9698
 www.jsnowphoto.com  

                 --
                 Abigail Wise

                 Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
                 Reported Features Contributor | Romper
                 www.abigailwise.com
                 @abigailwise
                 (651) 324-7341
                 Subscribe to my newsletter

             --
             Kassondra Cloos
             @kassondracloos
             kassondracloos.com

     --
     Abigail Wise

     Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
     Reported Features Contributor | Romper
     www.abigailwise.com
     @abigailwise
     (651) 324-7341
     Subscribe to my newsletter

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 Kassondra Cloos
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 kassondracloos.com 
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 02:06:46AM +0000, Isarra Yos wrote:
...
  Yeah, we could totally meet for coffee or whatever
somewhere on Broadway or Pearl street during the week, if that sounds good. I'm
 free pretty much any day but tuesday.

 I've also CCed Todd Allen, as he's a much more active user with content, and
Wikipedia specifically, than I am, so if he'd have
 time to read back on this and join in, maybe he'd also be able to help? Or if anyone
else would care to weigh in, please do - I
 will do what I can, but the more folks who know what they're doing, the better.

 -I

 On 17/03/17 05:08, Kassondra Cloos wrote:

     Thanks, Isarra! We would love to have you with us at Sanitas. I'm around next
week, too, and I'd love to meet up. My schedule
     is pretty flexible. What works for you? Anyone else is welcome to join, as well!

     On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 6:03 PM Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

         Hi Isarra!

         Yes, this is in reference to the event at Sanitas.

         We are new to editing ourselves.

         We don't have a ton of people signed up at the point, but we are ramping up
our promo efforts now. Kassondra works for
         SNEWS and I work for Mountain Project, so we are using those platforms to spread
the word.

         We would so love to have you! Thank you for offering!

         Abby

         On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:43 PM, Isarra Yos &lt;zhorishna(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

             Okay, so to clarify, since I've only been sort of following along:
               ○ The event you mention at the start, that all of this is about, is the
Sanitas Brewery editathon, yes?
               ○ Are you guys running this new to editing too, or is it just that you want
everyone involved up to speed ahead of
                 time so that the properly new folks are sure to get ideal help?
               ○ How are you getting the word out? Are enough people signing up as-is, or
should we be helping?

             I'm probably not the most knowledgeable about how to actually edit well,
being more a developer than an editor myself,
             but the event certainly looks interesting and I'd love to come get in the
way. I mean, help. So if anyone else is
             interested in meeting up next week, I should be around too, so just let me
know.

             -I

             On 14/03/17 03:43, Kassondra Cloos wrote:

                 Hi everyone,

                 We're coming up on the event Abby and I are hosting at the end of the
month, and I want to circle back on all of
                 this for some additional advice. 

                 Abby and I had a great talk with Jackie about the editing event she
hosted in New York. She had some really useful
                 insight for us on on the intricacies of writing and editing on Wikipedia,
and we realized there is a lot we don't
                 know. For example, we were both thinking we could give people a list of
women who need pages, and send them off to
                 start researching them, but Jackie mentioned that those articles could
get deleted by more senior editors if
                 they're written by folks just starting out. We want to make sure
we're setting people up with the knowledge and
                 tools they need to build up their experience and become lifelong editors
who will regularly add citations, and,
                 hopefully, some day write well-researched entries on important women as
they see needs.

                 I think Pharos said you're all based in the Boulder area? If so,
we'd love to meet up with one (or all!) of you to
                 learn how we can be a useful resource for the folks attending our event
in two weeks. Abby is out of town right
                 now, but I believe she's coming back next week. My schedule is
completely open then, and I'm also available this
                 weekend if that works best for anyone. We'd love a bit of a primer on
how to get started as editors, and a
                 run-through of the system so that we can give accurate advice during our
event.

                 Also, if any of you are interested in joining us at Sanitas for our
"Outdoor Women of Wikipedia" event, we'd love
                 to have you all! Jackie mentioned that Erika was an incredible--and
necessary--resource for her event, and we will
                 certainly take all the help and expertise we can get. 

                 Thank you so much, everyone, and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

                 Best,
                 Kassondra

                 P.S. Apologies if I've left someone out here! This chain grew pretty
quickly and I thought it would be simpler to
                 reach out to the Colorado folks directly, but please feel free to pass
this message along to anyone else in the
                 Wiki community. 

                 On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

                     Hey everyone,

                     Yes to the 3:30 call tomorrow.

                     We'll be at Sanitas Brewery on March 26 from 4-6pm. One thing to
note: We probably don't want to spread the
                     word too widely as we have to cap the guest list at 35.

                     Thanks,

                     Abby
                     [t]ᐧ

                     On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Neal McBurnett
&lt;neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us&gt; wrote:

                         Thanks folks!

                         I got in the conversation late.  What is the time / place / venue
/ plan you have in mind?

                         Cheers,

                         Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/

                         On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 01:27:08AM +0000, Jackie Snow wrote:
  3:30/5:30 sounds great for me. And definitely
starting with me and figuring out where you are in the                         
process and what help you need
  sounds like a plan. Feel free to break us off
into another thread if you set up a conference line                         
(otherwise I'll just expect a
  ring!).

 On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:06 PM Kassondra Cloos &lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

     Hi everyone,

     Sorry for the delay in my response! Thank you so much for connecting us to so many
resources and                          people willing to help. Abby
      and Jackie, Wednesday at 3 or 4 MT works for
me, too--let's say 3:30? I'm happy to set up a                         
conference line and send you the
      call-in number. 

     Richard, we weren't planning this in conjunction with the Art + Feminism
campaign, because we hadn't                          realized that was
      happening. I'm so glad to hear
there's a larger movement. Our edit-a-thon sounds like it's aligned         
                with the campaign, and I
      don't see any events on that list yet
that are in Boulder. 

     One slight variation is that we have been planning to put an outdoor spin on this
event, since we                          live in a community full of
      adventure writers and people who work in the
outdoor industry. We have started a list of women who                          fit
this category and are
      not yet recognized on Wikipedia. Beyond that,
we have picked a date, time, and venue, but have not                          yet
started spreading the
      word. Jackie, I'm really looking forward
to hearing how you got people excited about this and                         
dedicated to following through at
      HGF's event. Perhaps we should start
there and then we'll circle back with the rest of you on any                    
     questions we may have?

     Neal, Isarra, Clif, and Abhay, it's nice to meet you! Do you know of any similar
edit-a-thons                          happening in Boulder in the
      coming month that might be in the early
stages, like ours is?

     Thank you so much, everyone!
     Kassondra

     On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:55 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

         Hi all,

         I'd like to introduce you to Neal, Isarra, Clif and Abhay, who are all I
think more or less                          Boulder-based.

         Is your edit-a-thon part of the Art+Feminism campaign in March, or does it have
another focus?

         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism

         Thanks,
         Richard
         (User:Pharos)

         On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

             That would be 5pm my time so 3 p.m. MT or even 4 would be fine.

             On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:26 AM Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

                 Thanks so much for all of this helpful information, Erika and Jackie! And
nice to connect                          with you, Richard!

                 Jackie, if we'd still like to hop on a call, Wednesday works well for
me, too, but it                          would need to be after 3 p.m.
                  MT. Kassondra, I know you are
traveling this weekend, so let us know when you're                         
available when you get back to
                  email!

                 Thanks again, everyone,

                 Abby
                 [t]ᐧ

                 On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Erika Herzog
&lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

                     Hi Kassondra,

                     Apologies for delay in responding.

                     I think there's a Meetup group in Boulder -- you might be able to
reach out to some                          of the people who attend
                      and/or organize the events:
                     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder

                     And this Facebook group:
                     https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipedia.boulder

                     And a Wiki mailing list:
                     https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimedia-US-CO

                     I suspect you might already know about these.

                     I'm cc'ing Richard, WM NYC's President, who has a great
network of people knowledge                          within the Wikimedia /
                      Wikipedia community -- he
might be able to provide more specific connection info.

                     Is your editathon part of Art+Feminism? They have a coordinator now,
and I'm sure                          might have some collective
                      materials and might be able
to provide assistance.

                     If I can skillshare or help at all, let me know. I provide
administrative assistance                          to a lot of different
                      initiatives on Wikipedia and
if I can help would be happy to do so.

                     Might be helpful to have more specifics / details about the
editathon, etc. :-)

                     Best,

                     - Erika

                     Erika Herzog
                     erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com
                     erika.herzog(a)gmail.com
                     +1-212-749-9601 (cell and home)

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                      From: Kassondra Cloos
&lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     To: Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt;om>; Abigail Wise
&lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     Cc: Erika Herzog &lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt;
                     Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:38 AM
                     Subject: Re: Boulder Wiki event

                     Thank you, Jackie! 

                     I'm copying Abby Wise here, who is co-hosting the Boulder
edit-a-thon. I'll be out of                          town for the next few
                      days, but my schedule is
pretty flexible next week. I'd love to find a time we can                       
  all talk together. We're
                      really excited about this! 

                     On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Jackie Snow
&lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

                         Hi Kassondra,
                         So cool about your event. I'd be happy to hop on a call for
any questions. I'm                          connecting you to Erika
                          here, who is part of
Wikimedia NYC and the event would have been impossible                         
without her help and knowledge.
                          Erika, Kassondra got in
touch with HGF and is planning their own edit-a-thon in                         
Boulder for next month. Is
                          there a Wikimedia chapter
out there?
                         --
                         Jackie Snow
                         239.404.9698
                         www.jsnowphoto.com

                     --
                     Kassondra Cloos
                     @kassondracloos
                     kassondracloos.com

                 --
                 Abigail Wise

                 Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
                 Reported Features Contributor | Romper
                 www.abigailwise.com
                 @abigailwise
                 (651) 324-7341
                 Subscribe to my newsletter

             --
             Jackie Snow
             239.404.9698
             www.jsnowphoto.com

     --
     Kassondra Cloos
     @kassondracloos
     kassondracloos.com

 --
 Jackie Snow
 239.404.9698
 www.jsnowphoto.com  

                     --
                     Abigail Wise

                     Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
                     Reported Features Contributor | Romper
                     www.abigailwise.com
                     @abigailwise
                     (651) 324-7341
                     Subscribe to my newsletter

                 --
                 Kassondra Cloos
                 @kassondracloos
                 kassondracloos.com

         --
         Abigail Wise

         Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
         Reported Features Contributor | Romper
         www.abigailwise.com
         @abigailwise
         (651) 324-7341
         Subscribe to my newsletter

     --
     Kassondra Cloos
     @kassondracloos
     kassondracloos.com

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 08:11:07PM -0600, Abhay Natu wrote:
...
  I meant to send this to you all  it ended up only
sending it to Kassondra. My apologies.

 Abhay
 p.s. I hope those of you in the Boulder area are unaffected by the wildfire!

 Hello,

 I would love to join you on the 26th 4-6 pm. I am in Colorado Springs so it's a bit
of a drive but I'll try to be there.
 As a background, I am not a big editor on English Wikipedia but I do have prolific (if I
may say so myself) editing  on Marathi
 Wikipedia. I'm also an admin and a 'crat there.
 I'm hoping to hook into offline activities in Colorado and try to grow it all over
the state.

 Thank you for putting this together!

 Hope to see you soon.

 Cheers,

 Abhay

 On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:43 PM, Kassondra Cloos &lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

     Hi everyone,

     We're coming up on the event Abby and I are hosting at the end of the month, and
I want to circle back on all of this for some
     additional advice. 

     Abby and I had a great talk with Jackie about the editing event she hosted in New
York. She had some really useful insight for
     us on on the intricacies of writing and editing on Wikipedia, and we realized there
is a lot we don't know. For example, we
     were both thinking we could give people a list of women who need pages, and send them
off to start researching them, but Jackie
     mentioned that those articles could get deleted by more senior editors if they're
written by folks just starting out. We want
     to make sure we're setting people up with the knowledge and tools they need to
build up their experience and become lifelong
     editors who will regularly add citations, and, hopefully, some day write
well-researched entries on important women as they see
     needs.

     I think Pharos said you're all based in the Boulder area? If so, we'd love to
meet up with one (or all!) of you to learn how we
     can be a useful resource for the folks attending our event in two weeks. Abby is out
of town right now, but I believe she's
     coming back next week. My schedule is completely open then, and I'm also
available this weekend if that works best for anyone.
     We'd love a bit of a primer on how to get started as editors, and a run-through
of the system so that we can give accurate
     advice during our event.

     Also, if any of you are interested in joining us at Sanitas for our "Outdoor
Women of Wikipedia" event, we'd love to have you
     all! Jackie mentioned that Erika was an incredible--and necessary--resource for her
event, and we will certainly take all the
     help and expertise we can get. 

     Thank you so much, everyone, and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

     Best,
     Kassondra

     P.S. Apologies if I've left someone out here! This chain grew pretty quickly and
I thought it would be simpler to reach out to
     the Colorado folks directly, but please feel free to pass this message along to
anyone else in the Wiki community. 

     On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

         Hey everyone,

         Yes to the 3:30 call tomorrow.

         We'll be at Sanitas Brewery on March 26 from 4-6pm. One thing to note: We
probably don't want to spread the word too widely
         as we have to cap the guest list at 35.

         Thanks,

         Abby
         [t]ᐧ

         On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Neal McBurnett &lt;neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us&gt;
wrote:

             Thanks folks!

             I got in the conversation late.  What is the time / place / venue / plan you
have in mind?

             Cheers,

             Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/

             On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 01:27:08AM +0000, Jackie Snow wrote:
  3:30/5:30 sounds great for me. And definitely
starting with me and figuring out where you are in the process and what             
help you need
  sounds like a plan. Feel free to break us off
into another thread if you set up a conference line (otherwise I'll             
just expect a
  ring!).

 On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:06 PM Kassondra Cloos &lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

     Hi everyone,

     Sorry for the delay in my response! Thank you so much for connecting us to so many
resources and people willing              to help. Abby
      and Jackie, Wednesday at 3 or 4 MT works for
me, too--let's say 3:30? I'm happy to set up a conference line and          
   send you the
      call-in number. 

     Richard, we weren't planning this in conjunction with the Art + Feminism
campaign, because we hadn't realized              that was
      happening. I'm so glad to hear
there's a larger movement. Our edit-a-thon sounds like it's aligned with the
             campaign, and I
      don't see any events on that list yet
that are in Boulder. 

     One slight variation is that we have been planning to put an outdoor spin on this
event, since we live in a              community full of
      adventure writers and people who work in the
outdoor industry. We have started a list of women who fit this              category
and are
      not yet recognized on Wikipedia. Beyond that,
we have picked a date, time, and venue, but have not yet started             
spreading the
      word. Jackie, I'm really looking forward
to hearing how you got people excited about this and dedicated to             
following through at
      HGF's event. Perhaps we should start
there and then we'll circle back with the rest of you on any questions we       
      may have?

     Neal, Isarra, Clif, and Abhay, it's nice to meet you! Do you know of any similar
edit-a-thons happening in              Boulder in the
      coming month that might be in the early
stages, like ours is?

     Thank you so much, everyone!
     Kassondra

     On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:55 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

         Hi all,

         I'd like to introduce you to Neal, Isarra, Clif and Abhay, who are all I
think more or less Boulder-based.

         Is your edit-a-thon part of the Art+Feminism campaign in March, or does it have
another focus?

         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism

         Thanks,
         Richard
         (User:Pharos)

         On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

             That would be 5pm my time so 3 p.m. MT or even 4 would be fine.

             On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:26 AM Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

                 Thanks so much for all of this helpful information, Erika and Jackie! And
nice to connect with you,              Richard!

                 Jackie, if we'd still like to hop on a call, Wednesday works well for
me, too, but it would need to              be after 3 p.m.
                  MT. Kassondra, I know you are
traveling this weekend, so let us know when you're available when you           
  get back to
                  email!

                 Thanks again, everyone,

                 Abby
                 [t]ᐧ

                 On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Erika Herzog
&lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

                     Hi Kassondra,

                     Apologies for delay in responding.

                     I think there's a Meetup group in Boulder -- you might be able to
reach out to some of the people              who attend
                      and/or organize the events:
                     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder

                     And this Facebook group:
                     https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipedia.boulder

                     And a Wiki mailing list:
                     https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimedia-US-CO

                     I suspect you might already know about these.

                     I'm cc'ing Richard, WM NYC's President, who has a great
network of people knowledge within the              Wikimedia /
                      Wikipedia community -- he
might be able to provide more specific connection info.

                     Is your editathon part of Art+Feminism? They have a coordinator now,
and I'm sure might have some              collective
                      materials and might be able
to provide assistance.

                     If I can skillshare or help at all, let me know. I provide
administrative assistance to a lot of              different
                      initiatives on Wikipedia and
if I can help would be happy to do so.

                     Might be helpful to have more specifics / details about the
editathon, etc. :-)

                     Best,

                     - Erika

                     Erika Herzog
                     erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com
                     erika.herzog(a)gmail.com
                     +1-212-749-9601 (cell and home)

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                      From: Kassondra Cloos
&lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     To: Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt;om>; Abigail Wise
&lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     Cc: Erika Herzog &lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt;
                     Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:38 AM
                     Subject: Re: Boulder Wiki event

                     Thank you, Jackie! 

                     I'm copying Abby Wise here, who is co-hosting the Boulder
edit-a-thon. I'll be out of town for              the next few
                      days, but my schedule is
pretty flexible next week. I'd love to find a time we can all talk             
together. We're
                      really excited about this! 

                     On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Jackie Snow
&lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

                         Hi Kassondra,
                         So cool about your event. I'd be happy to hop on a call for
any questions. I'm connecting you              to Erika
                          here, who is part of
Wikimedia NYC and the event would have been impossible without her help             
and knowledge.
                          Erika, Kassondra got in
touch with HGF and is planning their own edit-a-thon in Boulder for             
next month. Is
                          there a Wikimedia chapter
out there?
                         --
                         Jackie Snow
                         239.404.9698
                         www.jsnowphoto.com

                     --
                     Kassondra Cloos
                     @kassondracloos
                     kassondracloos.com

                 --
                 Abigail Wise

                 Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
                 Reported Features Contributor | Romper
                 www.abigailwise.com
                 @abigailwise
                 (651) 324-7341
                 Subscribe to my newsletter

             --
             Jackie Snow
             239.404.9698
             www.jsnowphoto.com

     --
     Kassondra Cloos
     @kassondracloos
     kassondracloos.com

 --
 Jackie Snow
 239.404.9698
 www.jsnowphoto.com  

         --
         Abigail Wise

         Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
         Reported Features Contributor | Romper
         www.abigailwise.com
         @abigailwise
         (651) 324-7341
         Subscribe to my newsletter

     --
     Kassondra Cloos
     @kassondracloos
     kassondracloos.com

 --
 Keep it simple.
 As simple as possible.
 But no simpler. --- A. Einstein 
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 02:12:07AM +0000, Isarra Yos wrote:
...
  Oh, awesome.

 -I

 On 20/03/17 02:11, Abhay Natu wrote:

     I meant to send this to you all  it ended up only sending it to Kassondra. My
apologies.

     Abhay
     p.s. I hope those of you in the Boulder area are unaffected by the wildfire!

     Hello,

     I would love to join you on the 26th 4-6 pm. I am in Colorado Springs so it's a
bit of a drive but I'll try to be there.
     As a background, I am not a big editor on English Wikipedia but I do have prolific
(if I may say so myself) editing  on Marathi
     Wikipedia. I'm also an admin and a 'crat there.
     I'm hoping to hook into offline activities in Colorado and try to grow it all
over the state.

     Thank you for putting this together!

     Hope to see you soon.

     Cheers,

     Abhay

     On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:43 PM, Kassondra Cloos &lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

         Hi everyone,

         We're coming up on the event Abby and I are hosting at the end of the month,
and I want to circle back on all of this for
         some additional advice. 

         Abby and I had a great talk with Jackie about the editing event she hosted in New
York. She had some really useful insight
         for us on on the intricacies of writing and editing on Wikipedia, and we realized
there is a lot we don't know. For
         example, we were both thinking we could give people a list of women who need
pages, and send them off to start researching
         them, but Jackie mentioned that those articles could get deleted by more senior
editors if they're written by folks just
         starting out. We want to make sure we're setting people up with the knowledge
and tools they need to build up their
         experience and become lifelong editors who will regularly add citations, and,
hopefully, some day write well-researched
         entries on important women as they see needs.

         I think Pharos said you're all based in the Boulder area? If so, we'd
love to meet up with one (or all!) of you to learn
         how we can be a useful resource for the folks attending our event in two weeks.
Abby is out of town right now, but I
         believe she's coming back next week. My schedule is completely open then, and
I'm also available this weekend if that works
         best for anyone. We'd love a bit of a primer on how to get started as
editors, and a run-through of the system so that we
         can give accurate advice during our event.

         Also, if any of you are interested in joining us at Sanitas for our "Outdoor
Women of Wikipedia" event, we'd love to have
         you all! Jackie mentioned that Erika was an incredible--and necessary--resource
for her event, and we will certainly take
         all the help and expertise we can get. 

         Thank you so much, everyone, and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

         Best,
         Kassondra

         P.S. Apologies if I've left someone out here! This chain grew pretty quickly
and I thought it would be simpler to reach out
         to the Colorado folks directly, but please feel free to pass this message along
to anyone else in the Wiki community. 

         On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

             Hey everyone,

             Yes to the 3:30 call tomorrow.

             We'll be at Sanitas Brewery on March 26 from 4-6pm. One thing to note: We
probably don't want to spread the word too
             widely as we have to cap the guest list at 35.

             Thanks,

             Abby
             [t]ᐧ

             On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Neal McBurnett
&lt;neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us&gt; wrote:

                 Thanks folks!

                 I got in the conversation late.  What is the time / place / venue / plan
you have in mind?

                 Cheers,

                 Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/

                 On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 01:27:08AM +0000, Jackie Snow wrote:
  3:30/5:30 sounds great for me. And definitely
starting with me and figuring out where you are in the process and                 
what help you need
  sounds like a plan. Feel free to break us off
into another thread if you set up a conference line (otherwise I'll             
    just expect a
  ring!).

 On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:06 PM Kassondra Cloos &lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

     Hi everyone,

     Sorry for the delay in my response! Thank you so much for connecting us to so many
resources and people                  willing to help. Abby
      and Jackie, Wednesday at 3 or 4 MT works for
me, too--let's say 3:30? I'm happy to set up a conference line              
   and send you the
      call-in number. 

     Richard, we weren't planning this in conjunction with the Art + Feminism
campaign, because we hadn't realized                  that was
      happening. I'm so glad to hear
there's a larger movement. Our edit-a-thon sounds like it's aligned with the
                 campaign, and I
      don't see any events on that list yet
that are in Boulder. 

     One slight variation is that we have been planning to put an outdoor spin on this
event, since we live in a                  community full of
      adventure writers and people who work in the
outdoor industry. We have started a list of women who fit this                 
category and are
      not yet recognized on Wikipedia. Beyond that,
we have picked a date, time, and venue, but have not yet                  started
spreading the
      word. Jackie, I'm really looking forward
to hearing how you got people excited about this and dedicated to                 
following through at
      HGF's event. Perhaps we should start
there and then we'll circle back with the rest of you on any questions          
       we may have?

     Neal, Isarra, Clif, and Abhay, it's nice to meet you! Do you know of any similar
edit-a-thons happening in                  Boulder in the
      coming month that might be in the early
stages, like ours is?

     Thank you so much, everyone!
     Kassondra

     On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:55 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

         Hi all,

         I'd like to introduce you to Neal, Isarra, Clif and Abhay, who are all I
think more or less                  Boulder-based.

         Is your edit-a-thon part of the Art+Feminism campaign in March, or does it have
another focus?

         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism

         Thanks,
         Richard
         (User:Pharos)

         On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

             That would be 5pm my time so 3 p.m. MT or even 4 would be fine.

             On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:26 AM Abigail Wise &lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

                 Thanks so much for all of this helpful information, Erika and Jackie! And
nice to connect with                  you, Richard!

                 Jackie, if we'd still like to hop on a call, Wednesday works well for
me, too, but it would need                  to be after 3 p.m.
                  MT. Kassondra, I know you are
traveling this weekend, so let us know when you're available when               
  you get back to
                  email!

                 Thanks again, everyone,

                 Abby
                 [t]ᐧ

                 On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Erika Herzog
&lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

                     Hi Kassondra,

                     Apologies for delay in responding.

                     I think there's a Meetup group in Boulder -- you might be able to
reach out to some of the                  people who attend
                      and/or organize the events:
                     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder

                     And this Facebook group:
                     https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipedia.boulder

                     And a Wiki mailing list:
                     https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimedia-US-CO

                     I suspect you might already know about these.

                     I'm cc'ing Richard, WM NYC's President, who has a great
network of people knowledge within                  the Wikimedia /
                      Wikipedia community -- he
might be able to provide more specific connection info.

                     Is your editathon part of Art+Feminism? They have a coordinator now,
and I'm sure might have                  some collective
                      materials and might be able
to provide assistance.

                     If I can skillshare or help at all, let me know. I provide
administrative assistance to a lot                  of different
                      initiatives on Wikipedia and
if I can help would be happy to do so.

                     Might be helpful to have more specifics / details about the
editathon, etc. :-)

                     Best,

                     - Erika

                     Erika Herzog
                     erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com
                     erika.herzog(a)gmail.com
                     +1-212-749-9601 (cell and home)

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                      From: Kassondra Cloos
&lt;kassondracloos(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     To: Jackie Snow &lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt;om>; Abigail Wise
&lt;abwise12(a)gmail.com&gt;
                     Cc: Erika Herzog &lt;erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com&gt;
                     Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:38 AM
                     Subject: Re: Boulder Wiki event

                     Thank you, Jackie! 

                     I'm copying Abby Wise here, who is co-hosting the Boulder
edit-a-thon. I'll be out of town                  for the next few
                      days, but my schedule is
pretty flexible next week. I'd love to find a time we can all talk              
   together. We're
                      really excited about this! 

                     On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Jackie Snow
&lt;jaclynrisa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

                         Hi Kassondra,
                         So cool about your event. I'd be happy to hop on a call for
any questions. I'm connecting                  you to Erika
                          here, who is part of
Wikimedia NYC and the event would have been impossible without her                 
help and knowledge.
                          Erika, Kassondra got in
touch with HGF and is planning their own edit-a-thon in Boulder                  for
next month. Is
                          there a Wikimedia chapter
out there?
                         --
                         Jackie Snow
                         239.404.9698
                         www.jsnowphoto.com

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                     Kassondra Cloos
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                     kassondracloos.com

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                 Abigail Wise

                 Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
                 Reported Features Contributor | Romper
                 www.abigailwise.com
                 @abigailwise
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             Jackie Snow
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             www.jsnowphoto.com

     --
     Kassondra Cloos
     @kassondracloos
     kassondracloos.com

 --
 Jackie Snow
 239.404.9698
 www.jsnowphoto.com  

             --
             Abigail Wise

             Senior Editor | REI's Adventure Projects
             Reported Features Contributor | Romper
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             @abigailwise
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