You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community this coming week for
our ***first NYC Hacking Night*** at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen,
Manhattan. This event is intended primarily for technical contributors,
though newcomers are welcome as well!
Wednesday Dec 6:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Hacking_Night_2023
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Wikimedia NYC, the 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting Wikipedia and related
projects in the metro area, is hiring our founding Executive Director,
apply here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City/Jobs
Feel free to spread this notice to any friends, colleagues or communities
who you think might be a good fit.
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Thanks,
Richard Knipel
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
WikiWednesday this coming week, and also a job notice -
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday
Salon, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as
well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at
all is required. All are welcome!
Wednesday Nov 23:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/November_2023
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Wikimedia NYC, the 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting Wikipedia and related
projects in the metro area, is hiring our founding Executive Director,
apply here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City/Jobs
Feel free to spread this notice to any friends, colleagues or communities
who you think might be a good fit.
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Thanks,
Richard Knipel
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
You are invited to a pair of exciting Wikimedia NYC events over the coming
two weekends!
==Weekend of Oct 21-22: Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House NY==
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Wiki.NYC
Pavilion for Open House New York at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen,
Manhattan. The event will feature several interactive exhibits highlighting
the "wiki way" for New York City
Saturday, October 21 & Sunday, October 22 (optional RSVP on-wiki).
10:00 am – 6:30 pm (come by any time, either or both days!)
Prime Produce Guild Hall, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
RSVP on-wiki here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki.NYC_Pavilionhttps://ohny.org/place/wiki-nyc-pavilion-prime-produce-guild-hall/
==Sun Oct 29: Wikidata Day==
Additionally, you are invited to Wikidata Day in New York City at Butler
Library, Columbia University, in celebration of Wikidata's 11th birthday.
This coincides with the online/global WikidataCon 2023 and is a sequel to
Wikidata Day 2022. The event will feature a Harlem Arts & Culture
edit-a-thon, spotlight sessions, lightning talks, and cake!
Sunday, October 29, 2023 Wikidata Day in New York City (RSVP required on
Eventbrite and optional on-wiki).
11:00 am – 5:15 pm
Butler Library (Room 203), 535 West 114th Street, Morningside Heights
RSVP off-wiki is required!
See the event page for a tentative schedule.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata_Day_2023
RSVP off-wiki here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikidata-day-nyc-2023-tickets-735689496087
RSVP on-wiki here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata_Day_2023#Sign_u…
***And please add your ideas for 3-5 minute lightning talks here:***
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata_Day_2023#Lightn…
Let us know if you have any questions or ideas about these two upcoming
wiki-events!
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on the afternoon of
Sunday October 1 for our Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Edit-a-thon, with
in-person at Prime Produce Guild Hall in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Hispanic-Latinx_Heritage…
Help write and improve wiki articles about culture, history, biographies,
civic issues, even cuisine! Contributions on English Wikipedia and Spanish
Wikipedia are both welcomed (as well as any other language, because it is
wiki).
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This event is being held in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month
(Sep 15–Oct 15), and will include lunch and refreshments for participants.
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Some past local edit-a-thons touching on this area have included the two
editions of Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte at MoMA in 2015-16, and the CUNY
LaGuardia translat-a-thons held annually since 2018.
Meeting info:
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Sunday, October 1 Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon!
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
(424 West 54th Street, Prime Produce Guild Hall, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan)
Alternatively, you can sign up for the edit-a-thon on Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-workshop-for-hispaniclatinx-heritage…
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Please share with your friends and communities who might be interested, all
are welcome and no experience is needed!
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Please join Wikimedia NYC for our Members’ Meeting <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Election_2023> on
September 20, 2023. The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday
meetups, except that its primary function is to elect a new Board of
Directors.
We will elect five or so board seats. After being elected, those elected
can potentially appoint more seats.
If you've been active in the chapter and looking for ways to deepen your
engagement, consider putting yourself forward! If you know someone who you
think would be a good fit for the Wikimedia NYC Board, encourage them to
self-nominate, too! The deadline to nominate yourself is September 13.
Voting (open to all chapter members) will be via a secure third party
service, and will be possible both online and in-person, in a period
starting a couple of days before. Your email address will be required to
vote in order to validate members, but your vote itself will be anonymous.
The meetup page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Election_2023> has some
additional information for prospective candidates.
Please respond directly to this email if you have any questions about the
election or running for chapter board.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Please register by Friday with your passport info (because we are crossing
the Canadian border!) to join the Wiki-Train to WikiConference North
America in Toronto this November.
There will be two group trips, one from NYC to Toronto on Nov 8, and
another from Toronto to NYC on Nov 13. You can join for one or both.
Here is the Google form for the passport info, fill it out by Friday Sep 8:
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https://train.wikinyc.org
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We need to submit the form to Amtrak this week, but can change later, so if
you're possibly interested, I'd encourage you to fill it out!
Friends, partners and family are welcome on the Wiki-Train as well at the
same discounted rate, and their info should be filled in too, as long as
they plan to participate in WikiConference North America as well.
Please respond directly to this email if you have any questions about the
wiki-train.
More train details here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Toronto_Wiki-Train
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Weather is looking fine today for "the picnic anyone can edit" on Governors
Island, at Colonel's Row by ArtCrawl Harlem house from 2-7pm, as part of
the Great North American Wiknic celebrations (and Wikimania satellite
events) being held across the continent.
This is the first big summer Wiknic since the 2019 edition and will feature
an edit-a-thon focused on Governors Island and ArtCrawl Harlem, Depths of
Wikipedia (recently of perpetual stew fame), as well as plenty more food
topics drawing on the potluck ethos. All are welcome, new and experienced!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic_2023
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct, and hope to
see you there!
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Join us Saturday July 29! Come to the New York Botanical Garden this
Saturday, noon-3pm. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
Want to learn how to add your local park to Wikipedia? Want to learn how to
add information about the environment to Wikipedia?
There will be tutorials, editing, snacks and two short talks, one on City
Island Oyster Reef and one on the Hutchinson River Restoration Project.
Wikimedia NYC is honored to be co-hosting the Edit-a-thon event at the New
York Botanical Garden. Titled “Environment of the Bronx - Editing Wikipedia
for Beginners” we will be focusing on the theme of the environment of the
Bronx and teaching beginners how to use Wikipedia. We will be working off
of task lists prepared by the Environment of New York City Task Force. The
event is in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which is a historic building at
the NYBG. This Saturday *free* 12p-3p. There will be a nature walk after
the Wikipedia editing.
You can sign up on Wikipedia or at the NYBG website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/NYBG_July_2023https://www.nybg.org/event/wikipedia-environment-of-the-bronx-edit-a-thon/
Reach out with any questions and please share with anyone you think might
be interested.
Thank you,
Wil
Wil Fyfordy
Volunteer organizer with Wikimedia New York City
Environment of New York City Task Force founder
Flyer"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYBG_Editathon_flyer_July_2023.jpg
You're invited to ***WikiWednesday Salon***, next week on the evening of
July 19 at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/July_2023
Whether you are a reader of Wikipedia, or are interested in participating
through writing, editing, photography, or data, all are welcome and at all
levels of experience. We're here to answer all of your wiki questions, and
to help you with any community project to build up better coverage of local
and global topics.
We are proud to announce that monthly nosh has returned!
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition,
to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to
respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if
appropriate. Prime Produce encourages the wearing of masks when indoors,
and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.
WikiWednesday Salon, July 19
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Open Hour)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Wiki Salon)
You can also watch and ask questions via Zoom on Wednesday evening, use
this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85212519478
Feel free to reply directly to this email if you have any questions about
the meetup.
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P.S. New York Botanical Garden Edit-a-thon
Date: Saturday, July 29th, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Address: LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The Bronx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/NYBG_July_2023
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P.S.S. Check out plans for WikiConference North America in Nov 2023, submit
a talk proposal, and sign up to join us on the Wiki-Train to Toronto!
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2023/Main_Pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Toronto_Wiki-Train
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Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
You're invited to ***WikiWednesday Salon***, next week on the evening of
June 21 at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/June_2023
Whether you are a reader of Wikipedia, or are interested in participating
through writing, editing, photography, or data, all are welcome and at all
levels of experience. We're here to answer all of your wiki questions, and
to help you with any community project to build up better coverage of local
and global topics.
We are proud to announce that monthly nosh has returned!
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition,
to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to
respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if
appropriate. Prime Produce encourages the wearing of masks when indoors,
and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.
WikiWednesday Salon, June 21
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Open Hour)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Wiki Salon)
You can also watch and ask questions via Zoom on Wednesday evening, use
this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85212519478
Feel free to reply directly to this email if you have any questions about
the meetup.
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P.S. Check out plans for WikiConference North America in Nov 2023, submit a
talk proposal, and sign up to join us on the Wiki-Train to Toronto!
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2023/Main_Pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Toronto_Wiki-Train
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Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
