Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2016-06
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The June 2016 NYC WikiWednesday salon and skill-share with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (video hour at start, 6-7pm) at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
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DateWednesday, June 15, 2016
Time7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
AddressBabycastles
137 W 14th Street
(between 6th and 7th Avenues)
2nd Floor
137 W 14th Street
(between 6th and 7th Avenues)
2nd Floor
City, StateNew York City, New York 10011
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| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
| Time | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
| Address | Babycastles 137 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) 2nd Floor |
| City, State | New York City, New York 10011 |
Details
- Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
- Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Babycastles. 137 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), 2nd Floor, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011 40°44′17.5″N 73°59′54.5″W
- Subway:
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 7th Avenue)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 8th Avenue)
- Bus: M1, M2, M3, M14A, M14D, X1, X7, X9, X10, X12, X17, X27, X28 buses
- Accessibility: Let us know if we should set up the manual elevator for this meetup.
- Hashtag: #WikiWednesday
- After the main meeting: Food and refreshments and video games in the gallery
- Meetup link: WikimediaNYC @ Meetup
- Etherpad: WikiWed-2016-06
Agenda
Bring your own ideas!
- 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Introductions for visitors
- Newcomer's Wiki Workshop!
- 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Meeting, Part I (roundtable on ongoing projects)
- 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Meeting, Part II (new project proposals and ideas)
Chapter business
Check in - ongoing projects
| August 2026 +/- | |
|---|---|
| San Diego 137 Wiknic | August 1, 2026 |
| San Diego 138 edit-a-thon | August 2, 2026 |
| Kitchener, Ontario | August 8, 2026 |
| London 231 | August 9, 2026 |
| US Mountain West online | August 11, 2026 |
| Christchurch 48 | August 15, 2026 |
| Bay Area Wikisalon | August 18, 2026 |
| Seattle Wiknic | August 22, 2026 |
| September 2026 +/- | |
| San Diego 139 | September 12, 2026 |
| Christchurch 49 | September 13, 2026 |
| Seattle meetup | September 15, 2026 |
| Riverside 4 (Temecula) | September 19, 2026 |
| Edinburgh 29 | September 26, 2026 |
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- Recent edit-a-thons
- Wiki-classes this semester
- Committee selection has begun. Please join a committee!
- Action items & next steps
- Slack or email for communication?
New and upcoming projects
- Upcoming events:
- New York Botanical Garden Edit-a-thon, 1-6pm (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)
- AfroCROWD / Americorps VISTA PAVE Juneteenth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Happiness Lab at The Grove (New Haven, CT) (Friday, June 17, 2016)
- Wikimedia Diversity Conference in Washington, DC (June 17-18, 2016)
- AfroCROWD Wikipedia Editing Lab @ Brooklyn Public Library (Sunday, June 19, 2016)
- AfroCROWD joins Central Brooklyn Arts & Culture Walk @ Brooklyn Public Library (Sunday, June 26, 2016)
- Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (Wednesday, June 29, 2016) – part of Wiki Loves Pride
- Great American Wiknic @ Central Park (Sunday, July 10, 2016) – part of Great American Wiknic
Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions
Lightning talks
5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
Sign up here!
- Wikipedia Asian Month and Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University (maybe 5 minutes each) -- AddisWang (talk) from Wikimedia User Group China
Food tonight
Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016-06 WikiWednesday.
- Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
- Wikimedia New York City
- Free Culture Alliance NYC
Sign up
- You can also RSVP at our Meetup.com page.
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Regrets
- Becksguy (talk) 06:39, 4 June 2016 (UTC) - Out of town.
- Robert Greer (talk) 13:55, 14 June 2016 (UTC) in the boondocks
Likely attendees
- Pharos (talk) 14:45, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
- Lange.lea (talk) 19:08, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
- kosboot (talk) 13:03, 7 June 2016 (UTC) (finally one I can attend)
- Roman Spinner (talk) 17:51, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
- Mary Gaulke (talk) 01:30, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- AddisWang (talk) 02:26, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- Mozucat (talk) 19:17, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
- Megs (talk) 14:58, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- BlaueBlüte (talk) 19:39, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- Tomlzz1 (talk) 20:36, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- BrillLyle (talk) 23:56, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- Aliceba (talk) 10:02, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- Jim.henderson (talk) 11:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:08, 16 June 2016 (UTC)