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Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/2013 GLAM Cafe[edit]

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Possible messages:

  • Wikipedians are invited to the GLAM Café at the Chemical Heritage Foundation to meet, talk, and edit. We provide the space, the coffee, and the snacks: you provide ideas and enthusiasm! On the second Tuesday of each month, starting November 12, 2013.

Date range required:

  • This is a monthly event; the first is November 12, 2013, but it will repeat.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: We hope to build up an ongoing group of editors. Getting the word out to as many area people as possible will be a help. Thanks so much for all the work you do managing this.
  • User requesting: -- Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:16, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

  •  Done, DC-NY. It's tricky to run a repeating notice (we basically have to create it anew each month). Could you drop by and put in another request, say, 25th November so we don't forget? Andrew Gray (talk) 20:27, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed the end date on this one: it was earlier than the start date, so I suspect that the message wasn't being shown at all. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:56, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]


m:Meetup/Billings/1[edit]

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Date range required:

  • Before January 5th

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup
  • User requesting: --Tbennert (talk) 18:33, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  •  Done - will run from 15/12 onwards. I've gone for Billings (45.7, -108.5) +- a degree in all directions. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:26, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia at the Museum in Boulder, Colorado[edit]

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Date range required:

  • Until December 14.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Local meetup
  • User requesting: Gaurav (talk) 20:54, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

BBC voice project[edit]

Locations required:

  • Centred on London, England; covering sensible commuting distance.

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to help select and upload extracts of notable people's voices, from BBC radio programmes, at "Speakerthon", in the Media Cafe, New Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, on Saturday, 18 January 2014 between 10am and 5pm.

Date range required:

  • ASAP, until January 17, 2014

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Event notification
  • User requesting: Andy Mabbett

Discussion

Wiki Loves Libraries in Vancouver, Washington[edit]

Locations required:

  • Portland, Oregon
  • Vancouver, Washington

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Date range required:

  • ASAP, until November 17, 2013

Misc info:

Discussion

Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2013 in Boulder, Colorado[edit]

Locations required:

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Date range required:

  • Until November 16.

Misc info:

Discussion

Wiki takes the Tube, 9th November[edit]

London and the south East of England

Date range now until the 9th Nov

Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#November 12, 2013[edit]

Locations required:

  • Western half of the State of Washington.

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Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: recruiting
  • User requesting: Pine✉ 18:43, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion  Done --Rschen7754 07:57, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Moscow, Idaho edit-a-thon[edit]

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Possible messages:

  • Come join the University of Idaho Library for a Wikipedia workshop and Idaho-themed edit-a-thon as part of Open Access Week! (site)

Date range required:

  • Now? Sorry, I was only just informed that geonotices existed.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To increase participation
  • User requesting: Alex Kyrios (talk) 20:01, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion I hope the external link thing has gotten sorted out...

  • Apologies - only spotted this tonight! Looks like we're too late. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:10, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago 8[edit]

Locations required:

  • Chicago metro area

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the Chicago meetup on October 26 at the Pritzker Military Library to enjoy camaraderie, collaboration, and food with newbies and experienced editors alike!

Date range required:

  • as soon as possible - 10/26

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: We want more attendees to sign up!
  • User requesting: Keilana|Parlez ici 05:19, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

EduWiki Conference 2013[edit]

Locations required:

  • UK
  • Wales in particular

Possible messages:

  • An inspiring conference for anyone interested in Education and Wikipedia on 1-2 November 2013, Cardiff - do join us. Discounts available.

Date range required:

  • 21-27 October 2013

Misc info:

Discussion

Train the Trainers event[edit]

Locations required'

  • Wales, UK
  • west of England

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Date range required:

  • 21 October 2013 - 11 November 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:

This is an ideal training for existing editors, and needs more promotion to get attendees

Discussion

  •  Done Andrew Gray (talk) 22:54, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     Not done for now. I've commented this one out as it's not working - I believe the issue is that we can't use external links. The old link wmuk:, also doesn't work because wmuk has moved to a new database. WormTT(talk) 08:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Is there any workaround this? This really needs extra push, otherwise there will not be enough attendees. Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) 09:54, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The more I look, the less sure I am that it can work with an external link in the form []. I could be missing something obvious, but it replaces [[ ]] links with an html anchor tag to the page, I don't see it doing anything similar to external links. As for what to do, the simplest solution would be to get wmuk:Training_the_Trainers/November_2013_event to point to the right place. That means fixing the interwiki link for "wmuk:", which Katie Chan requested at the end of September. The only problem is the interwiki cache hasn't been flushed since the 10th September, so we'll need to find someone who can do that. I've pinged Reedy, who was involved in the last two so he might know how (he's a WMF Dev I think). Not had a response yet. WormTT(talk) 10:03, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    A solution in the meantime is to have a wikilink to somewhere that would work, and a soft-redirect across. WormTT(talk) 10:14, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Why not use <a href="https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/November_2013_event">23-24 November 2013 in Cardiff</a> --Redrose64 (talk) 12:50, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Because, if it's bloody obvious, I don't think of it. *head desk* WormTT(talk) 13:09, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to let someone else do it, I seem to be mucking up when I try to use the a tag. WormTT(talk) 13:16, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Worm That Turned: when you say "it's not working" (08:00, 21 October 2013), what is not working? Is it displaying as plain text without markup, as text with unprocessed markup, or something else? --Redrose64 (talk) 15:57, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've never tried a direct html link - perhaps just insufficient escape slashes? FWIW, we've had external links in the past, but this is the first problem reported... on the other hand, they've never been displayed in areas I've looked at so I can't actually confirm they worked ;-) Andrew Gray (talk) 21:37, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The technique has been used before - I've found this one. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:19, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
At one point it removed all other geonotices - at that point I gave up and just thought it'd be easier to let someone with more experience in the area play with it! I notice there's currently another external link, that might be worth looking at too WormTT(talk) 06:50, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, I've confirmed that both of the single-square-bracket techniques fail because they're output as plain text with visible Wikimarkup. The <a>...</a> method definitely now works for me: I made these changes: removal of some trailing spaces; adjustment of times from 00:00 to 00:01; eastern edge moved from 1°W to 0.1°W. Of these, I suspect the last one, for reasons given elsewhere. --Redrose64 (talk) 08:57, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • For what it's worth, the interwiki table have now been updated. Thanks WTT for pinging Reedy. -- KTC (talk) 13:39, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • minus Removed I've removed the notice since the event has been postponed. -- KTC (talk) 13:39, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Railways/National Railway Museum editathon[edit]

Locations required:Yorkshire, the North of England

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now till 5pm 18th Oct

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:

We have some spare places and this will be of interest to editors within a couple of hours of York

Discussion

  •  Done Andrew Gray (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I altered the southern edge from 52° to 51°, to get London (Charing Cross is 51.5° N, near as makes no odds). This is because some people in the UK get their broadband through a provider whose IP addresses geolocate to London, regardless of the true location of the subscriber. For example, PlusNet Technologies Ltd subscribers are apparently all at 51°30′0.00″N 0°7′48.00″W / 51.5000000°N 0.1300000°W / 51.5000000; -0.1300000 which is the Methodist Central Hall Westminster. --Redrose64 (talk) 07:28, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Art Nouveau editathon[edit]

Locations required:

  • Centred on London, England; covering sensible commuting distance.

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Date range required:

  • ASAP, until Dec 4, 2013

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Discussion

How's this? 

London20131204: 
{
   begin: '26 November 2013 00:00 UTC',
   end: '4 December 2013 17:00 UTC', 
   corners:[  [52.5, -1.5], [50, 2]  ],
   text: "You are invited to an [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Symbolism and Art Nouveau/London Editathon|Art Nouveau editathon]] on 4 December in London."
},

The box would be bounded by 52°30′N 1°30′W / 52.5°N 1.5°W / 52.5; -1.5 and 50°N 2°E / 50°N 2°E / 50; 2 --Redrose64 (talk) 14:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, thanks. Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 14:58, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done --Redrose64 (talk) 16:21, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:GLAM/University of California Davis Libraries/Events[edit]

locations

You are invited to a series of edit-a-thons at the UC Davis library, on Oct. 18, Nov. 2, and Nov. 15, focusing on California food, wine and farming... or any topic you like! New and experienced editors are welcome! details and signups here.

  • date range

now until Nov. 15

  • misc info
  • requesting to promote events for Wikipedia Loves Libraries
  • user requesting: phoebe / (talk to me) 02:13, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • discussion
  •  Done (with a bit of a guess on coordinates) Andrew Gray (talk) 18:38, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Open Access to Mass History[edit]

Locations required:

  • Massachusetts, state-wide

Possible messages:

  • Join us for Open Access to Massachusetts History, edit-a-thons from October 22nd - 24th at special collections and archives throughout Greater Boston. Celebrate Open Access Week and Wikipedia Loves Libraries by visiting local archives and improving Wikipedia's coverage of subjects like: the history of medicine, activism and social justice in Boston, the history of education in Massachusetts, local Cambridge history, or 19th century Bostonian philanthropists. Free and open to the public and all experience levels welcome; find a site and RSVP online.

Date range required:

  • Until October 24, 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Publicity for a series of edit-a-thons for Open Access/Wikipedia Loves Libraries Week.
  • User requesting: AmandaRR123 (talk) 15:55, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion Thank you!

  •  Done - I've cut down the text a bit, though. Andrew Gray (talk) 18:28, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I know it's way too late to fix, but I've just noticed that the coordinates are way off for this. They are [ [-73.5081, 41.2381] , [-69.9282, 42.8868] ], that is a box bounded by 73°30′29″S 41°14′17″E / 73.5081°S 41.2381°E / -73.5081; 41.2381 and 69°55′42″S 42°53′12″E / 69.9282°S 42.8868°E / -69.9282; 42.8868 or in other words, somewhere in Antarctica. I rather suspect that the west and north have been exchanged, and that they should have been [ [41.2381, -73.5081], [42.8868, -69.9282] ], a box bounded by 41°14′17″N 73°30′29″W / 41.2381°N 73.5081°W / 41.2381; -73.5081 and 42°53′12″N 69°55′42″W / 42.8868°N 69.9282°W / 42.8868; -69.9282 --Redrose64 (talk) 17:20, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/MHCMeetup2[edit]

Locations required:

  • [42.0, -72.0] [42.9, -73.0]

Possible messages:

  • Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS) at Mount Holyoke College is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Wednesday, October 23, in the Library's Stimson Room from 4:30 to 6pm. Celebrate Open Access Week by writing women into Wikipedia: RSVP here and join us!
  • Celebrate Open Access Week at Mount Holyoke College with a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in the Library's Stimson Room from 4:30 to 6 PM on October 23. Help us write women into Wikipedia: RSVP here and join us!

Date range required:

  • until October 23, 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Publicity for local Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Thanks in advance!
  • User requesting: Sarah Oelker Sarah Oelker (talk) 15:21, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America/2013/Denver[edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • Wikipedia Takes Denver this Saturday! Join us at RTD Market Street Station at 4pm to spend an evening with local Wikimedians and take photographs for the Wikimedia Commons.
  • Join us for Wikipedia Takes Denver this Saturday in Lower Downtown, Denver! We meet at RTD Market Street Station at 4pm, and spend an evening taking photographs for the Wikimedia Commons. Hang out with local Wikimedians!

Date range required:

  • Until Saturday, September 28 -- sorry for the late warning!

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Local event
  • User requesting: Gaurav (talk) 01:17, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  •  Done - thanks for including the coordinates! Andrew Gray (talk) 11:42, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/2013 September 27 ThatCamp[edit]

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Date range required:

  • until the end of Friday 27 September, 2013

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Discussion:

  •  Done - apologies for delay, I've been away for a few days. Andrew Gray (talk) 11:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ada Lovelace Day Women-in-STEM Edit-a-thon @ Brown University[edit]

Locations required: Southeast New England, centered on Providence, RI

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Oct 1 - 15

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Announce event to local Wikipedians, with the hopes of recruiting users who may not be keyed into Wikimedia New England event announcements
  • User requesting: Girona7 (talk) 02:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion Thanks!


Come Edit Wikipedia at the WeHo Library![edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the final in a series of three edit-a-thons at the West Hollywood Library. "Come edit Wikipedia" on September 21st. Show up any time between 1-5pm. Let's make this last one a biggie!

Date range required:

  • Now - September 21st, 2013

Misc info:

Discussion

Wiki Takes Atlanta[edit]

Locations required:

  • Atlanta, Georgia

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Date range required:

  • Sep 21 - 28

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:
  • User requesting: Mono 17:45, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/2013/Richmond[edit]

Locations required:

  • Richmond, Washington DC (there is no DC WTA event this year)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Sep 14 -21

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: announce WTA to local users
  • User requesting: Mono 16:49, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia Takes Baltimore[edit]

Locations required:

  • Baltimore, Washington DC area (there is no WTA meetup in DC this year)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Sep 14-21

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Announce WTA events to local users
  • User requesting: Mono 16:40, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia Takes St. Louis[edit]

Locations required:

  • St. Louis area

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Sep 14 - Sep 21, 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Announce WTA events to local users
  • User requesting: Mono 16:35, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn[edit]

New York City area

Possible messages: You're invited to Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn, a photo scavenger hunt on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Brooklyn Public Library's central branch by Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

Date range required: Sep 1 to Sep 7

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:

Announce WTA event to NYC area contributors. Mono 20:52, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Glasgow Women's library 16th Nov[edit]

Scotland or 2 hour journey time from Glasgow

Possible messages:

Date range required: Mid October to Mid November

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:

We haven't run many events in Scotland and a Geonotice will help make sure we have experienced participants.

Discussion

  •  Done. 15 Oct - 16 Nov, same area as the Scottish trustee notice. Andrew Gray (talk) 23:26, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia takes Berkeley[edit]

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  • Now through September 21

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Discussion

(I don't really know much about geonotices, I'd welcome suggestions for alternative messagess)

Come Edit Wikipedia at the WeHo Library![edit]

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Date range required:

  • Now - August 31st, 2013

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Discussion

  • Thank you!
  •  Done Only just noticed this now - apologies! Andrew Gray (talk) 23:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Monuments ZA launch event[edit]

Locations required:

  • South Africa

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to attend this year's launch of Wiki Loves Monuments South Africa on Sunday at 3:30pm for 4:00pm on the 1st September 2013 at the Prestwich Place Memorial in Cape Town, South Africa.

Date range required: Now until 1st September 2013.

Misc info:

Wikimedia ZA AGM invitation[edit]

Locations required:

  • South Africa

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to attend thi' year's Annual General Meeting for Wikimedia South Africa on Sunday at 10am the 1st September 2013 at the Prestwich Place Memorial in Cape Town, South Africa.

Date range required: Now until 1st September 2013.

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Conway hall editathon[edit]

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Date range required: Now until 8 August 2013.

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Looking for potential trustees in Scotland[edit]

Locations required:

  • Scotland

Possible messages:

  • Wikimedia UK are keen to recruit a trustee based in Scotland. If you're interested, see the charity's website for details.

Date range required:

Discussion

  •  Done. Up to 1 September, runs as far south as Carlisle (so you'll also be advertising to Northumbrians; can't be helped) Andrew Gray (talk) 17:45, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Minnesota Meetup[edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to a Minnesota Wikipedia meetup on August 3 at Lavvu Coffee House. See the meetup talk page for details and to sign up (not required).

Date range required:

  • Until August 3
  • User requesting: —innotata 01:46, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Come Edit Wikipedia at the WeHo Library![edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now - July 27th, 2013

Misc info:

Discussion

2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting[edit]

Locations required:

  • Eastern New York to Maine and everywhere in between.

Possible messages:

  • You are cordially invited to the 2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, on 20 July 2013 at the War Memorial in the Back Bay Fens. We will be talking about the future of the chapter, including GLAM, Wikipedia Loves Monuments, and where we want to go with our chapter in the future.

Date range required: Immediate - 20 July 2013.

Misc info:

Discussion:


Wikipedia:GLAM/ICE[edit]

Locations required:

  • London and commutable distance surrounding.

Possible messages:

Date range required: Immediate - 19 July 2013.

Misc info:

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field Notes[edit]

Locations required:

  • Washington, D.C. area

Possible messages:

  • The Field Book Project, a joint effort of the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, invites you to an edit-a-thon on the scientific field diaries at the Smithsonian on Friday, June 21, 10am-5pm. Please RSVP today!

Date range required:

  • ASAP through June 21

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:
  • User requesting: Dominic·t 15:36, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/2013 June 20[edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • now and until the end of Thursday 20 June, 2013 (Sorry for the short notice)

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Discussion:

  •  Done - I've moved it west enough to just encompass NYC Andrew Gray (talk)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Wiknic 2013[edit]

Locations required:

  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages:

  • Join Seattle's annual Wiknic, the Wikipedia picnic, at noon on Saturday June 22nd, 2013 at Gas Works Park in Fremont then see the Solstice Parade at 3pm! RSVP here!.

Date range required:

  • now and until the end of Saturday 22 June

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Seattle meetups have been monthly since 2010
  • User requesting: -- Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:08, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Meetup/Karachi 2[edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until May 26, 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: public meeting between Pakistani Wikipedians
  • User requesting: Saki (talk) 10:27, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

WT:Meetup/Minnesota[edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until June 1, again June 15-July 6 (will post again)

Misc info:

  • This is also to announce that monthly meetups are planned.
  • User requesting: —innotata 17:18, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape Town[edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until the end of Sunday May 26.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: community meeting, hopefully the the first of many for Cape Town Wikipedians and hopefully something we can turn into a regular event. Speical event as Victor Grigas will be in town.
  • User requesting: --Discott (talk) 13:46, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle[edit]

Locations required:

  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until the end of Tuesday May 14.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: regular monthly meeting which has been happening since 2010
  • User requesting: --Dennis Bratland (talk) 13:54, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

  •  Done - many apologies for not noticing this sooner! Andrew Gray (talk) 21:23, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:GLAM/NAGW, Walsall, England[edit]

Locations required:

  • Central England
  • East/central Wales

Possible messages:

  • A series of backstage pass tours and editathons will be held at The New Art Gallery, Walsall, throughout May and early June 2013. All welcome, but booking essential!
  • (alternative of your choosing)

Date range required:

  • ASAP - 1 June 2013

Misc info:

Discussion:


Wikipedia:GLAM/QSMM/event, Burnley, England[edit]

Locations required:

  • North & Middle England
  • Southern Scotland
  • North Wales

Possible messages:

  • A backstage pass tour and editathon will be held at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley, Lancashire, on 4 May 2013. All welcome, but booking essential!
  • (alternative of your choosing)

Date range required:

  • ASAP - 3 May 2013

Misc info:

Discussion


Wikipedia:Meetup/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill on Sunday, April 14[edit]

Locations required: Is it possible to include all of North Carolina? If not, I can narrow down to specific region.

Possible messages:

  • The North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hosting an "African Americans in North Carolina Edit-a-thon" on Sunday, April 14 from 1-5 pm at UNC's Wilson Library. Our goal is to improve and create Wikipedia articles about prominent African Americans and their contributions to our state. Sign up here!

Date range required:

  • March 24-April 14, 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Publicize public edit-a-thon.
  • User requesting: Czarinanc (talk) 13:53, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  •  Done - tightened it a little. As we need a box, I've included a good chunk of SC as well. Andrew Gray (talk) 15:23, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Nottingham[edit]

Locations required:

  • Nottingham and surrounding area (perhaps 5 miles?)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Immediately if possible, through 27 March. Sorry for the late notice, we did not know we would be able to invite non-conference participants! -Pete (talk) 00:54, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
A radius of 5 miles is very small. UK Meetups are usually geotargetted at the "rectangle" bounded by 60°N 9°W / 60°N 9°W / 60; -9 50°N 2°E / 50°N 2°E / 50; 2 which brings in the whole of the British Isles, except for western Ireland, most of the Shetland Isles and the southernmost parts of Cornwall. 5 miles wouldn't even bring in Ilkeston, which is within cycling distance. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
 Done I'm very much in favour of trying smaller notices again - shall we give it a shot? Arbitrary coordinates, [52.5, -0.75], [53.5, -1.5]. Andrew Gray (talk) 14:19, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Andrew! However, I've just arrived here, and I think this geonotice is getting preempted for me by one about Manchester (which I don't see listed here). It says:
  • Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There are forthcoming meetups in: Manchester, 6 April; Coventry, 7 April; and London, 14 April!
Do you know what's going on? (I am Nottingham at the National College. I'm happy to defer to local opinions about the radius -- I just didn't want to overreach! It's only a 2 hour session, so I thought maybe people wouldn't want to come from very far…) -Pete (talk) 16:36, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's down to where we can trace your IP address to (see #Technical details above). If it resolves to a point inside the "rectangle" bounded by 52°30′N 0°45′W / 52.5°N 0.75°W / 52.5; -0.75 53°24′N 1°30′W / 53.4°N 1.5°W / 53.4; -1.5 you should get both the Nottingham one and the Manchester/Coventry/London meetups one. If it's outside that rectangle, but inside the rectangle bounded by 60°N 9°W / 60°N 9°W / 60; -9 50°N 2°E / 50°N 2°E / 50; 2 you will get the Manchester/Coventry/London meetups one alone. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:54, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You can check what IP we think you're at using this service. The UK seems to be particularly strange for identifying location, for various reasons, which is why we've tended to go for the very broad areas - I was hoping this had been fixed, but apparently not. Andrew Gray (talk) 18:27, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've expanded the area a bit - now 4x5 degrees. Purge and try again? Andrew Gray (talk) 18:40, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I can see it in London now. :D KTC (talk) 19:01, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I am in Didcot, and I now see both the Nottingham one and the Manchester/Coventry/London meetups one immediately beneath. geoiplookup thinks that I am at 51°30′N 0°08′W / 51.5°N 0.13°W / 51.5; -0.13 which is Methodist Central Hall Westminster; if it can be fifty miles off for me, it's not surprising that it couldn't work out that Pete is in Nottingham. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:40, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for troubleshooting this! Both are now showing up for me as well. In case it helps in any of your diagnosing: my IP here at the University of Nottingham (at least at the moment) is: 62.252.24.130 -Pete (talk) 17:01, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Womens_History_Edit-a-thon_-_Harvard[edit]

Locations required:

  • New England region, centered on Boston, roughly [43.6, -72.98] , [41.28, -70.1]

Possible messages:

  • In conjunction with WikiWomen's History Month, participants from around New England are invited to gather at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University for a Women's History Edit-a-thon on March 29th from 4pm to 9pm EDT. Wikipedians of all experience levels will create and edit articles relating to notable women in history.

Date range required:

  • Through Friday, March 29, 2013, 9pm EDT

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Outreach/publicity
  • User requesting: Girona7 (talk) 02:55, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Seattle Wikipedians[edit]

Locations required:

  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages:

  • Join the monthly Wikipedia meetup at Café Allegro in University District, Seattle, at 7pm on Tuesday 2 April 2013! RSVP here!

Date range required:

  • Until the end of Tuesday April 2.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: regular monthly meeting which has been happening since 2010
  • User requesting: Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:44, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia Loves West Hollywood(2013)[edit]

Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • The West Hollywood branch of the LA County Public Library is hosting a Wikipedia event - come learn about how to edit Wikipedia! Meet Angelenos, learn about the city, and contribute to the world's largest reference work! March 23, 1-5pm

Date range required:

  • March 16 - March 23

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Publicity
  • User requesting: Wadewitz (talk) 21:08, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29[edit]

Locations required: Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia

Possible messages:

  • In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian and the National Museum of Women in the Arts are teaming up to organize a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on 3/29/13 from 10am - 5pm. The event is focused on encouraging women editors while improving Wikipedia entries about women artists and art world figures. This event is free of charge, but participation is limited to 20 volunteers, so RSVP today!

Date range required:

  • March 8-29, 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Publicize public workshop and edit-a-thon
  • User requesting: Sarasays (talk) 19:28, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Seattle Wikipedians[edit]

Locations required:

  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until the end of Tuesday March 5.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: regular monthly meeting which has been happening since 2010
  • User requesting: Blue Rasberry (talk) 02:01, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Meetup/MHC Meetup[edit]

Locations required:

  • Specifically the 138.110.*.* IP range if that is possible.
  • South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

Possible messages:

  • Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS) at Mount Holyoke College is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Wednesday, March 6, in the Library's Stimson Room from 4 to 6pm. Celebrate women's history month by editing the pages of MHC alumnae and writing women into Wikipedia and back into history!
  • Celebrate Women's History Month at Mount Holyoke College with a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in the Library's Stimson Room from 4 to 6 PM on March 6. Help us edit the pages of Mount Holyoke College alumnae and write women into Wikipedia!

Date range required:

  • until March 6, 2013

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Publicity for local Wikipedia edit-a-thon; apologies for late notice, just had the idea for a geonotice today.
  • User requesting: Sarah Oelker (talk) 23:04, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  •  Done - used the area a ~quarter-degree either side of MHC Andrew Gray (talk) 11:24, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia in Higher Education symposium at The University of Sydney[edit]

Locations required:

  • Australia

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until 5 April

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Seeking participation from educators/Wikipedians in Australia
  • User requesting: 99of9 (talk) 03:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

wmau:Proposal:WWI WiR[edit]

Locations required:

  • Australia

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until 30 March

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Seeking EOIs for the first WiR opportunity in Australia
  • User requesting: John Vandenberg (chat) 09:44, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/HubSpot[edit]

Locations required:

  • Boston, Massachusetts area [42.19,-71.23], [42.44, -70.99]

Possible messages:

  • Come to an Intro to Wikipedia and open edit-a-thon at the offices of HubSpot in East Cambridge Saturday, March 9. Learn a little something, have some pizza, and edit articles together!

Date range required:

  • ASAP until March 9

Misc info:

Discussion

Wikipedia & Legislative Data workshop & reception[edit]

Locations required:

  • Washington, DC (suggest a large interpretation of this region, as it is two days' worth of events - perhaps including all or most of MD and VA?)

Possible messages:

  • Interested in how coverage of U.S. federal legislation can be improved on Wikipedia? Attend any or all 3 Legislative Data Workshop events at the Cato Institute, March 14–15. Edit-a-thon, reception, and daylong workshop/planning session.

Date range required:

  • ASAP until March 15

Misc info:

Discussion


Outreach:Wikipedian_in_Residence/Berkeley_Student_Cooperative[edit]

Locations required:

  • Preferably the campus of the University of California. I can log in from a campus network and grab the geo-coordinates displayed if that'd be helpful.
  • If the first geolocation isn't possible, one aimed at the city of Berkeley more broadly would also work

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Any ~ten day period works; sooner is preferable, but it's not urgent.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: The Berkeley Student Cooperative is looking to host a Wikipedian in Residence - I'm helping them look for candidates. We're using other pathways also, but a targeted geonotice seems like it has a good chance at digging up Wikipedians we might otherwise miss.
  • User requesting: Kevin Gorman (talk) 02:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Washington D.C. Edit-a-thons[edit]

Locations required:

  • 40.059855,-74.954224 to 37.298819,-78.239136

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • ASAP to March 23

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Pull more local Wikipedians into edit-a-thons.
  • User requesting: -Lisa (talk) 8:38, 15 January 2013 (MST)

Discussion

 Done. I've trimmed the notice a little bit, but it still feels very long... Andrew Gray (talk) 15:40, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
After some reflection, I've also stripped out all the internal links except the ones to the event pages - it's visually very confusing, otherwise. Andrew Gray (talk) 15:42, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia:Meetup/Ann Arbor/Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Edit-A-Thon[edit]

Locations required:

  • Michigan (Ann Arbor area)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • ASAP - February 7

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Inform Wikipedians in the Ann Arbor area about an upcoming edit-a-thon.
  • User requesting: Michael Barera (talk) 15:20, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

 Done MikeLynch (talk) 13:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Malaysia/Meetups[edit]

Locations required:

  • Malaysia

Possible messages:

  • You're invited to WikiProject Malaysia's first informal online meetup on Tuesday, February 5, from 8–9:30pm. Details and RSVP here!

Date range required:

  • ASAP - February 5

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Inform Wikipedia readers in Malaysia about the online meetup.
  • User requesting: Bejinhan talks 14:58, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikimedia UK jobs[edit]

Locations required:

  • United Kingdom

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • ASAP to February 9

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Chapter jobs may be of interest to Wikimedians in the UK.
  • User requesting: —Tom Morris (talk) 12:51, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

 Done. There's one more notice up for the UK, hope it doesn't look too odd on the watchlist. MikeLynch (talk) 14:30, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Deadline for the jobs (5pm 8th Feb) has now passed, so it would be great if someone could remove the geonotice. Thanks, Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 17:13, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/February 2013[edit]

Locations required:

  • Portland, Oregon
  • Vancouver, Washington
  • more generally, Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington

Possible messages:

  • You're invited to the upcoming Wikipedia edit-athon, scheduled for Saturday, February 9 from 2–5pm in downtown Portland. The event will begin with an introduction to Wikipedia, followed by an edit-athon focused on Portland's food scene, all things that "Keep Portland Weird", and local startup businesses. Details and signup here!

Date range required:

  • ASAP to February 9

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Invitation to local meetup which includes introduction to Wikipedia followed by an edit-athon.
  • User requesting: --Another Believer (Talk) 21:51, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

 Done, but I think it'll be better if the message is shortened, lest it becomes annoying for users. MikeLynch (talk) 02:18, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Does this mean I need to submit new wording or have you shortened the text? Perhaps the following: "You're invited to the upcoming Wikipedia edit-athon, scheduled for Saturday, February 9 from 2–5pm in downtown Portland. Details and signup here!" Thanks again. --Another Believer (Talk) 16:29, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, I haven't shortened it myself. Thanks, I'll update it. Let me know if you can't see it or you face any other problems. MikeLynch (talk) 01:52, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Pakistan[edit]

Locations required:

  • Pakistan

Possible messages:

  • We are discussing the possibility of establishing a Wikimedia chapter in Pakistan. We are currently on an urgent call for supporters, please join our mailing list and and keep in touch.

Date range required:

  • Asap please. until Feb 15 please.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:To inform Pakistani Wikimedian community.'
  • User requesting: --Saki (talk) 10:17, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Hi, I am moving this request to the "requests" section. Do you have a link for the Pakistan mailing list? If so, please include it in the message. If not, I don't think the message will be very useful since users will not know where to go. Thanks! MikeLynch (talk) 08:17, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We could simply point people towards meta:Wikimedia Pakistan, which gives some context; I'm not sure that linking people to the signup page for a mailing list is the best approach. Andrew Gray (talk) 09:29, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Very well, I'll modify the message a bit (WMF Chapter -> Wikimedia Chapter and etc). If the message's okay, we can post I guess. MikeLynch (talk) 09:35, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wording looks fair enough - wondering about coordinates, though. A simple bounding box will also take in most of Afghanistan (unlikely to be an issue) and about a third of the population of India (which perhaps will provoke some comments). Thoughts? Andrew Gray (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn't be too much of a problem if we avoid the major Indian cities. If we put the box to include Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi, while avoiding Delhi, Srinagar, Jaipur and Ahmedabad, we should be good. A large part of western India is desert, and not many IPs will geolocate there. 34N, 74.5E to 24.5N, 62.1E should be good. MikeLynch (talk) 12:35, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Sounds good; posted. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:51, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia_Bangalore Meet 54[edit]

Locations required:

  • Bangalore, India

Possible messages:

Date range required: Feb 17 to Feb 25

Misc info:

  • This event adds more value to Automotive/Mechanical/Producting Engineering students; Automotive companies
  • User requesting: --Arkrishna (Arkrishna)

Discussion

Training the Trainers, Newcastle Manchester[edit]

Locations required:

  • United Kingdom

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • As soon as possible – 23 February

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Request via email from Wikimedia UK.
  • User requesting: —Tom Morris (talk) 13:16, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

 Done Looks fine to me (we've only got one other UK notice up). I wonder if it's worth us experimenting with regional notices again, though? The system seems to have improved since 2011... Andrew Gray (talk) 13:35, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The location has changed to Manchester, if someone could update the geonotice to reflect that it would be really helpful. Thanks, Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 14:13, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
 Done KTC (talk) 14:34, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We're now oversubscribed so it would be helpful if someone could take down this notice. Thanks, Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 17:08, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:25, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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