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Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon November 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

  • What is "Talk Page Theatre"? You are invited to participate in the bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, November 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia Foundation offices to find out!

Date range required:

  • 14 November 2017 to 30 November 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 08:44, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

Voting for change edit-a-thon, Salford, Manchester[edit]

Locations required
  • Around Greater Manchester, England: [ [-2.76, 53.20], [-1.90. 53.80] ]
Possible messages
Date range required
  • As soon as possible, ending on 19 November at 10:00 UTC
Misc info
  • Reason for requesting: To increase visibility among Wikipedians in Greater Manchester
  • User requesting: odder (talk) 21:00, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion

Sudbury "Music in Canada @ 150" edit-a-thon[edit]

Locations required:

  • Sudbury, Ont., Canada
  • westlimit=-82.2025; southlimit=45.6054; eastlimit=-79.1592; northlimit=46.8029

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Start October 21st, end on Oct. 27th at 12pm EST

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: As part of the Music in Canada @ 150 project, we want to increase the visibility of Canadian music in Wikimedia projects.
  • User requesting: Dan Scott (talk) 05:02, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Ottawa edit-a-thon and Learn-to-edit workshop[edit]

Locations required:

  • Ottawa, Ont., Canada [ [45.54, -76.30], [45.04, -75.24] ]

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • As soon as possible, should end on Oct. 21st at 12pm EST

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: As part of National Contribution Month, we are looking to attract new users and have an edit-a-thon for experienced users
  • User requesting: Loopy30 (talk) 02:16, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Meetup/YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Editathon[edit]

Locations required:

  • Pittsburgh, PA [ [40.47, 79.98°W], [40.47, -79.98] ]

Possible Messages: You are invited to Wikipedia:Meetup/YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Editathon to help close the gender gap in Wikipedia.

Date range required:

  • As soon as possible, should end on Oct. 8th at 2pm EST

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To celebrate the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh's 150th Anniversary year and to help add more women to the pages of Wikipedia. We want to encourage all local editors to attend!
  • User requesting:Aguadagnino (talk) 16:26, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/WLM Financial District photowalk 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Start date can be now or in the next few days, end date should be September 16.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To encourage local Wikipedians to attend this event. Thanks!
  • User requesting: Dreamyshade (talk) 18:21, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

San Diego photography scavenger hunt[edit]

Locations required:

  • [32.5036, -117.6068], [33.5551, -115.9828] (San Diego County)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 7 September to 17 September 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To attract more people for the photography scavenger hunt
  • User requesting: RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:27, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

I would like to ping DrMel (talk · contribs), Psanchez820 (talk · contribs), & Jim1138 (talk · contribs) of this request.

Hong Kong Wikimedian Meetup, Summer 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • Hong Kong

Possible messages:

  • You're invited to join a Wikimedian Meetup on 29th July, 2:30-6:30 pm at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Date range required:

  • Until 29th July, unless delay caused by major dissent or poor projected attendance.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To invite local Wikipedians to a Hong Kong-based Wikimedian meet-up on 29th July.
  • User requesting: Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 10:29, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

I would like to ping Deryck Chan (talk · contribs) of this request.

Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/The Black Woman is God Edit-a-Thon[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Start date can be anytime between now and the next several days. End date should be July 22, 2017.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To encourage local Wikipedians to attend this event. Thanks!
  • User requesting: Dreamyshade (talk) 02:45, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Seattle Wiknic[edit]

Locations required:

  • [-123,46], [-121,49] (~Seattle metro area)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 2 July to 16 July 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To attract more people to the Wikinic
  • User requesting: Bri (talk) 03:26, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

I would like to ping Pine (talk · contribs), Jmabel (talk · contribs), Peaceray (talk · contribs) & SounderBruce (talk · contribs) of this request (WP:Cascadia Wikimedians board).

Wiknic @ Mission Bay, California[edit]

Locations required:

  • [-120.78, 31.29], [-109.09, 36.98] (Southern California, Southern San Joaquin Valley, Southern Nevada, Arizona)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 16 July to 30 July 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To attract more people to the Wikinic
  • User requesting: RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 02:19, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

I would like to ping DrMel (talk · contribs), Psanchez820 (talk · contribs), & Jim1138 (talk · contribs) of this request.
@Andrew Gray: I have not seen the geonotice, can the coordinates be changed to the following: [32.39, -119.0652], [34.7529, -114.4156] ? These coordinates would cover Southern California. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:57, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Now updated. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:02, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon May 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 22 May 2017 to 1 June 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:07, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, April 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -124.0], [36.5, -121.2] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, April 26 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia lounge where wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Date range required:

  • 26 April 2017 to 27 April 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 08:25, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Meetup/Tampa/WikiEquality_April_2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • Tampa-St. Petersburg metro and suburban areas
  • westlimit=-82.883606; southlimit=27.646431; eastlimit=-82.062378; northlimit=28.197321

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now until 23 April

Misc info:

Discussion

Wikimedia User Group Hong Kong[edit]

Locations required:

  • Hong Kong

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • ASAP, until August when we call for our first meetup.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To raise awareness for Wikimedia User Group Hong Kong and attract more local Wikipedians for community reconstruction.
  • User requesting: Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 08:36, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Commons:Freedom_of_Panorama_ZA_advocacy[edit]

Locations required:

  • South Africa

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to give your opinion at the South Africa Project Portal notice board on a proposal to advocate for the amendment of the South African Copyright Act to include Freedom of Panorama.

Date range required:

  • Now, for 5 days.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Straw poll/discussion is currently active and should be made visible to the South African community for a few days so as to ensure a fair cross-section of people have seen it so as to be able to determine a fair consensus result.
  • User requesting: Discott (talk) 22:07, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon March 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 22 March 2017 to 30 March 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 20:37, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

  • Pinging Peteforsyth and Ben Creasy so they are aware of this. Poking Andrew Gray (talk · contribs) because of the late notice.
    •  Done - This notice is queued to run after the Art+Feminism notice below expires, as both notices cover the same area and this notice is for a more regular event. Deryck C. 11:03, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hi, Deryck. Thank you very much for queuing it up. I do not understand the logic of not flat out posting it, but I will percolate on it until I do. Four days is not much lead time for people to put an event into their calendar. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 21:40, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hi, Deryck (with side ping to Pete Forsyth). Not seeing it on my Watchlist. Ping me back. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 23:48, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
        • @Checkingfax: Sorry was AFK for the last 4 days. I can't see what's going wrong but I'm not geolocated in SF. Did you see the Art+Feminism notice which was set to target exactly the same location last week? Deryck C. 23:31, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
          • Hi, Deryck. I did see the BAWS one on the 29th. I am not sure about A+F. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:34, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Checkingfax: Awesome. Good to know the geonotice worked. I guess your device must've been incorrectly geolocated a few days ago. Deryck C. 21:27, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Deryck Chan. My analysis is that I was on a weak Wi-Fi and the page Watchlist I was viewing never 100% loaded, and the Geonotice is the last thing to load. Ready for another one now. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:00, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Rochester,_NY/RIT/Women_on_Wikipedia_2017[edit]

  • Locations required: Greater Rochester, NY Area: westlimit=-77.9645; southlimit=42.7793; eastlimit=-77.168; northlimit=43.3711
  • Possible messages: You are invited to a Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday, March 25, 2017, from 10 am to 4 pm at The Wallace Center, RIT Libraries. See the event page for details.
  • Date range required: 20 March 2017 to 25 March 2017
  • User requesting: Kariimart! (talk) 16:27, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Discussion:  Done. Apologies for the late action. Deryck C. 10:59, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Art+Feminism@SFAI_2017[edit]

  • Locations required: San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)
  • Possible messages: You are invited to an Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon inside an art installation at the San Francisco Art Institute on Saturday March 25 from 1-5 PM. See the event page for details.
  • Date range required: 15 March 2017 to 25 March 2017
  • User requesting: Nikikana (talk) 03:08, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Discussion:  Done. Apologies it took us until now to get to this item. Deryck C. 10:57, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Deryck. However the link to the meetup page seems to have converted the "%2B" (+) in the url to "%252B", and goes here. Any chance this could be fixed in the next 12 hours before the meetup starts? If not, nevermind and thanks anyway! Nikikana (talk) 06:20, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikikana: I fixed the link. You'll need to clear your browser cache to see the fixed version. Kaldari (talk) 06:58, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Kaldari: Thank you very much! Nikikana (talk) 07:42, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Michigan State University Libraries/Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, March 15, 2017[edit]

  • Locations required: [-87,41],[-82,44] (southern Michigan including Detroit and Grand Rapids)
  • Possible messages: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in celebration of Women's History Month will be held at the Michigan State University Main Library on March 15. See the event page for details.
  • Date range required: ASAP through March 15, 2017
  • User requesting: TimK MSI (talk) 21:37, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board#Fair Use campaign - Next steps[edit]

Locations required:

  • Australia

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now, for 5 days.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Straw poll/discussion is currently active and should be made visible to the Australian community for a few days at least - to ensure a fair cross-section of people have seen it, in order to be able to determine a fair consensus result.

Discussion

Fair Use in Australia discussion
As an Australian Wikipedian, your opinion is sought on a proposal to advocate for the introduction of Fair Use into Australian copyright law.
The discussion is taking place at the Australian Wikipedians' notice board, please read the proposal and comment there.

I don't want to go into too much detail on the proposal description in people's talkpages, to avoid giving a wall of text but also to ensure [well, encourage] anyone commenting has to read the actual proposal being discussed before they comment! Wittylama 12:03, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • Added the Goenotice, ran it through 7 March 2017 00:00 UTC since you have lost a bit of a day already, and didn't want to work hour specifics, Sadads (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sadads the wikilink in the geonotice doesn't work. I got The requested page title contains invalid characters: "%27". Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 00:17, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Adrian J. Hunter: Huh: the link is working fine in my browser: what is giving you the error? Is it Mediawiki or the Broswer sending that? And does the link above that Liam shared for the message work? Sadads (talk) 00:50, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sadads I don't think it's a browser thing because I get the same issue in Firefox, Chrome, and IE. I get to a "special page" (like how the watchlist itself is a special page) with "Bad title" as the heading (looks just like "Wikipedia:Geonotice" at this page), so I guess it's Mediawiki giving the error. The wikilinks above work fine. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 01:00, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Adrian J. Hunter: I tried escaping the apostrophe as a character, see if the link works now for you. If it doesn't, I will turn the link into an external link (it seems the gadget doesn't treat html encoded characters correctly). Do a browser cache refresh (in chrome as ctrl+shift+r) to check Sadads (talk) 01:05, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sadads Fixed! Thanks for that. Should this prompt a bug report for whoever looks after the gadget? Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs)
@Adrian J. Hunter: I think I am going to just fix that in the documentation, since the page is used so rarely, and its even more rare that we have special characters that can't be used in the string, hanging out in the link itself. (And truth be told, I don't know who maintains the gadget). Sadads (talk) 01:30, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

es:Wikipedia:Encuentros/Lima/IV Editatón de Arte y Feminismo 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • westlimit=-77.2861; southlimit=-12.5318; eastlimit=-75.9705; northlimit=-11.4087

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • February 26 – March 11, 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: inviting people to an editathon on 11th March in Lima
  • User requesting: Yhhue91 (talk) 18:20, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Hi Yhhue91. We can only do a watchlist notice here for the English Wikipedia - I can certainly put one in for anyone in Peru who's looking at an English watchlist, but it won't show up in the Spanish Wikipedia. I don't know if there's an equivalent service there. Let me know if you still want this. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:50, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Andrew Gray. Thank you so much for your answer. Yes, having a geonotice like the one you mentioned would be very useful for us. It would be great if you could do it. Just let me know if you need extra information. Thanks!--Yhhue91 (talk) 21:08, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Andrew Gray (talk) 23:31, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/38[edit]

Locations required:

  • [52.8, -1.3], [51.3, 0.3] (have gone for places within reach of Cambridge - let me know if this is too large an area)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • ASAP until 2017-03-08 14:00 (UTC)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: inviting people to an editathon on 8th March in Cambridge
  • User requesting: Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 12:30, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  • Pinging Victuallers so he knows I've made this request as he's organising the event and in case he wants to suggest alternative wording for the invite. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 12:30, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • Done. Geolocation within GB is usually dismal, but Cambridge University IPs are quite well identified so I've done it with coordinates. Deryck C. 15:53, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
      I see the message - so I wonder where I live now? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:38, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for setting this up. Victuallers has asked if it possible to expand the notice to the whole of England in case it's of interest. Would that be ok? Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 17:54, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think the options are either specific locations or all of GB. I guess it wouldn't hurt to make it all GB for a few days. Deryck C. 17:33, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago_17[edit]

Locations required:

  • Chicagoland and immediate surrounding cities in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana: [ [westlimit=-89.12; southlimit=39.98; eastlimit=-85.11; northlimit=43.11] ]

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 1 March 2017 to 14 March 2017

Misc info:

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

  • Everybody is invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, February 22 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia lounge where wiki enthusiasts gather.

Date range required:

  • 14 February 2017 to 23 February 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:58, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

Wikipedia:Meetup/Cal Poly Pomona/ArtAndFeminism 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • westlimit=0; southlimit=-117.78960; eastlimit=0; northlimit=34.06590

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • February 20 - March 8, 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: edit-a-thon; library resources; attendance to event
  • User requesting: Siarus1074 (talk)
@Siarus1074: You've provided a red link. Would you please check the message content? Deryck C. 10:52, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Deryck Chan: I have updated them. Thanks for the catch. Siarus1074 (talk) 16:55, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Siarus1074 You have 0 as the east and west limits...this seems wrong to me. I'm not very good at figuring out coordinates, but you might want to double-check. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 02:24, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Siarus1074 I've added this. The coordinates you've given are a bit odd so I've gone for +- 0.5 degrees in all directions from Pomona. Feel free to have someone adjust it if this doesn't make sense on the ground. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:56, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Gray (talk)Thank you so much Siarus1074 (talk) 19:23, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Edit-a-thon/Pittsburgh Wikipedia Redd-up-a-thon[edit]

Locations required:

  • westlimit=-80.8031; southlimit=39.8465; eastlimit=-78.8654; northlimit=40.9301

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • February 6 - February 24 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: edit-a-thon; library resources; much edits
  • User requesting: Chris Troutman (talk) 03:06, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion @Peteforsyth and Andrew Gray: I submitted this a week ago and still no geonotice. Please advise. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:46, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think I did it. Admittedly, it's been a while. The toolserver doesn't show it. Are you within that geographic area? Do you see it? Killiondude (talk) 04:51, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Killiondude: It didn't show because you forgot a comma. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:08, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Redrose64:, I will remember that in the future. Thank you for letting me know. Killiondude (talk) 19:26, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Killiondude, somehow I missed the notification, just seeing this for the first time. Feel free to ping me in the future. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 02:22, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia:Meetup/SF/Wikipedia Day 2017[edit]

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [39.8, -124.8], [35.8, -120.8] ] (expanded because this is a more prominent event of more interest than usual)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 5 January 2017 to 16 January 2017

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Annual Wikipedia Day celebration
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 01:26, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

 Done Looks like Pete has done this. Andrew Gray (talk) 17:12, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much, Andrew Gray. I am posting over on Commons now about getting a WatchlistNotice up there. What other projects have WatchList or GeoNotice capabilities? I notice there is a WatchlistNotice Wizard on Commons. Is that just for admins? I will poke it in a minute. Cheers!
PS: Here is the link to the thread I started in the wrong place: c:Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#Requesting a GeoNotice for a local event in San Francisco. {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 02:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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