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Wikipedia Takes Boston is a scavenger hunt for photographs of Boston. The aim is to gather freely-licensed photographs of Boston's many neighborhoods and better illustrate articles related to the city.

The event is scheduled to start on April 17 at 12:00 PM in front of Boston Public Library in Copley Square, and end at 5:30 PM also in front of Boston Public Library . For a list of goals for places to photograph, see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Boston/Goals. (Feel free to add more places there!) Points will be assigned to neighborhoods based on how difficult it is to get to them and navigate around once there.

The day of the event, teams of up to three people will each choose a neighborhood of Boston to gather photographs for. Then around 12:30 we'll disperse throughout Boston -- on foot, bike, bus, subway, and car. When we convene at 5:30 we will upload our images to Wikimedia Commons and tally up how many points each team has to determine a winner. Each person on the winning team will receive a (real, small cast-iron) barnstar in appreciation of their awesomeness.

The event is open to everyone.

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Likely

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  1. Emw (talk) 12:04, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I'll be available until about 5pm, which is when I need to head to the airport and go to Florida for the Passover holiday. Basket of Puppies 01:53, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Very good chance.--Pharos (talk) 21:10, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  4. I will try as I am in Boston that day for the Sox Patriot's Day game, the Question, do we want to do this on marathon day? --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 05:21, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Has camera This sounds very saucy! --Cryptic C62 · Talk 16:25, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  6. I'm now available during the day, but will have to dash at or before 5:30. I'll upload my pictures later. —Tim Pierce (talk) 17:51, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Most likely.. though my photo skills suck Jamesofur/Jalexander Jalexander--WMF 08:11, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  8. --PirateOfGore (talk) 05:34, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Sounds fun, and I don't have plans yet for the day... Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:08, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  10. I'm in. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 04:27, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Dominic·t 23:18, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  12. EdJohnston (talk) 13:03, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Jot diligently (talk) 14:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  14. I'm totally in. Look for the guy with the recumbent :) dbs (talk) 14:38, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  15. I'm getting a late start, as usual, but am heading into Boston shortly... Faolin42 (talk) 15:13, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  16. This was fun! It was great to see everyone who came. There are definitely areas left unphotographed for future shutterbugs, and areas that weren't in good sun or were covered with banners (for the marathon). –SJ+

Maybe

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  1. I'd love to participate but I suspect that will be a very busy week for me. GabrielF (talk) 23:51, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I will be with you for a few hours and I have an iPhone 4 to use for the photos. Whoisjohngalt (talk) 14:51, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Will try to make it! --Codrin.B (talk) 04:59, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not going

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  1. Will unfortunately be out of town that day. JoshuaZ (talk) 23:53, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Sadly I will be out of town as well. But if there are things left un-photographed I would love to work on that later. Given recent Rain Date discussions: I would be able to attend if event is postponed Buburuza (talk) 17:24, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Results

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How'd everyone do? Twp and Dbs (Team Mosaic) got 19 goals in Roxbury:

  • C-1 (Boston Public Library: Dudley Branch)
  • C-2 (Boston Public Library: Egleston Square Branch)
  • C-7 (Holy Temple Church)
  • C-8 (Mosque for the Praising of Allah)
  • C-12 (John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science)
  • C-13 (Madison Park Technical Vocational High School)
  • C-16 (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Center for Urban Ministerial Education)
  • C-17 (City on a Hill Charter School)
  • C-20 (Malik Academy Elementary School)
  • C-21 (Lewis K-8 School)
  • C-23 (St. Joseph School)
  • C-27 (Eliot Burying Ground)
  • C-30 (Roxbury (District B-2) Boston Police Department Station)
  • C-36 (Dillaway School)
  • C-38 (Frederick Douglass Square Historic District)
  • C-39 (Goldsmith Block)
  • C-41 (Lower Roxbury Historic District)
  • C-45 (Boston Fire Department: Engine 14)
  • C-46 (Boston Fire Department: Engine 42)

Plus a few unlisted goals, including:

I've uploaded my copies of these pictures, we'll upload the rest in the next couple days. —Tim Pierce (talk) 14:00, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I got 15 pictures to illustrate the following articles on a walk from the Museum of Science to Newbury Street. Faolin42 (talk) 17:27, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Team Sweatshirt, comprised of User:Jamesofur and User:Cryptic C62, took about 190 photos, though some are duplicates and others are unusable. I'm in the process of uploading them now, and will give details on my results when I'm done. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 22:50, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Out of a total of 190 pictures, I have uploaded 125 usable non-duplicates which can be seen here. Some of them were goals, some of them were just cool things that James and I happened to notice as we were bopping around. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 01:17, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ed Johnston and Susan Kapit took pictures of 16 goals in Charlestown plus a number of additional views that might be worthy of inclusion. Will upload them in the next day or two. EdJohnston (talk) 03:37, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The victorious Team John-And-Dominic (Antony-22 and Dominic) scored 77 pictures of 42 different places in East Boston, 24 of which were defined goals (listed below). I have created a gallery of the full list at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Boston/East Boston.

  1. J-2 Boston Public Library: Orient Heights Branch
  2. J-3 Assembly of Christians Church
  3. J-4 Central Assembly of God
  4. J-5 St Joseph and Lazarus Church
  5. J-6 Grace Church Federated
  6. J-7 Sacred Heart Church
  7. J-9 Salesians of St John Bosco Church
  8. J-10 Universal Church
  9. J-11 Universal Buddhist Congregation
  10. J-12 White Street Baptist Church
  11. J-13 Samuel Adams Elementary School
  12. J-14 Dante Alighieri Elementary School
  13. J-15 Donald McKay K-8 School
  14. J-16 Hugh R. O'Donnell Elementary School
  15. J-17 James Otis Elementary School
  16. J-19 Bennington Street Cemetery
  17. J-20 Manassah E. Bradley Elementary School
  18. J-21 East Boston High School
  19. J-22 Curtis Guild Elementary School
  20. J-25 Old East Boston High School (Joseph H. Barnes School)
  21. J-26 Boston Fire Department, Engine 5 Firehouse (District 1 Chief)
  22. J-27 Boston Fire Department, Engine 9 and Ladder 2 Firehouse (District 1)
  23. J-28 Boston Fire Department, Engine 56 and Ladder 21 Firehouse (District 1)
  24. J-29 Albert Einstein Institution
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