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June 2016 NYC WikiWednesday

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

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.

• 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 / 40.738194°N 73.998472°W / 40.738194; -73.998472
• 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

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

• 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

See Friendly space policy

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

Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016-06 WikiWednesday.

• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City
• Free Culture Alliance NYC

You can also RSVP at our Meetup.com page.

Regrets

1. Becksguy (talk) 06:39, 4 June 2016 (UTC) - Out of town.Reply[reply]
2. Robert Greer (talk) 13:55, 14 June 2016 (UTC) in the boondocksReply[reply]

Likely attendees

1. Pharos (talk) 14:45, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
2. Lange.lea (talk) 19:08, 2 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
3. kosboot (talk) 13:03, 7 June 2016 (UTC) (finally one I can attend)Reply[reply]
4. Roman Spinner (talk) 17:51, 9 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
5. Mary Gaulke (talk) 01:30, 11 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
6. AddisWang (talk) 02:26, 11 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
7. Mozucat (talk) 19:17, 14 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
8. Megs (talk) 14:58, 15 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
9. BlaueBlüte (talk) 19:39, 15 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
10. Tomlzz1 (talk) 20:36, 15 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
11. BrillLyle (talk) 23:56, 15 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
12. Aliceba (talk) 10:02, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
13. Jim.henderson (talk) 11:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
14. Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:08, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]