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August 2016
Wikimedia NYC WikiWednesday

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, August 17, 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 August 2016 NYC WikiWednesday salon and skill-share with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

• Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Location: Babycastles. 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), Basement level, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011

40°44′18″N 73°59′55.6″W / 40.73833°N 73.998778°W / 40.73833; -73.998778

• 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:
• Etherpad: WikiWed-2016-08

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 and events
  • Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2016
  • Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Schomburg/AfroLatino2016
  • Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2016
  • Wikimedia Commons and Free Education @ NYSEC
  • Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/UN Women
• Wiki-classes this semester
• Committee selection is ongoing. Please join a committee all Board Members and interested Wikimedians alike!
  • Action items & next steps
  • Slack or email for communication?
• Rapid Grants for closed or semi-closed events
• Prep for elections next month (add your candidacy!): Wikimedia NYC Election Page

New and upcoming projects

Upcoming events

• AfroCROWD Artists of the African Diaspora Edit-a-thon @ MoCADA’s Soul of Brooklyn Festival. Sunday, August 21, 2016
• WikiWednesday (September) @ Babycastles. Wednesday, September 14, 2016 ***Election meeting*** Wikimedia NYC Election Page
• AfroCROWD New York Black Librarians Caucus Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Brooklyn Public Library. Sunday, September 18, 2016
• WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego. October 7-10, 2016 – WM NYC is a sponsor
• Open House New York (OHNY) Photo Competition. Saturday & Sunday, October 15-16, 2016
• CommonsLab @ NYU - Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt wrapup and hackathon, Sunday, October 16, 2016
• Asian Art edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim. Thursday, November 10, 2016
• Second Annual Women-In-Science Edit-a-thon @ New York Academy of Sciences. Saturday, November 12, 2016
• Asian Americans for Equality edit-a-thon, November
• Grey Literature Editathon @ New York Academy of Medicine, presenting grey literature. Thursday, December 1, 2016.

Tentative upcoming events

• New York Textile Month edit-a-thon @ Fashion Institute of Technology. Tues & Thurs, September 27 + 29, 2016
• Potential NARA edit-a-thon @ Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. October TBD
• WikiArte @ MoMA. Saturday, October 22, 2016
• Asian Art Editathon @ Guggenheim. Thursday, November 10, 2016

Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions

Lightning talks

5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
Sign up here!

• WikiVerse (successor to WikiGalaxy) - presented by Owen Cornec
• Bringing Wikipedia to the Last Mile - present by NYC Mesh
• WM NYC's own Newyorkbrad on August 16, 2016 was offered an advisory seat on the Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer "Board Governance Committee". We will quickly review the relationship between chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the board of the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Requirements for affiliated events. DGG ( talk ) 14:28, 17 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

• Dirty Bird To Go!: menu

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016-08 WikiWednesday.

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

Headcount

44

Regrets

1. Lange.lea (talk) -- I'm under the weather. Sorry, all.

Likely attendees

1. kosboot (talk) 17:53, 15 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
2. Roman Spinner (talk) 06:49, 16 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
3. BrillLyle (talk) 14:28, 19 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
4. Pharos (talk) 21:23, 19 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
5. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:38, 21 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
6. Alexisclements (talk) 15:45, 27 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
7. Jfwhite nyc (talk) 16:41, 28 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
8. Becksguy (talk) 16:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
9. MusikAnimal ^talk 00:23, 3 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
10. MainlyTwelve (talk) 16:03, 6 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
11. DGG ( talk ) 23:21, 14 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
12. Mozucat (talk) 20:10, 15 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
13. Aude (talk) 21:20, 15 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
14. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:09, 16 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
15. Wlmg (talk) 20:19, 16 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
16. Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:16, 17 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
17. sheridanford (talk) 02:27, 17 August 2016 (UTC) fka kyraocityReply[reply]
18. Lutzv (talk) 13:58, 17 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
19. Librarianhelen (talk) 16:06, 17 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
20. BlaueBlüte (talk) 22:48, 17 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Maybe

1. nycdi (talk) 01:31, 17 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
2. Lotta Little (talk) 11:52, 17 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]