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2017‎
Wikimedia NYC WikiWednesday

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Time	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Address	Babycastles 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) Basement level
City, State	New York City, New York 10011

The August 2017 NYC WikiWednesday salon with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 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 30, 2017
• 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
• Meetup link:
• Etherpad: Wiki_NYC_August_2017

Wiki NYC committees

Wiki NYC has grown to the point where it is not possible for all project participants to be informed of all organizational decisions. At the same time, Wiki NYC invites individuals to join particular committees to participate in certain discussions. Here are the active committees

Committee tasks

A brief informal discussion among the meetup attendees revealed the following tasks to be considered important by at least some, which may inform the more formal committee formation at the next meetup (chapter meeting), while some of the following may pertain equally to all committees.

Check in - ongoing projects

Recent edit-a-thons, etc.

Since last WikiWednesday

• -Wikimania, Wiki-train recap

New and upcoming projects

• Wikimedia NYC membership groups/committees
• c:COM:VP#A discussion about support for MP3 on Commons
• T152297: Add state or city level geotargeting to CentralNotice

Upcoming events

• Annual Meeting, September 27
• Open House New York Wikimedia Commons photo contest, October 14-15
• Wikipedia Asian Month, November 2017
• World AIDS Day 2017 editathon @ The Center Tuesday 21 November
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Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions

Lightning talks

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

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

• pizza / Russian pies, maybe

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

Possible attendees

Regrets

• —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 07:19, 22 August 2017 (UTC) (scheduling conflict)[reply]
• FULBERT (talk) 12:21, 24 August 2017 (UTC) - sorry, I have a work commitment the final Wednesday this month.[reply]
• Emjackson42 (talk) 13:44, 30 August 2017 (UTC) Sorry, all. Have a conflict. See you next month![reply]

Likely attendees

• —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 02:58, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• FULBERT (talk) 17:11, 7 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Hi all, I'm a noob, so I'm not sure how to sign up for this. But here I am! --Dave2021
• kosboot (talk) 19:00, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:25, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Pharos (talk) 11:20, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Hannah Silverman (talk) 12:20, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Jim.henderson (talk) 17:03, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Mozucat (talk) 17:36, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Jeremyb (talk) 18:30, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Finally a date without a scheduling conflict. :) Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:47, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Barbara (WVS) (talk)- coming from Pittsburgh to NYC. Where is a good place to stay? Is hotel Pennsylvania any good, it's in my price range. Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 22:09, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Barbara (WVS): That hotel hosts Hackers on Planet Earth which is a highly wiki-friendly event. The cheapest and best options are probably with AirBNB, but if you need standard dependable lodging at a hotel then that place works. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:05, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Blue, can you come a little early? Since I am going to be in town for the whole day on the 30th, I want to make the most of it. Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 23:05, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Barbara (WVS): I definitely will be at the meeting venue at 6 (one hour early). I will email you... Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:46, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• HugoHelp (talk) 15:27, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• A21sauce (talk) 00:57, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 19:24, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Becksguy (talk) 22:15, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• — Dispenser 19:23, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Another noob here. =) Tqrahman (talk) 22:46, 30 August 2017‎ (UTC)[reply]
• BlaueBlüte (talk) 23:19, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 00:11, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]