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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

TheAugust 2016 NYC WikiWednesdaysalon and skill-share with theWikimedia NYC community will be heldWednesday, August 17, 2016, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm atBabycastles, 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″N73°59′55.6″W / 40.73833°N 73.998778°W /40.73833; -73.998778

• Subway:
  • ​​ to14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 7th Avenue)
  • ​ to14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  • to14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  • ​​ to14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  • ​​​ to14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  • ​​ to14th 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)

• 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

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, presentinggrey 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

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

• WikiVerse (successor to WikiGalaxy) - presented byOwen Cornec
• Bringing Wikipedia to the Last Mile - present byNYC Mesh
• WM NYC's ownNewyorkbrad 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]

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

• Dirty Bird To Go!:menu

Wikimedia Commons has media related to2016-08 WikiWednesday.

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

Headcount

44

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

1. kosboot (talk)17:53, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
2. Roman Spinner (talk)06:49, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
3. BrillLyle (talk)14:28, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
4. Pharos (talk)21:23, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
5. Jim.henderson (talk)14:38, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
6. Alexisclements (talk)15:45, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
7. Jfwhite nyc (talk)16:41, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
8. Becksguy (talk)16:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
9. MusikAnimal^talk00:23, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
10. MainlyTwelve (talk)16:03, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
11. DGG ( talk)23:21, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
12. Mozucat (talk)20:10, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
13. Aude (talk)21:20, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
14. Blue Rasberry(talk)14:09, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
15. Wlmg (talk)20:19, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
16. Newyorkbrad (talk)00:16, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
17. sheridanford (talk)02:27, 17 August 2016 (UTC) fka kyraocity[reply]
18. Lutzv (talk)13:58, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
19. Librarianhelen (talk)16:06, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
20. BlaueBlüte (talk)22:48, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

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