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Upcoming meetups and ongoing events

January

• Misplaced Pages Day 2025

When: Saturday January 25th, 12-5 pm (followed by afterparty)

Where: Brooklyn Central Library, Grand Army Plaza

February

• WikiWednesday – February 2025

When: Wednesday February 19th, 6–9 pm

Where: Prime Produce

Past Meetups & Events in 2024

• December 8: Editing the Haitian Creole Misplaced Pages
• November 26: Wikicurious: Capturing the Moment
• November 22: Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday
• October 26: Wikidata Day 2024
• October 3–6: WikiConference North America in Indianapolis
• September 25: Annual Election & Members Meeting
• September 21: Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat
• August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic
• August 7–10: Wikimania 2024 in Poland
• July 19: Wikicurious: Editing Misplaced Pages for Beginners (launch event)
• June 26: WikiWednesday Salon - June
• June 8: Governors Island Wiknic - June 2024
• June 2: All-Day Hacking Sunday - June
• May 8: WikiWednesday Salon - May
• May 4: Community Gardens Edit-a-thon
• April 25: Hacking Night - April
• April 11: City Tech Library LBGTQIA Editathon
• April 10: WikiWednesday Salon - April
• March 16: Queens Name Explorer Edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library Tech Lab at Queensbridge
• March 14: Pi Day Hacking Night
• March 5: Wiki Gala and fashion show with Wikimedia Foundation
• February 25: AfroCROWD Black Wiki History Month - Online edit-a-thon
• February 21: WikiWednesday Salon - February
• February 8: Hacking Night - February
• January 14: Misplaced Pages Day 2024 at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation
• January 4: Hacking Night

Photos from past Meetups & Events

• Wiki Worlds Fair - August 2022
• Misplaced Pages Day - Jefferson Market Library - January 2023
• WikiWedneday - Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch - February 2023
• Groiler Club Tour - March 2023
• Earth Day Edit-a-thon with Sure We Can recycling center - Brooklyn Public Library Bushwick Branch - April 2023
• Environment of the Bronx - NYBG - July 2023
• Wiki-Picnic - Governors Island - August 2023
• WikiWednesday - Prime Produce - September 2023
• Wikidata Day - October 2023
• Misplaced Pages Day - Brown Institute - January 2024
• Wiki-Cake at Misplaced Pages Day 2024
• Community Gardens edit-a-thon at Prime Produce - May 2024
• Wiki-Picnic - Governors Island - June 2024
• Wiki-coaches and cake - Wikicurious at Civic Hall - July 2024
• Wiki-Picnic - Roosevelt Island - August 2024
• Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat at Lehman College - September 2024

See also

• Archive of events in prior years
• Wikimedia New York City's Code of Conduct
• Wikimedia New York City Discord server
• Membership

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Campaigns	Misplaced Pages Day (January) Great American Wiknic (June) Misplaced Pages Takes America (September) Misplaced Pages Loves Libraries (October/November)
Related	Wikimedia United States Coalition WikiConference USA (Spring 2014)

The 6th New York City Meetup event will be held on Sunday March 16, 2008 in the Columbia University area. This will be the third of the meetups with a session dedicated to discussing meta:Wikimedia New York City issues.

What, Where, When, and How?

There will be one public meeting in the afternoon at Columbia's Pupin Hall, where we can take further steps to organize the Wikimedia New York City local chapter.

Additionally, there will be optional post-meeting social activities at a local restaurant and (providing weather is OK) an observing session with telescopes on the roof of Pupin Hall.

Watch this space for future possible changes. And please watchlist this page.

Main public meeting (to discuss Misplaced Pages issues and chapter formation):

• 1402 Pupin Hall, Columbia University. Take the elevator to the 13th floor and then walk up one flight of stairs. Meeting to be held in the library at the east end of the hall. 2:30 PM - 5:00PM

Optional post-meeting meetup

• Meetup at Pupin Hall, and then walk together to The Symposium, a Greek restaurant. After the restaurant, we can return to Pupin Hall for an observing session with the telescopes on the roof weather permitting. 5:00 PM onwards.

Late arrival info and Transportation

If you plan on arriving late, and are concerned about not finding your way to the group, you can drop your mobile phone number ahead of time at Special:Emailuser/Pharos (e-mail will not be able to be checked during the actual meetup time, leave requests ahead of time).

Nearby subway stations:

• 116th Street–Columbia University (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) (That's the number 1 train)

Other possibilities

There is a possibility of other activities being planned for the period before the main meeting at Pupin Hall, Columbia University at 2:30 PM. Specifically, there is the possibility of a Wikipedian-oriented tour of the Columbia University libraries. (Unfortunately, a tour of the libraries couldn't be worked out, because it's a Sunday and it's their break period.)

Any other suggestions of pre-meeting activities would be welcomed.

Please check back for further updates.

Agenda

Bring your own ideas!

• Follow-up on ideas raised in the January 13, 2008 meeting minutes
  • Progress with the Chapters Committee in chapter formation in light of the letter sent after the last meeting.
  • Possible fortuitous progress on the Yiddish Encyclopedia project.
  • User:DGG's recent presentation about Misplaced Pages to fellow librarians (see expansion below)
  • Pseudoscience update by User:ScienceApologist (video of our January discussion on this topic)
• New ideas!
  • Recent meetings with Students for Free Culture at Columbia and other local free culture groups.
    • The possibility of a Misplaced Pages Academy at Columbia University.
    • An "NYC Free Culture Alliance" umbrella group?
  • PodCamp NYC, a New Media unconference on April 25-26 (and open to Wikipedian/Wikimedian presenters)
  • A joint blog with Wikimedia Pennsylvania?
  • Where does Wikinews fit in with Misplaced Pages?
  • —

DGG's Presentation on Librarian's Guide

FWIW, my outline is at User:DGG/LG. There is no text & no slides. I do an impromptu selection from it, as the whole thing would take half a day. Is there any part of it people would like me to to talk about briefly?

The reactions of your fellow librarians to learning how Misplaced Pages works might be most interesting. How were their opinions reinforced or changed during the course of a presentation?--Pharos (talk) 23:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Good idea, that would be fascinating. Also, possibly their reactions and thoughts as to the veracity and usefulness of WP as a research tool. — Becksguy (talk) 16:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Likely attendees

• Pharos (talk) 04:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• Becksguy (talk) 06:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• Gosgood (talk) 10:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• ScienceApologist (talk) 22:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• DGG (talk) 23:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• Newyorkbrad (talk) 04:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
• Nightscream (talk) 18:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC) If I'm not working (and I'm not completely broke by then), I'll be there.
• Mblumber (talk) 02:56, 15 February 2008 (UTC) Because I had fun the last time.
• David Shankbone 20:37, 16 February 2008 (UTC) I've confirmed for the last two and not shown, but I will make a priority to make this one, even though I'm only a few days back from Rio de Janeiro.
• New York Dreams (talk) 22:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC) I look forward to meeting other Misplaced Pages editors
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 04:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC) I imagine I'll be there.
• Wlmg (talk) 03:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• WikzillaOh goody! My master is finally taking me to meet some of you. Being his dog I don't get to go out much. Signed Dufus the Dog!

Possible attendees

• -- Y not? 23:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• MessedRocker (talk) (write these articles) 16:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
• Gracenotes § 18:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• EdJohnston (talk) 19:00, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• • Freechild'sup? I'm moving away, but may not be gone then. We'll see!
• We'll see how finals are going. If they're ok, I'll take the China bus up from DC. ⇒SWATJester 02:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• I hope to be there! If I'm in New York on that day, I'll certainly see you all. CoolGuy (talk) 14:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
• Robert Greer (talk) In all likelihood!

Regrets

• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 16:35, 15 February 2008 (UTC) I can't make it. I am perfoming in Cavalleria Rusticana at 3:30 at the Brooklyn Lyceum. It's the one Sunday we're perofrming in the entire run, but I also understand Stephen Schwartz will be coming to my church in the morning, so my day is full of good stuff. So I can't pay back for the dinner yet. I got let go from my job on the first, anyway.
• Yamara ✉ 17:50, 16 February 2008 (UTC) I'm at Lunacon. Please keep me in the loop, I may make it to one of these yet...
• Will be in Poland on a trip. Space Cadet (talk) 14:43, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Sorry, too busy with work. Maybe next time? B.L.A.Z.E (talk) 14:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

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