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Boulder is conveniently close to Denver (and well-connected by bus!) and the home of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since we're really close to Denver, you might want to swing by Denver meetups as well.

Colorado events

Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2026 online meeting, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Summer 2026 online meeting, Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2026 online meeting, Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 8:00-9:00 PM MST

Previous events:

Wikimedia US Mountain West Winter 2026 online meeting, Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2025 online meeting, Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
Wikimedia US Mountain West Summer 2025 online meeting, Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2025 online meeting, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Winter 2025 online meeting, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
Wikimedia US Mountain West Summer 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Winter 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
Wikimedia US Mountain West Summer 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
Wikimedia US Mountain West Winter 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM MST

Colorado events

Denver Huddle, Sunday, February 11, 2024, 2:30-4:00 PM MST
WikiProject Colorado Autumn 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
WikiProject Colorado Summer 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
WikiProject Colorado Spring 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 7:30-8:30 PM MDT
WikiProject Colorado Winter 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 7:30-8:30 PM MST
WikiProject Colorado Autumn 2021 online meeting, Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM MST
WikiProject Colorado Summer 2021 online meeting, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM MDT
WikiProject Colorado Spring 2021 online meeting, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM MDT
Tenth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 12, 2020 CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Ninth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 14, 2019
Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon in Denver, March 10, 2019
Inclusipedia - Boulder, July 19, 2018
Eighth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 15, 2018
Seventh Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, June 25, 2017
Women of Wikipedia in Boulder, June 1, 2017
Outdoor Women of Wikipedia in Boulder, March 26, 2017
Wikipedia Sweet Sixteen Anniversary in Boulder, January 15, 2017
Sixth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, August 7, 2016
Art+Feminism 2016 in Boulder, March 5, 2016
Wikipedia's 15th Anniversary in Boulder, January 19, 2016
Fifth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 5, 2015
Art and Feminism 2015 - Denver, April 11, 2015
Wikipedia Editathon @ CSU Library: Water in Fort Collins, October 21, 2014
Fourth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 6, 2014
Wikipedia At The CU Museum - Boulder, December 14, 2013
Third Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, June 22, 2013
Boulder meetup in Boulder, December 22, 2012
Denver meetup in Denver, December 2, 2012
Wikipedia Loves Colorado Libraries 2012 in Boulder, November 1, 2012
Wikimedia Takes Boulder County 2012 in Boulder, September 15, 2012
Second Annual Colorado Wiknic in Boulder, June 30, 2012.
Wikipedia Loves Colorado Libraries 2011 in Boulder, October 27, 2011.
The Great Colorado Wiknic 2011 in Arvada, June 25, 2011.
Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebration in Boulder, January 15, 2011

Events elsewhere

Previous meetups

July 19, 2018: Inclusipedia
(Arvada), July 15, 2018: Eighth Annual Colorado Wiknic
(Arvada) June 25, 2017: Seventh Annual Colorado Wiknic
June 1, 2017: Women of Wikipedia
March 26, 2017: Outdoor Women of Wikipedia
January 15, 2017: Wikipedia Sweet Sixteen Anniversary
(Arvada) August 7, 2016: Sixth Annual Colorado Wiknic
March 5, 2016: Edit articles about women in the arts!

January 19, 2016: Join us to celebrate Wikipedia's 15th birthday!
October 20, 2015: Open Access Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2015 http://www.openaccessweek.org/events/wikipedia-edit-a-thon]]
(Arvada) July 5, 2015: Fifth Annual Colorado Wiknic
(Fort Collins) The Water Editathon (October 21 from 10am to 5pm): Join a nation-wide set of editathons improving water issues on Wikipedia!
(Arvada) July 6, 2014: Fourth Annual Colorado Wiknic
December 14, 2013: Wikipedia at the Museum! The first ever backstage pass tour in Boulder County! Come behind the scenes at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History to see their invertebrate collections, take photographs behind the scenes at a natural history museum, and help improve Wikipedia articles.
November 16, 2013: Wikipedia Loves Libraries rolls back into town, getting us out of the snow for editing, chatting and general hanging out.
(Denver) September 28, 2013 A day of photograph and wandering 'midst tall buildings.
(Arvada) June 22, 2013: Third Annual Colorado Wiknic
December 22, 2012: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays Wikipedians who want to hang out. Join us at Southern Sun on Saturday, December 22, 2012 for a final meetup to round off the year.
November 1, 2012: Wikipedia Loves Libraries - you should too!, our second Wikipedia Loves Libraries event.
September 15, 2012: Wikipedia Takes America in Boulder.
June 30, 2012: Second Annual Colorado Wiknic
October 27, 2011: Wikipedia Loves Libraries at Norlin!, Norlin Library, CU Boulder campus.
January 15, 2011: Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Boulder Public Library.

Possible topics for future editathons

Boulder, Colorado
Anything to do with the Junius Henderson Field Notebook Project -- see his photographs of Colorado or his (partially transcribed) field notebooks. Two of the five people who worked on this project live in Boulder and have attended previous meetups.
Some suggestions from the CU Libraries, which might have information about some of these topics in their Special Collections:
- An article on Norlin Library itself.
- Thomas MacLaren, a prominent architect from Colorado Springs [1]
- Dana Kavanagh Bailey: "Dr. Dana Kavanagh Bailey [(1916-1999)], scientist and explorer, was a man with encyclopedic knowledge. His wide-ranging interests embraced the study of physics, botany, astronomy, and many other topics, including polar exploration. He was in the U.S. Antarctic Service in 1940-41 and later settled in Colorado, working in the local scientific community until his retirement. Additional information is available from Special Collections."
- Hal Sayre: "An experienced railroad and canal engineer, Hal Sayre (1835-1926) came to Colorado during the gold rush. He was one of the founders of the town of La Porte, and with his partner Ed Parmelee established a surveying office in Central City. In 1872 he became deputy mineral surveyor for the state of Colorado. In 1885 he moved to Denver and became involved in banking but maintained his Central City interests. During the early years of Colorado, Sayre had served as engineer with the Colorado Militia and served with the 3rd Colorado volunteers at the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864. Additional information is available from Archives. (A diary of his first-hand account of the Sand Creek Massacre is available at http://libcudl.colorado.edu:8180/luna/servlet/s/rw5n25)"
- J. Raymond Brackett: "J. Raymond Brackett (1854-1922) came to the University of Colorado in 1884 as a professor of English and Greek. Before he retired in 1919, he had served as Librarian, Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of the Graduate School. Additional information is available from Archives."
- The US Navy program to train American soldiers as Japanese interpreters during World War II [2] [3]
Biologists at CU Boulder:
Some ideas for an outdoor photo jaunt:
- Pearl Street Mall:
  - The County Courthouse complex (https://www.bouldercounty.org/find/maps/pages/complexsiteplans.aspx#courthouse)
- Colorado Chautauqua and the trails which are open
  - The Commons has photographs of the Chautauqua and The Flatirons, but not many.
  - We could make a list of trees that are inadequately photographed, perhaps.
- Mount Sanitas (looks like a long, steep walk, though)
- North Boulder
- Old, pretty houses on Spruce Street and Mapleton Street; basically, a couple of streets north of Pearl
- The creeks: Boulder Creek (Colorado), Bear Creek (Colorado), and any others that are open.
- Lucky's Market (Boulder) in North Boulder, which I'm told is a local landmark
- More photographs of The Hill (Boulder), including:
  - Fox Theatre (Boulder, Colorado)
  - The Sink [4]
  - Half Fast Subs? [5]

Social networking

Wikipedia @ Boulder on Facebook
The Colorado Wikimedians mailing list might be a good place to chat about these events.

Questions?

Gaurav (talk), or e-mail me!

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