Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/January 2020

WikiWednesday Salon

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Time	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location	Metro 599 11th Avenue, 8th Floor

Wikimedia New York City invites you to attend its monthly WikiWednesday Salon on Wednesday, January 22 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 PM at Metropolitan New York Library Council. No experience of absolutely anything is necessary. All are welcome!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

599 11th Avenue

Details

• Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Food: pizza (have another suggestion? let us know!)
• Location: Metropolitan New York Library Council, 599 11th Avenue, 8th Floor (southwest corner of 45th Street and 11th Avenue)
• Subway: A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W to Times Square or 7 to Hudson Yards
• Bus: M42, M12, M50
• Citi Bike: There is a Citi Bike station located one block away at 46th Street and 11th Avenue
• Accessibility: An elevator is available to take attendees to the 8th floor. If you require additional accommodations or have any other needs (dietary, etc.), please let us know at president@wikimedianyc.org.

Agenda

• Welcome + Introductions
• Announcements + Upcoming Events
  • Understanding America Edit-a-thon @ The Met (1/25)
  • Electronic Music Edit-a-thon @ Nowadays (1/30)
  • Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with the Tech Workers Coalition (2/5)
  • Upcoming events at Fordham (tentative dates with more to come): 2/4 #1Lib1Ref & DH, 2/22 with Afrocrowd @ Shomburg, 3/26 Women's History
  • #EarthOptimism and Endangered Species edit-a-thon at The New York Botanical Garden
  • Maybe a recycling center event, too!
• Share + Discuss
  • NYC Gardens + Wikidata
  • April 2020 Translatathon -- TO-DO list
  • What's in a name? Branding Wikimedia Wikipedia (Megs)
    • See also: current Request for Comment on Meta
  • .org sale and reaction of nonprofit tech community (Pharos)

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Regrets

• sheridanford (talk) 22:48, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Likely attendees

• Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 19:55, 8 January 2020 (UTC) [last minute scheduling conflict]

• Jim.henderson (talk) 13:38, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

• epicgenius (talk) 21:06, 11 January 2020 (UTC) I think I may be able to go, given that I don't have any winter classes.

• Nudgol (talk) 18:51, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

• Vyeh (talk) 18:53, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

• A21sauce (talk) 17:04, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Would also like to suggest Dig Inn for healthier and/or vegan dinner options.--A21sauce (talk) 17:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion! I'd love some healthier options too. I'll take a look and see if we have the budget to cover it. Megs (talk) 15:23, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

• Pharos (talk) 19:54, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

• Megs (talk) 20:24, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

• 173.68.108.247 (talk) 01:02, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Faisal

• Ronald Sexton (talk) 15:22, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

• DrX (talk) 19:16, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
• kosboot (talk) 21:31, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 17:39, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 00:13, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

• ilovepiday (talk) 00:18, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

• Mozucat (talk) 00:49, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
• --Wil540 art (talk) 06:55, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
• Emjackson42 (talk) 19:59, 23 January 2020 (UTC)