Wikimedia New York City

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WikiNYC

• web site: nyc.wikimedia.org
• WikiProject NYC on the English Wikipedia
• WikiProject NYC on the Spanish Wikipedia
• Other languages: French

  (improving encyclopedia articles)

• NYC Meetup

  (meetings of NYC Metro Area editors)

• Wikimedia New York City

  (local Wikimedia Foundation chapter)

Region of Wikimedia New York City activities, centered on the New York metropolitan area, and more broadly home to over 20 million people. But everyone who can attend a meeting is welcome to join!

A local chapter like Wikimedia NYC can serve as a bridge between the Wikipedia/Wikimedia community and academic and cultural institutions, through a variety of different programs.

Wikimedia New York City is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which serves as the local Wikimedia chapter for New York City and the New York metropolitan area, as well as for all Wikimedians across the Northeast US who find it most convenient to participate in meetings in New York City.

Keep in touch!
Mailing list	Wikimedia NYC area mailing list
Social media	@wikimedianyc on Identi.ca @wikimedianyc on Twitter Wikimedia New York City on Facebook
Email	wm-nyc wikimedia.org
Donations	Bitcoin and Paypal accepted, visit our main donation page for more information.

You can join!

If you do not live in New York City, you may still participate in this chapter's projects and meetings online. If you do live in New York City, you are welcome to join this chapter's projects and meetings in person. Feel free to ask questions on the talk page then join the mailing list to start receiving news about events and to participate in discussions.

Next events!

• Sometime on a weekend before the end of August, Wikimedia New York City members will visit the Boston meetup!
• Sometime before the end of September, Wikimedia New York City members will have an editathon and tour at Consumer Reports!
• On Thursday or Friday 23-24 August, Wikimedia New York City will be co-organizing a Wikipedia presentation in Washington DC with the chapter there!
• In September we are having a photo tour of New York City to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments!

Yearly events

Wikimania

Wikimedia New York City participates in the Wikimania conference which happens annually in July.

Wikipedia Loves Libraries

Wikipedia Loves Libraries is the name of an ongoing effort to promote collaboration between the Wikipedia community and libraries, and during Open Access Week in the last full week of October this chapter participates in that project by having a meetup in a library.

Wiknic

Wikimedia New York City organizes a yearly picnic, the Wiknic.

Wiki Loves Monuments

In September Wikimedia New York City participates in Wiki Loves Monuments, which is a photo tour. The members take pictures of local monuments and upload those into Commons as part of the project's contest.

Ongoing projects

Bi-monthly Salon

Every other month there is a salon in which people in New York City meet in person to discuss Wikipedia topics. See past events here.

Campus ambassador program

Wikimedia New York City sends campus ambassadors to schools to do Wikipedia outreach.

Supporting Wikipedians in Residence

Wikimedia New York City supports Wikipedians in Residence at local organizations.

Legal standing

The chapter was incorporated as Wikimedia New York City, Inc. in New York State on July 7, 2009 as a not-for-profit corporation. It later received its 501(c)(3) determination from the Internal Revenue Service on December 22, 2011, retroactively to the date of incorporation. The Chapters Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation recognizes this group as an official chapter.

Budget and financial history are at Wikimedia New York City/Finances.

The original incorporators signed our non-profit charter in March 2009.

We're working with pioneering regional neighbors throughout the Northeast US, and hope to cooperate with them and other US chapters in future through a Wikimedia United States Chapters Council. We're also working with more local partners through the Free Culture Alliance NYC umbrella group.

Organization

Meetups

Since August 2007, the New York City meetups have been held on a roughly bimonthly schedule.

Participants

Our current board are:

• President: Pharos
• Secretary: Daniel Case
• Treasurer: Becksguy
• Vice Presidents:

• DGG
• Mozucat
• Newyorkbrad
• Outis010
• Quarl
• Savidan

For the list of other participants, please see Wikimedia New York City/Participants.

History

Wikimedia New York City tracks its activities.

Minutes

Meeting minutes are here.

• Wikimedia New York City/2012July25
• Wikimedia New York City/2012August29
• Wikimedia New York City/2012October03

Contact Us

We are very interested in contacts with outside individuals and other organizations in the local community.

If you have a project you want to work on with us, this is a great opportunity to get acquainted. If you want someone to give a talk or teach a class with an inside view of Wikipedia, meet your volunteers. And if you just have any questions, we'd be glad to try to answer them.

The best way to keep up to date with us is to watch this page, the New York City Meetup, and to join the mailing list.

Our organizational contact email is wm-nyc wikimedia.org