Wikimedia New York City

WikiNYC

• WikiProject NYC

  (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 & Cultural institutions, through a variety of different programs.

Wikimedia New York City is a 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. This chapter is in an early state of development, and new information will be added here as time progresses.

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.

Keep in touch!
Next event	Wiki-Conference NYC: August 2010 (TBA)
Mailing list	Wikimedia NYC area mailing list
Email	wm-nyc wikimedia.org

[edit] Organization

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

The original incorporators signed our non-profit charter in March 2009. Our current board are:

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

• DGG
• Gosgood
• Jeremyb
• MBisanz
• Newyorkbrad

[edit] Annual calendar

• Permanent ongoing projects: Wikimedia NYC Salon, Wikipedia at the Library, Cultural Embassy Project
• Upcoming projects: Wikipedia Day NYC, Yiddish Encyclopedia Project
• Projects that will be back on the calendar: Wiki-Conference New York, Wikipedia Loves Art, Wikipedia Takes Manhattan

[edit] Projects

[edit] Meetings

[edit] Wikipedia Meetup NYC Salon

General project dimensions
Description	New York City Meetup—Salon.
Intended Audience	Wikimedian community, Free Culture community
Partners	Columbia University Department of Astronomy
Topic or theme	Presentations—Roundtable discussions.
Purpose	Promote sharing of ideas.
In Practice
Next step	Increased online distribution in broader Wikimedia community
Last update	May 2010
So far	01/2008 ScienceApologist on Pseudoscience on Wikipedia 03/2008 David Shankbone on Wikinews, DGG on Librarians' criteria for reliability, Gmaxwell on New pages patrol feature 06/2008 MBisanz on Admin coaching 11/2008 Shapiros10 on RfA and ageism, Mitchazenia on educational projects 01/2009 Newyorkbrad on Biographies of living persons 03/2009 Dispenser on tools 05/2009 Becksguy on adjusting to growth 09/2009 Mindspillage on Wikimedia strategy, FunFan on stock photos 11/2009 DGG on fringe ethnicity topics 03/2010 RoyGoldsmith on WP:SYNTHESIS, Tomlzz1 on .nyc 05/2010 Frenezulo on language study, DGG on Wikimedia Commons controversy Chapter business meetings   11/2007 November 2007 01/2008 January 2008 03/2008 March 2008 06/2008 June 2008 09/2008 September 2008 11/2008 November 2008 12/2008 December 2008 01/2009 January 2009 02/2009 February 2009 03/2009 March 2009 05/2009 May 2009 09/2009 September 2009 11/2009 November 2009 04/2010 April 2010
Upcoming	Wiki-Conference NYC: August 2010 (TBA)
Further information
Information online	Video and audio: ScienceApologist on Pseudoscience on Wikipedia on Internet Archive David Shankbone on Wikinews, DGG on Librarians' criteria for reliability, Gmaxwell on New pages patrol feature on Internet Archive MBisanz on Admin coaching on Internet Archive Shapiros10 on RfA and ageism, Mitchazenia on educational projects Becksguy on adjusting to growth
Coordination	Pharos, ScienceApologist, Nightscream, Daniel Case

[edit] Wiki-Conference NYC / WikNYC Picnic

General project dimensions
Description	National-scale event—New York City Meetup—Salon—Picnic.
Intended Audience	Wikimedian community, Free Culture community
Partners	Free Culture NYU, Information Law Institute at NYU School of Law
Topic or theme	Presentations—Roundtable discussions—Celebration of Wikimedia projects.
Purpose	Promote sharing of ideas—Community-building.
In Practice
Next step	Documentation and recordings online, preliminary ideas for 2010
Last update	May 2010
So far	08/2007 Central Park Picnic (picnic only) 08/2008 Prospect Park Picnic (picnic only) 07/2009 1st Wiki-Conference NYC
Upcoming	08/2010 2nd Wiki-Conference NYC
Further information
Information online	Wiki-Conference New York 2009 Wiki-Conference New York 2009 on Internet Archive Wikimania 2011/Bids/New York City
Coordination	Pharos, ParkerHiggins, Reagle, Johndbritton, Mitchazenia

[edit] Wikipedia Day NYC

[edit] Learning

[edit] Wikipedia at the Library

General project dimensions
Description	Library—Classes.
Intended Audience	General public, Library community
Partners	New York Public Library, City University of New York, Princeton Theological Seminary
Topic or theme	Media literacy—Wiki contributions.
Purpose	Education—Outreach—Free content creation.
In Practice
Next step	Next class with NYPL, working with BPL, CUNY, Columbia, and other libraries and educational organizations; Wikimedia Public Policy Initiative at regional universities
Last update	July 2010
So far	07/2009 Mid-Manhattan Library Wikipedia 1: Basics, & Wikipedia 2: Becoming a Contributor 09/2009 CUNY LaGuardia Wikipedia Demystified: Content, Coverage, Controversies 12/2009 CUNY IT Conference Wikipedia in the Classroom 03/2010 City Tech Library Is there a place for Wikipedia in the classroom? 04/2010 CUNY LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning Wikipedia: Overview, hands-on, Here Comes Everybody Chapter 5 04/2010 Wikipedia, Museums, Libraries, and Access to Art Collections Columbia University Libraries with Wittylama 05/2010 New York Area Theological Library Association Wikipedia for Librarians
Upcoming	10/2010 Princeton University
Further information
Information online	Wikipedia at the Library on Wikipedia Mid-Manhattan Library workshop notes on Wikipedia LaGuardia CC workshop notes on Wikipedia CUNY IT Conference: Wikipedia in the Classroom CUNY LaGuardia Library Notes City Tech Library workshop notes on Wikipedia NYATLA 1 and NYATLA 2 workshop notes on Wikipedia
Coordination	DGG, Pharos, Ssilvers, Mozucat, Mblumber

[edit] NYCwiki Neighborhoods Project

General project dimensions
Description	Neighborhoods—Wikipedia article writing.
Intended Audience	General public, Neighborhood community groups
Partners	Connecting NYC, Internet Society-NY, Wireless Harlem, CUNY LaGuardia Wiki Center
Topic or theme	Wiki contributions—City life.
Purpose	Education—Outreach—Free content creation.
In Practice
Next step	Finding home for a neighborhoods wiki, content workshops with the public and neighborhood community groups
Last update	June 2010
So far	11/2009 Wireless Harlem Tech Saturdays 05/2010 ISOC-NY Event: dot nyc – How are we doing?
Upcoming	No date set
Further information
Information online	NYCwiki.org NYCwiki Neighborhoods Project on NYCwiki.org dotNeighborhoods on Connecting NYC ISOC-NY workshop notes on Wikipedia
Coordination	Interns Archana and Andrea and Blurpeace, Pharos, Tomlzz1, Wwwhatsup

[edit] Yiddish Encyclopedia Project

General project dimensions
Description	Book scanning—Yiddish Wikipedia.
Intended Audience	Yiddish community
Partners	Congress for Jewish Culture (CYCO), Yugntruf
Topic or theme	Wikipedia—Wikisource.
Purpose	Free content creation—Minority language outreach.
In Practice
Next step	Digitization of Algmeine Encyclopedie with Congress for Jewish Culture and Google Books
Last update	July 2010
So far	Discussions with Congress for Jewish Culture, consideration of Enciclopedia Chilena model
Upcoming	No date set
Further information
Information online	CYCO Yiddish Encyclopedia at Meta CYCO Publishing House Yiddish Wikipedia Yiddish Wikisource Enciclopedia Chilena: Bringing it back alive using Wikisource at Wikimania 2010
Coordination	Pharos, DGG, Chaim Shel, Ikhveysnit

[edit] Wikipedia Cultural Embassy

General project dimensions
Description	Cultural institution—Wikipedia article writing.
Intended Audience	General public
Partners	Local cultural institutions (New York Public Library, Jewish Museum, Girl Scouts National Historic Preservation Center, etc), regional help with Smithsonian Institution collaboration
Topic or theme	Wikipedia.
Purpose	Free content creation—cultural outreach.
In Practice
Next step	United Nations Photo Library image donation, further development of embassy pages, Wikipedian in Residence program
Last update	July 2010
So far	06/2009 Jewish Museum starter article 04/2010 New York Public Library embassy page prototype 04/2010 Brooklyn Museum image donation
Upcoming
Further information
Information online	Wikipedia Cultural Embassy on Wikipedia w:Wikipedia:Culture/NYPL on Wikipedia w:Wikipedia:GLAM/SI on Wikipedia
Coordination	Pharos, Ssilvers, Star Mississippi

[edit] Photography

[edit] Wikipedia Takes Manhattan

General project dimensions
Description	Wikipedia Take The City—Photo scavenger hunt.
Intended Audience	General public
Partners	Free Culture Columbia, Free Culture NYU, The Open Planning Project
Topic or theme	Photography—Architecture—City life.
Purpose	Free content creation—Outreach.
In Practice
Next step	Review of WTM 3
Last update	October 2009
So far	04/2008 Wikipedia Takes Manhattan (WTM 1) 10/2008 Wikis Take Manhattan (WTM 2) 10/2009 Wikis Take Manhattan (WTM 3) Other regional photo events   01/2009 Wikipedia Takes the Subway 10/2009 Wikipedia Takes Philadelphia
Upcoming	Planning for Fall 2010
Further information
Information online	Wikipedia Takes Manhattan on Wikipedia Wikipedia Takes Manhattan on Commons Wikis Take Manhattan on Wikipedia Wikis Take Manhattan on Commons Wikis Take Manhattan on Livable Streets Wikis Take Manhattan on Streetfilms
Coordination	Pharos, Mitchazenia, Jeremyb, Becksguy, Jim.henderson

[edit] Wikipedia Loves Art

General project dimensions
Description	Museum—Photo scavenger hunt.
Intended Audience	General public
Partners	Locally: Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New-York Historical Society, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Free Culture Columbia, Free Culture NYU Globally: 16 cultural institutions total, cooperation with Wikimedia UK, and other regional Wikimedians
Topic or theme	Photography—Art.
Purpose	Free content creation—Outreach.
In Practice
Next step	Post-event processing
Last update	May 2010
So far	02/2009 Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New-York Historical Society events
Upcoming	Ongoing Wikipedia Loves Art international efforts
Further information
Information online	Wikipedia Loves Art on Wikipedia Wikipedia Loves Art/US-UK on Wikipedia Wikipedia Loves Art on Flickr
Coordination	Pharos, Becksguy, Jeremyb Star Mississippi

[edit] Lights Camera Wiki

General project dimensions
Description	Video—Historic places—Walkthrough.
Intended Audience	General public, (architectural community)
Partners	Open Video Alliance, subject area project content partners, (proprietors of historic places, architectural organizations)
Topic or theme	Video—Architecture.
Purpose	Free content creation—Outreach.
In Practice
Next step	Public launch and developing more subprojects, Wikimob student workshops
Last update	June 2010
So far	11/2009 Demonstration for Multimedia Usability Project Meeting France: Jefferson Market Library prototype video, Grand Central Terminal prototype video 03/2010 Public launch of Lights Camera Wiki / Architecture and other subprojects
Upcoming	06/2010 New York Public Library Wikimedia and Public Video Working Group 07/2010 Wikimania presentation, pending approval
Further information
Information online	Lights Camera Wiki on Wikipedia Lights Camera Wiki/Architecture on Wikipedia Videos on Wikipedia Lights Camera Wiki on Commons How to Post a Video to Wikipedia on Let's Get Video on Wikipedia
Coordination	Gabrielm199, Pharos, Totallynuts, Daniel Case, Star Mississippi

[edit] Chapter infrastructure

[edit] Interested Participants

Chapters Chapters committee FAQ Creation guide Summaries Reports Meetings Coordination Board seats WMF grants to chapters Established chapters AR Wikimedia Argentina AT Wikimedia Österreich AU Wikimedia Australia BR Wikimedia Brasil CH Wikimedia CH CZ Wikimedia Česká republika DE Wikimedia Deutschland DK Wikimedia Danmark FI Wikimedia Suomi FR Wikimédia France GB Wikimedia UK HK Wikimedia Hong Kong HU Wikimédia Magyarország ID Wikimedia Indonesia IL Wikimedia Israel IN Wikimedia India IT Wikimedia Italia MK Викимедија Македонија NL Wikimedia Nederland NO Wikimedia Norge PH Wikimedia Philippines PL Wikimedia Polska PT Wikimedia Portugal RU Wikimedia Russia RS Wikimedia Serbia SE Wikimedia Sverige TW Wikimedia Taiwan UA Wikimedia Ukraine US-NYC Wikimedia New York City

Wikimedia New York City is not going to have any membership restrictions based on geographical location. However, it will be difficult for people who live far away to participate in the Chapter. If you are interested in joining, or would just like to be kept up-to-date about the process, post your name below and please consider joining our mailing list.

• EdwinCasadoBaez[1], Live in the Bronx Borough of NYC...would love to be here!any update please inform me
• Pharos 23:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• Ragesoss 02:33, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
• DGG 07:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• CComMack 06:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• Cbrown1023 talk 00:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
• David Shankbone 20:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• BusterD 21:51, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• Rob T Firefly 13:59, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
• Gosgood 14:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
• --Girdi 00:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC) (Though at the moment, my stay in New Jersey lasts for 2 more months until I return to Reykjavík, but I will still be interested in joining :))
• Mitchazenia 18:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC) (pretty much the same as Jefferey Gustafson)
• CoolGuy 167.219.88.140 - 40% probability I'll attend. Hope to see you there!
• Volt4ire 21:11, 19 October 2007 (UTC) I won't be able to attend the next meeting, but I'd love to participate in future ones.
• I will love to make it to the next meeting hopefully it will be late in the night so my Jewish Shabat wont interfere.--יודל 16:22, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
• NYC JD 01:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC) (en:user:y)
• Daamien 13:02, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
• Mdozturk 13:17, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
• ScienceApologist 17:15, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
• Use the force 21:27, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
• Nightscream 08:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
• Frenezulo 00:12, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
• NGriffeth 21:18, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
• PaulHanson 18:37, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• htmlguru4242 17:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
• User:Enigmaman 00:33, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
• Andre (talk) 08:27, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
• Nightscream 04:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
• EdJohnston 18:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC) There is no similar activity in Boston where I live, and I do visit NYC periodically for other reasons
• Juliancolton Same as Mitchazenia and Jeffrey O. Gustafson. Juliancolton 22:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
• Jeremyb 16:36, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
• Nycdi 06:48, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
• MBisanz ^talk 16:21, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
• ShapiroS¹⁰ 20:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
• Theornamentalist 22:14, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
• Andrewjm222 17:37, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
• 69.86.104.233 17:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
• Nick Dupree[[2]] I've lived in NYC since August 2008 00:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
• –blurpeace ^(talk) 13:31, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
• AIDOV 16:32, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
• Jodi DeStefano live in Texas , mv'd from NY in NYC ofter to see family send e mails notice of meetings.216.150.113.71
• Wikiuser7777 18:21, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
• Elipongo 10:55, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
• Salmon1
• Tom Lowenhaupt
• Jide Otuyelu
• Quarl

[edit] 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