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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!
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 neighbors throughout the Northeast US, and hope to cooperate with them and other US chapters in future through a Wikimedia United States Chapters Council.
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 wikinewyork
gmail.com
[edit] Organization
Since August 2007, the New York City Meetups have been held on a roughly bimonthly schedule.
The next scheduled meeting will be in January 2010 (TBA).
The original incorporators signed our non-profit charter in March 2009. Our current board are:
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[edit] Annual calendar
[edit] Projects
[edit] Meetings
[edit] Wikimedia NYC Salon
| General project dimensions |
| Description |
New York City Meetup—Salon. |
| Intended Audience |
Wikimedian community, Free Culture community |
| Partners |
Columbia University |
| Topic or theme |
Presentations—Roundtable discussions. |
| Purpose |
Promote sharing of ideas. |
| In Practice |
| Next step |
Increased online distribution in broader Wikimedia community |
| Last update |
October 2009 |
| So far |
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Chapter business meetings
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| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
Video and audio:
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| Coordination |
Pharos, ScienceApologist, Nightscream, Daniel Case |
[edit] Wiki-Conference New York + 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 |
November 2009 |
| So far |
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| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
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| Coordination |
Pharos, ParkerHiggins, Reagle, Johndbritton, Mitchazenia |
[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 |
| Topic or theme |
Media literacy—Wiki contributions. |
| Purpose |
Education—Outreach. |
| In Practice |
| Next step |
Next class with NYPL, working with BPL, CUNY and other libraries and educational organizations |
| Last update |
November 2009 |
| So far |
- 07/2009 Mid-Manhattan Library Wikipedia 1: Basics, & Wikipedia 2: Becoming a Contributor
- 09/2009 LaGuardia CC Wikipedia Demystified: Content, Coverage, Controversies
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| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
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| Coordination |
DGG, Pharos, Ssilvers, Mozucat, Mblumber |
[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 |
August 2009 |
| So far |
Discussions with Congress for Jewish Culture |
| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
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| Coordination |
Pharos, DGG, Chaim Shel, Ikhveysnit |
[edit] Cultural Embassy Project
| General project dimensions |
| Description |
Cultural institution—Wikipedia article writing. |
| Intended Audience |
General public |
| Partners |
Local cultural institutions (Jewish Museum, etc) |
| Topic or theme |
Wikipedia. |
| Purpose |
Free content creation—cultural outreach. |
| In Practice |
| Next step |
More creative ways of improving articles |
| Last update |
August 2009 |
| So far |
Discussions with local cultural institutions |
| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
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| 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 |
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Other regional photo events
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| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
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| 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
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| Topic or theme |
Photography—Art. |
| Purpose |
Free content creation—Outreach. |
| In Practice |
| Next step |
Post-event processing |
| Last update |
April 2009 |
| So far |
- 02/2009 Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New-York Historical Society events
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| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
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| Coordination |
Pharos, Becksguy, Jeremyb Star Mississippi |
[edit] Wikipedia Loves Landmarks
| General project dimensions |
| Description |
Historic places—Walkthrough. |
| Intended Audience |
General public |
| Partners |
Private and public owners of historic places |
| Topic or theme |
Video—Architecture—City life. |
| Purpose |
Free content creation—Outreach. |
| In Practice |
| Next step |
Prototype videos |
| Last update |
November 2009 |
| So far |
- Jefferson Market Library prototype video
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| Upcoming |
More videos to be created |
| Further information |
| Information online |
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| Coordination |
Intern Gabriel, Pharos, Star Mississippi |
[edit] In discussion
- Wikipedia Takes Manhattan by Video with intern Gabriel
- Community Embassy Project with intern Archana
[edit] Chapter infrastructure
| General project dimensions |
| Description |
New York City Meetup—Wikimedia chapter. |
| Intended Audience |
Wikimedian community |
| Partners |
Wikimedia Foundation, Software Freedom Law Center |
| Topic or theme |
Development of non-profit. |
| Purpose |
Furthering capacity for future projects. |
| In Practice |
| Next step |
Starting internship program and establishing membership system |
| Last update |
August 2009 |
| So far |
- Bylaws written
- Approval by Wikimedia Foundation
- First board established
- Non-profit registered
- External projects: Geonotice revival, Open Education League NY
- Fall 2009 Internship program: Archana, Brenna, Gabriel
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| Upcoming |
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| Further information |
| Information online |
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| Coordination |
Pharos, Daniel Case, MBisanz, DGG, Newyorkbrad |
[edit] Interested Participants
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)
[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 wikinewyorkgmail.com
gmail.com
