User:Pharos/Sandbox/b

Plenary Sessions

 * Plenary Session A: WikiLove: WikiLove, Civility and Good Faith, the importance of kindness within the Wikipedia Community, with User:Invertzoo. As Wikipedia expands into a mature encyclopedia, a consistent and genuine positive tone within constructive collaboration is more important than ever before. We can all learn to grow our own kindness.


 * Plenary Session B: Wikipedia and Your Project: Educational and Content Partnerships, group discussion on Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors, Libraries and Museums cooperation, Wiki Workshops for different groups, and Wikimedia NYC and other outreach programs.

Lightning Talks

 * Add your 5-minute lightning talk topic you can personally present, about wiki topics or anything Free Culture-related. (actual schedule for lightning talks will be determined the day of). Last-minute entries always accepted!


 * "We're Ma Bell", The NYCwiki, City-TLDs and Global Governance. Tom will talk about his organization's collaboration with Wikimedia-NY and ISOC-NY to build a foundation for the neighborhood domain names that will arrive with the.nyc TLD, e.g., GreenwichVillage.nyc, JacksonHeights.nyc... As well, he will present this as one building block for a global internet governance structure. - Tom Lowenhaupt
 * WikiProject Medicine/Collaboration of the Month - User:Peter.C
 * "Foundations of Open Education" class at at Adelphi University. The course looks at the pedagogy of open learning in relation to collaborative internet technologies; especially roots in Free Software and relation to Free Culture. The main assignments will be carried out on Wikipedia. - User:Mcuringa
 * Wikileaks, Freedom of Information and how this impacts Wikipedia - User:Sidepocket (note: Wikileaks is not a Wikimedia project)
 * Problems with newspapers charging for access, and blocking archiving when free (examples and discussion)--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Net Neutrality and FCC's new rules: the good, bad and ugly Joe Plotkin
 * Access to information essential to Sierra Leonean community building milk processing plant in Sierra Leone. - Susanna J Dodgson
 * The Importance of Freedom of Knowledge for the Intellectual Growth of Children, A personal Journey with Wikipedia - Karan Wadhwani
 * Collaboration in Free Culture:The free culture friendliness? -Marife Mago - OLPC_NYC & eKindling and Pharos(Richard)
 * "Going Public (Thoughts on Art)" - Ben Sisto
 * "Information doesn't want to be free. (It wants to be $4.95.)" - Forest Mars
 * - "Mapping neighborhood issues using Openstreetmap: 3 examples" - Michael L.
 * -5pointz is a free artist's haven, and hopes to remain that way well into the future. One of the pivotal attractions for artists and supporters of creative culture, 5pointz needs the NYC community to help with the recent state mandated renovations in order to continue. User:wesjohnbronson
 * Connecting researchers with information - and unlocking it!, Mendeley & Open Science Jessica Mezei
 * Crowd-sourcing citizen science and scientific data collection for conservation. Gabriel Willow, The WildLab [www.thewildlab.org]
 * "5 Rules to Live By" – a set of rules I came up with to keep in mind when editing, based off current policies and prior experiences. – Dream out loud (talk)
 * Disappearing photos on Wikipedia User:smallbones and --DThomsen8 (talk) 11:53, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Open Space

 * Add ideas you will bring for open space and sign up below (actual schedule for open space will be determined the day of). Last-minute entries always accepted!


 * Newbie Wiki Workshops specialized for interested people in cultural, educational and/or academic fields
 * Tutorial on the wp:inline citation, archived, featuring NYC landmarks with online updating --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:59, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Are you don't want the guideline WP:Citing Sources and, in particular, WP:Citing Sources and the following sections, rather than wp:inline citation, which is only an essay. --RoyGoldsmith (talk) 18:12, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Right you are, Roy! Read Roy's links as preparation for Saturday.--DThomsen8 (talk) 21:10, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * New York City coverage improvements discussion. If you are a New Yorker, tell us about what you are doing to improve coverage, or what others can do to join your efforts. Photos needed, articles needed, whatever. My citation tutorial is relevant for NYC or any city, but local knowledge is important, too. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:39, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development / Rio plus 20 as a Wikipedia Project; harnessing the collective power of Wikipedians to compile a comphrensive body of knowledge on Sustainable Development & a Green economy - Robert Pollard (talk) 22:25, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * College, social life, and Wikipedia – for current or previous college students and how Wikipedia interferes with (or helps with) their college and social life. – Dream out loud (talk)
 * The comparative myths of Britannica and Wikipedia as a factor in their success. Daniel Case (talk) 19:42, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * What we can learn from off-wiki coverage of Wikipedia's 10th anniversary, about what outsiders see as the project's strengths and weaknesses. Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:24, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Party

 * Add your awesome evening party ideas.


 * Wiki-Desserts: Wiki-Cake, Wiki-Cookies?
 * Wiki-Jeopardy games on Wikipedia and NYC trivia, written and hosted by User:Mitchazenia
 * tenwiki:Wikipedia's Top Ten highlights
 * Wikipedia videos, and Jimmy Wales' 10th anniversary address to the global community of Wikipedia editors
 * Pizzas from Francesco's Pizzeria on 4th Street near Vanderbilt Hall.