User talk:Mike Linksvayer

August 2005
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 * What, you've only been at it three or four months longer than I have? &mdash;Tamfang 05:03, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I've been at it since 2003, though still nothing significant. I don't know why Longhair chose to deposit a welcome message here last August. Mike Linksvayer 07:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I found a page where Ryan said, No problem. We target blank (red) talk pages. We have no other way of pointing out new users, which is why we often end up welcoming experienced users. &mdash;Tamfang 07:54, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

"Linksvayer"
The prank has been speedied. =) Just so you know, if you see any other pages that should be deleted right away, you can add the Speedy Delete template to alert admins that it should be nuked right away. The template looks like this:, and where "reason" is, fill in why it ought to be deleted, making sure it falls under speedy delete policy. This is different than an AFD nomination, because speedies can be deleted right away, while AFDs are subject to debate. Any questions, feel free to drop a line on my talk. User:Premeditated Chaos 23:51, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

simple links
Hello. Please note that you don't need to type rational agents ; it suffices to type rational agents. Similarly, if you type evolutionary, Austrian, hyphenated, logical, apocryhpal, books, rabbinical, etc., then the whole word, not just the part in brackets, appears as a clickable link, and links to the page whose name is in the brackets. Also, the first letter of a link, unlike the later letters, is not case-sensitive, so you don't need to write book. Michael Hardy 20:18, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks Michael for that very useful tip! Mike Linksvayer 00:50, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Another small work-saver: if you write crest (heraldry) (with nothing after the pipe), it's saved as crest, i.e. the text outside the parenthesis is repeated after the pipe. &mdash;Tamfang 17:43, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

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Nomination of Mike Linksvayer for deletion
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The Great American Wiknic
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Common IP
Hello. I want to support of my comrades, which implement useful activity with me together at one of the sub-units of the volunteers of the CC. This is the Russian community, which gives almost for everyone the opportunity to work with good conditions, for the development of the openess, via the remote administration software. People from different countries are at this community, if they have some proof of them useful activity for the goals of the CC. When implement such activity, people automaticly get same (common) parameters of the computer and the Internet, including, IP address, DNS, browser and language (the Russian interface). My comrades were blamed for creating multiple accounts, receiving the nickname sockpuppet, and were blocked. These are veterans, who made very big contribution at different sub-units of the CC. U.S. Curator (contribution at the CC) worked some time together with John Torn (division of labor).Also, they were blamed for spam to profit. The conflict was appeared, when Torn tried to implement the initiative, which was suggested by the top managment sub-unit. The goal of this initiative is to attract donations to pay for the work of third-party developers at the CC. Thus, the goal has the practical nature and nothing more. As result, I ask you explain the situation for the administrators of the English Wikipedia, for the rehabilitation of the violated rights of my comrades. Thank you ! 89.179.190.233 (talk) 23:47, 12 November 2011 (UTC).
 * Adding links to Wikipedia articles to attract donations is not appropriate, however noble and not-for-profit the cause. Explaining this would be futile. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 00:41, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Excuse me, may i ask you a question about activity of above-mentioned group of accounts on CC wiki? Inserting completly irrelevalent links into pages, creating pages about illegal collections of copyrighted materials (see also this page), insulting other users - is that contribution appropriate? OneLittleMouse (talk) 07:50, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't know anything of substance more than what is at the links you point out. This person or group of people have also sent me a few emails, similarly long-winded and difficult to make sense of. I'm ignoring the issue. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 18:24, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the answer. OneLittleMouse (talk) 02:03, 14 November 2011 (UTC)


 * All simply: Exists sub-unit of the CC, which consists of near 8000 of people (volunteers). These people want for respect of them rights, which were violated. Respect of rights, including, this is rehabilitation of honor the contributers, such as he: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/User:U.S._Curator and his helpers. The topic USA is 1 of the most important topics at the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#External_links (Category:USA in the Creative Commons. Websites and projects for free usage under a Creative Commons license) and at the CC. We work for people. If John Torn is guilty, it means, this link must be deleted from the Wikipedia: Category:USA in the Creative Commons. Websites and projects for free usage under a Creative Commons license. This is him contribution at the Wikipedia (here diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States&diff=prev&oldid=448855151 ). The more, you write, that is undesirable attract donations that way. Also, U.S. Curator must be blocked here. As offender. Let others create the Category:USA at the Creative Commons. You will decide. You have right to do everything. Our right is to ask about the rehabilitation of members of the sub-unit (which located at the Russian community). Working for the good of the OPENESS and the CC. The justice only is welcomed. People are not blamed. The program TeamViewer makes the common ranges of IP addresses. We ask to correct terrible mistake, related to sockpuppets. You are respected man and do it is in your power, everybody knows it. No need to stay away. And 8000 volunteers want their initiatives have been respected. About OneLittleMouse: He is the great wrestler with spam and the well-known provocateur. Self-promotion. Talk page was removed because of the dirty violations, in 2010, at the English Wikipedia. Materialscientist made these the fair actions. - 176.15.3.12 (talk) 20:47, 13 November 2011 (UTC).
 * Just FYI - any of the administrators has access to the deleted versions of my talk page, so spreading lies about it contents has no sence. OneLittleMouse (talk) 02:40, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

This is the appeal to the expert
Hello! People violate all principles of the Openess and many of other rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rubber_Soul#Not_spam.2C_because_not_exists_of_any_legal_ground_to_think_so. I ask you explain to them, if they can not understand me personally. I am sure, that they do not want, because have more rights here. Thus, this is request for support. I hope, you will not become have neutral point of view. Because you are the highest expert. I need justice. Violators must be stopped. The movement for the openess in the danger, otherwise. This is the bad precedent in the future. They must undo the illegal rollbacks also and not create obstacles more. Please, let them understand shortly and clearly. Here and on the talk page of the Rubber Soul. They must understand once and for all. These people are wrong on 10000000%, not lower. The Freedom and Openess must win. Thanks! - Crazy1980 (talk) 20:36, 24 November 2011 (UTC).
 * I responded at the link above. Summary: I'm not a relevant expert. Sorry! Mike Linksvayer (talk) 21:52, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Please, see this topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rubber_Soul#Not_spam.2C_because_not_exists_of_any_legal_ground_to_think_so. Thanks! - Science111 (talk) 00:34, 26 November 2011 (UTC).

License and CCPlus
Hello! Websites and projects in this category are legal: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Category:License_and_CCPlus ? Every of them, currently. Thanks! Un500 22:18, 26 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Un500 (talk • contribs)


 * Sorry else time, I want to clarify: which exact principle? In sense, that several of websites sell own licences, but I can not see in code HTML of such websites, the mark up of the CC. In the same time, exist some websites with a perfect display of the scheme, as here: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CCPlus . I want understand principle. Thanks! - Un500 (talk) 12:47, 27 November 2011 (UTC).


 * Sorry I don't know what you're asking, but it probably isn't your fault -- "CC+" is a dumb brand that is misunderstood by most of the people who encounter it. Feel free to try rephrasing your question. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 21:20, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for attention! Okey. For example: which method used by Jamendo to implement the protocol CCPlus, when has the goal to get rights for selling of the musical licenses? This site uses a CC license, at the same time, in the code HTML there is not exists the markup REL, which has relation to the protocol CCPlus. Like displayed at the page here: CCPlus. In the code HTML of some other websites exists the exact usage of such markup REL. Page with the legal info of the website of the project ART OF THE BEATLES IN THE GLOBAL LIBRARY contains the exact markup. At the website of the New York State Senate implemented conditions of the protocol CCPlus in the part of getting the additional permissions only (and waiver). Very difficult understand: who of these websites is the legal more, than others. Jamendo, Senate, The Beatles, Yahoo! and so on..? All projects from the Category:License and CCPlus at the CC. What need to make, to get the needed level of such legal nature, including. You said earlier that many people can not understand. Please, explain. If a big number of people not has the such knowlege, better of all to explain this for a large public. I think so. Lesson by topic: the tools of the CC. The best place to implement this, possibly, is here: Talk:Creative Commons licenses. This is can be very helpful contribution, softly speaking. Large number of issues related to the CC, is the "dark forest" for much of users at the Wikipedia. People must know, how implement rightly. Please, provide such service for our users, when not complicated. Or for me only. As you want. Thanks before! - Un500 (talk) 19:17, 30 November 2011 (UTC).


 * I still can't really tell, but I'm going to guess that you're asking about http://www.webcitation.org/63aerpv2c -- the "CC+" page on beatles1.ru. There are a number of things on that page indicating misunderstanding. One can't use a work "under CC+". "CC+" is not a license. It is not meaningful to merely assert that one has "additional permissions" unless those have been granted by the copyright holder of the work(s) in question. In order to offer "additional permissions" one would have to have the relevant rights in the first place, much like one needs to have the relevant rights in order to usefully offer a public license. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Before_Licensing may be helpful. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 21:23, 30 November 2011 (UTC)


 * It is interesting. What about Waiver, in this case with The Beatles? Like the Senate State New York, simply. The whole science. Thanks! - Un500 (talk) 21:52, 1 December 2011 (UTC).


 * beatles1.ru/CC_Plus.html reads like it is asserting that it has waivers which it probably doesn't. nysenate.gov/copyright-policy is offering a license and additional permissions for content the NY state senate probably does hold copyright to. Totally different. (An aside for anyone reading an actually understanding this: what nysenate.gov has done is legally ok, but not at all a good practice -- they're offering the most restrictive CC license, with a broad additional permission, except for one narrow class (political fundraising) that I doubt sees much use of such material anyway -- they've crippled they're offering, which ought be under a fully free license, no "CC+" additional permission necessary.) Mike Linksvayer (talk) 21:42, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Funny, but Jamendo uses very interesting method, to implement the protocol: If press link to upload song, appears window with the text: "create artist". Probably, all local artists are not exist in the reality. I do not know. Tell me please: Amazon sells a large number of different products (when not has copyright). Why he makes it and who gave such right him? Thanks! - Un500 (talk) 19:53, 14 December 2011 (UTC).
 * I suggest you try adding the Beatles to Jamendo, and see how far you get. Where copyright licenses required, Amazon has deals with copyright holders or their agents, eg distributors. I'm not the person to ask basic questions about other websites nor about copyright. Thanks. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 06:48, 15 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello! This is interesting. But EMI? They can present a claim in the relation Jamendo (or me), probably. Or how in such case can be? Somewhere exists EMI, but suddenly appears un500 and says: I am The Beatles! Wonderful. Or I must appeal to someone who have rights, for example beatles1 with its collection under license? Thanks! - Un500 (talk) 10:23, 17 December 2011 (UTC).


 * I suspect you're trying to get some kind of validation for the idea that beatles1.ru has some useful rights over Beatles material beyond exceptions & limitations available to anyone. Sorry, no. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 21:02, 17 December 2011 (UTC)


 * No. You self suggested (see own text). Thanks! Un500 (talk) 16:41, 18 December 2011 (UTC).

Labels
Hello! I want to ask your help again. Exists different number of free music labels. What need I do to become "artist" with such label? Which label better of other and so on. Explain please (including: which stages, with understanding, that I am not professional, and I can understand only the simplest language of this science). It is important to know where to get a special code and where to put it ........ and so on. Please! Sorry for mistakes - tired today strongly. Thank you before! Un500 (talk) 23:48, 11 January 2012 (UTC).
 * http://www.archive.org/details/netlabels#forum is a good place to ask. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 00:24, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Beyond SOPA/PIPA
You might be interested in contributing to the discussion here. 75.60.18.197 (talk) 22:12, 29 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Please explain me in details. I am Russian and is difficultly for me to understand those issues. I will help, if I have such possibility. - 128.73.159.118 (talk) 23:15, 29 January 2012 (UTC).

Which benefits can we get (when use)
Hello. Please tell me: what is "Allforgood" (website-service)? Which benefits can we get (when use) and how? Has this some relation to the government of the US? Big thank you! - 2.92.76.82 (talk) 18:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC).
 * I've never heard of the site before now. No idea. Mike Linksvayer (talk) 18:39, 7 June 2012 (UTC)


 * This is patron of the United Way (for example): http://www.allforgood.org 2.92.76.82 (talk) 20:17, 7 June 2012 (UTC).

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Request on global level
Hello Mike!

Can you to give help for the preparation the new UN International Day: https://www.facebook.com/SR.John.Lennon.Peace.Arts (culture and safety of the planet in the same time)? Because you known as very good man, I make the such request. Awaiting your reply soon.

Kind regards. - 128.73.133.140 (talk) 19:27, 27 October 2013 (UTC).


 * Hello Mike!

I ask you notify the Creative Commons on Facebook to press "Like" for the UN Day.


 * https://www.facebook.com/creativecommons?fref=ts


 * https://www.facebook.com/SR.John.Lennon.Peace.Arts

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.145.143.225 (talk) 22:10, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Mike!

On the page of the project on Facebook is displayed "Like" in the relation of the Creative Commons. I ask you say for Creative Commons: need click "Like" here: https://www.facebook.com/SR.John.Lennon.Peace.Arts (mutually: exchange of the links for the good of all Humanity in the result). Main office of the political party waits the high credibility to take action on the level of State Duma ("Likes " will be in very great number). And the CC will be the important part in this list in the result: http://www.un.org/en/events/observances/days.shtml (not on Facebook already). Main website of the CC can be part on the page of the WSIS in any second (if the CC will give support via stupid "Like" even). Main preparation - on the WSIS. Thank you! We wait, with hope. P.S. And all more, than important and really: http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/peaceday/2006/messengerspeace.asp#douglas (the party supports actions of the such representatives, which are intended for all humanity). Speech of the Elizabeth II: http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/Historic%20speeches%20and%20broadcasts/GoldenWeddingspeech20November1997.aspx (great role of The Beatles in history). Great number of such facts (almost on the same level). All outstanding accomplishments of John Lennon - not only proofs for the UN (interesting fact for the main page of this great event in future). Why the CC is important (very respected organization everywhere). - 128.73.90.239 (talk) 14:08, 2 November 2013 (UTC).

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Structured Data on Commons update
Greetings,

After a delay in updates to the Structured data on Commons project, I wanted to catch you up with what has been going on over the past three months. In short: The project is on hold, but that doesn't mean nothing is happening.

The meeting in Berlin in October provided the engineering teams with a lot to start on. Unfortunately the Structured Data on Commons project was put on hold not too long after this meeting. Development of the actual Structured data system for Commons will not begin until more resources can be allocated to it.

The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany have been working to improve the Wikidata query process on the back-end. This is designed to be a production-grade replacement of WikidataQuery integrated with search. The full project is described at Mediawiki.org.This will benefit the structured data project greatly since developing a high-level search for Commons is a desired goal of this project.

The Wikidata development team is working on the arbitrary access feature. Currently it's only possible to access items that are connected to the current page. So for example on Vincent van Gogh you can access the statements on Q5582, but you can't access these statements on Category:Vincent van Gogh or Creator:Vincent van Gogh. With arbitrary access enabled on Commons we no longer have this limitation. This opens up the possibility to use Wikidata data on Creator, Institution, Authority control and other templates instead of duplicating the data (what we do now). This will greatly enhance the usefulness of Wikidata for Commons.

To use the full potential of arbitrary access the Commons community needs to reimplement several templates in LUA. In LUA it's possible to use the local fields and fallback to Wikidata if it's not locally available. Help with this conversion is greatly appreciated. The different tasks are tracked in phabricator, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T89594.

Volunteers are continuing to add data about artworks to Wikidata. Sometimes an institution website is used and sometimes data is being transfered from Commons to Wikidata. Wikidata now has almost 35.000 items about paintings. This is done as part of the WikiProject sum of all paintings. This helps us to learn how to d:Wikidata:WikiProject Visual arts/Item structuremodel and refine metadata about artworks. Experience that will of course be very useful for Commons too.

Additionally, the metadata cleanup drive continues to produce results. The drive, which is intended to identify files missing information or the like structured data fields and to add such fields when absent, has reduced the number of files missing information by almost 100,000 on Commons. You can help by looking for files with similarly-formatted description pages, and listing them at Bots/Work requests so that a bot can add the information template on them.

At the Amsterdam Hackathon in November 2014, a couple of different models were developed about how artwork can be viewed on the web using structured data from Wikidata. You can browse two examples here and here. These examples can give you an idea of the kind of data that file pages have the potential to display on-wiki in the future.

The Structured Data project is a long-term one, and the volunteers and staff will continue working together to provide the structure and support in the back-end toward front-end development. There are still many things to do to help advance the project, and I hope to have more news for you in the near future. Contact me any time with questions, comments, concerns.

-- User:Keegan (WMF) (talk) 19:46, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Your voice


Hello! As there is a Wikipedia article about you, you are cordially invited to contribute a short audio recoding of your spoken voice, so that our readers may know what you sound like and how you pronounce your name. Details of how to do so, and examples, are at Voice intro project. Please feel free to ask for help or clarification on the project talk page, or my talk page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:56, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Mike Linksvayer! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 23:52, Thursday, December 31, 2015 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon series kickoff, April 27
Please join us in San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area will gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. We have two brief presentations lined up for our kickoff event in downtown San Francisco:


 * The Nueva Upper School recently hosted the first ever high school Wikipedia edit-a-thon. We will hear what interests them about Wikipedia, what they have learned so far, and what they hope to achieve.
 * Photojournalist Kris Schreier Lyseggen, author of The Women of San Quentin: The Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons, will tell us about her work and how she researched the topic.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see here: Bay Area WikiSalon, April 2016

We hope to see you -- and until then, happy editing! - Pete, Ben & Wayne

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on May 25
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016

See you soon! ,, and via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC) | Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the SF Meetups notice.

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have:


 * A brief report on Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Publice Library, coordinated by Merrilee:
 * What topics might we cover in a follow up?
 * Find out more about resources your public library provides to help with editing (hint, it's more than just books!)
 * Special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
 * Join in on an in person Wikidojo!
 * Are you curious how your peers approach writing a Wikipedia article? This exercise, pioneered by Wikipedians Nikola Kalchev and Vassia Atanassova in 2015 and conducted in many places around the world, will help us all - from first-time wiki users to veteran Wikipedians - share ideas, while building an article together. If you have ideas (relating to Bay Area history, ideally) about a new article we could build (stubs and short existing articles are fine), please submit them ahead of time to coordinator Pete Forsyth. (User talk page or email is fine.)
 * Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

REMINDER/invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m.
Please join us in downtown San Francisco tonight!



If you cannot join in person or want to view portions later:
 * To join via Hangout on Air
 * Via YouTube Stream

We will have:


 * Light snacks, and time to mingle
 * A brief report on the Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Public Library, that was coordinated by Wiki editor Merrilee
 * A special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
 * Join in on a brief in person Wikidojo!
 * Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E/viewform and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you tonight! ,, and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC) | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice)

Late breaking invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, July 27 (Wednesday) - change of venue - tonight
Please join us in the Mission at Noisebridge (one time change of venue)!



We hope you can join us today, Wednesday, from 6 p.m. on, at our July Bay Area WikiSalon. This month only, we are going to be at Noisebridge, a hackerspace/makerspace 1.5 blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station (see the link for directions). Some of us will be working on the Wikipedia article on basic income. [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bay_Area_WikiSalon_July_2016 All info here]. Some good news - we do not have to be as strict about advance RSVP at Noisebridge, so bring spontaneous guests! ([//docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHtIIcEtUPqLtbG6BXCAs-A6u6bdK6aW3z_jBNiA5lnTHKog/viewform Registering] ahead of time is still helpful, as always, as it will help us plan ahead.)

Come and hang out, have some light snacks. Wi-Fi is available, so please bring your editing device if you plan to edit.

Also, Pete just published a writeup of the Wikidojo exercise we did last month. Your comments welcome, if he missed anything! http://wikistrategies.net/ghost-town-royals-wikidojo

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. Mark you calendars now.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Eric Baum


The article Eric Baum has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * DOesn't meet WP:BIO or WP:GNG

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, August 31
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have a brief presentation for your education and possible enjoyment:


 * Former EFF intern Marta Belcher will discuss crowdsourcing her Stanford Law School graduation speech using a wiki. The "WikiSpeech" was the subject of prominent national media attention in 2015, and more than half of her classmates contributed to writing and editing the commencement address via a wiki.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Tonight: Live and archived links for Bay Area WikiSalon
Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:

If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.

Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue

You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.

Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of International Living


The article International Living has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Notability: sufficient in-depth RS coverage cannot be found. Article is advertorial in nature and serves mostly to promote the company.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:28, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of International Living for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article International Living is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/International Living& until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:32, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of USA Today (magazine) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article USA Today (magazine) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/USA Today (magazine) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. czar 15:11, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, September 28
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no formal agenda to allow people to freely share ideas and perhaps learn about Wikipedia through hands-on editing. Co-organizer Ben Creasy will be looking at election-related articles to enhance the information available in the upcoming November elections.



Co-organizer Stephen LaPorte has suggested doing an upload-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments. Niki, the California coordinator for WLM will be in attendance. WLM is an annual event and the official dealine is Friday the 30th for submissions to count towards awards.

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, or a stool and do your own thing.



Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, September 2016. Mark your calendars now for the 3rd Wednesday in October, the 26th, when we will have a brief presentation.

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to a Wednesday evening event in SF
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi folks,

Please copy and share this on other talk pages. We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather at the Wikimedia Foundation lounge to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no meaty agenda this month, but we will allow a brief period for:


 * Open mic for anybody who attended [//wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page WikiConference North America 2016] in San Diego last week and wants to share their takeaway
 * Question & answer
 * Open mic for announcements
 * Maybe a focus on some topical election article editing with Ben?

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, a stool or counter and do your own thing.

Please note: You should [//docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E register here], and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, October 2016. PS: Mark your calendars ahead now for the 3rd Wednesday in November, the 30th (the week after Thanksgiving), at 6 p.m. when our WikiSalon will host a super awesome top secret mystery guest mingling in our midst. We will announce specifics at the upcoming WikiSalon.

See you soon! ,, , Jacob, and | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
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Everybody is invited to the November 30 Bay Area WikiSalon
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Details and RSVP here.

See you soon! ,, and | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon series: Everybody is invited this Wednesday evening at 6
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki and open-source enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Before and after the brief presentation we allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks.

In addition, this month we will have:
 * a brief presentation from (Jim Heaphy) about the Wikipedia Teahouse
 * spontaneous lightning talks from the floor
 * community announcements from the floor

For details and to RSVP see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, December 2016

See you soon! and | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

+++++

P.S. Any help spreading the word through social media or other avenues is most welcome! We plan to announce this on various sites and invite various groups; if you would like to join in, check our meta planning page, and please note any announcements you are sending out: Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco

Please feel free to add to, refine, reorganize or edit the above linked page: it is a wiki!

We need more helpers and organizers, so if you see a need, please jump in, or talk to us about it! You can add your username to the meta page where appropriate, or create a new role! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Reminder invitation to the December Bay Area WikiSalon
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi, everybody.

We are excited to remind you of the ninth in the Bay Area WikiSalon series that is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.


 * Details (RSVP suggested) here (RSVP helps us know how much food and drink to bring in)

What is a WikiSalon? A monthly safe and inclusive meatspace event conducted in organized chaos and we all clean up the mess afterwards. Livestream links for the presentation are available during presentation months, and will be forthcoming for those of you that cannot attend. December is a presentation month. Hope to see you there! (and ) - co-organizers Any last minute questions or suggestions? Please ping or email Ben or me. | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Archived link for December Bay Area WikiSalon
Hi, y'all. In case you missed it and want to watch the archive reel; the topic was The Wikipedia Teahouse and the presenter was well respected Wikimedian Jim Heaphy [[User:Cullen328]]


 * [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeJim1n2uiY Archive link] (also includes intro, announcements, and a lightning talk)


 * Details about Bay Area WikiSalon for December here

The full title of Jim's presentation was: Welcoming and Helping New Editors: A Month at the Wikipedia Teahouse: an overview of the Teahouse and an analysis of over 300 Teahouse conversations during the month of August, 2016

Jim gave a longer version of this presentation in October at [//wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page WikiConference North America 2016] in San Diego, California.

Cheers! Co-organizer - and co-organizer  | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

PS: Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m. which will be Wikipedia's 16th Birthday party hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon! Details to follow soon. If you want to help plan it, get in touch with us ASAP! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to a birthday bash to Celebrate Wikipedia's 16th Birthday!
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district.



For details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Meetup/SF/Wikipedia Day 2017

The San Francisco gathering is one of a number of Wikipedia Day celebrations worldwide.

See you soon! , and  | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice)

PS: We need volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add your name to the Project page, and what you can offer. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the page.

Bay Area WikiSalon usually meets the last Wednesday evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch and learn about new projects and ideas. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:52, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Reminder invitation to the Wikipedia Day 16 birthday bash & edit-a-thon
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district and everybody is invited!



See you Sunday! , and

PS: We still need more volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add what you can offer and your name to the Project page or Talk about it. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the Project page. The event is already growing due to volunteers that have stepped up so far.


 * Bay Area WikiSalon meets one evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch or learn about new projects and ideas.

Note: the previous invitation had a bum wikilink. Sorry! | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for February 22
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in. For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

See you soon! and | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon February reminder
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6 p.m. For details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017 See you soon! and (co-coordinators) | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Your invitation: Bay Area WikiSalon series at Noisebridge
Please join us in San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. This month we are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace in the Mission near 16th Street BART (temporary change of venue). The good news is this means that you can bring spontaneous guests if you forget to RSVP!

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. If possible, please RSVP as it helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in. For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017 See you soon! Co-coordinators and  (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:06, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Reminder: Tonight is Bay Area WikiSalon at Noisebridge
Please join us in San Francisco!



Details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017 (optional, but helpful for food and special needs accommodations)

We are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace (temporary venue change) near 16th ST BART in SF.

See you soon! Co-coordinators and  (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:52, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Wednesday night you are invited! Bay Area WikiSalon
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather for the Bay Area WikiSalon series to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. We will have some announcements and lightning talks from the floor, and a breakout session. This is our one year anniversary, so there will be cake! Please RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in. See you soon! and (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:19, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Fair Use in Australia campaign update
I'm writing you this followup message, as you took the time to vote in support of a Wikipedia banner campaign for the introduction of Fair Use in Australia.

After much planning and coordination with the WMF, Australian Digital Alliance, and Electronic Frontiers Australia, as of Monday the banner-campaign is active on English Wikipedia to a portion of logged-out readers in Australia (technical details). The banners direct people to this page on Meta: FairCopyrightOz. That page, alongside lots of information, further directs people towards the campaign website faircopyright.org.au where Australians are invited to write to their local MP to express support of Fair Use. If you are interested in supporting this campaign, please, send a letter yourself using the template letter provided at that link.

Furthermore, and with the support of the ADA & EFA, we have received fantastic media coverage - with article "Fair Use: Wikipedia targets Australians in bid to change the law" appearing on page 2 of the Sydney Morning Herald and page 10 of the Melbourne Age on Monday's edition. It was for a time the 3rd most read article the Fairfax website, and Fair Use was "trending" on Twitter in Australia. We are running the account @FairCopyrightOz on twitter, and we are tracking other press-mentions on the talkpage on Meta.

Today, day 2, we published a detailed post about the campaign on the Wikimedia Blog, ran an "Ask Me Anything" Q&A session on the Australia page in Reddit, and [by happy coincidence of timing] the article History of fair use proposals in Australia appeared on the en.wp mainpage as a Did You Know. [The creation of that "history of..." article was a specific request arising from in the community consultation in which you voted].

And, most importantly, in a little more than a day nearly 800 letters to MPs have been sent encouraging them to support the Productivity Commission's recommendation to adopt Fair Use in Australia. I urge you - please add your own message.

Sincerely, Wittylama 16:13, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Everybody is invited to the May 31 Bay Area WikiSalon series!
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. This month we are taking it on the road to Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace!

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. There will be periodic guided tours of Noisebridge. You can stay late, on your own! YeeHaw!

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The Bay Area WikiSalon is an unSalon this month!
Please stay where you are for an unSalon!



We are taking July off! Please gather your thoughts for changes that you would like to see in the next 10 months and present them at our July 26 WikiSalon.

Ordinarily, the last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at the Bay Area WikiSalon series to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We normally allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, July 26 at 6 p.m.! The venue will be the Noisebridge hackerspace/makerspace on Mission Street in San Francisco. Sincerely, and  | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:44, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

The Black Woman is God Edit-a-Thon in San Francisco, July 22
You're invited to The Black Woman is God Edit-a-Thon at SOMArts in San Francisco on Saturday July 22, 1-4 pm. It'll be at 934 Brannan Street (between 8th & 9th). Everyone is welcome to join this editing event, held in conjunction with The Black Woman is God exhibition to raise the online visibility of Black women artists and challenge the gaps in art history that erase or minimize Black women’s contributions as artists, activists and social change-makers. (Message requested by Dreamyshade and delivered on 14:23, 9 July 2017 (UTC). You can subscribe/unsubscribe to San Francisco event talk page notices here.)

Structured Data on Commons Newsletter, July 19, 2017
Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!

Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons?
The millions of files on Wikimedia Commons are described with a lot of information or (meta)data. With the project Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons, this data is structured more, and is made machine-readable. This will make it easier to view, search (also multilingually), edit, organize and re-use the files on Commons.

In early 2017, the Sloan Foundation funded this project (see documentation). Development takes place in 2017–2020. It involves staff from the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) and many volunteers. To achieve this, Wikibase support is added to Wikimedia Commons. Wikibase is the technology that is also used for Wikidata.

Recent developments: groundwork

 * A new and crucial technical step (federation) now makes it possible to reference data from one Wikibase website in another. Because of this, it will be possible to use Wikidata's items and properties to describe media files on Commons.
 * Another important piece of groundwork is under development: so-called Multi-Content Revisions. This feature allows structured data to be stored alongside wiki text, so that one wiki page can contain several types of content.

Team updates

 * Amanda Bittaker was hired as Program Manager for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons. Amanda will take care of the overall management of the project.
 * Sandra Fauconnier (known as Spinster in her volunteer capacity) is the new Community Liaison. She will support the collaboration between the communities (Commons, Wikidata, GLAM) and the product development teams at the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland.
 * We have open positions for a UX designer and a Product Manager!

Talking with communities and allies

 * Long-term feedback from GLAMs. Besides the Wikimedia community, many external cultural and knowledge institutions (GLAMs - Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are interested in Structured Data on Commons and are willing to provide feedback on the long-term plans for the project. Alex Stinson, GLAM strategist at the Wikimedia Foundation, is currently in contact with Europeana, DPLA, the Smithsonian and the National Archives of the United States. Alex is also looking for other GLAM institutions who might be able to advise on the long term. If you know of an institution or partner that may be appropriate for consultation, do get in touch with Alex.
 * Jonathan Morgan, design researcher, is starting to work on two projects:
 * Researching batch upload workflows by interviewing GLAM institutions
 * Researching the enrichment, organization and improvement tasks on already uploaded media files by engaging with active Commons contributors. This research follows up on existing research by Wikimedia Deutschland on heavy Commons users.

What comes next?

 * The Structured Data on Commons team meets in the week after Wikimania to lay the groundwork for the next steps. This includes new backend development and design work, for better and more clear integration of the structured data in pages on Wikimedia Commons.
 * The project's information pages on Wikimedia Commons will receive a long overdue update in the upcoming months. The team will also work on more and better communication channels. Feedback, wishes and tips are welcome at the project's general talk page.

Get involved

 * Join us at Wikimania! We are present at the hackathon, and there will be a session on Saturday, August 12: Structured Commons: what changes are coming?
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * Stay tuned for requests for input, discussion and participation as soon as the info portal is refreshed (see above). These will also be announced via this newsletter.

Many greetings from SandraF (WMF) (talk), Community Liaison for this project! 13:55, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

UCSF project
Hi! I am currently revamping the UCSF project. I created lots of pages and added a lot of content, but there is so much still to do. I saw that you are part of the SFBA task force, so I thought you might be interested and I wanted to invite you to collaborate once more. In particular, we need to add content, do maintenance, and we really would benefit from pictures, so if you are in SF and could help that would be great. Thanks!Eccekevin (talk) 15:11, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Structured Commons newsletter, October 25, 2017
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates


 * Rama published an article about Structured Commons in Arbido, a Swiss online magazine for archivists, librarians and documentalists: original in French, illustrated and the article translated in English.
 * We now have a dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests


 * Join the community focus group!
 * Translation. Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * The documentation and info pages about Structured Data on Commons have received a thorough update, in order to get them ready for all the upcoming work. Obsolete pages were archived. There are undoubtedly still a lot of omissions and bits that are unclear. You can help by editing boldly, and by leaving feedback and tips on the talk pages.
 * We have started to list tools, gadgets and bots that might be affected by Structured Commons in order to prepare for a smooth transition to the new situation. You can help by adding alerts about/to specific tools and developers on the dedicated tools page. You can also create Phabricator tasks to help keep track of this. Volunteers and developers interested in helping out with this process are extremely welcome - please sign up!
 * Help write the next Structured Commons newsletter.


 * Presentations / Press / Events


 * Structured Data on Commons was presented at Wikimania 2017 in Montréal for a packed room. First design sketches for search functionality were discussed during a breakout session. Read the Etherpad reports of the presentation and the breakout session.
 * Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, answered questions on Quora. One of her answers, mentioning Structured Data on Commons, was republished on Huffington Post.
 * Sandra Fauconnier, Amanda Bittaker and Ramsey Isler from the Structured Commons team will be at WikidataCon. Sandra presents Structured Commons there (with a focus on fruitful collaboration between the Wikidata and Commons communities). If you attend the conference, don't hesitate to say hi and have a chat with us! (phabricator task T176858)


 * Team updates

Two new people have been hired for the Structured Data on Commons team. We are now complete! :-)
 * Ramsey Isler is the new Product Manager of the Multimedia team.
 * Pamela Drouin was hired as User Interface Designer. She works at the Multimedia team as well, and her work will focus on the Structured Commons project.


 * Partners and allies


 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!


 * Research

Design research is ongoing.
 * Jonathan Morgan and Niharika Ved have held interviews with various GLAM staff about their batch upload workflows and will finish and report on these in this quarter. (phabricator task T159495)
 * At this moment, there is also an online survey for GLAM staff, Wikimedians in Residence, and GLAM volunteers who upload media collections to Wikimedia Commons. The results will be used to understand how we can improve this experience. (phabricator task T175188)
 * Upcoming: interviews with Wikimedia volunteers who curate media on Commons (including tool developers), talking about activities and workflows. (phabricator task T175185)


 * Development

In Autumn 2017, the Structured Commons development team works on the following major tasks (see also the quarterly goals for the team):


 * Getting Multi-Content Revisions sufficiently ready, so that the Multimedia and Search Platform teams can start using it to test and prototype things.
 * Determine metrics and metrics baseline for Commons (phabricator task T174519).
 * The multimedia team at WMF is gaining expertise in Wikibase, and unblocking further development for Structured Commons, by completing the MediaInfo extension for Wikibase.


 * Stay up to date!


 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! It takes place on Tuesday 21 November, 18.00 UTC.

Warmly, your community liaison, SandraF (WMF)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 14:26, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

What is Talk Page Theatre? Come find out!
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Come find out what "Talk Page Theatre" is all about! The last Wednesday evening of every other month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.  We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. We will be at the NEW Wikimedia Foundation offices! w00t!!!  Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.  For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, November 2017  See you soon! ,, and | ( Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice ) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Structured Commons newsletter, December 13, 2017
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates


 * There was a IRC Office Hour about Structured Commons on November 21. You can read the log here.
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests
 * NEW: Participate in a survey that helps us prioritize which tools are important for the Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata communities. The survey runs until December 22. Here's some background.
 * NEW: Help the team decide on better names for 'captions' and 'descriptions'. You can provide input until January 3, 2018.
 * NEW: Help collect interesting Commons files, to prepare for the data modelling challenges ahead! Continuous input is welcome.
 * Join the community focus group!
 * Do you want to translate messages and information about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.


 * Presentations / Press / Events
 * Sandra presented the plans for Structured Commons during WikidataCon in Berlin, on October 29. The presentation focused on collaboration between the Wikidata and Commons communities. You can see the full video here.


 * Partners and allies
 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!


 * Research
 * Research findings from interviews and surveys of GLAM project participants are being published to the research page. Check back over the next few weeks as additional details (notes, quotes, charts, blog posts, and slide decks) will be added to or linked from that page.


 * Development
 * The Structured Commons team has written and submitted a report about the first nine months of work on the project to its funders, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The 53-page report, published on November 1, is available on Wikimedia Commons.
 * The team has started working on designs for changes to the upload wizard (T182019).
 * We started preliminary work to prototype changes for file info pages.
 * Work on the MediaInfo extension is ongoing (T176012).
 * The team is continuing its work on baseline metrics on Commons, in order to be able to measure the effectiveness of structured data on Commons. (T174519)
 * Upcoming: in the first half of 2018, the first prototypes and design sketches for file pages, the UploadWizard, and for search will be published for discussion and feedback!


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! It takes place on Tuesday, February 13, 18.00 UTC in wikimedia-office webchat.

Warmly, your community liaison, SandraF (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 16:32, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

SFMOMA Edit-a-Thon in San Francisco, March 8
You're invited to an Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon at SFMOMA in San Francisco on Thursday March 8, 5-9 pm. It'll be at 151 Third Street, 2nd floor, free to the public. Everyone is welcome to participate in an evening of communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to gender, art, and feminism. (This message is from User:Dreamyshade. You can subscribe/unsubscribe to San Francisco event talk page notices here.) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Structured Data on Commons Newsletter - Spring 2018
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter and contribute to the next issue. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat
 * Several Commons community members are working on ways to integrate Wikidata in Wikimedia Commons. While this is not full-fledged structured data yet, this work helps to prepare for future conversion of data, and helps to understand how Wikidata and Commons can work better together.
 * Thanks to Jarekt and other contributors, some Commons templates can now be filled via Wikidata: (Phabricator) and  (Phabricator). Work is ongoing on the  template (Phabricator).
 * Thanks to Mike Peel and others, Wikidata-powered infoboxes can now be added to Commons categories, with the template . ( Example)
 * Multichill is working on an experimental workflow to upload images to Commons via Wikidata (and using metadata from Wikidata). See a part of it here.


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests
 * Join the community focus group!
 * Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * Contribute to the next newsletter.
 * Discussions held
 * Conversation about licensing and copyright modeling.
 * High-level discussion on ontology for Commons.
 * Review first designs for multilingual captions.
 * IRC office hour, 13 February


 * Events
 * Wikimedia Conference, Berlin, 20-22 April (+ Learning Days 18-19 April): several sessions and workshops around Structured Commons
 * EuropeanaTech Conference, Rotterdam, 15-16 May: several presentations + a full workshop day on Monday 14 May about Wikidata and Structured Commons
 * Wikimedia Hackathon, Barcelona, 18-20 May: Structured Commons as a focus area.


 * Partners and allies
 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!


 * Research
 * The research about GLAM contributions to Wikimedia Commons is concluded. A blog post on the Wikimedia blog provides a summary, and you can read the full results on meta.wikimedia.org.


 * Development
 * Prototypes will be available for Multilingual Captions soon.


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! The date for next quarter will be announced soon.

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 19:48, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation!
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Periodically, on the last Wednesday evening of the month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to munch, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for announcements, informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Bring a friend! Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. This months focus is images!

We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks (maybe pizza too!).
 * For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2018 (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

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UPDATE! Bay Area WikiSalon moved to June 6!
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Our apologies, but we are rescheduling to Wednesday, June 6 at 6:00 p.m. due to a WMF host scheduling conflict.
 * For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2018 (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

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REMINDER: Bay Area WikiSalon is Wednesday, June 6
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



When: Wednesday, June 6 at 6:00 p.m.
 * For details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2018 (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

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Structured Data on Commons Newsletter - Summer 2018
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter and contribute to the next issue. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat
 * Since our last newsletter, the Structured Data team has moved into designing and building prototypes for various features. The use of multilingual captions in the UploadWizard and on the file page has been researched, designed, discussed, and built out for use. Behind the scenes, back-end work on search is taking place and designs are being drawn up for the front-end. There will soon be specifications published for the use of the first Wikidata property on Commons, "Depicts," and a prototype is to be released to go along with that.


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests


 * A workshop on what Wikidata properties Commons will need. This workshop will be open for the entire month of July 2018 at minimum.


 * Join the community focus group!
 * Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * Contribute to the next newsletter.
 * Discussions held


 * In late February there was a discussion around how Commons generally sees data being modeled.


 * The first discussion on copyright and licensing with Commons was held in March. This was a "high level" discussion, there will be a consultation later this summer about the deeper mapping of copyright and licensing in a structured way.
 * In April there was an exercise for GLAM partners in metadata and ontology mapping.
 * A discussion about the design for Multilingual Captions on the file page took place in May. You can still review the designs and leave feedback.
 * There was an IRC office hour in June to discuss progress so far and future plans.


 * Wikimania 2018
 * Three sessions about Structured Commons are officially scheduled for Wikimania 2018 - Cape Town, South Africa - July 2018.
 * Wikimedia Commons and GLAM needs around the world (Friday 20 July, 10:30 local time)
 * Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons and knowledge equity (Friday 20 July, 14:00 local time)
 * Design challenge workshop: How can multilingual structured metadata bring knowledge equity to Commons? (Friday 20 July, 14:30 local time)
 * Structured Data on Commons is also a focus area during the Wikimania 2018 Hackathon. We will, among other things, do 'live' modelling of Wikidata properties for Commons - an offline spin-off of the community consultation taking place on wiki.


 * Partners and allies
 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!
 * Structured Data on Commons was presented to GLAM audiences during EuropeanaTech 2018 in Rotterdam (15 May 2018) and at the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Forum in Berlin (4 June 2018).


 * Research

Two research projects about Wikimedia Commons are currently ongoing, or in the process of being finished:


 * 1) Research:Curation workflows on Wikimedia Commons—a project that seeks to understand the current workflows of Commons contributors who curate media (categorize it, delete it, link to it from other projects, etc.).
 * 2) Research:Technical needs of external re-users of Commons media—soliciting feedback from individuals and organizations that re-use Commons content outside of Wikimedia projects, in order to understand their current painpoints and unmet needs.




 * Development
 * Prototypes will be available for Depicts soon.


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! The date for next quarter will be announced soon.

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 21:07, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Structured Data Newsletter - Research link fix
Greetings,

The newsletter omitted two interwiki prefixes, breaking the links on non-meta wikis as you might see above. Here are the correct links:


 * 1) m:Research:Curation workflows on Wikimedia Commons—a project that seeks to understand the current workflows of Commons contributors who curate media (categorize it, delete it, link to it from other projects, etc.).
 * 2) m:Research:Technical needs of external re-users of Commons media—soliciting feedback from individuals and organizations that re-use Commons content outside of Wikimedia projects, in order to understand their current painpoints and unmet needs.

My apologies, I hope you find the corrected links helpful.

- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:21, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for July 25!
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Periodically, on the last Wednesday evening of the month, wiki enthusiasts gather at the Bay Area WikiSalon series to munch, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for announcements, informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Bring a friend! Kid/family friendly. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. This months focus is reliable sources!

We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks (maybe pizza too!).
 * For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, July 2018 (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

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Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for September 26!
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Periodically, on the last Wednesday evening of the month, wiki enthusiasts gather at the Bay Area WikiSalon series to munch, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for announcements, informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Bring a friend! Kid/family friendly. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. This months' focus is '''Did you know ... ?'''

We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks (maybe pizza too!).
 * Details and RSVP here (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

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Last call for RSVPs for Wednesday evening
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hey, folks.​ Reminder:​ Wednesday evening ​at 6 ​is the Bay Area WikiSalon series​.​


 * Details and RSVP here (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

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Structured Data on Commons Newsletter - Fall 2018 edition
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates
 * Multilingual Captions, the first feature release for Structured Data, is coming in January of 2019
 * Be on the lookout for the beta testing announcement
 * Help using captions has been set up, if you'd like to go ahead and see the workflow
 * Two IRC office hours were held since the last newsletter
 * Log for 4 October
 * Log for 1 November
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat

Current:
 * Things to do / input and feedback requests
 * Help determine and propose properties on Wikidata for Commons
 * Review designs for structured licensing and copyright
 * Join the community focus group!

Since the last newsletter:
 * Review a prototype for searching structured Commons (October 2018)
 * "Good coverage" for depicts tagging (Sept. 2018)
 * Review and discuss mockups for displaying the new metadata section of the file page (18 September - 9 October 2018)
 * Depicts statements draft requirements (14 August - 31 August 2018)
 * Identify Wikidata properties that Commons will need (26 June - 14 August 2018)


 * Presentations / Press / Events
 * Presentation by Keegan on the first features to be released for Structured Data, presented at Wikiconference North America, Columbus, Ohio, October 2018.
 * Sandra presented a project update at the GLAM-Wiki conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2018, as part of an update and panel discussion.
 * Structured Data on Commons was the subject of a keynote presentation by Sandra (see slides) at the Baltic Audiovisual Archives Council conference in Tallinn, Estonia, November 2018.


 * Partners and allies
 * The info portal on Structured Commons now includes a section on GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums).
 * We are currently planning the first GLAM pilot projects that will use structured data on Wikimedia Commons. One project has already started: the Swedish Heritage Board researches and develops a prototype tool to provide improved metadata (translations, data additions...) from Wikimedia Commons back to the source institution. Read the project brief.
 * The documentation for batch uploads of files to Wikimedia Commons will be improved in 2019, as part of preparing for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons. To prepare, the GLAM team at the Wikimedia Foundation wants to understand better which types of documentation you already use, and how you like to learn new GLAM-Wiki skills and knowledge. Fill in a short survey to provide input!


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 17:58, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

You are cordially invited to Stanford University to celebrate Wikipedia's birthday
Join us in celebrating Wikipedia's 18th birthday at Stanford University!




 * I am delighted to invite you to the 2019 Wikipedia Day party at Stanford, which will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 5:00-8:30pm.


 * There will be pizza, cake, and refreshments; both newcomers and experienced Wikimedians are welcome! We will have a beginner track with tutorials, and an advanced track with presentations, lightning talks, and tips and tricks. Admission is free, and you do NOT have to be a Stanford University student to attend.


 * Details and RSVP here • register here

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Captions in January
The previous message from today says captions will be released in November in the text. January is the correct month. My apologies for the potential confusion. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:43, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Structured Data - file captions coming this week (January 2019)
My apologies if this is a duplicate message for you, it is being sent to multiple lists which you may be signed up for.

Hi all, following up on last month's announcement...

Multilingual file captions will be released this week, on either Wednesday, 9 January or Thursday, 10 January 2019. Captions are a feature to add short, translatable descriptions to files. Here's some links you might want to look follow before the release, if you haven't already:


 * 1) Read over the help page for using captions - I wrote the page on mediawiki.org because captions are available for any MediaWiki user, feel free to host/modify a copy of the page here on Commons.
 * 2) Test out using captions on Beta Commons.
 * 3) Leave feedback about the test on the captions test talk page, if you have anything you'd like to say prior to release.

Additionally, there will be an IRC office hour on Thursday, 10 January with the Structured Data team to talk about file captions, as well as anything else the community may be interested in. Date/time conversion, as well as a link to join, are on Meta.

Thanks for your time, I look forward to seeing those who can make it to the IRC office hour on Thursday. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:09, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Structured Data - blogs posted in Wikimedia Space
There are two separate blog entries for Structured Data on Commons posted to Wikimedia Space that are of interest:


 * Working with Structured Data on Commons: A Status Report, by Lucas Werkmeister, discusses some ways that editors can work with structured data. Topics include tools that have been written or modified for structured data, in addition to future plans for tools and querying services.
 * Structured Data on Commons - A Blog Series, written by me, is a five-part posting that covers the basics of the software and features that were built to make structured data happen. The series is meant to be friendly to those who may have some knowledge of Commons, but may not know much about the structured data project.

I hope these are informative and useful, comments and questions are welcome. All the blogs offer a comment feature, and you can log in with your Wikimedia account using oAuth. I look forward to seeing some posts over there. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:33, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

You are cordially invited to the SPIE Photonics West edit-a-thon on 02.02.2020
Join us for the SPIE Photonics West edit-a-thon this Sunday, 02.02.2020!




 * I am delighted to invite you to the SPIE Photonics West 2020 edit-a-thon, at Park Central Hotel (Franciscan I, 3rd Level / 50 Third Street / San Francisco, California), on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at 5:00-7:00pm.


 * Newcomers and experienced Wikimedians are welcome to participate alongside SPIE conference attendees. Admission is free. Training will be provided.


 * Details and sign-in here

See you soon! All the best, --Rosiestep (talk) 06:59, 31 January 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Nomination of MAFIAAFire Redirector for deletion
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Invitation to Local Wikimania Event in San Francisco this Friday
Hi!

Wikimania is happening and hopefully you're enjoying the sessions. While it's fairly last minute, you're warmly invited to participate in the local Wikimania-themed meetup in the Wikimedia Foundation office this Friday (tomorrow!). You will have to register in advance, but we would love to see more people from the WikiSalon community participate! For more information and registration, please check out Wikimania 2022/San Francisco Meetup.

The event will involve hacking, teaching, learning, and celebrating and we'll have snacks. We will have the opportunity to watch live sessions at Wikimania together in the afternoon. The rest of the day we'll have opportunity to participate in the hackathon, and we may have some on-demand workshops/learning sessions.

In case we run out of space, it's first-come-first-serve so let us know soon! Hope to see you there.

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