Wikipedia:Geonotice/Old requests/2009

Meetup/Phoenix
Locations required (cities/regions): Possible messages:
 * Phoenix, AZ metro area
 * Tucson, AZ
 * Flagstaff, AZ

Date range required:
 * Phoenix-area Wikipedians are invited to join in a meet and greet event in downtown Phoenix!

Misc info:
 * Now through December 8, 2009
 * Reason for requesting: Requesting to raise awareness for our first meetup,
 * User requesting: Spike Wilbury (talk)

Discussion

 * OK, posted. It should be working now.--Pharos (talk) 16:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Meetup Chicago
Locations required (cities/regions):
 * Chicago, Illinois

Possible messages:

Now-April 2010:
 * Wikipedia editors living in and around Chicago are invited to join a panel at the 2010 eChicago symposium, hosted at UIC.
 * Chicago-area Wikipedia editors welcome to discuss Web 2.0 at the 2010 eChicago symposium.

Misc info:Please send me a message if you are interested: knorri4@illinois.edu.
 * Reason for requesting: As a future library and information scientist, I would like to get a large group of editors together--first virtually, and finally physically--to discuss their involvement and experiences with Wikipedia.
 * User requesting: user:greypele

WikiProject Antarctica
Locations required (cities/regions): Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info:
 * Antarctica
 * Join WikiProject Antarctica!
 * I don't mind when, or for how long it stays up
 * Reason for requesting: I just thought it would be nice to get some people who have actually been there and studied the local flora and fauna to participate in the project. (Besides, nobody else would be crazy enough to request a geonotice for a frozen wasteland).
 * User requesting: Den dodge T\C

Meetup/Manchester 6
Locations required (cities/regions):
 * Manchester, United Kingdom

Possible messages:

attend. Date range required:
 * A meetup is going to be held in Manchester on Saturday 5th September. All are welcome to
 * There is a meetup in Manchester on Saturday 5th September. We hope to see you there.

Misc info:
 * Now until 5th September
 * Reason for requesting: Meetup
 * User requesting:  Majorly  talk

Discussion

 * Can you give us some suggested coordinates for the rectangle?--Pharos (talk) 20:10, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * not sure what that means I'm afraid.  Majorly  talk  20:29, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * We need latitude and longitude coordinates for the rectangle that we're going to cover around Manchester, and you would be better at supplying that than me.--Pharos (talk) 21:49, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It would be preferable that the message was sent to everyone who edits in England - we get people from a wide area, some from London. If this is not possible, you could be able to work out co-ordinates from here - geography is not my thing.  Majorly  talk  21:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, it's now set up for the area around Manchester and will activate 4 weeks before the meetup.--Pharos (talk) 23:15, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Academy at NIH, July 16
Locations required (cities/regions):
 * Bethesda, Maryland
 * Silver Spring, Maryland
 * Gaithersburg, Maryland
 * Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)

Possible messages:

Date range required:
 * Interested in volunteering for a Wikimedia Foundation Academy on Thursday, July 16, in Bethesda? ... more ...

Misc info:
 * Now until midnight on Tuesday, July 14
 * Reason for requesting: A bot posting on user talk pages, for editors self-identifying as living in Maryland or DC, did not generate enough interest.
 * User requesting: -- John Broughton (♫♫)

Discussion

 * Should be activated now. Let me know how it looks to you.--Pharos (talk) 17:05, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the prompt action. The only thing that struck me, looking at the notice, besides how large it was, was that it says "Maryland" rather than "Bethesda"  I'm guessing that's because in case someone from (say) New York ends up seeing the notice; he/she wouldn't know where Bethesda is.  If the system were more accurate in identifying the IP location, I'd push for "Bethesda" instead.
 * Any, again, thanks for the notice. The system is very useful.  -- John Broughton  (♫♫) 13:06, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * This message is still appearing (July 17). Maybe cache-related? I don't think so, though. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah ok, removed. We still have to close these things down manually; I guess it would be good if someone could figure out an 'end' parameter.-- (talk) 19:33, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK initiatives notice
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 * United Kingdom
 * Help Wikimedia UK support free knowledge&mdash;join, donate or volunteer to work with schools, museums or businesses.
 * No fixed date; ASAP would be preferable.
 * Reason for requesting: To draw attention to three initiatives currently being planned by Wikimedia UK, and also to more generally draw attention to the existance of the chapter (and to encourage people to join/donate).
 * User requesting: Mike Peel (talk)

Discussion

 * Have you considered instead of all these links, maybe making a single page which would be a "welcome" to the chapter and its recent initiatives, and which would also have a sign-up space?--Pharos (talk) 04:25, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making this live. We thought about having one link, but thought that having links to the individual project pages would be more appealing to more people, who would be interested in specific things rather than the whole chapter. Mike Peel (talk) 20:27, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The Wikimedia UK watchlist notice is problematic to editors using the "green on black" gadget - only the wikilinks are visible, other text appears in black on a black background. DuncanHill (talk) 15:06, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know if there's much we can do about this, though if anyone has ideas that'd be great. BTW, you must be a very eccentric person to want to simulate a green-screen display in the 21st century :)--Pharos (talk) 23:19, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not eccentric, I just don't like to hurt my eyes - without the green-screen, Wikipedia is painful. DuncanHill (talk) 18:12, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * This hasn't been noticed before and there have been relatively few UK notices so far, so perhaps the brits are a somewhat more nostalgic bunch. Anyway, the color="#000" in MediaWiki:Geonotice.js needs to be removed so that the text colour of the notice inherits that of the page body. Someone on the script's talk page also disliked the larger size of the text, so perhaps the font tag (and its closing tag) could be removed altogether. --Para (talk) 00:52, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, I've fixed the color parameter per Para's suggestion. I think the text size is working fine; we do want it to be a little but prominent.--Pharos (talk) 07:22, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * This can probably be removed now; thanks for running the notice. Mike Peel (talk) 21:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Jarry1250/Petition
Locations required (cities/regions): Possible messages:
 * United Kingdom

Date range required:
 * United Kingdom residents are invited to sign a petition requesting clarification of copyright law.

Misc info:
 * As soon as possible (not totally urgent though), for maybe 3 weeks.
 * Reason for requesting: Not your usual sort of request, I know, but I think that the possibility of really achieving something good for the WMF and everyone in the UK drives me in this interest. Details of the petition itself is on the linked page. (Only UK residents can sign the petition.)


 * User requesting: - Jarry1250 [ In the UK? Sign the petition! ]

Discussion

 * Um, this seems like an almost direct involvement in the UK political process, and probably something we shouldn't go forward with unless there's a great deal of discussion and consensus achieved first. Because putting this up will kind of make it look like the WMF is officially supporting this specific political process, which would normally be a no-no.--Pharos (talk) 19:26, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I guess you're right. I wouldn't call it political but yes, I can understand the whole endorsement issue. On the other hand, I think of it more as an opportunity to get together to (potentially) further the goals of the WMF, like a big wiki-meetup if you will. - Jarry1250 [ In the UK? Sign the petition! ] 19:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Meetup/Manila 5
Locations required (cities/regions):
 * Metro Manila, Philippines

Possible messages:

Date range required:
 * A meetup is going to be held in Manila on Saturday 19th September. All are welcome to attend.
 * Attendees will assemble at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City . We hope to see you there.

Misc info:
 * Now until 19th September
 * Reason for requesting: Meetup
 * User requesting: --Exec8 (talk) 13:57, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Meetup/Karachi
Locations required (cities/regions):
 * Karachi, Pakistan

Possible messages:

Date range required: Misc info:
 * We are planning to organinze a Wikipedians Meetup for the first time in Pakistan.
 * Interested users are welcome to join us!
 * As soon as possible
 * To draw attention of wikipedians around Karachi.
 * User requesting: Zainichi Gaikokujin (talk)

Discussion

 * OK, it should be up at UTC midnight.--Pharos (talk) 15:00, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Meetup/Cambridge 5
Locations required
 * Cambridge, UK. East Anglia plus counties of Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex.

Possible messages
 * Another Cambridge meetup is planned for the afternoon of Saturday 14 November. Please contribute to the Meetup/Cambridge 5 page and come along if you can. User:Charles Matthews.

Date range required
 * Next ten days

Misc info:
 * Meetup announcement
 * Request from Charles Matthews (talk)

Query: has this happened? If not, it had better be within 24 hours, or there is not much point. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:14, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Meetup/Dubai
Locations required (cities/regions):
 * Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Possible messages:

Date range required: Misc info:
 * I'm planning to organinze a Wikipedians meetup for the first time in United Arab Emirates.
 * As soon as possible
 * To draw attention of Wikipedians around Dubai.
 * User requesting: Saqib talk

Meetup/Miami 3
Locations required (cities/regions): Possible messages:
 * Florida


 * A Miami meetup for all Wikipedians is planned for the upcoming future. Contribute to Meetup/Miami 3 page to work out the details. ThanksUser:Secret.

Date range required:

Misc info:
 * Two weeks
 * Reason for requesting: Usual Meetup
 * User requesting: Secret account

Discussion

 * OK, posted.--Pharos (talk) 02:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Meetup/London 23
Locations required (cities/regions):
 * London, United Kingdom

Possible messages:

Date range required:
 * The 23rd London Wikipedia meetup is on Sunday, 12 July 2009. We hope to see you there!
 * There will be a Wikipedia meetup in London on Sunday, 12 July 2009. You're invited!


 * Now until 12 July 2009

Meetup/Cebu 2
Locations required (cities/regions): Possible messages:
 * Cebu, Philippines
 * Visayas region, Northern Mindanao region

Date range required:
 * The 2nd Cebu Wikipedia meetup is on Sunday, May 3, 2009. We hope to see you there!
 * There will be a Wikipedia meetup in Cebu on Sunday, May 3, 2009. You're invited!

Misc info:
 * Now until 2009-05-03
 * Reason for requesting: Meetup
 * User requesting:

Discussion

 * Thanks Pharos for informing me on this tool :=)
 * Posted! It should appear on watchlists at 0 UTC (in about 5 hours).--Pharos (talk) 19:32, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Meetup/Melbourne_13
Locations required (cities/regions): Possible messages:
 * Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Date range required:
 * There is a Melbourne meetup planned for this Sunday, April 17, all Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are welcome!

Misc info:
 * Until this Sunday (April 20), sincere apologies for the late notice, everybody was still off in Berlin :)
 * Reason for requesting: Meetup
 * User requesting: &mdash; Werdna  &bull;  talk

Discussion

 * Brianna tells me I can just do this myself, so I've done it. &mdash; Werdna  &bull;  talk  16:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Meetup/Seattle6
Locations required
 * Seattle, WA
 * Puget Sound region

Possible messages:


 * Hello! Researchers at UW are holding focus groups on April 8 and April 18 to gather user input, which will be used to design an application that will eventually be released to the Wikipedia community.
 * Hello! Researchers at UW are holding focus groups on April 8 and April 18. See Meetup/Seattle6 for details.

Date range required:


 * Now until 2009-3-31

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Researchers at UW looking for focus group participants
 * User requesting: Commprac01 (talk)

Meetup/Ann_Arbor_Detroit_Michigan
Locations required (cities/regions): Possible messages:
 * Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Detroit and surrounding area:
 * Michigan

Casual meeting up, to meet fellow wikians and work away from home. Library has computers, free wi-fi connection, and vending machines. Date range required:

Misc info:
 * now until 2009-02-28
 * Reason for requesting: Meetup
 * User requesting: Sheshed (talk)