Wikipedia:Geonotice/Old requests/2016

Meetup/Minneapolis/African American Artists/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
Locations required:
 * Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area: NW corner: (45.11, -93.45) SE corner: (44.81 -92.97)
 * That will also Victoria, since Washington state is not quite a triangle.

Possible messages:
 * Kick off African American History Month with a lively Wikipedia editing session at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) Meetup to increase the visibility of African American visual artists in Wikipedia.
 * Kick off African American History Month with a lively Wikipedia editing session. Please join the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) Meetup campaign to improve coverage and increase visibility of African American visual artists in Wikipedia.

Date range required:
 * 7 January to 28 January 2017

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: GLAM-Wiki edit-a-thon
 * User requesting: McGhiever (talk) 03:48, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

GLAM/Wellcome/Events and Workshops/NHS
Locations required:
 * Areas around London

Possible messages:
 * The Wellcome trust invites you to an editathon re the NHS on 22nd November.

Date range required:
 * ASAP to 22nd November

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: To invite people to an editathon
 * User requesting:  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  13:43, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Deryck C. 11:28, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15
Locations required:
 * In and around Perth, WA [-30,118],[-36,113]

Possible messages: Date range required:
 * We are requesting help from editors in the Perth area regarding a QRPedia plaque in Toodyay, WA.
 * 7 days from now

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: To invite people in that area to help check a QRPedia plaque, as we might be introducing a breaking change on the English Wikipedia.
 * User requesting: Deryck C.
 * Done it myself, posting here for accountability purposes. Deryck C. 11:53, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * not needed, QRpedia plaque removed and discussion closed Gnangarra 13:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/UK/Salford Wikipedia workshop, November 2016
Locations required:
 * Areas around Greater Manchester [53.1, -3.1] [54.1, -1.4]

Possible messages:
 * Join the People's History Museum and the Manchester Girl Geeks at an editathon in Salford on 20th November.

Date range required:
 * ASAP to 20th November

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: To invite people to an edithaton in their region
 * User requesting: Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 16:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Do you know what's the accuracy of UK geolocation at the moment? Deryck C. 11:53, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Hopeless. http://geoiplookup.wikimedia.org/ has gone dead so I don't know where I currently geolocate to. But I am getting the recently-updated MediaWiki:Gadget-geonotice-list.js, although puzzled why the extra parenthesis "(hosted by People\'s History Museum and Salford Girl Geeks)" is necessary - we don't normally include that. -- Red rose64 (talk) 13:37, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I put in the bracket because it isn't a regular meetup. Alternatively we can have a separate GB geonotice for this event. Deryck C. 15:44, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * No bother, redirects are magic! Deryck C. 11:10, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Selangor 1
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * East Malaysia (if possible) or
 * Malaysia
 * You are invited to the Selangor meetup on 11 December 2016. If you are interested, be sure to check out the meetup page!
 * As soon as possible - 10 December
 * Reason for requesting: To invite more Malaysia Wikipedians to join the Selangor meetup.
 * User requesting: NgYShung  huh? 07:28, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

BBC 100 Women edit-a-thon
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * Islamabad
 * Rawalpindi
 * You are invited to the BBC 100 women edit-a-thon on 8 December 2016 in Islamabad. If you are interested, please contact Tahir Imran "tahir.imran@bbc.co.uk "
 * As soon as possible - 8 December
 * Reason for requesting: To invite Wikipedians to join the edit-a-thon.
 * User requesting: --Saqib (talk) 16:00, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 17, 2pm
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * The US States of Oregon & Washington, NW corner [48,-124], SE corner [42,-117]

Date range required:
 * If you live in the States of Oregon or Washington or nearby, please join us in person or by videoconference at the Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, December 17, 2016 at 2pm PT.

Misc info: Discussion
 * Sorry, I just received the URL to this page for geonotice requests earlier today. Anytime before Saturday, December 17, 2016 would be good, the sooner the better.
 * Reason for requesting: To notify editors in the Cascadia region about our general membership meeting.
 * User requesting: Peaceray (talk) 05:37, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Is anyone watching this page? There was no Geonotice for this event, nor was there any response indicating why not. Peaceray (talk) 17:36, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It seems no one watching this page anymore. See my request above. An important event failed just because the notice was not activated. --Saqib (talk) 09:29, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Like with most admin-related things, you can always post on WP:AN if no one responds promptly here. I'm sorry no one saw your respective requests. Killiondude (talk) 23:16, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon December 2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages: Date range required:
 * Everybody is invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, December 21 (6 - 8:30 pm) to collaborate, mingle, have fun and maybe learn something at the Wikimedia Foundation's downtown SF lounge.
 * 8 December 2016 to 22 December 2016

Misc info: Discussion:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   05:06, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Pinging and  so they are aware of this, and so Pete can possibly publish this if nobody beats him to it. Pinging
 * Done. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:43, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon November 2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * Everybody is invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, November 30 (6 - 8:30 pm) to collaborate, mingle, and have fun learning at the Wikimedia Foundation's downtown SF lounge. Katherine Maher, WMF executive director will be there too!

Date range required:
 * 16 November 2016 to 30 November 2016

Misc info: Discussion:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   22:37, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Pinging and  so they are aware of this, and so Pete can possibly publish this if nobody beats him to it. Pinging
 * ✅ by Peteforsyth. Deryck C. 11:30, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * , could you cut out the mention of Katherine Maher? Last minute cancellation. Ben Creasy (talk) 01:41, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ -Pete Forsyth (talk) 03:01, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon/Pittsburgh Wikipedia Redd-up-a-thon
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * westlimit=-80.8031; southlimit=39.8465; eastlimit=-78.8654; northlimit=40.9301
 * Hey, yinz! Join our Redd-up-a-thon at Hillman Library on Wednesday November 2nd from 5-7pm. Use Pitt's resources to improve the wiki!
 * October 29 - November 3 2016
 * Reason for requesting: edit-a-thon; library resources; much edits
 * User requesting: Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:22, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late notice. I got lost in coursework and forgot to jump on this two weeks ago. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:22, 29 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Done (reduced to one link to make sure people click the right one...) Andrew Gray (talk) 21:05, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon October 2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * You are invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, October 26 (6 to 8:30 pm) to collaborate, mingle, and have fun learning about new projects and ideas at the Wikimedia Foundation's downtown San Francisco lounge.

Date range required:
 * 21 October 2016 to 27 October 2016

Misc info: Discussion:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   04:30, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Pinging and  so they are aware of this, and so Pete can possibly publish this if nobody beats him to it. Pinging  since we were tied up at WikiConNA 2016 and got behind on posting this request.

✅ -Pete (talk) 05:06, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments Ireland 2016 Writing Contest
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * Worldwide

Date range required:
 * Win prizes by taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments Ireland Writing Contest from now until 31st October!

Misc info: Discussion
 * As soon as you get a chance, the competition runs until the end of October 2016.
 * Reason for requesting: To encourage more participation in the event, and to alert more editors to it.
 * User requesting: Smirkybec (talk) 13:09, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If this is going worldwide, it might be better as a watchlist notice - I don't think geonotice can cope with "anywhere". Andrew Gray (talk) 12:54, 19 October 2016 (UTC) (forgot to  ping...) Andrew Gray (talk) 12:57, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm happy with that, thank you for your advice :) I spotted the Wiki Loves Women that way, so I think that will have the desired effect! Smirkybec (talk) 14:42, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You can request a "worldwide" watchlist notice at MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-details. Deryck C. 15:58, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Women of New Mexico
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * Northern New Mexico [34, -105,], [36,-108]

Date range required:
 * Help improve Wikipedia content related to women in New Mexico. Join us on Oct 27th!

Misc info: Discussion
 * until Oct 27th, 2016
 * Reason for requesting: Invite users in New Mexico to participate in this editing event.
 * User requesting: Quercusechinus (talk) 19:21, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
 * done Andrew Gray (talk) 12:56, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

BYU Mormon Foremothers Edit-a-thon
Locations required: Possible messages:
 * Utah Valley: the bounding box site gave westlimit=-112.3764; southlimit=39.6596; eastlimit=-111.3794; northlimit=40.9166 (from Nephi to Bountiful and Heber City to Tooele)
 * Possibly this would translate to [-113, 39], [-111, 41]


 * You are invited to a Mormon Foremothers edit-a-thon at the BYU library on October 14th from 1-8pm.
 * Help solidify the ghostly presence of Mormon women on Wikipedia at our Foremothers edit-a-thon at the BYU library on October 14th 1-8pm.

Date range required:

Misc info: Discussion I've never made a geonotice request before; if I made an obvious error please let me know. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:05, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * October 3rd until October 14th, 2016.
 * Reason for requesting: To invite Utah Wikipedia editors to our edit-a-thon event in Provo, Utah.
 * User requesting: Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:05, 28 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Ghostly presence! I like it. Now listed; hope the event goes well. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:55, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * thank you! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:59, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The geonotice isn't popping up for me, and it's not showing up on the automatically generated list map of geonotices listed earlier on this page. Could you please check on it for me? Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:56, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I should have spotted this - I think the coordinates were backwards! This happens sometimes and if it's east of the Mississippi, this would show on the map as a blob somewhere in the southern hemisphere, so easy to spot. But because there's no 111 South, it just doesn't appear on the map at all... I've switched them. Sorry for missing this. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:33, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks for fixing it! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:17, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Philadelphia/American Chemical Society Notable Chemists and Chemistry
Locations required:

Possible messages: Register for the Notable Chemists and Chemistry ACS Convention Edit-a-thon, August 24, Philadelphia. Date range required: Anywhere between now and the actual event on August 24, 2016. Misc info:
 * http://www.geoplaner.com/ gives me points for Washington, D.C. of 38.93890°N -77.09161°E and for New York of 40.73560°N -74.04840°E  and Philadelphia would fall into the region between. Does [38,-78], [40,-73] work?
 * Reason for requesting: We hope this will be a great opportunity to work with content experts at the American Chemical Society Conference. Editors from a wider area, including Washington DC and New York as well as Philadelphia would be very welcome.
 * User requesting: Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:09, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * As it says in the instructions that you copypasted, we cannot target named cities. Also, that message is way too long: you're aiming for one line, two tops, at this font size . It's best to have just one link in your message. No need to prefix links with  either, since this is Wikipedia, and it's redundant. -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:32, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I had copied an older request. Hopefully this is an improvement. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 05:01, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * [38,-78] 38°N, -78°W is reasonable for one corner, but [41,76] 41°N, 76°W is in Kyrgyzstan. Even if I invert the longitude, that makes [41,-76] 41°N, -76°W which is west of both Philadelphia and NYC. -- Red rose64 (talk) 12:31, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Heaven preserve me from jet lag, late nights and copy-paste errors. Oi.  My apologies, Again. Though Kyrgyzstan definitely made me laugh. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:45, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:04, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Colorado/Wiknic/2016
Locations required:
 * Colorado front range [41.76, -106.65], [36.87, -102.70]

Possible messages:
 * The Great Colorado Wiknic is this Sunday, August 7 in Arvada, Colorado! Join other Wikimedians for food, drink and conversation!

Date range required:
 * Until 2016-08-07

Misc info: Discussion ✅. MikeLynch (talk) 14:12, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Reason for requesting: Local event
 * User requesting: Gaurav (talk) 00:38, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge
Locations required: South West England (Counties of: Bristol, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ) [51, 7], [49, 1]

Possible messages:

Date range required:
 * Win up to £250 ($330) in Amazon vouchers for participating in The West Country Challenge between 8 and 28 August, improving and creating articles related to the southwest of England.

Misc info: Discussion
 * 22 July to 7 August
 * Reason for requesting: A new competition targeting the creation and improvement of articles in the region.
 * User requesting: User:Dr. Blofeld & &mdash; Rod talk 20:00, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * This is the first time I have drafted one of these so could someone check it particularly the coordinates as I was unsure what was needed.&mdash; Rod talk 20:00, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The corners that you have selected - 51°N, 7°W and 49°N, 1°W - won't get any part of England (south-west or otherwise), they delineate all of Luxembourg, most of Belgium, plus parts of France, Germany and the Netherlands. It misses south-east England by about a mile, off Dungeness in Kent. -- Red rose64 (talk) 23:23, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking. As I said I find these instructions confusing and on maps I'm looking at [51, 7] is in the Irish Sea & [49, 1] in the English Channel It may be the minus signs that are missing so could be [51, -7], [49, -1] . How about providing a map people could draw on? What I was aiming for is a rectangle including all of the listed counties (including Scilly Isles) so on Streetmap top left would be about N51:57 (51.95), W7:05 (-7.09) West of Haverford West to bottom right N49:55 (49.92), W1:25 (-1.42) English Channel below the Isle of Wight. It does include a bit of south Wales but I can't see how to avoid that. Does that makes sense?&mdash; Rod talk 07:20, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * 51.95°N, -7.09°W and 49.92°N, -1.42°W might work, but it does still rely on geolocation being reasonably accurate, which for some ISPs, it demonstrably is not. -- Red rose64 (talk) 19:46, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks that would work for me. I'm just learning about some of the difficulties with this. If you have any better suggestions that would be great but if not can we go with the ones you have suggested?&mdash; Rod talk 20:02, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, I reckon that the required entry will be  I altered "($330)" to "(US$330)" because there are many kinds of dollar. I also exchanged the lat/lon so that the pairs are top right, bottom left - it should be clearer to those examining the code that one of the corners 51.95°N, -1.42°W is on the UK mainland - as it was, top left was just off the Irish coast, and bottom right was off Normandy. -- Red rose64 (talk) 08:12, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Multi-lingual Punjab edit-a-thon
Locations required: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka Possible messages:


 * Your community needs you. Participate in Punjab edit-a-thon and get barnstars and other things.

Date range required: from now to 26 July (message may change later, we'll inform) Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: See d:Q25343255, a multi-lingual nation-wide edit-a-thon, winning community will be awarded during WCI 2016 in August. Requesting this notice to get more participation
 * User requesting: Tito Dutta (talk) 23:10, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * We can't target more than one country by name - please give a set of geo-coordinates specifying the corners of the area covered, in the form [ latitude, longitude ], [ lat, lon ]. -- Red rose64 (talk) 09:13, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * User:Redrose64, please do it for India (8°4' and 37°6' north lat), (68°7' and 97°25' east long) --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:13, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * That would be [ 8.0667, 68.11667 ], [ 37.1, 97.41667 ]. OK, ✅ -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:41, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Seems that the Gadget JS doesn't like hyphens in notice names. Deryck C. 14:38, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * can you please extend the date of the geonotice campaign to August 7, 2016? We have decided to extended the editathon with 2 more weeks. Thank you!  Jim  Car  ter  12:52, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Deryck C. 13:12, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon September 2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * You are invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday Sept. 28 (6 to 8:30 pm) to collaborate, mingle, and have fun learning about new projects and ideas at the Wikimedia Foundation's downtown San Francisco offices.

Date range required:
 * 2 September 2016 to 29 September 2016

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   03:44, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * Pinging and  so they are aware of this, and so Pete can possibly publish this if nobody beats him to it.
 * I shortened it, per the feedback admins have given on previous geonotices. Also, I'd suggest we hold off until there is a September page to link directly to. -Pete (talk) 16:24, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
 * . The page was up on the 1st so we are good to go. Cheers!  07:54, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

✅. MikeLynch (talk) 08:42, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon August 2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * You are invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, August 31 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia offices where wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Date range required:
 * 26 August 2016 to 31 August 2016

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   16:58, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * Pinging and  so they are aware of this, and so Pete can possibly publish this.
 * sorry mate, I don't think I have the user rights needed to publish it in a negative time range plus create a new 31st of June ;) . Perhaps you should be asking a higher power... MikeLynch (talk) 17:08, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ (although a smaller message would probably be better). MikeLynch (talk) 17:22, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Thanks for the date fix above.


 * The guidelines for Geonotices is 4 sentences or less. We have one run-on sentence. I have seen Geonotices with a much higher character count than ours. Cheers!   02:10, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * , as long as it looks good to you on the watchlist, it's fine. Cheers. MikeLynch (talk) 06:23, 29 August 2016 (UTC)


 * ,, and - are you seeing the Geonotice? I'm not seeing it even though according to this tool I have "lat":"37.80","lon":"-122.42" which is within range. I made sure to toggle it on in Preferences->Gadgets as well... Ben Creasy (talk) 19:07, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not in that region, so I can't really confirm. But according to this map, it should be enabled all right. MikeLynch (talk) 18:20, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

India WikiConference 2016 India
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * India [8°4' and 37°6' north latitude], [68°7' and 97°25' east longitude]
 * Call for Participation in WikiConference India 2016 is open now. Submit your proposals by July 20, 2016 IST.

Date range required: June 29 to July 20, 2016

Misc info: Discussion Ping, for urgent attention.  Jim Car  ter  11:10, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Reason for requesting: Regular annual India's largest WikiConference.
 * User requesting: --  Jim Car  ter  11:07, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ but please note that, since you didn't put it on a new line. -- Red rose64 (talk) 11:32, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * okay, thanks, !  Jim Car  ter  11:42, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Seattle Wiknic
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * Seattle [48.5,-123.8], [47.0,-121.5]
 * You are invited to the annual July picnic of Seattle-area Wikimedians. Join us! Please sign up on our "wiknic" page by following this link.

Date range required: July 1 to July 17, 2016

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Regular annual picnic
 * User requesting: --Pine✉ 04:42, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
 * would you please take care of this? Thanks! --Pine✉ 04:22, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Red rose64 (talk) 07:40, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Milwaukee area Wikipedians
Locations required: 44,-87], [42,-89 Milwaukee area

Date range required: n/a

Misc info: Discussion
 * Just finished GLAM/Boot Camp‎; looking for Milwaukee-area Wikipedians interested in doing outreach and GLAM work
 * User requesting: Orange Mike  &#124;  Talk  14:05, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * What's the proposed notice wording? (Also feel free to do it yourself since you're an admin!) Deryck C. 12:52, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * "Looking for Milwaukee-area Wikipedians interested in doing outreach and GLAM work", probably. I'm in the hospital at the moment, being prepped for surgery (GLAM Boot Camp was tough), so not gonna be doing a lot of admin work for a while. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  12:45, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, given it 14 days. Deryck C. 14:37, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * please check to see it's working. Deryck C. 14:38, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/SFPL-LGBT/2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * Do you treasure (or want to learn more about) the San Francisco Public Library's LGBTQIA collection? Please join us to encourage diverse editorship and improve coverage of local LGBTQIA topics on Wikipedia. SFPL-LGBT Editathon Saturday, June 11 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library.

Date range required:
 * Until 11 June 2016

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Gay Pride Editathon meetup
 * User requesting: Merrilee (talk) 23:45, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Please check that it works!
 * You forgot to escape the apostrophes in JavaScript Deryck C. 12:34, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * OOPS!! Thanks for catching that! -Pete (talk) 23:27, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * You are invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, June 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia offices where wiki enthusiasts will gather to collaborate, mingle, hear a brief presentation, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Date range required:
 * 26 May 2016 to 29 June 2016

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   19:43, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * Pinging and  so they are aware of this.
 * for Merrilee's gig above too. Cheers!  01:24, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I've queued this to begin after the LGBT event above. Deryck C. 12:35, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.8, -123.8 ], [36.8, -121.8] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * You are invited to the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, May 25 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia offices where wiki enthusiasts will gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Date range required:
 * 8 May 2016 21:00 UTC to 25 May 2016 21:00 UTC

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:  02:38, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * Pinging and  so they are aware of this.
 * Done. I've shortened the message to "You are invited to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, May 25 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm." Deryck C. 20:37, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Seattle
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * Seattle [48.5,-123.8], [47.0,-121.5]
 * You are invited to the Seattle monthly Wikipedia meetup for camaraderie and collaboration. We will meet at Cafe Allegro on Monday, May 2. Join us! More details on our meetup page: Meetup/Seattle.

Date range required: April 25 to May 2, 2016

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Regular meeting invitation
 * User requesting: --Pine✉ 04:24, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Pinging due to the short time window here. Thanks! --Pine✉  04:24, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Done Andrew Gray (talk) 17:14, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/UK EU edit-a-thon
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * Greater London: [-0.51,51.28],[0.33,51.69]
 * Found using Flikr API, please could you double check I've done this correctly?
 * The UK EU edit-a-thon on Saturday 14 May needs your help to improve articles before the referendum.
 * The UK EU edit-a-thon is taking place on Saturday 14 May near Brick Lane.
 * Until the event on 14 May
 * Reason for requesting:
 * User requesting: Whilomish (talk) 09:14, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Done, with a broader geobox (UK geolocation is pretty rough). Not sure what my schedule for weekend after next is but I'll see if I can make it down :-). Good luck with it! Andrew Gray (talk) 17:22, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Cyprus Wikithon
Locations required: Cyprus '''Possible messages: Please join us at the first Cypriot wikithon at European University Cyprus (Nicosia). We'd like to improve the coverage of Cyprus drawing on the expertise of academics and Wikipedians alike.'''

Date range required: Now->12th May 2016

Misc info: Is it possible for this message to also appear on the Greek and Turkish language Wikipedias? Discussion
 * Reason for requesting:
 * User requesting: Vizjim (talk) 20:29, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi, congratulations on putting together the first Cypriot edit-a-thon! I think the message should have the meetup link in it somewhere, for instance:


 * Please join us at the first Cypriot wikithon at European University Cyprus (Nicosia). We'd like to improve the coverage of Cyprus drawing on the expertise of academics and Wikipedians alike.

Also, we will need to figure out the proper coordinates. I am not very good at that, but I can try to help you. Once we have that sorted out, I think I can post this for you -- I have not posted a GeoNotice before, but I have watched how it's done, and I'm an admin, so I should be able to do it.

As for the Greek and Turkish Wikipedias -- you will need an administrator on each one to implement it, they are separate processes on each wiki. Maybe each one has a page like this -- I'm not sure. Maybe could help find a Greek Wikipedia administrator? -Pete (talk) 02:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Missed this earlier - now posted for all Cyprus. Can't do anything for Greek/Turkish, sadly. Andrew Gray (talk) 17:32, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

INCOTM
Locations required: India

Possible messages: Nominate or discuss this month's Indian Collaboration of the month articles.

Date range required: till 9 March

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Getting highlight and reaching more people following this discussion
 * User requesting:
 * Apologies - I've been moving house and didn't have any internet access for the last few days. Now posted for a day or so! If you can give me a link for next month and an expected timeframe I can queue up the April one in advance... Andrew Gray (talk) 20:47, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

c:Commons:Cambridge Images Workshop 2016
Locations required: Possible messages:
 * Cambridge, UK (Cambridge University IPs are accurately geo-located)
 * Please join us at the Cambridge Images Workshop on 19 March 2016.

Date range required:
 * 4 March to 19 March 6pm UTC

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: To attract Cambridge University people to attend this workshop
 * User requesting: Deryck C. 21:41, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Discussion
 * Done it myself already. Deryck C. 21:41, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Removed notice. Event postponed. Deryck C. 11:35, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Multi-institution Wikipedia Ag and Life Sciences Editathon
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * Ithaca, NY [42.5, -76.5], [42.3, -76.4]
 * Tucson, AZ [32.5, -111.2], [32, -110.6]

Date range required:
 * Interested in contributing to the world's knowledge of the life sciences? Join us for the Multi-institution Wikipedia Ag and Life Sciences Editaton at Cornell University or the University of Arizona.

Misc info: Discussion
 * February 29, 2016 – March 11, 2016
 * Reason for requesting: To attract local editors to the in-person events
 * User requesting: Spike Wilbury (talk) 22:32, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The landing page looks a bit confusing at the moment. Can you edit them so they give clear, separate joining instructions for the in-person events in Cornell and Arizona respectively? The two locations will require separate geonotice entries anyway so it may be useful to have two landing pages / links to two different sections of the same page. Deryck C. 16:36, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I am not organizing the event (merely assisting as a resident experienced editor) so I will reach out to the organizers and give them your feedback. There is a link to the registration form currently in two places on the page. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 22:56, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Those two registration links seem to link to the same form, which is for the event at Mann Library. Deryck C. 23:31, 29 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Up as requested, one for NY and one for AZ. I agree with Deryck that this is pretty confusing - would be good if the organisers could clarify the setup (eg is the timescale the same for both?) Andrew Gray (talk) 21:37, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * and, thank you. The events are concurrent and I'm in contact with the organizers to clarify on the Meetup page how the Arizona participants are supposed to sign up. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 23:35, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see the problem. Arizona created their own page at Meetup/UAzAgricultureNaturalResourcesEditathon. However, I note that it still does not contain clear instructions for registering, so I will coordinate with them on that. Is it too much of a pain in the butt to change the Tucson geonotice to link to that page? --Spike Wilbury (talk) 23:45, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I haven't put the notices up yet. Andrew Gray has put up the notices. It'll be fairly easy to change the link targets when you have a new one. Deryck C. 15:08, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Updated. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:05, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Boulder/ArtAndFeminism 2016
Locations required:


 * Colorado front range [41.76, -106.65], [36.87, -102.70]

Possible messages:


 * Art+Feminism comes to Boulder, Colorado on March 5 -- swing by to edit articles with other Wikimedians, with a focus on women in the arts!

Date range required:


 * Until 2016-03-05

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Local event
 * User requesting: Gaurav (talk) 02:58, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Posted, good luck Wiki-Mountaineers!--Pharos (talk) 23:14, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Frederick County History 2
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * Maryland
 * Frederick County, Maryland (if Maryland is too big)

Date range required:
 * Please join us for a day of editing at the second Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon.

Misc info: Discussion
 * 1 May - 15 May
 * Reason for requesting: Would like to advertise the Edit-a-Thon to Wikipedians in Maryland as there are not many in Frederick County.
 * User requesting: Fpl-dmatzrott (talk) 21:11, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. I've changed the text to "Please join us on 14 May at the second Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon." because we usually give the date on geonotice text. Deryck C. 22:39, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I've given it all of Maryland and a bit more because the area needs to be rectangular and there are no other notices running on the USA east coast at the moment. Please check that it's working for you. Deryck C. 22:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Discussion on WikiProject India noticeboard
Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required: 4 days from now.
 * Help to plan a future few initiatives for the WikiProject India

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: The discussion started a few months ago. Now a few plans have been proposed. Trying to get more participation (that itself is the aim of the initiative).
 * User requesting:

--Tito Dutta (talk) 14:22, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * What's the geographical range? And do you mean you want it to run for 4 days from whenever it gets posted, or is there a specific target date? Deryck C. 21:22, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * , Geo-target India, yes 4 days are okay from now. --Tito Dutta (talk) 22:48, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Ooops, could you link this section? Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics --Tito Dutta (talk) 23:44, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay. Is it working now? You may need to purge your browser cache to check that. Deryck C. 23:50, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Great. Thanks a lot. --Tito Dutta (talk) 00:10, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Minnesota/Loft Literary Center
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * [45.3, -93.6], [44.6, -92.8]

Date range required:
 * Please join the Wikimedia Minnesota User Group at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis on February 11, 6:00-8:00 for an edit-a-thon focused on artists from marginalized communities.

Misc info: Discussion
 * 2/5 to 2/11 at 6:00pm
 * Reason for requesting:
 * User requesting: gobonobo  + c 02:36, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Are you sure you don't want to include all of Minnesota? Geo-targeting is sometimes inaccurate and I guess you'll have guests from beyond Minneapolis. Deryck C. 23:12, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * That could work too. I've placed invites on the talk pages of WikiProject Minnesota members. My rationale was that as this is only a two-hour event later in the day, the commute may make it less feasible for editors who are further away. gobonobo  + c 23:33, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Editors can always indef-hide specific notices for specific events that they can't make. :) Deryck C. 13:20, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Notre_Dame/NDBlacklivesmatter
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * Indiana area [41,41], [86, 15]
 * Illinois area [41, 83], [87, 68]
 * Michigan area

Date range required:
 * Join ND Black Lives Matter at Notre Dame Arts and Culture Center, South Bend, IN on February 24.


 * Until 1AM 2016-02-24 (UTC)

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Local event
 * User requesting: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siarus1074 (talk • contribs)
 * User:Siarus1074: Not sure what you mean by those coordinates. Do you want to include all of those three states? Deryck C. 23:14, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Deryck C. Yes. I would like to include all three states: MI, IL and IN. Can you help with this?I am new to this. User:Siarus1074
 * Done. I've given it everything from Milwaukee to Columbus, OH. Please check that it works. Deryck C. 17:05, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Deryck C. Thanks a lot! User:Siarus1074

Meetup/Columbus/Wikipedia Connection Workshops/Spring 2016/2
Locations required:


 * Ohio area [39.11, -84.81], [41.78, -80.60]

Possible messages:


 * Join the weekly workshop at Ohio State University, Columbus Campus on January 27.

Date range required:


 * Until 1AM 2016-01-28 (UTC)

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Local event
 * User requesting: AddisWang (talk) 16:29, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Discussion
 * Revoke: No longer needed. Thanks--AddisWang (talk) 19:50, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon
Locations required:


 * India

Possible messages:


 * Participate in Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon between this 25—31 January.

Date range required:


 * Until 2016-01-28

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Multi-lingual edit-a-thon
 * User requesting: Tito Dutta (talk) 06:14, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, please check that it works. Deryck C. 08:38, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks you a lot User:Deryck Chan. 72 editors from 18 Wikipedias have signed up so far. We are not getting too many participants from English Wikipedias. There are a large number of Indians in Nepal (4,000,000 Indians, India-enthusiasts unknown), Malyasia (2,400,000 Indians, United States (3,183,063), United Kingdom. I don't know exact Wikipedia count, but many editors edit Indian content from these countries. So far we are showing the notice to India IPs only, I am requesting to show the watchlist information to these editors also for the given time:
 * Bangladesh, Nepal (neighbour/sister counties): 3 days- (25 to 27 January)
 * Singapore, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates: 2 days (25, 26 Jan)
 * United States, United Kingdom, Australia: 1 day/24 hours only
 * India: Remains same: till 28 January.
 * If all of these are not possible, please do the best you can suggest.
 * Possible updated notice: 70+ editors from 18 Wikipedias are participating in the Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon (25—31 January 2015). Join now. --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:15, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Changed wording. Expanded to BD, NE, SG, MY, & AE for 2.5 days. Not doing US, UK, & AU because those regions often have local geonotices. Deryck C. 16:40, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Can the font size be decreased, please? --<span style="font-family:'Tahoma',Geneva,sans-serif">QEDK ( T &#128214;  C ) 15:03, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The font size is set by the gadget, it's the same for all geonotices. -- Red rose64 (talk) 23:29, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I saw the source, why is the font size set to 144.5% in the first place (it means that I found the css page of the gadget as well). Maybe tweak it, please? --<span style="font-family:'Tahoma',Geneva,sans-serif">QEDK ( T &#128214;  C ) 05:32, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It's been 144% or thereabouts for as long as I can recall (6+ years); at one point during a major rewrite a few years ago it was made the same size as the rest of the page text, but there were complaints that it wasn't prominent enough, and people organising meetups, editathons and the like observed a drop in signup rates, so the previous font size was restored. -- Red rose64 (talk) 23:59, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, alright then. I'd rather not piss off humble organizers. --<span style="font-family:'Tahoma',Geneva,sans-serif">QEDK ( T &#128214;  C ) 12:27, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia 15/Events/Columbus, Ohio
Locations required:


 * Ohio area [39.11, -84.81], [41.78, -80.60] (please double check, first time use)

Possible messages:


 * Join Ohio Wikipedians on January 15 to celebrate Wikipedia's 15th anniversary at Columbus campus of the Ohio State University!

Date range required:


 * Until 2016-01-15

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Local event
 * User requesting: AddisWang (talk) 10:24, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Discussion
 * Done, please check that it works. Deryck C. 14:52, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It works thank you!--AddisWang (talk) 18:28, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Meetup/Boulder/January 2016
Locations required:


 * Colorado front range [41.76, -106.65], [36.87, -102.70]

Possible messages:


 * Join Colorado Wikipedians on January 19 to celebrate Wikipedia's 15th anniversary in Boulder, Colorado!

Date range required:


 * Until 2016-01-19

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Local event
 * User requesting: Gaurav (talk) 19:13, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Done, please check that it works. Deryck C. 14:49, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia 15 celebrations in Boston
Locations required:
 * Boston and New England area:

Possible messages:
 * Please join us to celebrate Wikipedia's 15th Birthday! Wikipedia 15 celebrations in Boston

Dates:
 * ASAP through January 16, 2016


 * Discussion
 * Done, please check if it works. Deryck C. 14:46, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

San Francisco Bay Area Wikipedia 15
Meetup/San Francisco/Wikipedia Day 2016

Locations required:
 * San Francisco Bay Area:
 * [36.8931,-123.5337] [38.8643,-121.2082]

Possible messages:
 * Please join us to celebrate Wikipedia's 15th Birthday! Saturday afternoon, January 16, in San Francisco. Please note, advance registration is required for those attending in person. Most sessions will be live-streamed for those unable to join in person.

Dates:
 * ASAP through January 16, 2016

Discussion:
 * The URL is broken on the actual rendering. It doesn't hyperlink; the wikicode is shown. Killiondude (talk) 20:41, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah..as proposer, it's fine with me if that sentence is removed, if it's an unfixable problem. We have big bold words on the event page too, and will contact people who sign up by wiki but not by the form. -Pete (talk) 00:13, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Does fix it? -- Red rose64 (talk) 00:28, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks good -- thank you both! -Pete (talk) 01:47, 5 January 2016 (UTC)