Wikipedia:Geonotice/Old requests/2018

Bay Area WikiSalon December 2018
Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting: Stephen (talk) 14:35, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Done, thank you for the update! Deryck C. 19:45, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon November 2018
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * You are all invited to participate in the bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, November 28 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia Foundation offices! RSVP here!

Date range required:
 * 2 November 2018 to 29 November 2018

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   23:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * ✅. Deryck C. 12:56, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * , can you remove this? Unfortunately we have to cancel due to scheduling conflicts. Ben Creasy (talk) 23:22, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Removed. Please update the event page to show that the event has been cancelled. The geonotice should disappear in the next few hours as updates propagate and caches expire. Deryck C. 10:39, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * , we rescheduled this event to December, and I added a new entry below: . Can you add the new notice? Thanks for your help! Stephen (talk) 14:37, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

San Pasqual staff ride
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 * Southern California: 35.81,-114.13], [32.53, -121.44
 * Join a staff ride-like meetup before the 172nd anniversary of the Battle of San Pasqual. Found out more here!
 * 11 November 2018 to 2 December 2018
 * Reason for requesting: Informing those outside of Regional user group for San Diego County, California.
 * User requesting: --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 21:30, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Pinging, , & , about this geonotice.
 * May I suggest this alternative message text: "Join a staff ride-like meetup before the 172nd anniversary of the Battle of San Pasqual. Find out more here!"
 * This is to reduce the number of hyperlinks so people know where to click! Deryck C. 10:56, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
 * That is a fine alternative message. Thanks!--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 03:15, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I've scheduled this for 11 November... remember to check on that day whether it works! Deryck C. 17:05, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks!--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:24, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you confirm whether the notice is running as of now? Deryck C. 16:48, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I can see it. Thanks!-- Right Cow Left Coast  (Moo) 02:37, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , Great, I hope the ride went well! Deryck C. 11:34, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Low attendance, and not enough daylight, but many good photos to upload. And not enough time to upload them all properly.-- Right Cow Left Coast  (Moo) 06:17, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

November Wikipedia meet up and Dublin2019 Edit a thon in Cork
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Requesting geonotice to increase awareness   &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 11:14, 25 October 2018 (UTC) Discussion
 * Ireland 55.5, -11],[51, -5.3
 * Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? Join us in Cork, Ireland in collaboration with Dublin2019. Details at Meetup/Cork/November 2018!
 * 1 November 2018 - 14 November 2018
 * Reason for requesting:
 * User requesting:
 * ✅. I've set it to go live today because there are no competing notices for most of Ireland anyway (only partial overlap with the UK geonotice). Deryck C. 13:17, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Middle Eastern Human Rights editathon
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 * United Kingdom
 * Join a Wikimedia UK editathon in East London to help improve Wikipedia articles about Middle Eastern Human Rights subjects.
 * until 4 November
 * User requesting: Jwslubbock (talk)
 * --Jwslubbock (talk) 09:44, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. Deryck C. 11:05, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata meetup in London
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 * United Kingdom
 * Wikimedia UK invites you to their London office for a meetup to discuss Wikidata projects and plans in the UK. We want to organise and connect the Wikidata community in the UK and improve collaboration and skill-sharing.
 * until 7 November
 * User requesting: Jwslubbock (talk)
 * --Jwslubbock (talk) 09:44, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. Deryck C. 11:05, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Skillshare in London
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required:
 * United Kingdom
 * Come to the Wikimedia UK office on November 21 from 18.00 for the first in a series of new skillshares, with the first meeting concentrating on 'How to write a Featured Article on Wikipedia'.
 * until 21 November
 * User requesting: Jwslubbock (talk)
 * --Jwslubbock (talk) 09:44, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. Deryck C. 11:05, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/Belgium/Wiki Club Brussels/6 November 2018
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 * westlimit=4.0437; southlimit=50.691; eastlimit=4.7138; northlimit=51.0066
 * Join a new series of edit-a-thons in Brussels: The Wiki Club – Women in Tech Editions
 * until 6 November
 * Reason for requesting: A new series of edit-a-thons are starting up, and there have been only a few meetups in Belgium.
 * User requesting: Ainali (talk) 16:38, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. Do you mean "Women in Tech Edit-a-Thon"? Deryck C. 17:31, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * No, I actually meant Editions. (We are going with other themes further on.) Ainali (talk) 18:23, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Done, please check that it works for you. Deryck C. 11:07, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/Belgium/23 October 2018
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 * westlimit=4.0437; southlimit=50.691; eastlimit=4.7138; northlimit=51.0066
 * Join a new series of edit-a-thons in Brussels: The Wiki Club – Women in Tech Editions
 * until 23 October
 * Reason for requesting: A new series of edit-a-thons are starting up, and there have been only a few meetups in Belgium.
 * User requesting: Ainali (talk) 08:33, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry we've missed this... Would you please tell us earlier next time? We welcome geonotices that are put up a few months in advance of the events they advertise, if there are no other geonotices for the same location. Deryck C. 15:07, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries, I knew I was quite late. I'll set up the page for the event that is coming in two weeks now and do a new request with a better heads up. Ainali (talk) 16:31, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Asian Month Editathon in Hong Kong, 2018
Locations required: Possible messages:
 * Hong Kong

Date range required:
 * You're invited to join an Edit-a-thon for the Asian Month on 3rd November, 4:30-10:00 pm at Fo Tan, Hong Kong (Sign up there.)

Misc info: Discussion
 * Until 3rd November.
 * Reason for requesting: To invite local Wikipedians to a Hong Kong-based Asian Month Edit-a-thon on 3rd November.
 * User requesting: Spring Roll Conan  ( Talk · Contributions ) 10:22, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * User:春卷柯南: Which sign up link do you want to use? It's good practice to limit geonotices to one link per event. Deryck C. 12:54, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I would prefer the Outreach Dashboard link for the geonotice since we've decided who to moderate and it would be more useful for those who want to join and contribute for the event - meta can't track their works for the edit-a-thon. Then it looks like this: "You're invited to join an Edit-a-thon for the Asian Month on 3rd November, 4:30-10:00 pm at Fo Tan, Hong Kong".-- Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 14:48, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅, please check that it's working. Deryck C. 16:39, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Then there's a problem: The URL is not rendered correctly, as mentioned here. I wonder if  tag works there.-- Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 11:19, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Is that fixed now? Deryck C. 15:44, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes. Spring Roll Conan  ( Talk · Contributions ) 春卷柯南 (talk) 16:35, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

October Wikipedia meet up and Dublin2019 Edit a thon in Cork
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info:
 * Ireland 55.5, -11],[51, -5.3
 * Everyone is cordially invited to attend a genre-connected editathon in Cork, Ireland in collaboration with Dublin2019. Details at Meetup/Cork/October 2018!
 * ASAP-10 October 2018
 * Reason for requesting: Requesting geonotice to increase attendance

Discussion
 * User requesting:   &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 09:55, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. Following the discussion below, I've stuck to the coordinates you provided so it will capture Northern Ireland as well. Deryck C. 10:04, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/NOW
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 * New York, US
 * 43.0857° N, 79.0603° W
 * OpenEd is hosting an edit-a-thon! Join new and veteran Wikipedians in creating articles for local New York newspapers. More info at: Meetup/NOW
 * October 10-11
 * Reason for requesting: First edit-a-thon of the newspapers on wikipedia project. Trying to get the word out!
 * User requesting: User:ktcauliflower 04:36, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. I have made the notice to start now so people have at least a week to see it, and made the bounding box [ [-83.3,34.8],[-66.5,47.6] ] which covers most of the Northeastern Corridor. Next time please give a bounding box. Deryck C. 10:10, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/Atlanta/Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2018
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 * Georgia, US
 * westlimit=-85.4; southlimit=30.54; eastlimit=-80.85; northlimit=34.94
 * Georgia Wikimedians invite you to attend the Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2018 event on November 3, 2018, in Macon, GA. Please sign up at Meetup/Atlanta/Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2018.
 * 1 October 2018 to 3 November 2018
 * Reason for requesting: General meetup, please see page linked above.
 * User requesting: — TadgStirkland401  (TadgTalk) 22:53, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Done, please check that it's working. Deryck C. 10:13, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I just logged in and I'm not seeing it at all. Thanks for working on this for us. — TadgStirkland401  (TadgTalk) 15:36, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * can you please try to Bypass your cache while on Special:Watchlist and see if the geonotice loads? (Geonotices are only shown on Watchlist.) Deryck C. 16:07, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I didn't change my cache at all, but it is working now! Thank you very much! — TadgStirkland401  (TadgTalk) 16:08, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Edit a thon in Chula Vista, California
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 * San Diego County, California 33.505,-116.0809], [32.5288, -117.6111
 * Everyone is cordially invited to attend a Edit a thon in Chula Vista, California. Find out more information here!
 * 28 October 2018 to 10 November 2018
 * Requesting geonotice to increase attendance
 * User requesting: RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:34, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. I have queued it for the specified date range. Deryck C. 09:17, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Unfortunately, library was closed that day without notifying me. So I showed up, only to find locked doors. Played Pokemon Go to attempt to meet other Wikipedians, for a while outside of the library.-- Right Cow Left Coast  (Moo) 21:32, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

London 9th Sept
The 9th September one can come off now. It sometimes feels like London is in a timewarp and behind the rest of the world, but not that far behind  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  21:28, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I would normally do this, but I can't any more., as a followup to my request at MediaWiki talk:Gadget-geonotice-core.js, please amend this line:  to read   leaving all other lines alone. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 07:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually,, scratch that. Please replace the whole geonotice with the following:  Thanks. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 07:50, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * — xaosflux  Talk 10:23, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 10:26, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Mini-Unconference in Mission Valley, San Diego
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * San Diego County, California 33.505,-116.0809], [32.5288, -117.6111
 * Everyone is cordially invited to attend a mini Unconference in Mission Valley, San Diego. Find out more information here!
 * 9 September 2018 to 16 September 2018
 * Requesting geonotice to increase attendance
 * User requesting: RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 05:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. It should be up now, please check. I would advise adding the date of the event onto the message (which I have done). Deryck C. 09:16, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Filipino American History Month-themed Edit a thon in Mira Mesa, San Diego
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * San Diego County, California 33.505,-116.0809], [32.5288, -117.6111
 * Everyone is invited to participate in a Filipino American History Month-themed Edit a thon in Mira Mesa, San Diego. Find out more information here!
 * 23 September 2018 to 7 October 2018
 * Requesting geonotice to increase attendance
 * Event will occur a day after the Mira Mesa Street Fair
 * User requesting: RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 12:11, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅, please check back on 23 September to see if it works. Deryck C. 13:40, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia meet up and Dublin2019 Edit a thon in Cork
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * Ireland 53, -8
 * Everyone is cordially invited to attend a genre-connected editathon in Cork, Ireland in collaboration with Dublin2019. Details at Meetup/Cork/September 2018!
 * ASAP-13 September 2018
 * Requesting geonotice to increase attendance
 * User requesting:  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 20:44, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * A single pair of coordinates is no good. You need to give two pairs, being two diagonally opposite corners of a rectangle; the format is  (see MediaWiki:Gadget-geonotice-list.js). Do not make the rectangle too small, in case geolocation is inaccurate in the desired target area. I don't know about Ireland, but UK geolocation is notoriously inaccurate, see User:Redrose64. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 21:03, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I want to include the whole country because too many people could be from any area but be able to come to Cork for the day. I'm not sure how to use any of the gadgets though or pick such areas- does [ [55.5, -10],[50, -5.3] ] work?  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 21:26, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * That seems fine to me, thoughts ? ~ Amory  (u • t • c) 13:45, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Those corners 55.5°N, -10°W and 50°N, -5.3°W enclose most of the island of Ireland plus western Cornwall (and bits of Scotland, but that doesn't matter), although parts of County Kerry are cut off, so I would advise moving the western edge out a bit; we can also bring the southern edge in, to avoid hitting Cornwall. Something like . -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 16:58, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅, thanks RR; It should be live now,, let me know if something isn't right. ~ Amory  (u • t • c) 01:27, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


 * and -  - I greatly appreciate the help from you both.
 * Also, the link you provided just says Worldcon will be in Cork next year, where's the Wikipedia connection? ~ Amory  (u • t • c) 01:24, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I understand. It's a wikipedia meet up with a focus on genre related articles due to a worldcon in Ireland next year. We're trying to increase wikipedia editor interest in the con world and get people to edit based on their interest in genre. There is a link to the worldcon to let wikipedia people know what worldcon is. There is also a link with the Irish Science Fiction and Fantasy convention but that's in October. I'm trying to get people who are often good with both computers and books to put the two together to increase the range of Wikipedia.  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 12:59, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * No, that's on me, I totally missed the link to Meetup/Cork/September 2018 in your message, sorry! If I may, I might tweak your message to be more like the opening line of that page, something like: Everyone is cordially invited to attend a genre-connected editathon in Cork, Ireland in collaboration with Dublin2019. Details at Meetup/Cork/September 2018! ~  Amory  (u • t • c) 13:45, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Whew!! I thought I'd missed something, it's so easy to know what you mean in your mind but not get it on paper. Yes. I will tweak to that. I know on my work PC and my home PC links go from really obvious to not clear there is one there at all so that works really well. Perfect. Thank you. Let me know if anything else needs an adjustment.  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 14:21, 8 September 2018 (UTC)


 * There's the option of specifying a country code rather than coordinates. See documentation further up this page. Deryck C. 15:09, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you say what I should have said then because I thought that stating I wanted Ireland was doing that but then needed the coords too. As I wasn't sure of any of it (first time nerves) I didn't know which/what/how etc... (ps, no l in my name)  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 15:23, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * It wasn't your fault - I guess it simply didn't occur to Amorymeltzer at the time that specifying all of Ireland as a country code was an option...! Deryck C. 15:45, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Since I was pinged, I'll say that yes, it did (and I image for RR as well), but my understanding is that IE encompasses Ireland the country, not Ireland the island. The Island appeared to be what was asked for, both in the initial link and with the first pair of coordinates offered. ~  Amory  (u • t • c) 16:03, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Fair point, - from my perspective there is no reason not to include the whole island since the only limit to attendance is the ability to get to the location and it is as improbable someone will come from Donegal as Belfast. Hence I figured to include the whole island rather than exclude any group. So if IE only encompasses the state then it wouldn't work for inclusiveness and is a good and valid reason not to use it and to continue to ask for coords. I take it the country code is indeed by state? I hope to do all this again soon (a couple of months) so I'll copy the details from here. And I thank you for your help.  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 17:36, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Public knowledge for political accountability | المعرفة الحُرّة في خدمة المساءلة السياسية Wikipedia:Meetup/Beirut
Locations required:
 * Lebanon 36.45, 34.61], [35.21, 33.22 (Covers major cities, including Baalbeck, Tripoli, Beirut, Saida, Zahle, Saida, Tyr)

Possible messages:
 * Let's keep our new Members of Parliament accountable! Let's add them to Wikipedia! Join us at Masaha at the SMEX office in Badaro, Beirut, Saturday 15 September to learn for our editathon. Second session in will take place 22 September.

Date range required:


 * 8-22 September 2018

Misc info: Discussion Unfortunately, the Wikipedia community is still very small here in Lebanon. I'm requesting this on the English wiki because most users view it instead of the Arabic wiki, because the Arabic wiki is so sad and lacking in content. We're working on changing that. Majdal.cc (talk) 12:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ''Reason for requesting:'Recruiting new people to our community of editors'
 * User requesting: Majdal.cc (talk) 12:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Majdal.cc: Is there an event page for this editing event, either on the English Wikipedia or another Wikimedia project? It's usually useful to link to a page. Deryck C. 12:42, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Deryck: edited to include a link to the subpage (Meetup/Beirut)! We'll be expanding the subpage in the next couple of days. Majdal.cc (talk) 12:58, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Majdal.cc: Great. I suggest this text: "Let's add the new Members of Parliament of Lebanon to Wikipedia! Join us for editathons at Masaha at the SMEX office in Badaro, Beirut on Saturday 15 September and 22 September." Also would you prefer this geonotice to target all Lebanon rather than specific coordinates? --Deryck C. 13:36, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Deryck. The reformulated text is much better. We could target Beirut only, but Lebanon is a small country, and that would exclude many of the contributors who we want to reach out to in our effort to decentralize the power of the capital city. Some of the most active editors on the Lebanese parliament page are actually in Tripoli, not Beirut (see ar:خاص:مساهمات/Omar_chamsin, CC ar:مستخدم:Omar_chamsin). Majdal.cc (talk) 20:15, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Majdal.cc: I've set it up to start now. Is it working for you? Deryck C. 21:58, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Deryck Thank you :) It's not active until the 8th, so I'll check back then. It doesn't hurt to start it earlier, but if it's too much trouble, then it's fine! On another note, the Arabic Geonotice page explicitly states to not edit it. What should I do to set the geonotice in the Arabic wiki? Majdal.cc (talk) 15:10, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Majdal.cc: I've brought the start time of the notice forward to yesterday evening, so you should see it in your en.wp watchlist now if you're in Lebanon. I'm afraid geonotices on the Arabic Wikipedia is a separate project from here so I don't know the procedures there. Deryck C. 16:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Deryck hmmm - I'm at the American University of Beirut campus, my public IP is [redacted from current edition], and I don't see the geonotice... Majdal.cc (talk) 07:50, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Majdal.cc: This is very strange... can you please try to Bypass your cache while on Special:Watchlist and see if the geonotice loads? Deryck C. 09:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Deryck I do see it in the Special:Watchlist page, but not in any other page... Hmmm... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Majdal.cc (talk • contribs) 10:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Geonotices are only displayed on the watchlist. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 18:35, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Preparing code:

Bay Area WikiSalon September 2018
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * Everybody is invited to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, September 26 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm in San Francisco at the new Wikimedia Foundation offices to munch, mingle, and learn! Details and RSVP here!

Date range required:
 * 2 September 2018 to 27 September 2018

Misc info: Discussion:
 * Reason for requesting: Bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   02:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Pinging and .   02:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Neither of them can do this; their ability to do so has been taken away. So has mine. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 07:51, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Why? Who took over? Having fun! Cheers!  08:04, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Only six people can now do this, and so they do not include myself or the other two that you named. See the "Interface administrator changes" and "Guideline and policy news" headings in . -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 08:30, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Isn't this text a bit long for what we general run in geonotices ? —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 09:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, this is almost the same text as the text that runs every time. Given that no other geonotice is currently scheduled to run in the same period of time I think the amount of text is okay. Deryck C. 12:44, 3 September 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 12:53, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Geonotice code
I hope this is ok, I've long done geonotices until the IA change, and the other sections seem superfluous. I'm aware the target page is currently a redirect, that is intentional.--Pharos (talk) 14:07, 18 September 2018 (UTC)


 * This is sort of urgent, can you post it? Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 21:49, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * — xaosflux  Talk 00:41, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 00:44, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Geonotice code
Ditto above, hope the geonotice code is sufficient.--Pharos (talk) 14:20, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * — xaosflux  Talk 00:41, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 00:45, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Afrocrowd/Asheville
Locations required:
 * [36,-84], [34.4,-80.7]

Possible messages:
 * Join the Asheville, NC Edit-a-thon & Record-a-thon on Saturday Sep 1!

Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * August 29 - September 2 (UTC midnight-UTC midnight)
 * Reason for requesting: To attract more Wikipedian volunteers to assist.
 * User requesting: Pharos (talk) 04:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * please confirm the block to load in below. — xaosflux  Talk 15:41, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Great, that's perfect.--Pharos (talk) 16:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 16:55, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * United States


 * Wiki Education Foundation is taking applications for a paid position to help newcomers learn to edit Wikipedia.

Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * Until August 17
 * Reason for requesting: Wiki Education just opened a search for a part-time position for an experienced Wikipedian. At present, we can only hire in the US.
 * User requesting: Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:17, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Pinging, Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:20, 9 August 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ Andrew Gray (talk) 19:52, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Is there a reason this only needs to go up for a week, by the way? I couldn't see an obvious deadline quoted for the post. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:54, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks User:Andrew Gray! We're hoping we'll get enough good applicants by then. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:02, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

San Diego Wiknic 2018
Locations required:
 * Southwestern United States: 42.05, -108.89], [31.19, -124.51 (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah)

Possible messages:
 * Everyone is cordially invited to attend a bonfire and Wiknic potluck on Shelter Island, San Diego. 25 August 2018 from 3pm to 10pm. Please RSVP here!
 * Wiknic potluck and bonfire in San Diego on 25 August 2018 from 3pm to 10pm. Please RSVP here!

Date range required:
 * 30 July 2018 to 25 August 2018

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Informing those outside of Regional user group for San Diego County, California.
 * User requesting: --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 16:02, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Pinging, , , & about this geonotice.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 16:02, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Aww, thanks for inviting those of us from Utah. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:28, 20 June 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅. Please go to your watchlist on 30 July to check whether it works...! Deryck C. 17:01, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon July 2018
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * Everybody is invited to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, July 25 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the new Wikimedia Foundation offices to munch, mingle, and learn! Please RSVP here!

Date range required:
 * 1 July 2018 to 26 July 2018

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   05:22, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * Pinging and . I removed the bolding and italics. This date is solid this time. Having fun! Cheers!   05:22, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. Note that this notice will run concurrently with some of the one-off events above. We generally allow up to 2 geonotices to run at each geographical location at the same time so we're fine for now, but if more one-off events come up in the Bay Area we may have to ask the regular WikiSalon to give way for a month or two in terms of geonotices. Deryck C. 16:59, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Village pump (proposals)
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion
 * United States
 * Please participate in an discussion about whether to temporarily display a banner in support of Net Neutrality to U.S. readers only.
 * ASAP to whenever the discussion is closed - we could add a hidden comment to the top of the discussion asking the closing admin to remove the geonotice.
 * Reason for requesting: The discussion has a relatively high amount of input for the time it's been up, and is likely of interest to many United States editors who aren't regularly watching the pump, given the proposal's reach and effect.
 * User requesting: ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 23:50, 6 May 2018 (UTC), one of the writers of the proposal.
 * Pinging due to short time-frame (on-going discussion). Thanks, ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 23:50, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Also pinging you if you could take a look. Thanks, ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 16:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)


 * done - have put it up notionally until 30/5 but I'm sure it'll be closed one way or another before then and can be removed. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:39, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * , I think this should be removed ASAP. This was not discussed and is basically nothing more than an attempt to undermine the current discussion about whether or not we should have a geonotice to begin with. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:05, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I object generally (I think advertising the discussion on the watchlist has a similar impact amongst signed-in users to what the banner itself would be), but I agree with that if there is to be a notice, it needs to be to Wikipedians in all geographic regions. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:39, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeaaaa, no. It wasn't an "attempt to undermine the current discussion". The discussion has had a high number of participants so I figured that this would be of interest to editors, especially U.S. editors given the topic. The notice clearly says it's about discussing a proposal, I don't see how that has the same effect as the proposed central notice. But Courcelles brings up a fair point about project-wide reputation. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 22:18, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * , my concern is that it effectively advertises the banner to all logged-in users in the US, which also in a way aids in the advocacy. That was my largest concern, and why I think it would be inappropriate, so would still object to a global watchlist message. I’m sorry if I rushed here on the intent, but I do think advertising it in the most visible method for logged-in users somewhat defeats the point of discussing it. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:33, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Gotcha - I rushed the geonotice so we can call it even! Thanks, ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 23:05, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed with, this should be taken down at once. Courcelles (talk) 21:15, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note that I wouldn't object to a global watchlist notice, but advertising it only to Americans stinks. This RFC is about the entire project, even if the effect will only be seen by Americans.  Courcelles (talk) 21:37, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Why wouldn't we target it to the same American editor IPs that would be targeted by a potential banner? It's the exact population we're looking for.  We should do the same for a UK or India banner - this is what geonotices are for.--Pharos (talk) 21:43, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Because this has the potential to impact the reputation of the entire site, even if just posted to the US, and the English Wikipedia is not the United States Wikipedia. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:45, 7 May 2018 (UTC)


 * . Oh ugh. I had assumed there was consensus for a notice about the discussion (would have looked into it more if it was an explicit call to action, obviously). I don't really have time to read up on what's going on here and I'm not sure I would want to express an opinion on it either way. I'll pull it for now but as I'm off to bed and probably won't be around to comment on it tomorrow, I will note explicitly that I am completely happy for anyone to roll this back and reinstate it if consensus emerges to do so :-) Andrew Gray (talk) 22:02, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks like user:Cyberpower678 has already done so, thanks. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:03, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * You're fine, I didn't think this would cause issue but it has an has been removed - looks like I should have discussed it first, apologies if I mis-guided you with an assumption of consensus. If people think the notice is fine globally, then that's cool, but at this point it's probably moot given the current discussion + short timeframe. Thanks, ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 22:18, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

ScotWiki meetup in Edinburgh on 11 July 2018
Locations required: Scotland. Possible messages: This is intended to include any interested Wikimedians who find themselves in Edinburgh or can make their way to Edinburgh on the day. Anyone who has attended previous meetups in Glasgow or Edinburgh encouraged to return to meet new faces! It will be a social gathering for Wikimedia enthusiasts, where we... More details here: Edinburgh Wikimedia Meetup Number 13. Date range required: The event is on 11 July 2018 at 5.30pm to 8.30pm so the geonotice would run up until 5.30pm on 11 July 2018. Misc info: Discussion
 * 1) Have a bite to eat and a drink.
 * 2) Chat about Wikipedia and any other topics we fancy!
 * 3) Explore how we can encourage others to engage with Wikipedia and arrangements for future Edinburgh Wiki meetups.
 * Reason for requesting: Encouraging awareness and participation in the ScotWiki meetup to further build a ScotWiki community. This is the first meetup since the appointment of User:Lirazelf as Scotland Programme Co-ordinator at Wikimedia UK.
 * User requesting: Stinglehammer (talk) 13:07, 2 July 2018 (UTC) and User:Lirazelf
 * A notice for this should already be up (I yesterday) - is it not working for you? -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 20:22, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes. That works fine. Thanks for that. By the way, do these geonotices only apply to Wikipedia? ScotWiki members also edit Gaelic Wikipedia and WikiVoyage. Is it a case or requesting genotices for each project? Stinglehammer (talk) 21:18, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Each Geonotice is local to that project. I don't even know if other projects have geonotices. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 22:22, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Balboa Photo Scavenger Hunt - July 2018
Locations required:
 * San Diego County, California: 33.505,-116.0809], [32.588, -117.6111

Possible messages:
 * Everyone is cordially invited to attend a Wikiphoto scavenger hunt in and around Balboa Park. 29 July 2018 from Noon until 3pm. Please RSVP here!

Date range required:
 * 15 July 2018 to 29 July 2018

Misc info: Discussion
 * Reason for requesting: Informing those outside of Regional user group for San Diego County, California.
 * User requesting: --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:19, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Pinging, & about this geonotice.
 * ✅. I have shortened the text of the notice (since it comes up in big font and we generally limit hyperlinks to one link per event. Please check your watchlist on 15 July to see whether it works! Deryck C. 17:07, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Hong Kong Wikimedian Meetup, early summer 2018
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 * Hong Kong

Date range required:
 * You're invited to join a Wikimedian Meetup on 30th July, 2:30-6:30 pm at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Misc info: Discussion
 * Until 30th June, unless delay caused by major dissent or poor projected attendance.
 * Reason for requesting: To invite local Wikipedians to a Hong Kong-based Wikimedian meet-up on 29th July.
 * User requesting: Spring Roll Conan  ( Talk · Contributions ) 10:29, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Pinging for procedure.
 * Done, please see whether it works. I've set the notice to start from now and end on 30 July. Users can hide individual notices once they see it, so there is no harm in keeping the notice up until the event happens. Deryck C. 16:46, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It works. Thanks, -- Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 17:38, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon June 2018
Locations required:


 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:
 * You are invited to participate in the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, June 6 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the new Wikimedia Foundation offices to mingle, munch, and learn!

Date range required:
 * 20 May 2018 to 7 June 2018

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
 * User requesting:   03:51, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * Pinging, , and so that they are aware of this.
 * ✅ Could you please check I've got this right?  GoldenRing (talk) 15:02, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Looks good to me - thanks! Andrew Gray (talk) 19:21, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Apologies. We need to update the Geonotice due to a host scheduling conflict that came up in the last day. Please change May to June, and change May 30 to June 6, and extend the run period to June 7. A thousand thanks! Good job, GoldenRing! Having fun! Cheers!  02:55, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ I've tried to emphasise the date change to keep people from getting caught out - ping me in the next few hours with any changes you'd like (I'll be around until approx 16:30 UTC). GoldenRing (talk) 12:05, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Dear . Thank you so much. I cannot confirm the Geonotice because I am hotspotting from my phone on my laptop and I guess the Geonotice is showing me outside of the permimeter of the geofence. If you are in the zone, can you please test it? Having fun! Cheers! (side pings to so that they can test it too) -   01:36, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks like I'm not seeing the geonotice, fyi. Did you end up seeing it ? Ben Creasy (talk) 18:56, 27 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Dear . I still do not see it. I do see the Geonotice for the Signpost. Re-pinging and  so they can look under the hood, and test it. Having fun! Cheers!   20:55, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I'm still new to this. I think I used the wrong sort of quotes in the javascript and was trying to use wikitext in the notice, of which it seems only a subset is supported.  I've fixed the quoting issue and now when I hack my geolocation to be 36, -120, I see the notice on my watchlist.  I've also replaced the wikitext bolding with the HTML version but there's a cache somewhere that needs purging for this to take effect and I'm not sure which one - this should flow through in the next little while.  GoldenRing (talk) 09:55, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

yeah, the ''' will upset it. You can force this with \'\'\', I think, to escape the characters. But generally speaking formatting is best avoided!

To purge an arbitrary wikipage, you can add &action=purge to the end - I tend to do this after altering any geonotices. Not sure if it actually makes a difference or not but it can't hurt. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:42, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

. Hey, no problem. The Watchlist Geonotice is not a dealbreaker to attract attendees. BTW, do you or know how to make an SF Bay Area geotargeted Central Notice? That would be more effective for attracting attendees. I see how to make it US geotargeted, but not Lat/Lon targeted. Anyway, good job, gentlemen! Ping me back. Having fun! Cheers! 05:14, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * short answer "no", long answer "...but if it's possible, it will probably use much the same code as the geonotice does" (since those can switch from country to geography). It's possible that CN was never designed for narrow geotargeting since we had the watchlist geonotice system. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:19, 1 June 2018 (UTC):

Meetup/Cambridge/37
Locations required:

Possible messages:
 * England

Date range required:
 * Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There is a forthcoming meetup in Cambridge, 29 April!

Misc info: Discussion
 * ASAP to 29th April.
 * Reason for requesting: Standard UK practice
 * User requesting: &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  22:51, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * It's prepared (weeks ago) at m:User:Redrose64/geonotice it just needs pasting in. I have this down as a task for tomorrow. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 23:01, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

GLAM/Ikon
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 * English Midlands, centred on Birmingham; say: 51.49,-0.12; 53.82,-3.00
 * Come and write about contemporary art and artists at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, on Sunday 27 May
 * (Alternative suggestions welcome)
 * ASAP, until 25 May
 * Reason for requesting: GLAM editathon
 * User requesting: Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:22, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Andrew Gray (talk) 12:44, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/Pittsburgh/ArtandFeminism2018CMOA
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 * Southwest Pennsylvania and surrounding areas: westlimit=-80.8852; southlimit=39.5733; eastlimit=-78.8444; northlimit=40.917
 * Join Carnegie Museum of Art in collaboration with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Pittsburgh for this year's Pittsburgh Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon.
 * 21 March 2018 - 25 March 2018
 * Reason for requesting: Folks at Carnegie are sponsoring this event and I want to help them get word out on wiki.
 * User requesting: Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:29, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you help? It's been a couple days and the event is this weekend. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 21:50, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

✅ Andrew Gray (talk) 22:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/Albany-Capital_Region/ArtAndFeminism_2018
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 * Greater Capital District, NY Area: westlimit=-74.240521; southlimit=42.504563; eastlimit=-73.325909; northlimit=43.103299
 * You are invited to an | Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the University Library, University at Albany, on Monday April 9. Drop-in hours noon to 3pm.
 * From March 19 to April 9, 2018
 * ''Reason for requesting:'We hope some experienced Wikipedians might be able to attend to help new editors.'
 * User requesting: TrudiJ (talk) 19:54, 19 March 2018 (UTC)TrudiJ

Meetup/San Diego/April 2018
Locations required: Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info: Discussion ✅ Andrew Gray (talk) 21:57, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Southern California & northern Baja California: westlimit=-120.8388; southlimit=31.792; eastlimit=-114.4008; northlimit=34.9925
 * You are invited to a bonfire on Shelter Island on Saturday evening, April 14, organized by San Diego Wikimedians User Group.
 * From April 1 until April 13, 2018
 * Reason for requesting: Spread the word about our upcoming meetup, in order to grow the user group.
 * User requesting: RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 08:28, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/Rochester,_NY/RIT/Women_on_Wikipedia_2018
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 * Greater Rochester, NY Area: westlimit=-77.9645; southlimit=42.7793; eastlimit=-77.168; northlimit=43.3711
 * You are invited to a Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday, March 24, 2018, from 11 am to 4 pm at Wallace Library, RIT.

Date range required:
 * March 14th-24th 2018

Misc info:
 * Reason for requesting: Spread the word about our upcoming edit-a-thon


 * User requesting: – &#x1D558; wendy &#124; &#9742;  19:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Can you help with this? Thanks! – &#x1D558; wendy &#124; &#9742;  19:35, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

✅ Andrew Gray (talk) 23:47, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/San Francisco/Art+Feminism@SFMOMA 2018
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 * San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Date range required:
 * You're invited to an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon at SF MOMA in San Francisco on Thursday March 8, 5-9 pm!

Misc info:
 * Start date can be anytime between now and the next several days. End date should be March 8, 2018.
 * Reason for requesting: To encourage local Wikipedians to attend this event. Thanks!
 * User requesting: Dreamyshade (talk) 22:42, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Royal College of Surgeons Ireland: Female Firsts
Locations required:
 * Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, 26 York Street, Dublin

Possible messages:
 * Join in celebrating Irish Female Firsts in medicine and science this International Women's Day in the Royal College of Surgeons Thursday 8 March 9:30-12:30pm.

Date range required: Misc info:
 * As soon as feasible to 7 March.
 * Reason for requesting: Upcoming Wiki edit-a-thon
 * User requesting: Smirkybec (talk) 12:40, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Meetup/Minneapolis/To Wikipedia, With Love/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
Locations required:
 * Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area: NW corner: (45.11, -93.45) SE corner: (44.81 -92.97)

Possible messages: Date range required: Misc info:
 * Join in spreading the love of human creativity! Share your favorite artist or artwork "To Wikipedia, With Love" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.  Saturday, February 17, noon to 4 pm.
 * Share your favorite artist or artwork "To Wikipedia, With Love" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Saturday, February 17, noon to 4 pm.
 * February 1 to February 17th.
 * Reason for requesting: Upcoming GLAM/Wiki edit-a-thon
 * User requesting: McGhiever (talk) 04:34, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Hong Kong Wikipedia Editing Tutorial, February 2018
Locations required: Possible messages:
 * Hong Kong

Date range required:
 * A tutorial in English for Wikipedia editing is coming on 24th February in Hong Kong. Assistance in teaching new users in the tutorial session is appreciated.

Misc info: Discussion
 * Until 24th February.
 * Reason for requesting: To invite local Wikipedians to attend a Hong Kong-based Wikipedia Editing Tutorial on 24th February and provide assistance that the event requires. Subject to alterations once we know the exact timeslot and venue.
 * User requesting: Spring Roll Conan  ( Talk · Contributions ) 14:44, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I would like to ping of this request.