Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Wikipedia Day LA 2018

Please join us for Wikipedia Day LA, a celebration of Wikipedia's 17th birthday.

This year's theme is '''LA on Record. '''

Our keynote speaker is Stratiscope's John Bwarie, who knows more about LA than anyone we've ever met. He worked for four elected city officials, and founded organizations including  City Impact Lab, the LA Heritage Alliance, and the LA History Happy Hour,  He also founded Secret City Tours to reveal the hidden side of Los Angeles, wrote the book Nobody Walks in LA, and held a communications position for the U.S. Geological Survey. (He knows a lot about earthquakes!  It doesn't get more LA than that.)

The Mining LA Sources panel is about digging in to LA's unique resources and archives'''. '''The panel will be moderated by Liza Posas, archivist at the Autry Center, and the staff coordinator for Los Angeles as Subject (LAAS). The panelists include Mallory Furnier, archivist at CSUN and the chair of the LAAS executive committee, Jessica Gambling, Museum Archivist at LACMA, and Sue Luftschein, the head of the Special Collections at USC Libraries and an LAAS executive committee member.

Remember when colleges Just Said No to Wikipedia? All of that's changed. We are reliable! We are respected! We are thorough. The Wiki Ed panel will talk about working with Wikipedia in the classroom. The panelists include Dr. Grace Gilles, Professor in the Department of Classics at UCLA,  Dr. Karyl Ketchum, Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at CSU Fulleron, and Sarah Mojarad, Lecturer in the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC. It will be  moderated by Kai Alexis Smith, MSLIS. She's the Subject Librarian for the College of Environmental Design, Ethnic and Women’s Studies and Foreign Languages at Cal Poly Pomona and the AfroCROWD LA Coordinator. (Los Angeles academics!)

PKM -- a longtime Wikipedian -- will lead an introduction to Wikidata. It's all about big data. (Big data is huge in Los Angeles!)

There will be flash sessions! There will be a discussion about the newly minted Wikipedians of Los Angeles User Group! There will be cake! (It's coming from the celebrated Hansen's Bakery,  sugaring up LA cakefests since 1920.) Wikipedia Day LA is free, and open to everyone.

Schedule
10:00 Be welcomed 10:05 Flash session with Trackinfo 10:15 Keynote, John Bwarie 10:45 Flash session or Talk Page Theater 11:00 Presentation on Wikidata 11:30 Mining LA Sources panel  12:45 Lunch break (You're on your own, but there are a ton of great restaurants nearby)  2:00 Flash session and/or Talk Page Theater  2:15 Wiki Ed panel  3:45 Flash session and/or Talk Page Theater  4:00 Cake, Wikipedians of Los Angeles!

Parking/transit info

 * The easiest Metro stop is Pershing Square, on the Red Line or the Purple Line. From there, it's just five blocks down Broadway to the Ace Hotel.
 * There are parking lots nearby as well as limited street parking.  (Please note that we're not able to validate parking at the Ace.

Safe space policy
We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, physical appearance, age, race, ethnicity, political affiliation, national origin, or religion—and not limited to these aspects. Any participant who violates the rules is gonna get kicked out.

Lightning talks and open space discussions
Add your 5-minute talk topic here! Present a brief talk about wiki topics or anything related to the Free Culture movement
 * Deletionism (I've got to do this early, I have another obligation at UCLA at 11 am, so you'll have all day to rebut me in my absence) Trackinfo (talk) 21:28, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Sherry esp. why promote that method to U.S. artisanal vintners. Free pours planned. * morloq (talk) (Sorry to say that the hotel won't go for free pours. JSFarman (talk) 19:51, 16 March 2018 (UTC))

RSVP
An RSVP is essential due to limited space. (If you don't have a Wikipedia account. Just hit the "Edit" prompt and add * and your name.)
 * Salomé Breziner
 * JSFarman (talk) 20:17, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Rotideypoc41352 (talk) Unfortunately, my availability's changed, so I can't come. I hope the event goes well!
 * PKM (talk) 23:03, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Penny Richards (talk) 00:29, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * JCC
 * Dalpern (talk) 19:35, 30 January 2018 (PST)
 * Anonymous Anonymous
 * StaceyEOB (talk) 18:54, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delaine U
 * FactStraight (talk)
 * &there4; here&hellip;&spades; 04:21, 25 January 2018 (UTC) Wish I could join and will be out of town :/ Thanks for organizing!
 * Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:09, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Carolefranceslung (talk) 18:40, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Siarus1074 (talk) 22:42, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 *  Seppi  333  (Insert 2¢) 11:23, 18 February 2018 (UTC), +3 (names listed below)
 * Daniel D.
 * Phil Y.
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 * morloq (talk)
 * Marykat23 (talk) 19:18, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Chuck Entz (talk) 03:48, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Zoidbergmd (talk) 13:45, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Tinkermen (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Tinkermen (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Sasha S.
 * Calif.DonTracy (talk) 16:24, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Trackinfo (talk) 21:29, 15 March 2018 (UTC) as noted above, I'll only be there for a short visit.
 * illuminatedpast (talk)
 * IndiaInx