Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2023

The WikiWednesday Salon by Grand Central is a planned gathering between the local Wikimedia NYC community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation on Wednesday March 8 5:30-7pm at Convene 101 Park Avenue 40.7512°N, -73.978°W in the vicinity of Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal.

This is somewhat of a sequel to the March 2022 Wiki-Tent Brunch in terms of the participants, though this time it is an evening event in a different borough.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

We may leaven the event with a few impromptu lightning talks, a Wiki-fashion show, and likely an afterparty tour.

Wiki-fashion show
You're encouraged to come dressed in your finest Wikimedia clothing and accessories (bags, buttons, even books), or clothing connected to the topics you edit on wiki projects, show off your getup on the runway and tell the origin story of how you got them.
 * Inspired by an event at the Berlin Wikimedia Summit 2022
 * In addition to explicit "wiki" swag, the Wiki-Gala also welcomes you to show off clothing and accessories related to areas you have edited on, whether that be unbuilt NYC Subway extensions, late 19th century cricket, postage stamps of micronations, or possibly even culturally important topics.
 * We may also have a t-shirt / swag creative design live session, similar to Wiki World's Fair.

Upcoming events

 * March 7: History of Nursing in Newark
 * April 22: Earth Day 2023 Edit-a-thon with Sure We Can
 * April 23: Meetup/NYC/Earth Day Wiknic
 * May 20: Wikimedia Hackathon 2023/Satellite events

Lightning talks
''Add your 3-5 minute lightning talk here! Lightning talks may cover a wide range of topics related to Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and the larger free culture movement.''
 * 1) Evil Robot Wikipedia--Pharos (talk) 23:44, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 2) Tour of NYC Legoktm (talk) 19:38, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 3) Using Wikipedia to Spend Time With the Things You Love Wil540 art (talk) 03:43, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 4) Wikipedia Discord and community building.  Complex / Rational  13:44, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 5) Creating a map of the Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel using OpenStreetMap   BlaueBlüte (talk) 23:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Sign up

 * RSVP off-wiki at Eventbrite
 * Due to the venue, to attend in-person please register on Eventbrite and bring a photo ID.


 * Pharos (talk) 22:46, 25 February 2023 (UTC)


 * --LiAnna (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:34, 27 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Legoktm (talk) 04:11, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * the special girl is me (talk) 04:34, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 06:46, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Jacobin 357 (talk) 12:58, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 13:51, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 14:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 16:33, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Wil540 art (talk) 17:47, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Mozucat (talk) 18:23, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * -- RoySmith (talk) 00:55, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Complex / Rational 18:47, 1 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Kiraface (talk) 19:28, 1 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Kind data (talk) 21:25, 1 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Jim.henderson (talk) 15:50, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Ronald Sexton (talk) 15:58, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Zhikeng (talk) 03:51, 3 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Epicgenius (talk) 20:59, 3 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Mike Peel (talk) 13:05, 5 March 2023 (UTC)


 * DrX (talk) 16:05, 5 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 19:42, 5 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Ericandrewlewis (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)


 * CmdrDan (talk) 20:17, 6 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Quarl (talk) 02:55, 7 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hdevine825 (talk) 00:57, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:05, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * BlaueBlüte (talk) 20:44, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Saturday March 11: Grolier Club tour

 * We will have a follow-up Saturday 3:30 PM afternoon tour of the Grolier Club, guided by User:Evekahn, with some of the Wikimedia Foundation folks joining. We have room for 15 on the tour at a time, and there may be two.


 * Pharos (talk) 20:34, 9 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Jim.henderson (talk) 20:44, 9 March 2023 (UTC)


 * &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 22:18, 9 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hdevine825 (talk) 01:57, 11 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Wil540 art (talk) 15:21, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Legoktm (talk) 16:32, 11 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Rgm38 (talk) 17:21, 11 March 2023 (UTC)