Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2019

Wikimedia New York City invites you to attend its monthly WikiWednesday Salon on Wednesday, September 25th from 7:00 pm - 9:00 PM at Metropolitan New York Library Council. No experience of absolutely anything is necessary. All are welcome!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

Details

 * Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
 * Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm


 * Location: Metropolitan New York Library Council, 599 11th Avenue, 8th Floor (southwest corner of 45th Street and 11th Avenue)
 * Subway: A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W to Times Square or 7 to Hudson Yards
 * Bus: M42, M12, M50
 * Citi Bike: There is a Citi Bike station located one block away at 46th Street and 11th Avenue
 * Accessibility: An elevator is available to take attendees to the 8th floor. If you require additional accommodations or have any other needs (dietary, etc.), please let us know at president@wikimedianyc.org.

Agenda

 * Welcome and introductions
 * Recent events
 * Meetup/NYC/MetFashion Saturday, September 7
 * Helen Lane of the Fashion Institute of Technology will help lead a discussion on the editathon and the wider prospects for fashion topics on Wikipedia, and academics and students who participated at the Met are especially invited to join


 * Upcoming events
 * Latinx-American skateboarding Edit-a-thon @ Fordham Unversity - Rose Hill campus Tuesday, October 8th, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Shareable Flyer)
 * Latinx Interventions Edit-a-thon @ NYU Bobst Library Friday, October 18, 5:00 - 8:00PM
 * Archives Week Edit-a-thon @ Brooklyn Public Library Monday, October 21, 3:00 - 8:00PM (Thanks to folks who have already RSVP'd! It would be great to have a few Admins attend, since the BPL IP address is blocked from creating new accounts.)
 * Archtober Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Bard Graduate Center Sunday, October 27, 12:00 - 4:00PM


 * Share + Discuss
 * Wikimedia LGBT+ requests Wikimedia NYC support for WMF to fund a 2020 LGBT+ wiki conference
 * Commons app demo
 * link to Commons app page

Regrets

 * Perimeander (talk) 20:21, 23 September 2019 (UTC) Sorry I won't be there to chat about our October 21 Archives Week Edit-a-thon!
 * Jeremyb (talk) 20:54, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Likely attendees

 * Vyeh (talk) 19:56, 16 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Jim.henderson (talk) 15:43, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


 * &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 03:26, 23 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Pharos (talk) 14:59, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 16:10, 23 September 2019 (UTC) I'll probably be able to attend only at the end.


 * Khutuck (talk) 19:50, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ilovepiday (talk) 20:18, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 21:57, 23 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Mozucat (talk) 14:01, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 02:24, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Becksguy (talk) 19:16, 25 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Librarianhelen (talk) 20:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Wil540 art (talk) 14:17, 30 September 2019 (UTC) forgot to sign in