Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Maker Faire 2012



This is a page for planning for the Wikimedia Foundation booth at the 2012 San Mateo Maker Faire (Homepage), May 19 & 20
 * Background: pics, 'post story
 * 2011
 * 2010
 * 2009

Volunteers
Interested in helping out? Put your name down here and check out our mailing list.
 * -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 02:24, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 01:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 01:05, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Stephen (talk) 16:33, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Az1568 (talk) 21:39, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * mlet (talk)
 * LaureliM (talk) 13:13, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ben Kovitz (talk) 22:51, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:03, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * ~ayushk 23:13, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Maker Faire Schedule

 * Friday May 18 -- Exhibitor Setup night (Not open to public)
 * Saturday May 19 -- 10am to 8pm
 * Sunday May 20 -- 10am to 6pm

Planning Notes

 * Steven's in charge

Viz

 * RC on IRC
 * Commons featured pics
 * WikipediaVision

Games

 * Games: Guess-The-Language
 * Makes sure the computers support the necessarily fonts
 * Game ideas from the February meetup--simple ways to contribute to a wiki
 * Categorizing an image or page
 * Geocode article or image
 * Translating a single word on wiktionary
 * De-orphaning an article.
 * Proofread page in Wikisource
 * Add quote to Wikiquote
 * Translate message on translatewiki.net

Supply List

 * Extra folding chairs
 * Extra small folding table (or two)
 * Electronics gear
 * 5 * Computers
 * 1 * Server
 * 1 Switch
 * Several Large LCD's (32"?)
 * 1 Projector
 * Power strip(s)
 * Ethernet cables
 * Duct Tape
 * Table cloths
 * Signs!
 * More Signs!
 * Sample POD books
 * Swag (what ever we can convince Jay James to give us)
 * Water for volunteers