Wikipedia:Wiknic/2014

The Great American Wiknic is an annual wiki-picnic held in cities across the United States on or around a common day every summer. The 2014 Wiknic will be on Sunday, July 6 and nearby dates.

The Wiknic is the picnic anyone can edit, with people bringing their own picnic food and perhaps other items to share. Suggestions are offered by the page for New York City's first Wiknic and the announcements for the various 2011 -2013 events (below).

Wiknics are:
 * Easy to organize, even for old Wikipedians
 * Welcoming to everyone, even for new Wikipedians and Wikipedian-wannabes
 * Fun!

In short, a Wiknic can be a great easy-in to real life Wikipedia culture, and lead to greater wiki-community and outreach in your corner of the country!

This page can also be reached at the shorter domain name wiknic.org

Wiki-picnic meetups by region
The 2014 Great American Wiknic will be held on Sunday, July 6 (and nearby dates), with local groups feeling free to change the day to something nearby as is best for them.

With grassroots organizing help from local Meetup groups and the Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) committee...

Everyone is encouraged to start a Wiknic page for your own city, and please sign up at your city's meetup page (in bold):

Please watch this page for future updates and new cities being added.

If you have questions about getting help for event planning for a new city, please ask on the Wiknic discussion page.

Northeast

 * Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz, Massachusetts: Saturday, August 23
 * New York City, New York: Sunday, July 6, 2014
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Saturday, July 5, 12pm - 3pm
 * Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Saturday, July 5, 11am - 2pm

Mid-Atlantic

 * Frederick, Maryland Sunday, July 6th 2014
 * Washington, DC at Meridian Hill Park – Sunday, July 13
 * Add your city here!

Midwest

 * Ann Arbor, Michigan - Sunday, July 6th, 3pm - 7pm
 * Chicago, Illinois - Saturday, July 12th, Time 11am - 3:30pm
 * Evansville, Indiana - (Evansville/Bloomington meetup) - Date TBD
 * St. Paul, Minnesota - Sunday, July 6th, noon - 4pm
 * St. Louis, Missouri - Sunday, July 6th, 10:00am -
 * Add your city here!

West and Southwest

 * Arvada, Colorado (between Denver and Boulder): Sunday, July 6, 2014
 * Los Angeles, California: Sunday, July 6, 2014
 * Portland, Oregon
 * San Francisco, California: Sunday, July 6, 2014
 * Seattle, Washington: currently planned for Sunday, July 6, 12pm to 3pm
 * Las Vegas, Nevada: Sunday, July 6, 12pm to 3pm

Southeast

 * Atlanta, Georgia Sunday, July 6th 2014
 * Miami, Florida area proposed ideas under discussion:
 * Valrico, Florida. Lithia Ridge park Sunday July 6th 2014
 * murfeesboro TN, henery horton state park, wednesday july 9th 2014!

The rest of the world

 * Eindhoven, Netherlands - Sunday, July 6th, 13:00 (15 minutes walk from railway station at coordinates 51.45559°N, 5.48805°W)
 * Add your city here!

Start an event for your city
To jumpstart a Wiknic in your city or town, feel free to copy-and-paste the example text below (adjust placenames accordingly!) - ideally include the town, event date, park name, and the local wiki-meetup page -

Frostbite Falls, Minnesota : June 22 - Great Moose Park - Meetup/Moosylvania/Wiknic

Ask any questions at Wikipedia talk:Wiknic. It is an amazing event for anyone!

History and development
The first national Wiknic was held in June 2011, and 16 cities took part with Wiknics large and small. June 2012 was a success as well, and now third time's a charm with Wiknic 3.0 June 2013. The Wiknic concept was modeled on the Wikipedia 10 celebrations and on the past success of Wiknics in New York City, and has inspired other large-scale coordinated events like Wikipedia Loves Libraries and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States.

2011


With grassroots organizing help from local Meetup groups and the Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) committee, 16 Wiknic events were held throughout the United States around June 25, 2011:


 * Northeast
 * Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Common – Meetup/Boston
 * New York, New York: Central Park – Meetup/NYC/Wiknic
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Azalea Garden behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art – WikiProject Philadelphia/Wiknic
 * Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Schenley Park – Meetup/Pittsburgh


 * Midwest
 * Chicago, Illinois: Wrigley Square, Millennium Park – Meetup/Chicago 4
 * Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Campus, as a part of the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival Tech Fair – Meetup/Detroit
 * Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minnehaha Park – Meetup/Minnesota
 * St. Louis, Missouri: Forest Park – [[Wikipedia:Meetup/St. Louis
 * Nashville, Tennessee: Centennial Park – Meetup/Nashville 2
 * Washington, D.C.: Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima) Park (Arlington, Virginia) – Meetup/DC 19


 * West
 * Denver, Colorado: DNote Tavern, Arvada – Meetup/Denver
 * Los Angeles, California: Pan-Pacific Park – Meetup/LA/4
 * Phoenix, Arizona: Scottsdale Civic Center Mall – Meetup/Phoenix 2
 * Portland, Oregon – Meetup/Portland/Wiknic
 * Salt Lake City, Utah – Meetup/Utah
 * San Francisco, California: Golden Gate Park – Meetup/San Francisco/Wiknic
 * Seattle, Washington – Meetup/Seattle7


 * Press coverage of 2011 events:
 * The Washington Post, on the morning of the event (Saturday, June 25, 2011), published an article on the Washington, D.C. Wiknic, titled "A Wiki-Picnic for online encyclopedia editors".
 * LA Weekly (June 27, 2011): Wikipedia Live! The Great American Wiknic Comes to L.A.

2012
The 2012 Great American Wiknic was held on June 23 (and nearby dates), by a happy coincidence also Alan Turing's Centennial.


 * Northeast
 * Albany, New York: date: June 23 – Meetup/Albany-Capital Region
 * Boston, Massachusetts: location: Boston Common date: June 23 – Meetup/Boston/Wiknic/2012
 * New York, New York: date: July 7 – Governors Island, accessed by free ferries from Manhattan (from the Battery Maritime Building in the Financial District; half-hourly on weekends) and Brooklyn – Wiki World's Fair


 * Mid-Atlantic
 * Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: date: June 23 – place: Schenley Park – info: Meetup/Pittsburgh
 * Washington, DC: date: June 24 – Dupont Circle – Meetup/DC/Wiknic/2012
 * Frederick, MD: date: June 23 – Baker Park – Meetup/Frederick/Wiknic/2012


 * Midwest
 * Evansville: 30 June – West Branch Library – WP:Meetup/Evansville/Wiknic/2012
 * St. Louis, Forest Park, date: June 23 – Meetup/St. Louis
 * Cincinnati, Smale Riverfront Park: User:DaveMenninger: Meetup/Cincinnati
 * Chicago, Washington Square Park: Meetup/Chicago 6
 * Wichita, Central Riverside Park: Meetup/Wichita
 * Minneapolis, Minnehaha Park, 7 July: WT:Meetup/Minnesota


 * South
 * University of Arkansas, Fayetteville date: June 22 Meetup/Northwest Arkansas
 * Atlanta: Piedmont Park date: June 30 Meetup/Atlanta/Atlanta 3
 * Meetup/Houston, date June 23
 * Meetup/North Florida, date June 23
 * Miami, Florida: Biscayne National Park, June 23 - Meetup/Miami/Wiknic/2012


 * West
 * Boulder, Colorado Meetup/Boulder/June 2012
 * San Francisco, California: Golden Gate Park date: June 23 – Meetup/San Francisco/Wiknic/2012
 * Los Angeles, California: Pan-Pacific Park – Meetup/LA/6
 * Oahu, Hawaii: Kailua Beach Park – see Meetup/Oahu/1
 * Portland, Oregon: Willamette Park – see Meetup/Portland/Wiknic
 * Seattle, Washington: Golden Gardens Park in Ballard date: June 24 – Meetup/seattlewp/wiknic2012


 * Possible cities under discussion
 * Possibly Ann Arbor with ArborWiki folks
 * Dallas-Fort Worth discussion
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discussion
 * Possibly Richmond, Virginia: Science Museum of Virginia