[Wikimedia-SF] Finding a GLAM for a tattoo history editathon

Hi fellow SF Wikimedia people! I've gone down one of those rabbit holes where you find an entire category that needs a ton of work, and this one is English Wikipedia's articles about the history and practice of tattooing. I'd like to organize a virtual editing event to recruit more people to edit

[Wikimedia-SF] Re: Oakland Library virtual editathon planned for May 26

g them that far. Is there something specific you could use help > with, or are you all set? It sounds certainly like you are well prepared > for this :) > > Best, > Lodewijk > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 9:04 AM Britta Gustafson > wrote: > >> Just a reminder that th

[Wikimedia-SF] Re: Oakland Library virtual editathon planned for May 26

librarians interested in learning to edit. I'm looking forward to it. Thank you, Britta On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:00 AM Britta Gustafson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Reusing some of the work from the SFMOMA virtual editing session I helped > with last month, I'm helping staff from the Afri

[Wikimedia-SF] Oakland Library virtual editathon planned for May 26

Hi everyone, Reusing some of the work from the SFMOMA virtual editing session I helped with last month, I'm helping staff from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland and the Oakland History Center with this upcoming virtual editing session on May 26:

[Wikimedia-SF] SFMOMA virtual editathon coming up on March 9

Hi everyone, As part of the Art+Feminism campaign, I'm helping SFMOMA host a virtual edit-a-thon on Tuesday March 9 from 4-8 pm PT, and you're invited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Art%2BFeminism@SFMOMA_2021 I haven't really seen any "local" virtual events

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Hosting Black History Month Edit-a-Thon at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland

Wonderful! I also live in Oakland and would be excited to help. I've supported a bunch of local in-person editing workshops in a range of ways, and I'm up for seeing how I can help with virtual events as well. In case it's interesting to look at, this was a local Black History Month event last

[Wikimedia-SF] CCA is looking for a Wikipedian for March 15 edit-a-thon

Hi everyone! Would you be able to help with an upcoming Art + Feminism edit-a-thon at California College of the Arts on Thursday March 15? Their Digital Scholarship Librarian is looking for a Wikipedia editor to do an initial training for new editors and help new editors during the event. It'll

[Wikimedia-SF] SF MOMA Art + Feminism editathon, Thurs Mar 8, 5-9 pm

Hi everyone, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will be hosting its first edit-a-thon on Thursday March 8, 5-9 pm, and they'd love for local Wikipedia community members to participate, and to help mentor brand-new editors there (if you can). This will be an Art + Feminism themed event, at

[Wikimedia-SF] SF photowalk for WLM on Sat Sep 16 at 1 pm

Hi everyone! Encouraged by User:Nikikana, I'm organizing a Wiki Loves Monuments photowalk on Saturday September 16 at 1 pm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/WLM_Financial_District_photowalk_2017 - starting in Chinatown and heading down through the Financial District.

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Wikipedia editing and info event at the Monterey Public Library

That's so cool! I'd be interested in this if anyone from the SF area plans to drive there and is interested in carpooling. (I'd be happy to share the cost.) On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Proffitt,Merrilee wrote: > Hi everyone! I’ve volunteered to help coordinate an

[Wikimedia-SF] Nonprofit interested in finding a Wikipedian in Residence

Hi everyone, At the recent edit-a-thon at SOMArts for "The Black Woman is God" art exhibition, an attendee asked me for help finding a Bay Area Wikipedia editor interested in improving articles about U.S. college and universities, such as adding neutral and verifiable information about graduation

[Wikimedia-SF] Invitation: women artists of color Bay Area edit-a-thon

Sending along an invitation from Monica Westin: Please join organizers from SOMArts, the California Digital Library, and Art Practical in San Francisco on the afternoon of July 22nd for an edit-a-thon dedicated to increasing the visibility of women artists of color on Wikipedia. This edit-a-thon

[Wikimedia-SF] Write the Docs meetup at WMF on Thursday May 4

Hi all! This meetup event about contributing to MediaWiki as a technical writer may be of interest to other people on this list, at the Wikimedia Foundation office on Thursday, May 4 from 7-9 pm: https://www.meetup.com/Write-the-Docs-SF/events/239305204/ (I'm not organizing it, just planning to

[Wikimedia-SF] Upcoming art editathons in SF, Sunday 3/12 (tomorrow!) and Saturday 3/25

I just heard about this cool edit-a-thon tomorrow (Sunday March 12) from 1-4 pm at The Lab: http://www.thelab.org/projects/2017/3/12/wikipedia-edit-a-thon - "a DIY campaign to improve archives on marginalized populations and address information gaps in our collective knowledge". The space is close

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Planning help needed for Wikipedia Day 16 SF

I can run an edit-a-thon group! I have a list of articles at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dreamyshade/In_the_news_articles (topics recently in the news that are marked with needs-improvement tags) that I'd be happy to work with people on editing, including helping newcomers get started. I

[Wikimedia-SF] Editing workshop at Double Union on Tuesday March 22

Hi SF Wikimedians! At previous events I've mentioned to a few of you that I'm working on an idea to teach a "Wiki Law School" advanced editing workshop primarily for people underrepresented among Wikipedia editors, which would be focused on how to successfully make higher-impact

[Wikimedia-SF] Art+Feminism editathons on March 4th and 5th

Hi Bay Area people! There are two Art+Feminism editathons ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism) happening in San Francisco in the near-ish future, and I'd like to encourage you to sign up for them, especially if you can help mentor new editors. These events often get a

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Unconference on Wikipedia Day weekend

I'd propose a time slot for collective storytelling about amusing weirdnesses from the first couple years of Wikipedia. I could contribute some stories, and I'm sure other people would have a lot of stories too - to remember that the idea of amateurs writing an encyclopedia from scratch was a wild