Hello, If you’re a cyclist and a Wikimedian—or better yet, if you use your bike for Wikimedia activities—this email is for you.
During Wikimania in Paris, an informal group of cycling Wikimedians <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_cyclists_group> was formed. And a key request immediately emerged: to provide *a secure place at every Wikimedia event (Wikimania, WikiCon, etc.) to park the bikes of participants* who made the effort to ride there et encourage the participants to came with their bikes (this will help reduce the carbon footprint for such events). For Paris, among the longest trips, one participant came from Germany and two from Denmark. We also seek to encourage and discuss Biki-expeditions (a biki-expedition is a sort of Wikipedia takes your city <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Your_City> but in villages or to points of interest (POI) in the countryside/outdoors with bicycles). Ehrlich91 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ehrlich91> shared such an experience during a talk at Wikimania. More generally, the group wants to promote Wikimedia activities by bike. For example, you can check out the great work Dirk Schmidt has done documenting Germany's greenways <https://de.wikivoyage.org/wiki/D-Route_11:_Ostsee%E2%80%93Oberbayern> on german Wikivoyage. If you're interested, want to share an experience or ideas, or want to start or join a bike expedition in your area, this group is here for you. On Meta : *Wikimedian cyclists group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_cyclists_group>* Regards. Thierry / TCY
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