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4:12 pm on December 4, 2013 · editathon (3), queens (4), wikimedia nyc (19)

FRIDAY: Queens Open History #Wikipedia #Editathon @QueensLibrary #Queens #NYC

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Wikimedia NYC

Wikimedia NYCOn Friday, December 6th the Queens Library, Wikimedia NYC, and the Metropolitan New York Library Council will host an all-day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon and public training event  at the Queens Library Central Branch. The event will be focused on Queens History, Queens historical figures, the Queens Library System, and the special topics covered in the Queens Archives.

Folders full of research and information about special topics in the Queens Library Archives will be available to make it easy to get started writing and editing Wikipedia articles about Queens and Wikipedians will be on site to provide basic and advanced training on editing articles and working with images.

Formal Training Presentations: 10:30-11:30am, 2:00-3:00pm (but informal hands-on help will be available all day!). You are encouraged to drop by at any time! Please join the Wikimedia NYC Meetup group.

 
What: Queens Open History Wikipedia Editathon
Where: 1st Floor Cyber Center Training Room, Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd, Queens, NY 11432 ‎(map)
When: Friday December 6, 10am – 7pm
Sign up: http://wikiqueens.eventbrite.com
Wikimedia NYC info page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
Twitter: @QueensLibrary | #editathon

4:39 am on November 30, 2012 · editathon (3), nypl (3), wikimedia (4)

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies: Library Edit-a-thon this Saturday 12/1 @wikimedianyc #editathon

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Wikipedia goes to the moviesWikipedia Goes to the Movies is an edit-a-thon, Wikipedia meet-up and workshop that will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries global campaign, as a direct successor to last year’s smash hit Wikipedia:The Musical.

  • Address: 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (64th St. between Broadway and Amsterdam avenues). Directions: Go towards the back of the plaza, around to the right of the Met opera house and just left of the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
  • Phone: (917) 275-6975
  • Time: Noon – 5 p.m.
  • Room: The Reserve Film & Video Screening Room on the Third Floor

Stay for the afternoon or drop in at any time between 12pm and 5 PM. NYPL staff will be on hand to provide information and instruction on using our collections. Volunteer Wikipedians will be present to provide support and instruction on editing Wikipedia. (Bring a laptop if you have one.)

The goal will be to improve Wikipedia articles and content related to WikiProject Film.

**Note**: We are encouraging a very broad scope for the development of Wikipedia subtopics that can intersect between your interests and the history of cinema/performing arts.  For example, since this coincides with World AIDS Day, there will be someone there working on HIV/AIDS in film, and we invite and will provide assistance with whatever subtopics along these lines that you would like to get working on.

Sign up on Meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/92497862/

Wikipedia event page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Goes_to_the_Movies

New York Public Library event page:
http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/11/03/wikipedia-goes-movies

 

7:32 am on April 20, 2012 · editathon (3), nycwiki (3), nypl (3), wikimedia (4), wikimedia nyc (19)

@wikimediaNYC Wiki-Gangs of New York editathon on Saturday @nypl

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Wikimedia NYC

Wikimedia NYCWiki-Gangs of New York is a civic editathon, Wikipedian meet-up and instructional workshop that will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at the New York Public Library Main Branch.

The goal will be to improve Wikipedia articles and content related to the neighborhoods and history of New York City.

Wiki-Gangs of New York at the NYPL website.

Please bring a laptop if you have one; if not, several loaner laptops will be available.

This event is jointly organized by the Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, the Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, NYPL Reference and Research Services, and NYPL Labs.