Wikipedia:Meetup
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Regular (or more spontaneous) face-to-face meetings of Wikipedians take place in cities around the world. This page is used as a starting point for Wikipedians organising meetups, and subpages are used for finalising the details once a meetup has been agreed. For meetings in other languages/places please use the interlanguage links from this page.
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[edit] Cities hosting meetups around the world
| Wikipedia Meetups |
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Africa: Alexandria | Cape Town Americas: Austin | Ann Arbor/Detroit | Boston | Calgary | Connecticut | Dallas/Fort Worth | DC | Los Angeles | Miami | Minneapolis | Montreal | Nashville | New York City | Ottawa | Ohio | Philadelphia | Phoenix | Pittsburgh | Providence | San Francisco | Seattle | St. Petersburg (2006) | Toronto | Utah Asia: Bangalore | Cebu | Dhaka | Hyderabad (Pakistan) | Jakarta | Karachi | Kerala | Manila | Naga | Pune | Shanghai | Singapore | Tainan | Taipei | Tehran | Tokyo Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Cambridge | Croatia | Czech Republic | Denmark | Edinburgh | Germany | Ireland | London | Lyon | Macedonia | Norway | Serbia | Sweden | UK Oceania: Adelaide | Auckland | Brisbane | Canberra | Melbourne | Newcastle | Perth | Sydney |
[edit] Future meetups
[edit] Scheduled future meetups
Wikipedia Meetups+/-
| Upcoming | |
|---|---|
| Bangalore 7 | November 22, 2009 |
| Dubai 1 | November 24, 2009 |
| Cairo | November 25, 2009 |
| Riyadh 1 | November 2009 |
| Karachi 2 | December 6, 2009 |
| London 28 | December 13, 2009 |
| London 29 | January 10, 2010 |
| Recent | |
| New York City 16 | November 15, 2009 |
| Cambridge 5 | November 14, 2009 |
| London 27 | November 8, 2009 |
| Dhaka 5 | October 30, 2009 |
| Naga 2 | October 19, 2009 |
| Karachi 1 | October 18, 2009 |
| Bangalore 6 | October 11, 2009 |
| London 26 | October 11, 2009 |
| Minnesota | October 11, 2009 |
| Wikis Take Manhattan | October 10, 2009 |
| Past meetups | |
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[edit] Future meetups without a date set yet
This list was last updated: October 18, 2009
- Latin-America 1 - TBD
- Chicago 3 - TBD
- Helsinki - TBD
- Edmonton - TBD (may or may not happen, depending on levels of interest)
- Pittsburgh - TBD
- Wikipedia:Meetup/Montreal 2009 Late summer / early fall 2009.
- SMW Fall 2009 users meeting - Fall 2009 (feel free to suggest a date)
- Raleigh-Durham - TBD (depending on level of interest)
[edit] Procedure and advice
- Create the page
- Use or create a sub page of Wikipedia:Meetup to organize the meeting.
- Make it easy to sign up, with simple subsections like Likely attendees, Possible attendees and Regrets for signup lists, as at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC.
- Attract attendees
- Solicit invitations of geographically local Wikipedia users.
- Create a Wikipedia:Geonotice request.
- Create a list of Wikipedians interested in future and regular meetups for a given location where they can sign up (alternatively, userboxes with corresponding categories can be used).
- Use an info box like {{Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne/Invite}} for mass invitations.
- Use other mediums outside of Wikipedia to advertise to non-Wikipedia users
- Post a notice at the relevant page of wikipedia.meetup.com
- Post a couple of notices on Craigslist (free).
- Word of mouth is always an option.
- Don't be afraid to spam people: Make a big list like Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list from all people who have ever expressed interest in attending a meetup, as well as all people in categories like Category:Wikipedians in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia usebox and other regional categories.
- Don't manually post notices to all the editors who are listed in a geographical category. Simply post a request at WP:BOTREQ, asking for a bot owner to have a bot deliver the (specified) message to everyone in the category.
- Place notices at places like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philadelphia and even Talk:Philadelphia.
- Organize event
- Organize location.
- Organize eating arrangements.
- Settle on a definite time and place, and don't change it. If someone is just bold, people will know about the date a few weeks in advance (instead of a couple of days), which will make planning easier for individuals. Getting input from everyone is good, but you don't need a formal vote on everything, which can delay the process.
- Consider whether you want any sort of agenda for the meetup (like a discussion on a specific topic, or forming a local chapter).
[edit] Past meetups
There have been many meetups in various locations across the globe.
[edit] Pictures
A gallery from many different cities can be found at:
[edit] See also
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