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Wikipedia Takes Philly / Pittsburgh in September

Pharos — 2012-08-12T21:48:17

Hi Wiki-Pennsylvanians,

'Wikipedia Takes America' is coming up in September, and I'd like to
encourage you to start a page for your city with this event wizard:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America#Event_page_wizard

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

Philly Wiknic around June 23?

Pharos — 2012-06-07T16:27:22

Hi Wiki-Philadelphians,

Anyone interested in helping to organize the Great American Wiknic,
Philadelphia Edition, for on or around June 23 (the date part is
pretty flexible)?

Great American Wiknic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic

Last year's Philly Wiknic (a potential model):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philadelphia/Wiknic

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

SOPA/PIPA panel tomorrow (3/15) at Wharton

Kat Walsh — 2012-03-14T20:56:21

Greetings! I'll be in Philly tomorrow talking about SOPA, PIPA, and
the internet for a panel hosted by the Wharton Politics & Business
Association -- it is open to non-students if anyone wants to come.

http://whartonpolitics.tumblr.com/

(I'll be around a little while before and after too, but I'm heading
back to DC before my train home turns into a pumpkin.)

Cheers,
Kat

Wikinic behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art onSaturday

Pharos — 2011-06-22T20:18:31

Check it out, wiki-Philadelphians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philadelphia/Wiknic

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

Wikiconf NYC August 28-29

Pharos — 2010-08-09T18:15:46

Hi Wiki-Pennsylvanians,

Our 2nd annual Wiki-Conference NYC will be held over the weekend of
August 28-29 2010, hosted by ITP at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts,
and also supported by Free Culture < at > NYU and Wikimedia New York City.

There's still plenty of time to join a panel, or to propose a
lightning talk or an open space session.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference

Register for the Wiki-Conference here:

http://bit.ly/wikinyc

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia New York City
http://nyc.wikimedia.org

Resolving conflicts and reaching consensus

Peter Tesler — 2010-04-06T22:46:52

Hi everyone -
This is a project presented at Wikipedia Day 2010 at NYU in New York
last January..http://ideagra.ph
We presented this as a way to discuss a few of the most
complicated/controversial Wikimedia-related issues that haven't yet
garnered a consensus. It was specifically designed to fix the current
problems with Wikipedia's discuss pages (arguments get very long,
complex, and messy).

What makes a debate here different from one on a standard discuss page?
Statements have a color (green/red) which represents their current
state of consensus (something that's been refuted, for instance, is
red). You can also re-use facts concluded in other debates by other
people - thus allowing the work of debating/reasoning to be
distributed among (potentially) billions of people.

We've created a Wikipedia category for issues surrounding Wikipedia:
http://ideagra.ph/1870

We need your feedback...

-Peter

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ideagraph
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ideagraph/319390481771

Wiki Takes Philadelphia 2

Marc Blumberg — 2010-03-08T22:05:24

All,

The Philadelphia section of the New York chapter of Wikipedia is planning a
second iteration of Wiki Takes Philadelphia. It's a photo scavenger hunt and
contest where pictures are taken for the benefit of the Wikipedia project.

The event will be on Sunday, April 11, 2010, starting at Noon at the Drexel
University Quad (33rd and Market Streets).

To find more information or to sign up, visit our wikipedia project
page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philadelphia/Wikipedia_Takes_Philadelphia>
.

Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you there!

-Marc Blumberg <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mblumber>

Philadelphia Meetup 7: March 15, 2009

Casey Brown — 2009-03-14T23:32:16

Sorry for the delayed post!  Notifications on Wikipedia went out a
while ago, but we forgot to notify here.

You're invited to the Philadelphia-area Wikipedia Meetup on March 15,
2009 at 3pm!

In the afternoon, there will be a session at Drexel dedicated to
discussing Wikimedia Pennsylvania activity and cooperation with the
regional Wikimedia New York City chapter.  For example, Are events
like a Wikipedia Takes Philadelphia in our future?  In the evening,
they will share dinner and friendly wiki-chat at a local Italian
restaurant.

For more information, see the Meetup page:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia_7>

Getting the ball rolling again...

Casey Brown — 2007-09-24T22:55:33

I expect that everyone is settled back into school, work, or just the
usual after-summer routine; now let's try and get the ball rolling again
with the Chapter. :-)  A few points:

* Johnny: Fundraiser/Party at your farm -- still interested?
* Andrew: Do we agree that the bylaws are pretty much ready?
* Where do you we stand on the whole "lawyer" aspect?  Has anyone done any
research on this? i.e. how much money will need, what they will need to do,
how many are in the area...
* Where are we with that new logo? (One we can use on our flyers/banners.
Just use freely with no strings attached. ;-))
* I'm waiting on some financial statements of other chapters from Internal,
but these may not come for a little bit longer (the person who I need to get
them from is a very busy person!).
* Technical changes of the website are at a very low priority for Brion
right now (he has SUL, FlaggedRevs, etc., to worry about), most of the
changes are minor/superficial and will be done eventually.
* We're now about to about 23 interested participants. :-)

Anything else I have forgotten?  Comments? Updates? :-)

Hoping to hear back from all of you soon!

The Rural We

John McC — 2007-07-15T00:15:57

I drove nearly 350 miles today on an errand (picking
up a couple goats), and it reminded me of what a
rediculously big state this is, and how many small and
medium sized cities there are (along the way I went
through or near Allentown, Hazelton, and
Williamsport). Someone of the foundation-l list had
mentioned that having a local chapter would be more
important for the suburbans than the urbanites, but I
think it might end up being even more of an asset to
rural communities and the towns in the interior of the
state.

Andrew (Whiteknight) has mentioned both online and in
conversations with me how he would like to see
Wikibooks-derived textbooks made available for poor
urban districts. I agree with that, but we shouldn't
forget that there are rural areas in our state that
are just as poor, with even less exposure to the
world's opportunities. 

I don't really have anywhere to go with that, but it
seems to me that outreach into the hill country
shouldn't be ignored for the sake of outreach into the
inner cities. We have a lot of hill country in PA :-).


-johnny.


       
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Official website

Casey Brown — 2007-07-12T19:54:13

Hello:
 
I am happy to announce that with the assistance of Delphine and Brion, we
now have a website.  The website can be found at http://pa.us.wikimedia.org/
and I suggest that you all create an account there.  This will hopefully be
our base of operations as we progress further along to become an official
Chapter and afterwards.  It is our workshop, feel free to post questions or
comments on our "Pretzel Stand"
http://pa.us.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pretzel_Stand and post ideas like we had
previously done on Meta.
 
The logo in the corner will be changed to the Wikimedia Pennsylvania logo
once we make it the right size and convert it to PNG. (I hope Andrew can do
this when he comes home.)  We also need a better Main Page.  Please take a
look at the Main Page's of our sister chapters and see if you can whip up
something similar to that.  Please make your changes on the talk page. :-)
 
If you find any problems with the website or have any questions comments or
concerns, please reply here and if there is something we need to send to
Brion, we will do it in bulk.
 
Delphine and I believe that the wiki should definitely be only editable by
those with accounts.  However, it is up to you to decide whether or not
creating an account will be open to the public *or* whether or not we need
to delegate who gets an account.  If we do go private, none of the pages
(even the Main page) will be locked from editing.  Thus, there is no real
need for sysops.
 
You are welcome (and encouraged to) contribute your ideas on the wiki and
communicate here.
 
Thanks,
Casey Brown
Cbrown1023

Introduction

Matthew Flaschen — 2007-07-11T02:29:03

Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself.  My name's Matt Flaschen
(Superm401).  I'm an English Wikipedia admin from Wynnewood, PA (a
suburb just west of Philly).  I'm in Wynnewood for the summer but go
back to Georgia for school in the middle of August.

Anyway, I can see that things are just starting out, but I think it's a
great idea and look forward to helping however I can.

Matt Flaschen

Getting the ball rolling a little more, etc.

John McC — 2007-07-10T01:30:18

Well, we've apparently generated a bit of interest
from perspective members, so maybe it's safe to start
thinking about what to do next. As I see it, there are
three tracks we need to be paying attention to, and
should try to concentrate our efforts on one of them,
or perhaps break into working groups for each. 

The first track is dealing with the Wikimedia
Foundation itself. That's a bit tricky because they
can sometimes become a bit more interested in debate
than in getting things rolling along :). Personally I
think we could have the chapter independent of their
approval (though we might need a name change if we're
forced to go that route), but on the other hand I also
(opining again) think that our *mission* should really
just stay focused on the promotion and improvement of
the foundation-run projects. 

The second track is our legal status. Setting up a
non-profit is quite easy to do (just requires a small
infusion of cash, a set of bylaws, and a board of
members to sign the papers). However, I don't think we
should do that until we know where we stand with the
foundation (we can set up the paperwork, but we can't
submit them until we know what we're called). 

The third track is developing our plans for doing
things, and doing them. It might be better to work on
this track until the first track gets straightened
out, since most of the ideas we can develop and/or act
on won't really be affected by where the other tracks
take us. Small, short-term projects (such as
scheduling another Wikimeetup where we can hold a
quorum on what tracks to follow) could be easily
arranged via irc, this mailing list, and the "Pretzel
Stand" on meta. It also wouldn't be a bad idea to run
a small fundraiser to raise whatever we'll need for
submitting our articles of incorporation when the time
comes (not to mention opening a bank account to keep
the money in). Medium-term goals --such as developing
informal curricula for outreach sessions-- can
certainly get started too. Long term projects like
making partnerships with non-profs, academic bodies,
and even state agencies can also be pursued (at least
we could translate and synopsize what the German
chapter did and see if we could do something similar
with the Commonwealth or even municipal governments). 

It's all a lot to think about, but no there's time
like the present for making a start :). 

-Johnny.


       
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