Meetup

Conferences: — Overview — Wiki-Conference & Wiknic Picnic — Wikipedia Day — Monthly Meetup Salon & Monthly Wiki-Workshop

NYC Meetup Salons are general meetups intended for the Wikimedian and Free Culture communities, through partnership with the Columbia University Department of Astronomy. Held approximately every-other month since late 2008, these meetups aim to promote the sharing of ideas and increased participation in Wikimedia-related projects.

Previous topics for discussion included ageism on Wikipedia, educational project involvement, adjusting to participation growth, stock photos, and language study.

Video and audio from previous meetups:

• ScienceApologist on Pseudoscience on Wikipedia on Internet Archive
• David Shankbone on Wikinews, DGG on Librarians' criteria for reliability, Gmaxwell on New pages patrol feature on Internet Archive
• MBisanz on Admin coaching on Internet Archive
• Shapiros10 on RfA and ageism, Mitchazenia on educational projects
• Becksguy on adjusting to growth

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  'Mindspillage' holding up a real-life replica of a Wiki-style barnstar during an NYC meetup.

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  Meetup attendees engaging in a round-table discussion.

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  A rather interesting dish served during the post-meetup dinner.

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  Participants surfing the web at a meetup.

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  Wikimedia NYC members watching a presentation in the Free Culture Auditorium.