Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May 2023

WikiWednesday Salon

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Time	5:30 pm -6:30 pm (Open Hour + Wikidata-thon) 6:30 pm – 7:50 pm (Wiki Salon) (Library closes at 8pm)
Location	Hybrid - Online & at the Brooklyn Public Library

Welcome to Wikimedia New York City!

Wikimedia New York City invites you to attend its' monthly WikiWednesday Salon on Wednesday, May 17, from 6:30 pm - 7:50 PM ET. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!!

We will also sync with the Queering Wikipedia 2023 Conference and Wiki Loves Pride 2023 and have a Wikidata session on LGBT themes for figures in religion/mythology.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

This month's facilitator is User:Wil540_art

To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

Details

• Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
• Time:
  • 5:30 pm -6:30 pm (Open Hour + Wikidata-thon)
  • 6:30 pm - 7:50 pm ET (Wiki Salon)

• (Library closes at 8pm)

• Location: Hybrid - Online & Central Library branch of the Brooklyn Public Library! See "How to connect" below.
  • Library event webpage

How to connect via Zoom

How to connect: To join just follow this url: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85212519478

If you have not used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download its launcher program. It works on PC, Mac, and Linux. If necessary, you can also connect through Zoom's iOS or Android app, which you can find on the zoom.us website. As a last resort, you can also dial in by phone, calling (646) 876-9923 and enter the meeting ID (852 1251 9478). Please keep in mind that if you dial in by phone you will be able to listen, but will miss all visuals.

WikiWednesday Pride BCL attendees

Agenda

Welcome

• Zoom etiquette
• WMNYC Code of Conduct
• Introductions (Online + in-person)

Recent/current events

(Feel free to add any recent Wikimedia-related events you'd like to share)

• April 15: Earth Day and the Digital Environment - Beacon, NY
• April 19: Earth Day 2023 Translat-a-thon at LaGuardia Community College
• April 22: Earth Day 2023 Edit-a-thon Environment of Brooklyn with Sure We Can
• April 23: Earth Day Wiknic NYC
• May 11: Wiki Workshop 2023
• May 19-21: Wikimedia Hackathon 2023

Upcoming events

(Feel free to add any upcoming Wikimedia-related events you'd like to share)

• WikiWednesday Salon - June

When: June 21, 2023

Where: Prime Produce, 424 W 54 Street

• WikiConference North America (Submission deadline: June 30)

When: November 9-12, 2023

Where: Toronto

Wikidata session on LGBT+ figures in religion/mythology

See also collaborative, real-time-editable document (Etherpad) for discussion and coordination.

Focus on deity (Q178885) and mythical character (Q4271324) for Wikidata:Model items with interesting values for sex or gender (P21):

• Ardhanarishvara
• Bahuchara Mata
• God (various conceptions)
• Adam (Gender and Jewish Studies)

Lightning talks

• Merch talk: WMNYC business cards? (if there is time) - Wil540 art (talk) 17:22, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Sign up

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• Pharos (talk) 18:21, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

• Wil540 art (talk) 23:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

• DutchTreat (talk) 11:26, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
• ^Complex/_Rational 23:54, 14 May 2023 (UTC) My schedule on Wednesday is... complicated... so I can probably only do via Zoom.

• Ronald Sexton (talk) 17:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

• Bluerasberry (talk) 19:47, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

• the special girl is me (talk) 23:24, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

• Mozucat (talk) 19:31, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

• Perimeander (talk) 21:09, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

• TheTranarchist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 21:40, 17 May 2023 (UTC), I've got enough of my studying done that I have some time to attend via Zoom!

• Kind data (talk) 21:48, 17 May 2023 (UTC) via Zoom!

• CmdrDan (talk) 22:29, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

• Jeremyb (talk) 23:31, 17 May 2023 (UTC)