Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Wiknic/2011

Some of the fine participants at the Great American Wiknic. Photo by Derrick Coetzee; more of his photos available here.

Should we be bold and wear matching plaid shirts, like these stylish folks?

On Saturday, June 25, Wikipedians around the U.S. will hold the first Great American Wiknic. Let's show 'em what we've got, San Francisco!

Location	Time
George Washington Grove in Golden Gate Park (25th Ave and MLK Jr Dr)	Noon to 4
How to get there...
From the East Bay. Take BART to Civic Center Switch to MUNI Take the N-Judah line outbound Get off at 25th Ave Walk ⅜ miles north into GG Park
Stuff to bring
Blanket Slacks (at belly button) and a TUCKED IN white dress shirt :p Sunscreen Food and drink for yourself (and some to share?) Utensils, a cup, a plate, napkins Stories, questions, ideas about wikis/Wikimedia projects Camera Charcoal Charcoal chimney (as opposed to lighter fluid) Garbage bags Camping chair Intellectual vigor …

Photos from Wiknic

Photos from the Wiknic have been posted at [1] under a CC0 waiver. Feel free to upload any or all to Wikimedia Commons.

Derek, thanks for the high-quality pics!! I'm adding a link to my photos, which are probably not worth much :) I release them under the CC-BY 3.0 license. (Yes, in spite of that not being reflected on the linked photo pages.) -Pete (talk) 04:44, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Pete! Glad to contribute, thanks for uploading the group pic, and for releasing yours - can never have enough free pics. :-) Dcoetzee 11:41, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Here are mine from earlier in the day. --Eekim (talk) 00:42, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Add your name below if you're coming!

If you have more substantial points/questions, please use the talk page; or if you don't check Wikipedia very often, feel free to contact me by email, and I'll get a reminder out a week or so before the event.

• Pete (talk) Either
• Zachlipton (talk) Golden Gate Park (at least, that's my cursory interpretation from earlier discussion) -Pete (talk))
• Athaenara (talk) either
• brion (talk) Dolores Park is easier to reach for me, but both are fine
• Dcoetzee (talk) Either
• Newell_Post (talk) Slight preference for Golden Gate Park, but Dolores Park is OK.
• Cam (talk) Either
• Sfmammamia (talk) Mission Dolores might have better weather that time of year, but I prefer GG Park. Is that San Francisco provincial/perverse?
• Steven (talk) Dolores Park preferred Optigan has a good point about Pink Saturday...
• Binksternet sends regrets. :(
• Optigan13 (talk) The 25 is Pink Saturday so Dolores Park will get crowded in the evening as Dykes on Bikes park along the 18th side of the park. Not sure what time this was in mind, but I would assume the afternoon so it shouldn't affect it.
• --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 06:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
• Rosiestep (talk) Golden Gate Park..
• Sue Gardner (talk) Either GG or Dolores would work fine for me. Dolores is near the Tartine Bakery :-) Bah, I cannot go; I'll be out of town. Hope it's fun!
• Oayfer: GGP
• Eekim (talk) Golden Gate Park
• Anhydrobiosis (talk) No preference UPDATE: I'm out of town that day. I can't come
• Mike Linksvayer (talk) either

(arbitrary break for decision!) Looks like Golden Gate Park is the clear favorite, and it seems picnic sites are limited. So I reserved George Washington Grove for us. So we'll have a permit, a grill, and a table. Yay! -Pete (talk), May 27

• Asaf Bartov -- First SF WP event! :)
• Timothy Vollmer (talk)
• Aaron Halfaker (talk)
• Nihil novi (talk)
• Davecampbell (talk)
• Stu ^(aeiou)_{I'm Researching Wikipedia} I'm down!
• Heather (talk)
• ashish (talk)
• Mike (talk) If my wife lets me.
• Dario
• Alex Z.
• Leslie - Going to bring some birthday cake, sign up so I know how small to cut the slices :>
• Parker Phinney
• Thuon Chen (talk)
• EugeneZelenko (talk) Will bring some fruits.
• Francisco
• Mistakefinder (talk) 23:42, 23 June 2011 (UTC) Thanks for adding the subheading! Now it's clear it's an RSVP list. (Doh!)
• One to four anonymous coward(s) who don't want to miss out on the cake.
• Saul might come. He might bring steaks from Whole Foods over on Haight and Stanyan.
• Rob (talk)
• Stella Bringing a friend with me too. Anyone like s'mores? (talk) 19:28, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
• Eloquence* 01:47, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
• Yurivish Will being some form of comestibles!
• Raph French Wikipedian, happen to be in town on Sat!
• Jeremy May be able to make it.
• Two more anonymous newbies?
• BillyTFried (talk)

A Wikipedian in NYC made an ID badge for anyone who wants it

Some Wikipedian in New York City mentioned self-made ID badges for their 2007 MeetUp, and since Nightscream 16:28, 12 August 2007 (UTC) made the ones that his company's employees used, he decided to make one for himself, and then decided that others might want to use it, so if anyone else wants to, you can download it at: http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/1904/wikibadgeas8.jpg. I plan on using it myself and encourage others to do so, too. You can put your username, your real name, or both. It's a double-image so that if you want, you can fold it in half and laminate it or put it in a badge holder. Or, you could just cut it in half and print it onto an adhesive label and stick it on yourself. Whatever. Go crazy.

SFFrog (talk) 09:50, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

The ID badges were a big hit. Almost everyone wore one. --Uncle Ed 21:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Note: get off at 25th AVENUE--not *Street*

Can those badges be uploaded to Commons? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:17, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Aftermath

While buzzing about strafing everyone with my talk about World War I Aviation, I somehow missed getting contact info from two folks to whom I made commitments.

Susan, the rookie writer: I haven't forgotten my promise to be your writing coach.

Steven, the wikieditor: I am still interested in collaborating on Featured Articles.

Georgejdorner (talk) 01:03, 29 June 2011 (UTC)