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The Signpost: 10 January 2024[edit]
- From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!
- Special report: Public Domain Day 2024
- Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit
- News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court!
- WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine
- Obituary: Anthony Bradbury
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023
- Comix: Conflict resolution
This Month in GLAM: December 2023[edit]
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Books & Bytes – Issue 60[edit]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023
- Three new partners
- Google Scholar integration
- How to track partner suggestions
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --13:36, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 January 2024[edit]
- News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
- Opinion: Until it happens to you
- Disinformation report: How paid editors squeeze you dry
- Recent research: Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"
- Traffic report: DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Thu Feb 8 NYC Hacking Night + Feb 21 WikiWednesday[edit]
| February 8: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for NYC Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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| February 21: WikiWednesday Salon @ Prime Produce | |
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WikiWednesday is back this month! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:15, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: January 2024[edit]
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This Month in Education: January 2024[edit]
This Month in Education
Volume 13 • Issue 1 • January 2024
- Cross-Continental Wikimedia Activities: A Dialogue between Malaysia and Estonia
- Czech programme SWW in 2023 – how have we managed to engage students
- Extending Updates on Wikipedia in Education – Elbasan, Albania
- Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Teacher’s guide – now available in Bulgarian language
- Summer students at Auckland Museum
- WikiDunong: EduWiki Initiatives in the Philippines Project
- Wikimedia Armenia's Educational Workshops
- Wikimedia Foundation publishes its first Child Rights Impact Assessment
The Signpost: 13 February 2024[edit]
- News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers
- Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go?
- Serendipity: Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?
- Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football
- Crossword: Our crossword to bear
- Comix: Strongly
Tue March 5: Wiki Gala NYC[edit]
| March 5: Wiki Gala @ Prime Produce | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation for our Wiki Gala at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. All are welcome! This is a sequel to the March 2023 Grand Central Salon and the March 2022 Wiki-Tent Brunch. The event will feature lightning talks and a Wiki-fashion show, for which you are encouraged to dress in your finest Wikimedia clothing and accessories (bags, buttons, even books), or clothing connected to the topics you edit on wiki projects. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 March 2024[edit]
- News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
- Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
- In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
- Obituary: Vami_IV
- Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday
- WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
Books & Bytes – Issue 61[edit]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024
- Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
- 1Lib1Ref results
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
WikiNYC: 3/14 Hacking Night + 3/16 Queens Name Explorer[edit]
| March 14: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Pi Day Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well, and pies will be served in celebration of Pi Day! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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| March 16: Queens Name Explorer @ QPL Tech Lab | |
 You are also invited to the Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Queens Name Explorer edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library Tech Lab in Long Island City, which will be hosted in collaboration OpenStreetMap US, Urban Archive and the Queens Memory Project. This is an opportunity for the tech savvy to learn about Queens history and for the history savvy to hone their open data skills – plus, there will be refreshments and prizes for everyone! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: February 2024[edit]
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This Month in Education: February 2024[edit]
This Month in Education
Volume 13 • Issue 2 • February 2024
- 2 new courses in Students Write Wikipedia Starting this February
- More two wiki-education partnerships
- Open Education Week 2024 in Mexico
- Reading Wikipedia in Bolivia, the community grows
- Wiki Education Philippines promotes OERs utilization
- Wiki Loves Librarians, Kaduna
- Wiki Workshop 2024 CfP – Call for Papers Research track
The Signpost: 29 March 2024[edit]
- Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
- Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors
- Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
- Humour: Letters from the editors
- Comix: Layout issue
WikiWednesday (April 10) and City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon (April 11)[edit]
| April 10: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as well as an online-based participation option. Among the topics, we'll be covering the newly-released drafts of the Movement Charter for Wikimedia global governance. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.
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| April 11: City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon | |
 Additionally, you are invited to City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon at the New York City College of Technology Library in Downtown Brooklyn! Join us in person on April 11th to learn about these great new materials at City Tech Library; to learn about editing Wikipedia; and to help increase representation of LGBTQIA individuals and issues online. All are welcome, new and experienced! Interested in attending, but not a CUNY student or faculty? Please get in touch; we'll help you navigate City Tech building security. Email Jen: jennifer.hoyer18 (at) citytech.cuny.edu.
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: March 2024[edit]
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Thu April 25: WikiNYC Hacking Night[edit]
| April 25: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for NYC Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 62[edit]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024
- IEEE and Haaretz now available
- Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
- Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:02, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2024[edit]
- In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics and another wikirace on live TV
- News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
- WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
- Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
- Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem
This Month in Education: March 2024[edit]
This Month in Education
Volume 13 • Issue 3 • March 2024
May 8: WikiWednesday Salon with new Executive Director[edit]
| May 8: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! This special WikiWednesday will feature a welcome session and beginning of a listening tour by the newly appointed executive director of Wikimedia NYC, the first staff member leading our local non-profit. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:07, 6 May 2024 (UTC)