[Wikimedia-boston] Re: Monthly meetups?

2023-08-27 Thread Alan Wu
they've somewhat fallen into disrepair but it's nice that some still work. >> >> For the meetups, I was thinking of the most boring thing possible which >> is finding some venue at MIT to host these (as I believe they've hosted >> Wikipedia events in the past, most notably WCNA 2

[Wikimedia-boston] Re: Monthly meetups?

2023-07-30 Thread Alan Wu
Hi Enterprisey, Welcome to Boston! What brings you here, and how long do you plan to stay? I think I have used some of the bots, scripts, or other tools you have developed; if so, I thank you for creating and maintaining them. We have a constant influx of new people to the region each year,

Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Public Domain Day 2021

2020-11-28 Thread Alan Wu
It would be helpful if it were clearer just when Public Domain Day occurs, and what activities might be appropriate. --Alan On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 10:47 AM Paul Flagg wrote: > Count me in! > > Paul > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 7:15 AM Jenemann, Laura wrote: > >> Great idea! I’d be happy to

Re: [Wikimedia-boston] welcome! and new slack channel! and jan meetup?

2019-11-16 Thread Alan Wu
Hi everyone, I was at all 4 days of the recent WikiConference, but missed noticing the New England meetup event buried in the schedule matrix. Looks like lots of ideas were generated: the Etherpad notes are far more extensive and detailed than those from any other session I attended. Now, the

Re: [Wikimedia-boston] request for help: wikiconference travel page

2019-09-27 Thread Alan Wu
I created an account with no problems, and tried a test edit. References to (English language) Wikipedia are not recognized; this is a classic namespace problem. How do I reference Wikipedia articles from the WikiConference.org namespace? Do I have to list the entire URL as if Wikipedia were an

Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wiki-Breakfast at Friendly Toast, 8:30

2019-06-27 Thread Alan Wu
I assume this is long past. Anything interesting to report? --Alan On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 7:51 AM Samuel Klein wrote: > AM :) > > On Thu., Jun. 27, 2019, 7:49 a.m. Alan Wu, wrote: > >> Confused about date and time, am vs pm? >> >> --Alan >> >> On

Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wiki-Breakfast at Friendly Toast, 8:30

2019-06-27 Thread Alan Wu
Confused about date and time, am vs pm? --Alan On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 5:33 PM Samuel Klein wrote: > Update: meeting tomorrow at the Friendly Toast in Cambridge for a rare > breakfast wikimeet! Please join us if you can. > > 617.529:4266 > > On Wed., Jun. 26, 2019, 12:09 p.m. Samuel Klein, >

Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wiknic: Sunday July 16th!

2017-07-08 Thread Alan Wu
Note that MassDOT has announced construction detours in the Harvard Square area during July. While it is supposed to be finished by July 15, there is always the possibility that it will run beyond. I suggest monitoring the MassDOT page for updates, and recommending that attendees recheck the