Hi folks, The event date has been changed to Sunday, 4/17. If you're interested, please sign up at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Boston!
Thanks, Eric (User:Emw) On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:07 AM, emw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The event page for Wikipedia Takes Boston is at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Boston. Look there > for more details on event rules, etc. in the coming days. > > A tentative goal list for places to photograph that day is at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Boston/Goals. The > list includes over 200 places in six different Boston neighborhoods. I'll > be adding more neighborhoods soon. (Note that this goal list includes all > of the places that have coordinates listed in > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts > ). > > Please sign up on the event page if you're interested in coming! > > Best, > Eric > (User:Emw) > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Tim Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/23/11 11:42 PM, emw wrote: >> >>> Seconded on Copley Square. It sounds like a better place to launch the >>> event, for the reason you mention. We could meet right outside Boston >>> Public Library. >>> >>> I've been compiling a list of 200+ places in Boston that don't have >>> images on Wikipedia yet. It's organized by neighborhood and category of >>> place. I'll send a link to the draft list within the next few days. If we >>> split up by neighborhood, then we'll get more widespread and efficient >>> coverage of the city and be less likely to have multiple people >>> photographing the same place. >>> >> >> I hope everybody knows about these resources: >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts >> >> and >> >> >> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F~para%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DCategory%3AWikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Suffolk_County%2C_Massachusetts%26usecache%3D1<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F%7Epara%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DCategory%3AWikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Suffolk_County%2C_Massachusetts%26usecache%3D1> >> >> The toolserver link can be reached from the category page ("Map of all >> coordinates from Google"). It works on my iPhone, though the rendering is a >> little sluggish. It is positively invaluable for photo-hunting expeditions. >> >> --twp >> >> >> >> >
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