Good suggestion, I just created a Wikipedia meetup page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_19
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:55 PM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]>wrote: > Cool! Is there a Wikipedia meetup page yet? Maybe we can develop a list of > related articles to work on! > > Hope that lots of folks can come, > -- Phoebe > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Stephen LaPorte < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> This Saturday, March 15, is a #FreeBassel day event in San Francisco. >> Some people from Creative Commons and the open community will join, and I >> hope to encourage a few Wikipedia edits. If you are interested in joining, >> it would be great to see some Wikipedians at the event. No editing >> experience is required: bring a laptop if you feel like editing, and feel >> free to bring a friend or attend if you just want to learn about Bassel. >> >> If you don't know Bassel Khartabil (known online as Bassel Safadi): he >> is an open web developer and dedicated Internet volunteer who has been >> imprisoned (without charge) in Syria since March 2012. He was Creative >> Commons lead in Syria and started the first hackerspace (Aiki Lab, >> Damascus) in the Arabic-speaking world, in addition to numerous other open >> source and free culture projects (including Wikipedia). This Saturday 15 >> March marks the second anniversary of his arrest, as well as the third >> anniversary of the Syrian uprising. In support of Bassel and in efforts to >> raise the profile of his case, #FreeBassel day events are being held around >> the world to mark this date. >> >> Read more about the event here: >> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42267 >> >> >> == Details == >> * Date: Saturday, March 15 >> * Time: 12-4 pm >> * Location: Wikimedia Foundation offices (149 New Montgomery Street, 3rd >> Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105), near Montgomery Bart >> * Event: An edit-a-thon, pot luck, and more! Learn how to contribute to >> Wikipedia and collaborate with others to show your support for Bassel. >> * Hashtag: #freebassel >> >> Please email me if you have any questions or want to let me know that you >> will come. >> >> Best, >> Stephen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-SF mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > >
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