Sweet! I just added some suggestions to that page for articles that need some love; feel free to add further suggestions, or work on these ahead of time or during the meetup!
cheers, Phoebe On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Stephen LaPorte <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > >
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