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Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon December 2018 edit 

  "begin" : "27 November 2018 00:00 UTC",
  "end" : "6 December 2018 00:00 UTC",
  "corners" : [[40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3]],
  "text" : "You are all invited to participate in the bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Thursday, December 6 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia Foundation offices! [[Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon December 2018|RSVP here!]]"

Discussion

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: Stephen (talk) 14:35, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon November 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

  • You are all invited to participate in the bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, November 28 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in downtown San Francisco at the Wikimedia Foundation offices! RSVP here!

Date range required:

  • 2 November 2018 to 29 November 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 23:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

San Pasqual staff ride edit

Locations required:

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Date range required:

  • 11 November 2018 to 2 December 2018

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Discussion

November Wikipedia meet up and Dublin2019 Edit a thon in Cork edit

Locations required:

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Date range required:

  • 1 November 2018 - 14 November 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:

Requesting geonotice to increase awareness

  • User requesting:

☕ Antiqueight chatter 11:14, 25 October 2018 (UTC) Discussion[reply]

  •   Done. I've set it to go live today because there are no competing notices for most of Ireland anyway (only partial overlap with the UK geonotice). Deryck C. 13:17, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Middle Eastern Human Rights editathon edit

Locations required:

  • United Kingdom

Possible messages:

  • Join a Wikimedia UK editathon in East London to help improve Wikipedia articles about Middle Eastern Human Rights subjects.

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Wikidata meetup in London edit

Locations required:

  • United Kingdom

Possible messages:

  • Wikimedia UK invites you to their London office for a meetup to discuss Wikidata projects and plans in the UK. We want to organise and connect the Wikidata community in the UK and improve collaboration and skill-sharing.

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Wikimedia UK Skillshare in London edit

Locations required:

  • United Kingdom

Possible messages:

  • Come to the Wikimedia UK office on November 21 from 18.00 for the first in a series of new skillshares, with the first meeting concentrating on 'How to write a Featured Article on Wikipedia'.

Date range required:

Wikipedia:Meetup/Belgium/Wiki Club Brussels/6 November 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • westlimit=4.0437; southlimit=50.691; eastlimit=4.7138; northlimit=51.0066

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Date range required:

  • until 6 November

Misc info:

Discussion

  • @Ainali: Thanks for the suggestion. Do you mean "Women in Tech Edit-a-Thon"? Deryck C. 17:31, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Deryck Chan: No, I actually meant Editions. (We are going with other themes further on.) Ainali (talk) 18:23, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Belgium/23 October 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • westlimit=4.0437; southlimit=50.691; eastlimit=4.7138; northlimit=51.0066

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Date range required:

  • until 23 October

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Discussion

  • @Ainali: Sorry we've missed this... Would you please tell us earlier next time? We welcome geonotices that are put up a few months in advance of the events they advertise, if there are no other geonotices for the same location. Deryck C. 15:07, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Deryck Chan: No worries, I knew I was quite late. I'll set up the page for the event that is coming in two weeks now and do a new request with a better heads up. Ainali (talk) 16:31, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Asian Month Editathon in Hong Kong, 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • Hong Kong

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until 3rd November.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To invite local Wikipedians to a Hong Kong-based Asian Month Edit-a-thon on 3rd November.
  • User requesting: Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 10:22, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

October Wikipedia meet up and Dublin2019 Edit a thon in Cork edit

Locations required:

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Date range required:

  • ASAP-10 October 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Requesting geonotice to increase attendance

Discussion

  •   Done. Following the discussion below, I've stuck to the coordinates you provided so it will capture Northern Ireland as well. Deryck C. 10:04, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/NOW edit

Locations required:

  • New York, US
  • 43.0857° N, 79.0603° W

Possible messages:

  • OpenEd is hosting an edit-a-thon! Join new and veteran Wikipedians in creating articles for local New York newspapers. More info at: Wikipedia:Meetup/NOW

Date range required:

  • October 10-11

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: First edit-a-thon of the newspapers on wikipedia project. Trying to get the word out!
  • User requesting: User:ktcauliflower 04:36, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  •   Done. @Ktcauliflower: I have made the notice to start now so people have at least a week to see it, and made the bounding box [ [-83.3,34.8],[-66.5,47.6] ] which covers most of the Northeastern Corridor. Next time please give a bounding box. Deryck C. 10:10, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Atlanta/Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • Georgia, US
  • westlimit=-85.4; southlimit=30.54; eastlimit=-80.85; northlimit=34.94

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Date range required:

  • 1 October 2018 to 3 November 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: General meetup, please see page linked above.
  • User requesting: — TadgStirkland401 (TadgTalk) 22:53, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Edit a thon in Chula Vista, California edit

Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • Everyone is cordially invited to attend a Edit a thon in Chula Vista, California. Find out more information here!

Date range required:

  • 28 October 2018 to 10 November 2018

Misc info:

Discussion

  •   Done. I have queued it for the specified date range. Deryck C. 09:17, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Unfortunately, library was closed that day without notifying me. So I showed up, only to find locked doors. Played Pokemon Go to attempt to meet other Wikipedians, for a while outside of the library.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 21:32, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

London 9th Sept edit

The 9th September one can come off now. It sometimes feels like London is in a timewarp and behind the rest of the world, but not that far behind ϢereSpielChequers 21:28, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@WereSpielChequers: I would normally do this, but I can't any more. Xaosflux, as a followup to my request at MediaWiki talk:Gadget-geonotice-core.js#Protected edit request on 1 September 2018, please amend this line: 
  text: 'Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There are forthcoming meetups in: [[m:Meetup/London/134|London, 9 September]]; and [[m:Meetup/Oxford/65|Oxford, 16 September]]!' /* try to limit this to four meetups, no more than one per town/city, and no more than four weeks in advance; shorten month names to three letters if four meetups are shown */
to read 
  text: 'Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There is a forthcoming meetup in: [[m:Meetup/Oxford/65|Oxford, 16 September]]!' /* try to limit this to four meetups, no more than one per town/city, and no more than four weeks in advance; shorten month names to three letters if four meetups are shown */
leaving all other lines alone. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, Xaosflux, scratch that. Please replace the whole geonotice with the following: 
UK20180913: /* last 8 chars of ID is date of last amendment in CCYYMMDD format - change this if making major amendment or adding a meetup; leave alone if minor amendment or removing a meetup */ {
  begin: '12 September 2018 17:00 UTC', /* yesterday's date - amend only if the ID was altered */
  end: '29 September 2018 17:00 UTC', /* set this to date of last meetup shown */
  country: 'GB',
  text: 'Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There are forthcoming meetups in: [[m:Meetup/Oxford/65|Oxford, 16 September]]; and [[m:Meetup/Cambridge/38|Cambridge, 29 September]]!' /* try to limit this to four meetups, no more than one per town/city, and no more than four weeks in advance; shorten month names to three letters if four meetups are shown */
},
Thanks. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:50, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Doing... — xaosflux Talk 10:23, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Done — xaosflux Talk 10:26, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mini-Unconference in Mission Valley, San Diego edit

Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • Everyone is cordially invited to attend a mini Unconference in Mission Valley, San Diego. Find out more information here!

Date range required:

  • 9 September 2018 to 16 September 2018

Misc info:

Discussion

  •   Done. @RightCowLeftCoast: It should be up now, please check. I would advise adding the date of the event onto the message (which I have done). Deryck C. 09:16, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Filipino American History Month-themed Edit a thon in Mira Mesa, San Diego edit

Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • Everyone is invited to participate in a Filipino American History Month-themed Edit a thon in Mira Mesa, San Diego. Find out more information here!

Date range required:

  • 23 September 2018 to 7 October 2018

Misc info:

Discussion

  •   Done, please check back on 23 September to see if it works. Deryck C. 13:40, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia meet up and Dublin2019 Edit a thon in Cork edit

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Date range required:

  • ASAP-13 September 2018

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Discussion

A single pair of coordinates is no good. You need to give two pairs, being two diagonally opposite corners of a rectangle; the format is [ [lat1, lon1], [lat2, lon2] ] (see MediaWiki:Gadget-geonotice-list.js). Do not make the rectangle too small, in case geolocation is inaccurate in the desired target area. I don't know about Ireland, but UK geolocation is notoriously inaccurate, see User:Redrose64#Where am I?. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:03, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Redrose64 I want to include the whole country because too many people could be from any area but be able to come to Cork for the day. I'm not sure how to use any of the gadgets though or pick such areas- does [ [55.5, -10],[50, -5.3] ] work? ☕ Antiqueight chatter 21:26, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That seems fine to me, thoughts Redrose64? ~ Amory (u • t • c) 13:45, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Those corners 55°30′N 10°00′W / 55.5°N 10°W / 55.5; -10 and 50°00′N 5°18′W / 50°N 5.3°W / 50; -5.3 enclose most of the island of Ireland plus western Cornwall (and bits of Scotland, but that doesn't matter), although parts of County Kerry are cut off, so I would advise moving the western edge out a bit; we can also bring the southern edge in, to avoid hitting Cornwall. Something like [ [55.5, -11],[51, -5.3] ]. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:58, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Done, thanks RR; It should be live now, Antiqueight, let me know if something isn't right. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:27, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Amorymeltzer and Redrose64 -   Thank you - I greatly appreciate the help from you both.
Also, the link you provided just says Worldcon will be in Cork next year, where's the Wikipedia connection? ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:24, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Amorymeltzer I'm not sure I understand. It's a wikipedia meet up with a focus on genre related articles due to a worldcon in Ireland next year. We're trying to increase wikipedia editor interest in the con world and get people to edit based on their interest in genre. There is a link to the worldcon to let wikipedia people know what worldcon is. There is also a link with the Irish Science Fiction and Fantasy convention but that's in October. I'm trying to get people who are often good with both computers and books to put the two together to increase the range of Wikipedia. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 12:59, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's on me, I totally missed the link to Wikipedia:Meetup/Cork/September 2018 in your message, sorry! If I may, I might tweak your message to be more like the opening line of that page, something like: Everyone is cordially invited to attend a genre-connected editathon in Cork, Ireland in collaboration with Dublin2019. Details at Wikipedia:Meetup/Cork/September 2018! ~ Amory (u • t • c) 13:45, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Amorymeltzer Whew!! I thought I'd missed something, it's so easy to know what you mean in your mind but not get it on paper. Yes. I will tweak to that. I know on my work PC and my home PC links go from really obvious to not clear there is one there at all so that works really well. Perfect. Thank you. Let me know if anything else needs an adjustment. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 14:21, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Amorymeltzer and Antiqueight: There's the option of specifying a country code rather than coordinates. See documentation further up this page. Deryck C. 15:09, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Deryck Chan: Can you say what I should have said then because I thought that stating I wanted Ireland was doing that but then needed the coords too. As I wasn't sure of any of it (first time nerves) I didn't know which/what/how etc... (ps, no l in my name) ☕ Antiqueight chatter 15:23, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It wasn't your fault - I guess it simply didn't occur to Amorymeltzer at the time that specifying all of Ireland as a country code was an option...! Deryck C. 15:45, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Since I was pinged, I'll say that yes, it did (and I image for RR as well), but my understanding is that IE encompasses Ireland the country, not Ireland the island. The Island appeared to be what was asked for, both in the initial link and with the first pair of coordinates offered. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:03, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Fair point Amorymeltzer, - from my perspective there is no reason not to include the whole island since the only limit to attendance is the ability to get to the location and it is as improbable someone will come from Donegal as Belfast. Hence I figured to include the whole island rather than exclude any group. So if IE only encompasses the state then it wouldn't work for inclusiveness and is a good and valid reason not to use it and to continue to ask for coords. I take it the country code is indeed by state? I hope to do all this again soon (a couple of months) so I'll copy the details from here. And I thank you for your help. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 17:36, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Public knowledge for political accountability | المعرفة الحُرّة في خدمة المساءلة السياسية Wikipedia:Meetup/Beirut edit

Locations required:

  • Lebanon [[36.45, 34.61], [35.21, 33.22]] (Covers major cities, including Baalbeck, Tripoli, Beirut, Saida, Zahle, Saida, Tyr)

Possible messages:

  • Let's keep our new Members of Parliament accountable! Let's add them to Wikipedia! Join us at Masaha at the SMEX office in Badaro, Beirut, Saturday 15 September to learn for our editathon. Second session in will take place 22 September.

Date range required:

  • 8-22 September 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:'Recruiting new people to our community of editors'
  • User requesting: Majdal.cc (talk) 12:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion Unfortunately, the Wikipedia community is still very small here in Lebanon. I'm requesting this on the English wiki because most users view it instead of the Arabic wiki, because the Arabic wiki is so sad and lacking in content. We're working on changing that. Majdal.cc (talk) 12:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Majdal.cc: Is there an event page for this editing event, either on the English Wikipedia or another Wikimedia project? It's usually useful to link to a page. Deryck C. 12:42, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Deryck: edited to include a link to the subpage (Wikipedia:Meetup/Beirut)! We'll be expanding the subpage in the next couple of days. Majdal.cc (talk) 12:58, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      • Majdal.cc: Great. I suggest this text: "Let's add the new Members of Parliament of Lebanon to Wikipedia! Join us for editathons at Masaha at the SMEX office in Badaro, Beirut on Saturday 15 September and 22 September." Also would you prefer this geonotice to target all Lebanon rather than specific coordinates? --Deryck C. 13:36, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
        • Thanks, Deryck. The reformulated text is much better. We could target Beirut only, but Lebanon is a small country, and that would exclude many of the contributors who we want to reach out to in our effort to decentralize the power of the capital city. Some of the most active editors on the Lebanese parliament page are actually in Tripoli, not Beirut (see ar:خاص:مساهمات/Omar_chamsin, CC ar:مستخدم:Omar_chamsin). Majdal.cc (talk) 20:15, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
          • Majdal.cc: I've set it up to start now. Is it working for you? Deryck C. 21:58, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
            • Deryck Thank you :) It's not active until the 8th, so I'll check back then. It doesn't hurt to start it earlier, but if it's too much trouble, then it's fine! On another note, the Arabic Geonotice page explicitly states to not edit it. What should I do to set the geonotice in the Arabic wiki? Majdal.cc (talk) 15:10, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
          • Majdal.cc: I've brought the start time of the notice forward to yesterday evening, so you should see it in your en.wp watchlist now if you're in Lebanon. I'm afraid geonotices on the Arabic Wikipedia is a separate project from here so I don't know the procedures there. Deryck C. 16:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
          • Majdal.cc: This is very strange... can you please try to Bypass your cache while on Special:Watchlist and see if the geonotice loads? Deryck C. 09:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Preparing code: 

Lebanon201809: {
  begin: '8 September 2018 00:00 UTC',
  end: '23 September 2018 00:00 UTC',
  country : 'LB',
  text: 'Let\'s add the new Members of Parliament of Lebanon to Wikipedia! Join us for [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Beirut|editathons at Masaha at the SMEX office]] in Badaro, Beirut on Saturday 15 September and 22 September.'
},

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon September 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

  • Everybody is invited to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, September 26 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm in San Francisco at the new Wikimedia Foundation offices to munch, mingle, and learn! Details and RSVP here!

Date range required:

  • 2 September 2018 to 27 September 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 02:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion: 

BAWS20180901: {
  begin: '2 September 2018 17:00 UTC',
  end: '27 September 2018 03:00 UTC',
  corners : [ [ 40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3 ] ],
  text: 'Everybody is invited to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, September 26 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm in San Francisco at the new Wikimedia Foundation offices to munch, mingle, and learn! Details and RSVP [[Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon September 2018|here]]!'
},
  Done —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:53, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018 edit

Geonotice code edit 

Annualnyc18:
{ begin : '18 September 2018 0:00 UTC',
  end : '27 September 2018 0:00 UTC',
  corners : [ [42,-76], [40,-72] ],
  text : "Join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018|WikiWednesday Salon / Chapter Annual Meeting NYC]] by Union Square at 7PM on Sep 26!"
}

I hope this is ok, I've long done geonotices until the IA change, and the other sections seem superfluous. I'm aware the target page is currently a redirect, that is intentional.--Pharos (talk) 14:07, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux, Deryck Chan, and Amorymeltzer: This is sort of urgent, can you post it? Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 21:49, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Doing... — xaosflux Talk 00:41, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Done — xaosflux Talk 00:44, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/7th Wiknic edit

Geonotice code edit 

WiknicLA18:
{ begin : '18 September 2018 0:00 UTC',
  end : '1 October 2018 0:00 UTC',
  corners : [ [32.18, -121.11], [36.18, -114.61] ],
  text : 'Join [[Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/7th Wiknic|7th Annual Los Angeles Great American Wiknic Wikipedia Day 2018 in LA]] on Sunday Sep 30 at Pan-Pacific Park!'
}

Ditto above, hope the geonotice code is sufficient.--Pharos (talk) 14:20, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Doing... — xaosflux Talk 00:41, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Done — xaosflux Talk 00:45, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Afrocrowd/Asheville edit

Locations required:

  • [36,-84], [34.4,-80.7]

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • August 29 - September 2 (UTC midnight-UTC midnight)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To attract more Wikipedian volunteers to assist.
  • User requesting: Pharos (talk) 04:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  Doing... @Pharos: please confirm the block to load in below. — xaosflux Talk 15:41, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
AshNCAug29:
{ begin : '29 August 2018 0:00 UTC',
  end : '2 September 2018 0:00 UTC',
  corners : [ [36,-84], [34.4,-80.7] ],
  text : "Join the [[Wikipedia:Afrocrowd/Asheville|Asheville, NC Edit-a-thon & Record-a-thon]] on Saturday Sep 1!"
},

@Xaosflux: Great, that's perfect.--Pharos (talk) 16:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Done — xaosflux Talk 16:55, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Wiki Education Foundation edit

Locations required:

  • United States

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until August 17

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Wiki Education just opened a search for a part-time position for an experienced Wikipedian. At present, we can only hire in the US.
  • User requesting: Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:17, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

@Ian (Wiki Ed):   Done Andrew Gray (talk) 19:52, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a reason this only needs to go up for a week, by the way? I couldn't see an obvious deadline quoted for the post. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:54, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks User:Andrew Gray! We're hoping we'll get enough good applicants by then. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:02, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego Wiknic 2018 edit

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 30 July 2018 to 25 August 2018

Misc info:

Discussion

  •   Done. Please go to your watchlist on 30 July to check whether it works...! Deryck C. 17:01, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon July 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

  • Everybody is invited to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, July 25 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the new Wikimedia Foundation offices to munch, mingle, and learn! Please RSVP here!

Date range required:

  • 1 July 2018 to 26 July 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Bi-monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:22, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

  • Pinging Andrew Gray and GoldenRing. I removed the bolding and italics. This date is solid this time. Having fun! Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:22, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    •   Done. Note that this notice will run concurrently with some of the one-off events above. We generally allow up to 2 geonotices to run at each geographical location at the same time so we're fine for now, but if more one-off events come up in the Bay Area we may have to ask the regular WikiSalon to give way for a month or two in terms of geonotices. Deryck C. 16:59, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Proposal: A US-only CentralNotice in support of Net Neutrality edit

Locations required:

  • United States

Possible messages:

  • Please participate in an discussion about whether to temporarily display a banner in support of Net Neutrality to U.S. readers only.

Date range required:

  • ASAP to whenever the discussion is closed - we could add a hidden comment to the top of the discussion asking the closing admin to remove the geonotice.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: The discussion has a relatively high amount of input for the time it's been up, and is likely of interest to many United States editors who aren't regularly watching the pump, given the proposal's reach and effect.
  • User requesting: ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 23:50, 6 May 2018 (UTC), one of the writers of the proposal.[reply]

Discussion

  • @SuperHamster: done - have put it up notionally until 30/5 but I'm sure it'll be closed one way or another before then and can be removed. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:39, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Andrew Gray, I think this should be removed ASAP. This was not discussed and is basically nothing more than an attempt to undermine the current discussion about whether or not we should have a geonotice to begin with. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:05, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • I object generally (I think advertising the discussion on the watchlist has a similar impact amongst signed-in users to what the banner itself would be), but I agree with Courcelles that if there is to be a notice, it needs to be to Wikipedians in all geographic regions. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:39, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • @TonyBallioni: Yeaaaa, no. It wasn't an "attempt to undermine the current discussion". The discussion has had a high number of participants so I figured that this would be of interest to editors, especially U.S. editors given the topic. The notice clearly says it's about discussing a proposal, I don't see how that has the same effect as the proposed central notice. But Courcelles brings up a fair point about project-wide reputation. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 22:18, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      • SuperHamster, my concern is that it effectively advertises the banner to all logged-in users in the US, which also in a way aids in the advocacy. That was my largest concern, and why I think it would be inappropriate, so would still object to a global watchlist message. I’m sorry if I rushed here on the intent, but I do think advertising it in the most visible method for logged-in users somewhat defeats the point of discussing it. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:33, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agreed with TonyBallioni, this should be taken down at once. Courcelles (talk) 21:15, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note that I wouldn't object to a global watchlist notice, but advertising it only to Americans stinks. This RFC is about the entire project, even if the effect will only be seen by Americans. Courcelles (talk) 21:37, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why wouldn't we target it to the same American editor IPs that would be targeted by a potential banner? It's the exact population we're looking for. We should do the same for a UK or India banner - this is what geonotices are for.--Pharos (talk) 21:43, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Because this has the potential to impact the reputation of the entire site, even if just posted to the US, and the English Wikipedia is not the United States Wikipedia. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:45, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @SuperHamster, TonyBallioni, Courcelles, and Pharos:. Oh ugh. I had assumed there was consensus for a notice about the discussion (would have looked into it more if it was an explicit call to action, obviously). I don't really have time to read up on what's going on here and I'm not sure I would want to express an opinion on it either way. I'll pull it for now but as I'm off to bed and probably won't be around to comment on it tomorrow, I will note explicitly that I am completely happy for anyone to roll this back and reinstate it if consensus emerges to do so :-) Andrew Gray (talk) 22:02, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looks like user:Cyberpower678 has already done so, thanks. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:03, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Andrew Gray: You're fine, I didn't think this would cause issue but it has an has been removed - looks like I should have discussed it first, apologies if I mis-guided you with an assumption of consensus. If people think the notice is fine globally, then that's cool, but at this point it's probably moot given the current discussion + short timeframe. Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 22:18, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ScotWiki meetup in Edinburgh on 11 July 2018 edit

Locations required: Scotland.

Possible messages: This is intended to include any interested Wikimedians who find themselves in Edinburgh or can make their way to Edinburgh on the day. Anyone who has attended previous meetups in Glasgow or Edinburgh encouraged to return to meet new faces! It will be a social gathering for Wikimedia enthusiasts, where we...

  1. Have a bite to eat and a drink.
  2. Chat about Wikipedia and any other topics we fancy!
  3. Explore how we can encourage others to engage with Wikipedia and arrangements for future Edinburgh Wiki meetups.

More details here: Edinburgh Wikimedia Meetup Number 13.

Date range required: The event is on 11 July 2018 at 5.30pm to 8.30pm so the geonotice would run up until 5.30pm on 11 July 2018.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Encouraging awareness and participation in the ScotWiki meetup to further build a ScotWiki community. This is the first meetup since the appointment of User:Lirazelf as Scotland Programme Co-ordinator at Wikimedia UK.
  • User requesting: Stinglehammer (talk) 13:07, 2 July 2018 (UTC) and User:Lirazelf[reply]

Discussion

@Stinglehammer: A notice for this should already be up (I added it yesterday) - is it not working for you? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:22, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Redrose64: Ah, yes. That works fine. Thanks for that. By the way, do these geonotices only apply to Wikipedia? ScotWiki members also edit Gaelic Wikipedia and WikiVoyage. Is it a case or requesting genotices for each project? Stinglehammer (talk) 21:18, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Each Geonotice is local to that project. I don't even know if other projects have geonotices. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:22, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Balboa Photo Scavenger Hunt - July 2018 edit

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 15 July 2018 to 29 July 2018

Misc info:

Discussion

  • Pinging DrMel, & Psanchez820 about this geonotice.
    •   Done. I have shortened the text of the notice (since it comes up in big font and we generally limit hyperlinks to one link per event. Please check your watchlist on 15 July to see whether it works! Deryck C. 17:07, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Hong Kong Wikimedian Meetup, early summer 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • Hong Kong

Possible messages:

  • You're invited to join a Wikimedian Meetup on 30th July, 2:30-6:30 pm at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Date range required:

  • Until 30th June, unless delay caused by major dissent or poor projected attendance.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To invite local Wikipedians to a Hong Kong-based Wikimedian meet-up on 29th July.
  • User requesting: Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 10:29, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  • Pinging Deryck Chan for procedure.
    • @春卷柯南: Done, please see whether it works. I've set the notice to start from now and end on 30 July. Users can hide individual notices once they see it, so there is no harm in keeping the notice up until the event happens. Deryck C. 16:46, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon June 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [40.3, -124.6], [34.7, -118.3] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to participate in the Bay Area WikiSalon series on Wednesday, June 6 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in downtown San Francisco at the new Wikimedia Foundation offices to mingle, munch, and learn!

Date range required:

  • 20 May 2018 to 7 June 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetup
  • User requesting: {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 03:51, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion:

@GoldenRing: Looks good to me - thanks! Andrew Gray (talk) 19:21, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@GoldenRing and Andrew Gray: Apologies. We need to update the Geonotice due to a host scheduling conflict that came up in the last day. Please change May to June, and change May 30 to June 6, and extend the run period to June 7. A thousand thanks! Good job, GoldenRing! Having fun! Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 02:55, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Done I've tried to emphasise the date change to keep people from getting caught out - ping me in the next few hours with any changes you'd like (I'll be around until approx 16:30 UTC). GoldenRing (talk) 12:05, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Dear GoldenRing. Thank you so much. I cannot confirm the Geonotice because I am hotspotting from my phone on my laptop and I guess the Geonotice is showing me outside of the permimeter of the geofence. If you are in the zone, can you please test it? Having fun! Cheers! (side pings to @Ben Creasy, Slaporte, Nikikana, Lodewijk, and Andrew Gray: so that they can test it too) - {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 01:36, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like I'm not seeing the geonotice, fyi. Did you end up seeing it Checkingfax? Ben Creasy (talk) 18:56, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Ben Creasy. I still do not see it. I do see the Geonotice for the Signpost. Re-pinging GoldenRing and Andrew Gray so they can look under the hood, and test it. Having fun! Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 20:55, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Checkingfax and Ben Creasy: Apologies, I'm still new to this. I think I used the wrong sort of quotes in the javascript and was trying to use wikitext in the notice, of which it seems only a subset is supported. I've fixed the quoting issue and now when I hack my geolocation to be 36, -120, I see the notice on my watchlist. I've also replaced the wikitext bolding with the HTML version but there's a cache somewhere that needs purging for this to take effect and I'm not sure which one - this should flow through in the next little while. GoldenRing (talk) 09:55, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Checkingfax, Ben Creasy, and GoldenRing: yeah, the ''' will upset it. You can force this with \'\'\', I think, to escape the characters. But generally speaking formatting is best avoided!

To purge an arbitrary wikipage, you can add &action=purge to the end - I tend to do this after altering any geonotices. Not sure if it actually makes a difference or not but it can't hurt. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:42, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GoldenRing. Hey, no problem. The Watchlist Geonotice is not a dealbreaker to attract attendees. BTW, do you or Andrew Gray know how to make an SF Bay Area geotargeted Central Notice? That would be more effective for attracting attendees. I see how to make it US geotargeted, but not Lat/Lon targeted. Anyway, good job, gentlemen! Ping me back. Having fun! Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:14, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Checkingfax: short answer "no", long answer "...but if it's possible, it will probably use much the same code as the geonotice does" (since those can switch from country to geography). It's possible that CN was never designed for narrow geotargeting since we had the watchlist geonotice system. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:19, 1 June 2018 (UTC):[reply]


Meta:Meetup/Cambridge/37 edit

Locations required:

  • England

Possible messages:

  • Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There is a forthcoming meetup in Cambridge, 29 April!

Date range required:

  • ASAP to 29th April.

Misc info:

Discussion

Wikipedia:GLAM/Ikon edit

Locations required:

  • English Midlands, centred on Birmingham; say: 51.49,-0.12; 53.82,-3.00

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • ASAP, until 25 May

Misc info:

Discussion

Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh/ArtandFeminism2018CMOA edit

Locations required:

  • Southwest Pennsylvania and surrounding areas: westlimit=-80.8852; southlimit=39.5733; eastlimit=-78.8444; northlimit=40.917

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 21 March 2018 - 25 March 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Folks at Carnegie are sponsoring this event and I want to help them get word out on wiki.
  • User requesting: Chris Troutman (talk) 20:29, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  Done Andrew Gray (talk) 22:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Albany-Capital_Region/ArtAndFeminism_2018 edit

Locations required:

  • Greater Capital District, NY Area: westlimit=-74.240521; southlimit=42.504563; eastlimit=-73.325909; northlimit=43.103299

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • From March 19 to April 9, 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:'We hope some experienced Wikipedians might be able to attend to help new editors.'
  • User requesting: TrudiJ (talk) 19:54, 19 March 2018 (UTC)TrudiJ[reply]

Discussion   Done Andrew Gray (talk) 21:59, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/San Diego/April 2018 edit

Locations required:

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • From April 1 until April 13, 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Spread the word about our upcoming meetup, in order to grow the user group.
  • User requesting: RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 08:28, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion   Done Andrew Gray (talk) 21:57, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Rochester,_NY/RIT/Women_on_Wikipedia_2018 edit

Locations required:

  • Greater Rochester, NY Area: westlimit=-77.9645; southlimit=42.7793; eastlimit=-77.168; northlimit=43.3711

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • March 14th-24th 2018

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Spread the word about our upcoming edit-a-thon

@Andrew Gray: Can you help with this? Thanks! – 𝕘wendy | ☎  19:35, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Andrew Gray (talk) 23:47, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Art+Feminism@SFMOMA 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • San Francisco Bay Area: [ [38.74, -123.55], [36.82, -121.40] ] (from Santa Cruz to Napa, and from SF to Sacramento)

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Start date can be anytime between now and the next several days. End date should be March 8, 2018.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To encourage local Wikipedians to attend this event. Thanks!
  • User requesting: Dreamyshade (talk) 22:42, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Royal College of Surgeons Ireland: Female Firsts edit

Locations required:

  • Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, 26 York Street, Dublin

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • As soon as feasible to 7 March.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Upcoming Wiki edit-a-thon
  • User requesting: Smirkybec (talk) 12:40, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/To Wikipedia, With Love/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) edit

Locations required:

  • Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area: NW corner: (45.11, -93.45) SE corner: (44.81 -92.97)

Possible messages:

  • Join in spreading the love of human creativity! Share your favorite artist or artwork "To Wikipedia, With Love" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Saturday, February 17, noon to 4 pm.
  • Share your favorite artist or artwork "To Wikipedia, With Love" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Saturday, February 17, noon to 4 pm.

Date range required:

  • February 1 to February 17th.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Upcoming GLAM/Wiki edit-a-thon
  • User requesting: McGhiever (talk) 04:34, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hong Kong Wikipedia Editing Tutorial, February 2018 edit

Locations required:

  • Hong Kong

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Until 24th February.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: To invite local Wikipedians to attend a Hong Kong-based Wikipedia Editing Tutorial on 24th February and provide assistance that the event requires. Subject to alterations once we know the exact timeslot and venue.
  • User requesting: Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 14:44, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

I would like to ping @Deryck Chan of this request.
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