Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Wikipedia 22th Anniversary Celebration

When: January 17, 2023, 5-8pm

When: Ray & Maria Stata Center, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139, MIT Room 32-144 (MIT-Plan, Open-Steet-Map, Google, Bing, Room-Image)

Bring your own laptop & your own food & your own drinks.

Schedule edit

  • 5pm-6pm: Lecture about Wikipedia/Commons (addressing MIT-affiliated people who are not already Wikimedians) by User:JoKalliauer
  • 6pm onwards: informal meet-and-greet gathering where attendees (Wikipedian&MIT) will be mingling and MIT-People can meet Wikipedians in real life.

Participant list edit

The MIT building entrance is open till 7pm to the public. If not many people come, the event will end earlier.

Likely attendees edit

  •  — Johannes Kalliauer - contrib. 16:21, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Johannes, Thank you for your kind invitation, but I am on the West coast in Claremont, CA. I hope you event is well attended, but I wanted to acknowledge that I have always admired MIT, even though I am in the humanities and part of the Women in Religion (Red) project. I am a part-time editor as I am completing my dissertation this semester which keeps me pretty busy! Good luck at MIT and maybe and hopefully meet up int he future! Happy Wiki-geeking!
    Janice Janice Leah Poss (talk) 21:04, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reify-tech (talk) 21:16, 16 January 2023 (UTC) This is very last-minute, but I will endeavor to be there. Johannes, welcome to MIT and to Boston, from a longtime Wikimedian and even longer-term MIT alumnus! I hope you publicized this more widely on campus![reply]
  • I will try to be there. Ofcurisity: is the MIT Campus open again? I recall during COVID one had to have a school ID to to scan in order to enter the infinite corridor at 77 Massachusetts Ave. etc? The school was trying to keep a sterile bubble. CaribDigita (talk) 09:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Certain buildings, including stata, are again open during the weekdays, til 5. You need a tim ticket the rest of the time. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 14:56, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • phoebe The building should be open till 7pm on weekdays.  — Johannes Kalliauer - contrib. 17:37, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      • sorry you are right! Sorry about that. I hope the meetup went well. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 16:20, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Possible attendees edit

  • {{u|Sdkb}}talk. I would get there after 6pm. 21:25, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Update: Leaning unlikely. I hope the meetup goes well! {{u|Sdkb}}talk 21:52, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not edit

  • I wasn't planning to be on campus today, unfortunately. However, anyone interested is welcome to sign up for my editathon at the end of the month on campus, details here -- phoebe / (talk to me) 14:58, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I cannot attend but would have liked to. Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:12, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • ditto! thanks for organizing. – SJ + 06:33, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]