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Wikipedia:Geonotice/Old requests/2014

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Awards ceremony and Xmas do on December 18 2014

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https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WLM_awards_ceremony_and_community_Xmas_party_2014 Locations required:

  • London and South East England

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  • from now through December 18, 2014

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Edit-a-thon in Lowell, Massachusetts Focusing on Lowell on December 7 2014

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Locations required:

  • Massachusetts, United States

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  • Pollard Memorial Library and UMass Lowell Library are having a Lowell History Edit-a-thon. Library resources and snacks will be provided. Experienced editors are most welcome.
  • The public and university libraries in Lowell Mass. are hosting an edit-a-thon focusing on Lowell articles. Resources and snacks will be provided. We look forward to experienced editors sharing their knowledge at this event.

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  • from now through December 7, 2014

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  Done OhanaUnitedTalk page 06:21, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Ireland in WWI Editathon Dec 2014

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  • Dublin and environs

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  • when you are ready, to December 6

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  Done OhanaUnitedTalk page 06:09, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Science museum late Nov 26 2014

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  • London and South East England

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  • when you are ready, to November 26

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Fortitude and Frailty: Reading the Human Condition in Yorkshire

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  • 15 October 2014 - 22 November 2014 (inclusive)

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I spotted it going into the UK meetup list, and I've added it to the meetup geonotice queue. Meetup geonotices for the UK don't go up earlier than four weeks in advance; less than that if there are more than four upcoming meetups. Of the regular meetups that are not yet queued, I'm expecting to queue London 87 (3-4 weeks in advance of 9 Nov), Oxford 22 (3-4 weeks in advance of 16 Nov) and Manchester 26 (3-4 weeks in advance of 22 Nov). On that basis, Sheffield should go up around the beginning of November. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:14, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers! Mhbeals (talk) 12:48, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just spotted this one wasn't up yet - since it's an editing event I've split it out to a seperate notice. Coordinates take in Newcastle, Manchester, Nottingham. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:43, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

UK Editathons Nov 22 2014

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Locations required:

  • England and Wales

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  • We have three editathons on Saturday 22nd November in Birmingham, London and Sheffield, experienced editors would be very welcome either to participate or to help new editors.
  • Willing to help newbies learn to edit? On Saturday 22nd November we have events in Birmingham, London and Sheffield, experienced editors would be very welcome!

Date range required:

  • when you are ready, to November 22

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Women in STEM Editathon Nov 2014

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Locations required:

  • Dublin and an hour or so's drive time, or all Southern Ireland if that is easier

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  • Wikimedia Ireland and the Science Gallery would welcome your company at a an editathon in Dublin on Sunday the 2nd of November. The editing topic is "women in Science" but all editors are welcome to take part.

Date range required:

  • Now to November 2

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wmuk:Digital maps Halloween tagathon, October 2014

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  • London and the midlands and south east of England

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  • You are invited to a Digital maps Halloween tagathon all day on October 31 at the British Library in London. Help us find the missing maps in the #BL1million.

Date range required:

  • October 18 to October 31

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c:Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/map tag status

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Locations required:

  • Anywhere in the world that doesn't have any other geonotices running

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  • This weekend, give us an hour (or half an hour) to find the remaining maps in the #BL1million. See project latest status.

Date range required:

  • October 31, 11:00 GMT to November 2

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Not so sure about this one. (dropped you an email) Andrew Gray (talk) 22:32, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I opened a thread at WP:VPM, to see if there was a view from the community, one way or the other, but not even tumbleweed so far. Jheald (talk) 16:28, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Fort Collins/2014

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Possible messages: Colorado State University Library is hosting an Edit-a-thon at Morgan Library on 21 October 2014! Join us in writing articles about water and water-related issues!

Date range required: 13 October 2014-21 October 2014 (event is 21 October)

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Riverside/WLL/2014

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  • October 8th through October 22nd

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Ballet/October 2014 editathon

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Locations required:

  • London and the midlands and south east of England

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  • The Royal Opera House and Wikimedia UK would like you to join us at an editathon in Covent Garden, London on October 25. Lunch and experts provided!

Date range required: October 7 to October 25, 2014

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@Jonathan Cardy (WMUK): Seattle? --Redrose64 (talk) 14:52, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merely an Empire building attempt. Fixed before your query Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 15:17, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Using the same area as the LGBT event (which is also southern UK, IIRC). I've made it point to the WP page rather than direct to CiviCRM (for simplicity) but the link to sign up is clearly signposted on that page. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:18, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Annual Meeting 2014

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Locations required:

  • Washington, DC metro area

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  • Join your fellow Washington, DC-area Wikipedians for Wikimedia DC's annual meeting at the National Archives on October 18!

Date range required:

  • ASAP (October 10 at the latest) to October 17, 2014

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Discussion   Done Andrew Gray (talk) 22:40, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia:Meetup/Images of women in STEM edit-a-thon - ArtScienceGallery

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  • Austin, TX metro area

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  • You're invited to an Austin, TX, edit-a-thon! Learn how to add images to Wikipedia and help illustrate articles on women in the sciences. Edit-a-thon will be held Oct. 13 from 6 - 9 p.m. in conjunction with an art exhibit at Art.Science.Gallery. featuring portraits of women in STEM.

Date range required:

  • October 9 - October 14, 2014 (thanks in advance for accommodating this late request...)

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Done, Austin +- 1 degree either way/ Andrew Gray (talk) 18:15, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle

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Locations required:

  • Seattle [48.5,-123.8], [47.0,-121.5]

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the Seattle monthly Wikipedia meetup for camaraderie and collaboration. We will meet at Cafe Allegro on Tuesday, October 14. Join us! More details on our meetup page: Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle.

Date range required: October 1 to October 15, 2014

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Discussion

Apologies - up now. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:18, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Classicism at Institute of Classics, London

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Locations required:

  • London and South East

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  • Wikimedia UK and the Institute of Classics would like to invite you to an editathon in London on Women in Classicism. Tuesday 23rd September from 10am to 6pm.

Date range required:

  • September 11th through September 16th

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: we have some spare places at an event where we are already supplying trainers
  • User requesting: Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject_LGBT_studies/Editathons/Bishopsgate_Library,_London

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  • UK [55.88, -7.69], [50.23, 2.922]

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  • October 4th through October 18th

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OK,   Done - I went with the first of the two messages. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:12, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Tidied slightly to avoid two links (and clariy where Bishopsgate is). Andrew Gray (talk) 16:49, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Riverside/WLL/2014

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  • This year's UC Riverside edit-a-thon will be held on 16 October from 10am to 4pm on campus at Rivera Library. Learn how to edit Wikipedia!
  • Finally an edit-a-thon for the Inland Empire! Join us at Rivera Library on the UC Riverside campus. Utilize the excellent references of the library including the Special Collections department to improve Wikipedia's articles.

Date range required:

  • September 22nd through October 16th

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Discussion

  Done, active on 22nd. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:49, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Litquake Edit-a-Thon

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Locations required: San Francisco Bay Area

Possible messages:

  • Please join us at the Litquake Edit-a-Thon, which will occur in parallel with Litquake, the San Francisco Bay Area's annual literature festival: Saturday, October 11th @ 1pm - 5pm @ Wikimedia Foundation, 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.
  • Please join us for the 22nd SF meetup -- the Litquake Edit-a-Thon -- on Saturday, October 11th from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation, 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

Date range required:

  • September 24, 2014 through October 11, 2014, inclusive

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Discussion

For some reason it was set to run until the 16th. Done now! Andrew Gray (talk) 19:54, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Monthly_meeting_September_9.2C_2014.2C_6pm_to_8pm

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Locations required:

  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the Seattle monthly Wikipedia meetup for camaraderie and collaboration. We will meet at Cafe Allegro on Tuesday, September 9. Join us! More details on our meetup page.

Date range required: September 6 to September 9, 2014

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Ping didn't work, for some reason! Will put this up now. Apologies. Andrew Gray (talk) 14:28, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:GLAM/National_Digital_Forum

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  • Country: NZ

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  • Prefer display for 8-10 days, starting as soon as convenient.

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Bangla Wikipedia Photography Contest 2014

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  • Bangladesh

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  • September 1st to October 31st

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Done. Andrew Gray (talk) 18:36, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Much obliged. ~ Nahid Talk 19:44, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/20

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  • Los Angeles metro area [33.65,-118.51], [34.15,-118.01]

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  • The next edit-a-thon in Los Angeles will be held on 21 September from 11am to 4pm at 5531 W. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016. Learn how to edit Wikipedia!
  • Please join us for the 20th L.A. meetup on Sunday, September 21 from 11am to 4pm at 5531 W. Washington Blvd in mid-city Los Angeles.

Date range required:

  • September 5th through 21st

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  •   Done - I've gone for the second (as this is a watchlist notice...) and used the larger coordinates for the current LA editathon notice, set to activate on 5 September. I can restrict it to the smaller area if you'd like. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:11, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment: I don't know whether this is a problem with the coordinates or some peculiarity of my IP address, but I am seeing this notice, and I live hundreds of miles away in the San Francisco Bay Area. Andrew Gray could you double-check coordinates? Good luck with the event Chris troutman! -Pete (talk) 02:07, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    @Peteforsyth: The coordinates cover a rectangle defined by two corners (see MediaWiki:Gadget-geonotice-list.js), in this case those corners are 33°00′N 117°15′W / 33°N 117.25°W / 33; -117.25 and 35°00′N 119°15′W / 35°N 119.25°W / 35; -119.25 - 2° high by 2° wide, centred on 34°00′N 118°15′W / 34°N 118.25°W / 34; -118.25 - very close to the centre of LA. This rectangle excludes such cities as Bakersfield and San Diego; it certainly doesn't extend all the way to SF. You can check what areas that it does cover at this map: uncheck all the boxes on the left except for the LAneetup20 one, then drag about and zoom in to see what area is covered by the green rectangle. But Geolocation by IP address is an inexact science: it's only as good as the data that is currently held, and if an IP address is a dynamic IP, it might be reassigned on a frequent basis to computers that are far apart physically. Many British IP addresses (like mine) geolocate to London, perhaps because the ISP's headquarters is there. It might be that your ISP's headquarters is in LA. This may also mean that somebody who truly is in LA might not be seeing the notice if their ISP is headquartered in, for instance, Seattle. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:27, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you both for the thorough responses. Looks like you've got it covered! Thanks for that link, Andrew...today, it seems to have a pretty good read on where I am, but I guess yesterday it didn't. -Pete (talk) 16:13, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
So, Andrew Gray, it's still showing up for me, even though my location is accurate:
Geo = {"city":"Emeryville","country":"US","lat":"37.834202","lon":"-122.289703","IP":"107.138.146.41"}
Something seems to be amiss. I'm not worried about it for myself, but it seems worth digging into, like there might be a bug somewhere along the way...only, I have no idea where to start! -Pete (talk) 17:15, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Very weird. Unfortunately, I've no idea either - I just list the entries! No real idea how the code itself works. One possibility might be that you went to LA recently and it's somehow cached on your browser, but that's pushing it... Andrew Gray (talk) 17:42, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

6th Cape Town Meetup

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Locations required:

  • South Africa - Western Cape region if possible

Possible messages:

  1. You are invited to the Cape Town quarterly Wikipedia meetup for camaraderie and collaboration. We will meet at Truth Coffee on Sunday, 7th September. Join us! More details on our meetup page.
  2. You are invited to the 6th Cape Town Wiki meetup in Cape Town! Meet and talk with like minded people about Wikipedia and other wikis.

Date range required:

  • Now until end of day on the 7th September 2014

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Here's a possibility, based on what went up in April for the fifth meetup: 
CapeTownSep14: 
{
  begin: '22 August 2014 00:01 UTC',
  end: '7 September 2014 23:59 UTC', 
  corners:[ [-47, 16], [-22, 38] ],
  text: "Please join us for the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape Town/Cape Town 6|6th Cape Town Wiki-meetup]] on 7 September from 11am onwards. Truth Coffee building, 36 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town."
},
How does that seem? Adjust the wording if you like. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:34, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies - didn't see this one before I went away! Now up. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:46, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I would have put it up a week ago; before doing so, I had hoped that Discott would approve the wording. They didn't answer: I forgot that it was still pending. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:19, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for mentioning me in your responce so that I am notified. I have been a bit snowed under with WLM stuff. The wording looks great Redrose64, sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for putting it up Andrew Gray. --Discott (talk) 09:16, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

wmuk:Training the Trainers/November 2014 event

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  • UK - Scotland & North of England in particular

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  • Now - 14 September 2014

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Katie, how about sonething like this: 
TTT201411:
{
  begin: '20 August 2014 17:00 UTC',
  end: '14 September 2014 12:00 UTC',
  corners: [ [60,-9], [52, 2] ],
  text: 'Interested in teaching others how to edit? Attend a free, professionally-run workshop for trainers on [[wmuk:Training the Trainers/November 2014 event|1—2 November 2014 in Edinburgh]].'
}
What would be the best southern limit? --Redrose64 (talk) 18:16, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
52 seems a bit far south - perhaps 53/54? Andrew Gray (talk) 18:56, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Redrose64: @Andrew Gray: I'm happy with [54, 0]. -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 20:16, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Andrew Gray (talk) 20:31, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
About three miles north of York then. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:34, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I had York in mind as the cutoff, but hadn't checked it exactly. I'll drop it a couple of points southwards... Andrew Gray (talk) 20:53, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That looks great, thanks both. -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 10:05, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Ed Foundation hiring two Wikipedians

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Locations required:

  • continental United States: [-124.7625, 24.5210], [-66.9326, 49.3845]
  • Alaska: [-179.1506, 51.2097], [-129.9795, 71.4410]
  • Hawaii: [-160.2471, 18.9117], [-154.8066, 22.2356]

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  • Now until August 23, or 1 week from the start date.

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Discussion We're hoping to open this up to non-US editors as well, but we're still checking with our HR provider. If/when we can confirm that we're able to hire non-US folks, I'll request to disable this and put up a general watchlist notice instead. @Andrew Gray:. --Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:20, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just up - hopefully, it's the first time I've used the new system. Is there an interwiki for WEF? (Not essential, but it tidies things up a bit). Andrew Gray (talk) 00:03, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! There is no interwiki for Wiki Ed.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:36, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Andrew Gray: I think it's not working. It isn't showing up for me (in Seattle) or LiAnna (in San Francisco), at least.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:50, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Odd - it's definitely being picked up by the toolserver feed, which generally means it's working. Have you tried purging your cache on the watchlist page? Andrew Gray (talk) 20:58, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Andrew Gray: yes, I've tried purging the cache and also cleared out my custom .js just in case that was causing the problem. Still not showing.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:23, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm at a loss, I'm afraid - hmm. The only thing that might possibly be causing problems that I can see is the html links, but they look fine - if you want to knock up an onwiki soft redirect page I could switch to that and see if it works. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:27, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Andrew Gray: I think I've discovered the problem; I have an IPv6 address, and that isn't being picked up by our geoip system. When I set my browser to force IPv4, it showed up.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:59, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Aha! Yes, that would do it - I remember someone mentioning we can't geolocate any IPv6. At least it's now a known problem - not sure there's any practical workaround, though, short of advertising it to everyone... Andrew Gray (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

meta:Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August 6-7th, 2014/Meetups/Philadelphia, PA, US

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Locations required:

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the Wiki Research Hackathon in Philly! Meet and collaborate on research about Wikipedia and other wikis

Date range required: Now (whenever it's turned on) to August 7th, 2014

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Discussion

@Andrew Gray: Can you take a look at this request, please? Superm401 - Talk 15:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Andrew Gray (talk) 18:47, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle

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  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the Seattle monthly Wikipedia meetup for camaraderie and collaboration. We will meet at Cafe Allegro on Sunday, August 17. Join us! More details on our meetup page.

Date range required: August 1 to August 17, 2014

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Discussion

Can't believe I didn't spot that! Fixed. Andrew Gray (talk) 11:48, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Open Wikipedia Barn Raising

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  • San Francisco Bay Area (see past event for coordinates? This would ideally center on Oakland CA.)

Possible messages: Bay Area Wikipedians interested in education are invited to the WikiProject Open Wikipedia Barn Raising, where we will work to improve articles related to openness in education. Lunch is provided; participants around the world are welcome to participate virtually.

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Pakistani Cultural Heritage Edit Drive

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Locations required:

  • Pakistan

Possible messages:

  • Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan is organizing an edit drive for Pakistani Wikipedians on Pakistani Cultural Heritage throughout the month of July. Top three contributors will be given a gift pack containing Wikipedia merchandise. You can read the event details here.

Date range required:

  • Now till July 31

Misc info:

  • Public event

Discussion

I can see the post. I have removed the bold font from here in the end since it was appearing as '''here'''. Is there any way that can be changed now. Thanks! Samar Talk 19:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Samar: Fixed. I'm new at geonotices -- doesn't work exactly like wikicode, still figuring it out.... Thanks for your patience :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:26, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, its fine now. Though the font is quite large (which is all right for me, it makes the message very prominent). Thanks! :) Samar Talk 20:08, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/A GLAM Day Out

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  • A GLAM Day Out: Cultural Collaboration through Wikipedia is a day-long event, Thursday, June 26, 2014, about institutionally and personally working with Wikipedia. It will include speakers on GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) and Wikipedia, workshops, a "Wiki Loves Pride" themed edit-a-thon, and an evening reception to celebrate the first year of the Wikipedian in Residence program at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. Everyone is welcome!

Date range required:

  • Now to Thursday, June 26, 2014, advance time will enable people to make plans to travel and attend.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: This is a year-end celebration for the first year of the Wikipedian in Residence program at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. We hope to attract Wikipedians and GLAMers from New York and D.C. as well as Philadelphia. Thanks for your help in managing these announcements!
  • User requesting: -- Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:46, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Royal Society/Neuroscience Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Royal Society, June 2014

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Locations required:

  • London/ Southern England, (or all UK as things seem quiet, & online editors welcome)
  • Possible messages:

Editathon on Neuroscience at the Royal Society; scientists and editors come together this Saturday morning, 10:30-1:30

  • Date range required:

Until Saturday 7th June, 1 pm (sorry it's so late)

  • User requesting:

Wiki at Royal Society John (talk) 00:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  Done I used the same corners as the existing message "Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There are forthcoming meetups in: Edinburgh, 8 June; London, 8 June; Leeds, 14 June; and Oxford, 15 June!" --Redrose64 (talk) 10:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for beating me to this one :-) Andrew Gray (talk) 18:50, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Ireland Community: Volunteers Wanted

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  • The recently formed Wikimedia Ireland Community is looking for volunteers across several projects. These include helping Ireland participate in the global WikilovesMonuments photo competition for the very first time, future edit-a-thons, and editor engagement activities. More details about the group and projects here: [1]. Email wikimediaireland@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @WikimediaIE.
  • Volunteers wanted with a wide variety of skillsets for Wikimedia-related activities taking place in Ireland this year including: WikiLovesMonuments photo competition, Edit-a-thons, & Editor Engagement. [2]. Help raise interest and awareness of Wikimedia in Ireland. Email wikimediaireland@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter [3].

Date range required:

  • As soon as possible please, to run for two weeks from posting date.

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:
  • The Wikimedia Ireland Community is a newly formed active group and we would like as many people as possible to participate in the growth of the community and the upcoming projects.
  • User requesting: SabinaBonnici (talk)15:15, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  Done I've given it until 23 June, so it'll get two weeks + an extra weekend (and we can run it longer if desired). It's set to country=ie, but if desired we can make it all of the island and include NI - let me know. Slightly trimmed down since all the contact links are on the meta page... Andrew Gray (talk) 18:58, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wadewitz-Wollstonecraft memorial editathon

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  • You are invited to the Wadewitz-Wollstonecraft Wikipedia editathon for learning, sharing, editing, tea and (in the evening) dissenting beer. It is happening all day this Saturday in atmospheric Newington Green, London N16 9PR, and forms one of a worldwide series of tributes to prolific editor Adrianne Wadewitz RIP. Please do join us!
  • Learn, teach, and share Wikipedia on Sat 31 May. Feel free to drop in at any point to our all-day edit-a-thon in Newington Green, London N16 9PR. This event honours User:Wadewitz, who died suddenly last month, and Mary Wollstonecraft, but all subjects are up for grabs. Please do join us!.

Date range required:

  • ASAP please. It's happening in six days!

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:
  • Publicity for upcoming event. No one else in Britain seemed to be doing anything for this scholar of British literature, while there are tribute events from Berlin to Sydney, so I've taken it on. Thank you! Please tell me if I've set this up wrong, or if you have any suggestions.
  • Also, I do realise it's only a couple of days from the DNA below, but I think a different crowd comes to evening or Saturday events. All the worldwide tributes are requested to happen in May, hence my rush.
  • User requesting: Carbon Caryatid (talk) 16:40, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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DNAdigest Editathon

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Locations required:

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the DNAdigest Wikipedia editathon for sharing, editing, pizzas and beers. We will be hosting this in Euston, London WC1E 6JA.Please do join us!
  • Editing, pizzas, beers and meeting other wikipedians on the 29th of May. Come join in for an evening edit-a-thon in Euston, London WC1E 6JA.Please do join us!.

Date range required:

  • ASAP until May the 29th

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting:
  • Publicity for upcoming event and for the opportunity to meet and work with other redditors. Thank you!
  • User requesting: Another Believer (Talk) 18:45, 19 April 2014 (GMT)

Discussion

Apologies - didn't see this until now. Andrew Gray (talk) 18:55, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm an idiot - 29th is next week. Will put it up now :-) Andrew Gray (talk) 18:58, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle

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Locations required:

  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages:

  • You are invited to the Seattle monthly Wikipedia meetup for camaraderie and collaboration. We will meet at Black Coffee Co-op on Monday, May 19. Join us!
  • Wikipedia meetup in Seattle at 6pm in Capitol Hill at Black Coffee Coop, 501 E Pine Street! More details on our meetup page!

Date range required: Now to May 19, 2014

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Writing for Wadewitz: 3 Upcoming New England edit-a-thons

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  • New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts)

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  • Now to 6/25/2014

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  • Reason for requesting: Combined publicity for three upcoming events, rather than sending a separate notice for each (therefore the requested date range is through June 25, the date of the last event.) Thanks!
  • User requesting: AmandaRR123 (talk) 17:42, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  •   Done. I've winged the coordinates a bit - you've got almost all of Vermont but only the southern half of Maine, as otherwise you'd catch Montreal and Quebec. It does include Bangor and Portland, though. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:57, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Andrew, can you please modify the message to add a couple important links (or whatever the current message is, add the links please):
      You are invited to three upcoming edit-a-thons in memory of Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz: Boston: May 21, 4-9pm; Providence: May 22, 1:30-6:00pm; and Boston: June 25, 6-9pm. We hope you can join us!
      • Happy to do this if you really want, but I've generally tried to avoid having multiple links in geonotices - as we can't easily bold/emphasise links, it ensures people follow the correct link & get to the event page! Might it be best to give the context and explanatory links on the event page itself? Andrew Gray (talk) 16:45, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I'm sure Andrew, but I'm 200 miles away and am unable to attend due to that, as such, I was just wondering who this doctor was and why we were holding a memorial edit-a-thon in her name. Then, I searched for "Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz" and it was a redlink, so I was even more confused (I've since created a redirect to resolve that issue). I'm sure there are others too far away that might just be interested to see who she was. As far as emphasizing the link to the edit-a-thon page...
        You are invited to an upcoming edit-a-thon in memory of Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz: Boston: June 25, 6-9pm. We hope you can join us!
        Seems to do a fairly good job at it. :) — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 17:07, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • The problem with geonotices is that they're pretty finicky with regards to accepted characters - I'm not entirely confident that I'd get all the js escaping right to have the bolding work without screwing it up! If you think it's essential I'll add the AW link, but editathon seems a bit superfluous to me (we've not done it for any other notices). Andrew Gray (talk) 18:45, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • That works Andrew, although you could include the "Dr." in the link. It takes you to the same place and is appropriate in my opinion. edit-a-thon, well, if they are new here and don't know what that means, they can find it pretty easy by a search. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 18:53, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/ArtAndFeminism 2014

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  • Portland, Oregon
  • Vancouver, Washington

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  • Please join us on Saturday, April 19 from 3–6pm at the PNCA Fine Art Library for a feminist art edit-a-thon, hosted by Ellen Lesperance and the Pacific Northwest College of Art!

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  • ASAP to Saturday, April 19

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  Done --Redrose64 (talk) 08:57, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much! Again, apologies for the error on my part. --Another Believer (Talk) 14:32, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Battle of Clontarf Editathon April 2014, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Ireland

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  • The thousandth anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf is almost upon us, so you are invited to an editathon on 19th April at the Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin to help historians from 1014 revisited improve articles about the battle in advance of the anniversary. Numbers are limited, please register if you can join us.
  • (alternative of your choosing)

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  • Now till 19 April 2014

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Done as country=IE (would have liked to include NI but not able to get coordinates just now, so feel free to extend). Andrew Gray (talk) 16:35, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:GLAM/Queen Street Mill Museum/event 2, Burnley, England

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  • North & Middle England
  • Southern Scotland
  • North Wales

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  • A second backstage pass tour and editathon will be held at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley, Lancashire, on 10 May 2014. All welcome, but booking essential!
  • (alternative of your choosing)

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  • ASAP - 9 May 2014

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Last time the notice was 
BurnleyMay13: 
{
   begin: '10 April 2013 12:00 UTC',
   end: '5 May 2013 00:00 UTC',
   corners:[ [52,-5], [56, 0] ],
   text: "A [[Wikipedia:GLAM/QSMM/event|backstage pass tour and editathon]] will be held at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley, Lancashire, on 4 May 2013. All welcome, but booking essential!" 
},
These corners are 52°N 5°W / 52°N 5°W / 52; -5 56°N 0°E / 56°N 0°E / 56; 0 - are those still acceptable? --Redrose64 (talk) 16:55, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Since I had no response, I've added the message using the same coords as before. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:17, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine, thank you (I was away over the weekend; not ignoring you!) Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:36, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/APA

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  • LA metro area

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  • Please join us on Saturday, May 10 from 10am to 4pm at the Junipero Serra Branch of LA Public Library for an Asian Pacific American edit-a-thon, hosted by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association!

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  • ASAP - May 10

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Thanks. That's probably somewhat bigger than needed, but probably better to have more than less. I'll look into good boundary coords for next go-round. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:08, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Calliopejen1: I'd have said the opposite... 1 degree excludes cities like San Diego and Bakersfield, which can't be much more than 120 miles. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I'd never think that someone from SD would drive to LA for an edit-a-thon! (Maybe I could be wrong...) Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:54, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Wadewitz, Wikipedia:Meetup/ICI/2

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  • LA area - same area as last time would be good.

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  • Now till May 31

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  • Public event

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle

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  • Seattle [47.8,-122.8], [47.2,-121.8]

Possible messages: You are invited to the Seattle monthly Wikipedia meetup for camaraderie and collaboration. We meet at Cafe Allegro on Tuesday, April 8. Join us!

  Done. Andrew Gray (talk) 08:50, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/University_of_Delaware/April_2014_Colored_Conventions

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  • Delaware Valley/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Delaware and Philadelphia)
  • About [40.71, -75.20], [38.33, -75.80]

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  • As soon as possible, through April 26, 2014 at 5 p.m.

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Wikipedia Intern

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Locations required: Bloomington, IN

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Date range required: Until 15th April 2014 Misc info:

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Looking to identify Wikipedia editors in Bloomington, IN.

Hi Etlib - do you want this only in Bloomington or in a wider area? Andrew Gray (talk) 11:52, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Guessed at a suitable area around Bloomington and put the notice up. Let me know if it's not showing properly. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:29, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Women Archaeologists editing event at the Petrie Museum

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Locations required: London and South East England

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Date range required: Until 7th March 2014 Misc info:

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We were jus promoting this to their mailing list but I've heard today that we have spare places.

  • User requesting:

Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 19:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  Done I went with the first option, but adjusted for date format and to avoid the external link. --Redrose64 (talk) 09:42, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/SevenSisters/March2014SevenSisters

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  • [38.0, -78.0] [43.0,-70.0]

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  • Join the Seven Sisters colleges for a month-long celebration of WikiWomen's History Month with Edit-a-thons in March 2014. See all events and locations and RSVP here!
  • Celebrate WikiWomen's History Month in March 2014 with the Seven Sisters Colleges. See all events and RSVP here!

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  • through March 25, 2014 (but first event is March 4 so we'd like it to go up as soon as possible)

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  • Reason for requesting: Publicity for Seven Sisters Wikipedia edit-a-thons. Thanks in advance! We know the coordinate box is large but we're spread out and have many graduates in the northeast.
  • User requesting: Sarah Oelker (talk) 18:02, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:GLAM/WM Police Museum

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  • Midlands, centred on Birmingham; say: 52.7203,-2.3964; 52.1845;-1.1494

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  • ASAP, until 14 March

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Done! Andrew Gray (talk) 23:12, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just noticed this. Pigsonthewing, the rectangle bounded by 52°43′13″N 2°23′47″W / 52.7203°N 2.3964°W / 52.7203; -2.3964 52°11′04″N 1°08′58″W / 52.1845°N 1.1494°W / 52.1845; -1.1494 whilst enclosing the whole of West Midlands county, is a rather small area considering the poor accuracy of geolocation within the UK. My own IP address, as has been noted elsewhere, has a geolocation which is out by 50 miles. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:48, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. @Andrew Gray: Worth expanding it then, do you think? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:18, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Happy to if someone gives me a suitably-sized area. My geography in that part of the country is pretty hazy :-) Andrew Gray (talk) 19:06, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know just what the degree of inaccuracy is. But if there are any people in the West Midlands area who are like me (and my mother) in having a broadband supplier whose dynamic IP addresses geolocate to Westminster, I suspect that a south-eastern corner at 51°29′N 0°07′W / 51.49°N 0.12°W / 51.49; -0.12 should catch those people.
Incidentally, if you want to check where your own IP address geolocates to, go to WP:URIP2 and click the "See here" link. The data is in JSON format, with several key:value pairs; the interesting ones are "country", "lat", and "lon", which for me show "country":"GB","lat":"51.500000","lon":"-0.130000". --Redrose64 (talk) 21:09, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Let's give it a shot. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:59, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's it; I've just received the notice for the first time. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:24, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:GLAM/YMT/Luminaries-editathon

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  • UK-wide

Possible messages:

  • Wikipedia Edit-a-thon - York's Luminaries 1800-1950. Learn from expert curators and see unique collections at York Museums Trust.
  • Join us at York Museums Trust for an Edit-a-thon: help improve coverage of York's Luminaries 1800-1950. Learn from expert curators and see unique collections.

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  • From now until March 16 2014

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Discussion Cheers Andrew!

Done - as an experiment I've set it to use country:GB rather than the bounding box. Let's see if it shows up... Andrew Gray (talk) 23:00, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Andrew Gray! - I had a complete brain-melt moment. Couldn't work out why it wasn't displaying..... Until remembering that I'm currently in France.....PatHadley (talk) 08:30, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#Future_meetups

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  • Sydney, Australia

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  • Wiki-interested people are having an informal meetup on Feb 3rd after working hours, come along!
  • If you're interested in discussing issues of wiki-interest with like minded folk, come along to a meetup on Feb 3rd after working hours.

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  • From now until Feb 3rd.

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Apologies - looks like I missed this one. Andrew Gray (talk) 23:01, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape Town

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  • Province of Western Cape, South Africa. (Code to add (for non-tech savvy admins)

cape4: { begin : '2 February 2014 9:00 UTC', end: '2 Febraury 2014 13:00 UTC', corners: [ [-30,322], [24,567] ], text: 'Join us at the 4th Cape Town meetup on Sunday, 2 February 2014 at 11am.' },
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  • Join us at the 4th Cape Town meetup to start off 2014 on Sunday, 2 February 2014 at 11am.

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  • ASAP. To finish 2 February, 13:00UTC.

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Question for Discott: why do you want the notice to go up two hours before the meetup starts? That is what begin : '2 February 2014 9:00 UTC' does. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:56, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I corrected this to start today. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:42, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that Andrew. That previous timing start request was a typo, I did indeed mean for it to start ASAP.--Discott (talk) 20:54, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne 27

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  • State of Victoria, Australia. (Code to add (for non-tech savvy admins)

melb27: { begin : '18 January 2014 00:00 UTC', end: '20 January 2014 12:00 UTC', corners: [ [-36,141], [-40,150] ], text: 'Join us at the 27th Melbourne meetup, celebrating Wikipedia Day on Sunday, 19 January 2014 at midday.' },

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  • ASAP. To finish 20 January, 12:00UTC.

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  Done Legoktm (talk) 07:18, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Marin

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  • San Francisco Bay Area

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  • You are invited to an Intro to Wikipedia and Edit-a-thon at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library in Marin County, California. Meet local Wikipedians, and work on some articles with us!

Date range required: now through January 15

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  • Reason for requesting: reaching out to newbies and old hands alike
  • User requesting: Peteforsyth (talk · contribs)

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#January 11, 2014

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  • Western half of the State of Washington.

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Date range required: now through January 11

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Wikipedia:Meetup/GLAM Hack Philly 2014

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  • GLAM Hack Philly, a hackathon for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums will take place on the weekend of February 1-2 at Kislak Center for Special Collections in University of Pennsylvania Library. Attending the hackathon is free and we welcome all skill levels and abilities. More info at http://glamhack.com
  • note, feel free to modify as needed

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  • This is a one-time event on February 1-2 2014

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  • Reason for requesting: Philadelphia is really developing as a meetup, GLAM, and Digital Humanities hub. Let's keep it going and growing! Thank you
  • User requesting: -- Ocaasi t | c 11:31, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Lawrence/Wikipedia_Tutorial

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  • [-97.58880615234375, 38.27053224010455] [-93.88092041015625, 39.52522954427751]

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  • Join the Wikipedia Tutorial and help others learn to edit Wikipedia on April 8 2014. See all events and locations and RSVP here!

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  • from now to April 8th

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I really don't think that the coords need to be precise to fourteen places of decimals. According to WP:OPCOORD that works out at an accuracy of approximately one nanometre - comparable to the size of an atom. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:30, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Never noticed this, apologies. Up now. Andrew Gray (talk) 11:47, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WMUK Train the Trainers Feb 14

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  • UK - Wales & West of England in particular

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  • Now - 2 January 2014

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Is this a rescheduling of the one which you pulled a few weeks ago? If so, we can reuse that, with the link and dates changed. The ID should be changed to WalesTTTFeb14 too, in case people have already dismissed the first one. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:05, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it is. Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 15:10, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  Done I added the notice like this, note that I altered the end date to 2 February rather than the 2 January given above. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I asked for 2 Jan rather than Feb because places are limited and decided in advance, and not turn up on the day. i.e. Interested are suppose to indicate their interest on the linked to page in the (hopefully) next 2 weeks. -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 17:02, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK, how about we leave it up until the registration list is full - then you can take it down in the same way that you did in October. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:06, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good to me -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 17:32, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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