Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Wikipedia Day LA 2019

Wikipedia Day LA
A Celebration of Wikipedia's 18th Birthday

When and Where
Date:	February 24, 2019
Time:	1–5pm
Address:	Ace Hotel 929 S Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015
Website:	https://www.acehotel.com/losangeles
Social media
Twitter	@WikipediaLA
Facebook	Wikipedia LA on Facebook

Consider the Source: An afternoon of panels, presentations and conversations on the subject of sources, and cake (locally sourced) in celebration of Wikipedia's 18th Birthday.

Speakers/Panels

• Jane Park, Director of Product and Research, Creative Commons
• Brooke Binkowski,  journalist and managing editor of TruthOrFiction.com; former managing editor of Snopes
• Safiya Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
• A panel discussion on local journalism, trust, and corporate media consolidation with Gustavo Arellano (Los Angeles Times, former OC Weekly), Gary Dauphin (KCET.org, Village Voice, Bidoun), Carolina Miranda (Los Angeles Times, KCRW), and Jennifer Swann and Jeff Weiss (co-editors of The LAnd Magazine, former LA Weekly), moderated by Stacey Allan.
• Josh Lim, on CredCon and "Cite Unseen," a tool for evaluating the reliability of journalistic sources
• Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight on gender equity

Plus!

• Talk Page Theater
• Birthday cake (Source: Hansen's).

RSVP

Add your name to the list below, or RSVP via Eventbrite

Attending

(For those with a Wikipedia account, you can put your username here — everyone can RSVP via Eventbrite)

• JSFarman (talk) 07:41, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• StaceyEOB (talk) 22:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• Rosiestep (talk) 22:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 01:35, 19 February 2019 (UTC) − barring getting hit by a bus or the apocalypse, I won't flake this time around
• Christopher Arturo Aragón (talk) 04:41, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
• I'm presenting, so obviously I have to attend. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 06:02, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
• User:DrWJK DrWJK (talk) 06:20, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
• User:gosbear 17:52, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
• jsalatas
• jlbrandt
• active_guru
• kevinwebb
• Anotherarchivist (talk) 22:45, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Regrets

• RightCowLeftCoast (talk · contribs) - As much as I would like to attend, I have to work that day in San Diego County until 1600, so I won't be able to make it up there by the time the festivities are over.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 22:02, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• Kholdfyre (talk · contribs) - You have my deepest regrets on being unable to attend this outstanding event due to transportation issues and family obligations on 24 February. However, I sincerely hope that this will not be the only Wikipedia Day, and that there might even be one held in Los Angeles or near it in the future, as I would have liked very much to attend. I appreciate the RSVP and you have my eternal gratitude for all the preparation and work that went into making it the success I know it will be. Have fun! :) I also, by the way, apologize for not having a customized user or talk page, but will shortly be adding to both, as I really love Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis, as well as learning, reading, writing and language in general. Kholdfyre (talk) 05:48, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
• ∴ here…♠ - Thank you!
• Vaparedes (talk · contribs) - Ended up missing this, apologies --Vaparedes (talk) 02:15, 11 March 2019 (UTC)