Event:Bay Area Meetup September 2025
Calling all Wikipedia editors and aspiring-editors, come join us to share in the experience of editing Wikipedia! Beginners are especially welcome and encouraged to attend. We meet September 11 at 6.30PM in the Mission District, San Francisco.
Agenda
[edit | edit source]- Introductions: your Wiki-biography, current projects or questions
- Housekeeping
- Pizza!
- Join a co-working table or socialize with other Wikipedians and open knowledge contributors
This month's coworking tables
[edit | edit source]- Mentorship for new or beginner editors
- Technical contributors: learn how to contribute to wiki projects
- All things Bay Area: politics, culture, history, art...
- Wikidata
Where and When
[edit | edit source]This event is hybrid. Join us online or in person in the San Francisco Mission District - all details provided when you register!
Code of conduct
[edit | edit source]We expect all attendees to abide by the Universal Code of Conduct. Any issue can be reported to the events organizers, which will introduce themselves at the beginning of the meetup.
Next meetup
[edit | edit source]Event:Bay Area Meetup October 2025
News, notes and resources
[edit | edit source]Events
The Lace Museum in Fremont announced an online editathon to improve lace content. Dates: 2 Sundays – September 28, October 19, 2025, Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PDT. Registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPxtgP3Tw0jLDsi130aaErv3CBGoOs1UX6TXHT_zk8q4Pcmw/viewform . Background: https://www.lacecouvige.com/threadsblog/enhancing-lace-content-in-wikipedia. Looking to host an in-person gathering to join the event; experienced editors welcome!
October meetup's theme or suggestions: Wikidata's birthday?
Ongoing call for participation online: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:SheSaid
Wikipedia's 25th birthday prep, please fill the survey.
Wikimedia Game Jam: pushed back to later this year.
Admin
- becoming a voting member of BAWUG
- 2025 organizing committee election
- news about the affiliates recognition process and next potential steps
Projects
- how to build capacity to maintain pages on local and state news (see here why this is important: https://sfstandard.com/2025/08/27/san-francisco-daniel-lurie-wikipedia-politician-edits/). We're thinking about a December event.
Calls for volunteers
- the San Francisco Historical Society partnership: our first event has been scheduled for November 18! We will need extra volunteers
- October 9: SFPL event. Contact audiodude if you want to volunteer.
- Lace museum event, see above