Wikimedians of Colorado User Group

Colorado User Group

The Wikimedians of Colorado User Group (WM-US-CO) is a Wikimedia user group in the U.S. State of Colorado. As an official affiliate of the Wikimedia movement, we host local and online meetups, promote Wikipedia at local universities, colleges, museums, and libraries, and use our mailing list to help Wikimedians communicate.

Objectives

• Organize online meetings and local events to help keep Wikimedians in touch with one another.
• Promote more active participation among local Wikimedians.
• Promote Wikipedia and Wikimedia in media and local events.

Annual Reports

• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2023
• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2022
• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2021
• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2020
• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2019
• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2018
• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2017
• Wikimedians of Colorado User Group/Annual Report 2016

Activities

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Since February 2023, the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group has sponsored quarterly online meetings for the Wikimedians of the United States Mountain West in cooperation with WikiProject Arizona, WikiProject Colorado, WikiProject Idaho, WikiProject Montana, WikiProject Nevada, WikiProject New Mexico, WikiProject Utah, and WikiProject Wyoming.

Mountain West Events

Planned events

• Wikimedia US Mountain West Winter 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Summer 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MST

Past Events

• Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Summer 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Winter 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, February 14, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2023 online meeting, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT

Colorado Events

• Denver Wikipedia Meetup at Gonzales Library, Sunday, February 11, 2024, 2:30-4:00 PM MST
• WikiProject Colorado Autumn 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
• WikiProject Colorado Summer 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
• WikiProject Colorado Spring 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 7:30-8:30 PM MDT
• WikiProject Colorado Winter 2022 online meeting, Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 7:30-8:30 PM MST
• WikiProject Colorado Autumn 2021 online meeting, Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM MST
• WikiProject Colorado Summer 2021 online meeting, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM MDT
• WikiProject Colorado Spring 2021 online meeting, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM MDT
• Tenth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 12, 2020 CANCELLED due to COVID-19
• Ninth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 14, 2019
• Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon in Denver, March 10, 2019
• Inclusipedia - Boulder, July 19, 2018
• Eighth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 15, 2018
• Seventh Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, June 25, 2017
• Women of Wikipedia in Boulder, June 1, 2017
• Outdoor Women of Wikipedia in Boulder, March 26, 2017
• Wikipedia Sweet Sixteen Anniversary in Boulder, January 15, 2017
• Sixth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, August 7, 2016
• Art+Feminism 2016 in Boulder, March 5, 2016
• Wikipedia's 15th Anniversary in Boulder, January 19, 2016
• Fifth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 5, 2015
• Art and Feminism 2015 - Denver, April 11, 2015
• Wikipedia Editathon @ CSU Library: Water in Fort Collins, October 21, 2014
• Fourth Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, July 6, 2014
• Wikipedia At The CU Museum - Boulder, December 14, 2013
• Third Annual Colorado Wiknic in Arvada, June 22, 2013
• Boulder meetup in Boulder, December 22, 2012
• Denver meetup in Denver, December 2, 2012
• Wikipedia Loves Colorado Libraries 2012 in Boulder, November 1, 2012
• Wikimedia Takes Boulder County 2012 in Boulder, September 15, 2012
• Second Annual Colorado Wiknic in Boulder, June 30, 2012.
• Wikipedia Loves Colorado Libraries 2011 in Boulder, October 27, 2011.
• The Great Colorado Wiknic 2011 in Arvada, June 25, 2011.
• Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebration in Boulder, January 15, 2011

Local events

• Boulder
• Denver
• Fort Collins

Events elsewhere

• Events calendar

Media

• On Friday Jan 14th 2011, radio station KGNU (88.5 FM Boulder, 1390 AM Denver, 93.7 FM Nederland) interviewed local organizers Neal McBurnett and Rick Block about Wikipedia in honor of the 10th anniversary. It was a 10-minute segment on the "Morning Magazine", which aired at 8:15 (15:15 UTC). Notably, it is liberally licensed (like wikipedia) under the w:Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license, and is available for download or streaming at Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Interview.
• Women in Boulder's outdoors industry work for better gender inclusivity on Wikipedia in Boulder Daily Camera published 04/05/2017, about our Outdoor Women of Wikipedia event in Boulder on March 26, 2017. Also an abbreviated article at The Denver Post

Contact information

• The Wikimedians of Colorado User Group coordinator is User:Buaidh.
• You can contact our membership with our mailing list.
• You can contact the interested Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West with our invitation list.

Active participants

• Nealmcb (talk) 23:33, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
• Zero Serenity (talk) 01:12, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
• -— Isarra ༆ 10:05, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
• Oleksiy.golubov (talk) 11:18, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
•  Buaidh  17:55, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
• अभय नातू (talk)
• Splinemath (talk) 02:21, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
• Raydann (talk) 16:18, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

No longer in Colorado but not forgotten

• Gaurav (talk) 23:18, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

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Resolutions

• Recognition of Wikimedians of Colorado User Group (March 4, 2016)