Wikipedia 15/Events/Boston

The Wikipedia Day 15th Birthday Bash is a celebration to be held on Saturday January 16, 2016, hosted by the New England Wikimedians and supported by the Harvard University Language and Literacy Department and fellow Free Culture Alliance New England partners.

Event details

• Date: Saturday, January 16, 2016
• Time: 04:00PM to 08:00PM
• Location: Boylston Hall, Room 403, 4th Floor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• Map: http://map.harvard.edu/?bld=04330&level=9
• Subway: Red Line - Harvard Stop.
• Bus:
• Facebook RSVP - https://www.facebook.com/events/486749654831344/
• Meetup RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/events/227634518/
• Twitter: @Wikipedia_15
• Hashtag: #Wikipedia15

Event format

Participation (and pizza and cake!) will be free, with room for ~30 participants. All are welcome, and we are especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. We will simply be having a party and celebration with cake and pizza. We will all introduce ourselves and talk about Wikipedia and the year ahead.

Sign up

Likely attendees

1. AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 23:31, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
2. Girona7 (talk) 03:45, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
3. Winner 42 (talk) 16:43, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
4. GabrielF (talk) 21:40, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
5. Elizabeth B. Thomsen (talk) 02:55, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
6. Grumpycraig (talk) 20:10, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
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Possible attendees

1. phoebe | talk 17:30, 8 January 2016 (UTC) may have conflicts due to ALA being in town this weekend as well.
2.  ArnoldReinhold (talk) 20:45, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
3.  mikeu ^talk 21:14, 12 January 2016 (UTC) not sure
4. Leejoe Schar (talk) 18:13, 13 January 2016 (UTC) not sure
5. Liance (talk) 23:08, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Regrets

1. I won't get back to campus until the next week. Hope to meet you later! FourViolas (talk) 23:40, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
2. Ironically, I'll be in that area the following week for a convention. :/ Doniago (talk) 17:26, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
3. I will be mystery-hunting at MIT! We will have a small celebration there Friday evening. –SJ talk  20:11, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Event photos

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  Introductions
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  India Language Wikipedia outreach brainstorming
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  Feedback
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  Planning for 2016
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  Conversations
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  B'Day Cake!
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  International Wikipedians enjoying conversation
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  Coffee and Cake!
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  Cake