Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Stanford Wikipedia Day 2019

Thank you for everyone who attended! We had a blast – keep an eye out for the next event! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 07:21, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 Stanford Wikipedia Day Party

vital details
date:	Tuesday, January 15, 2019
time:	5:00–8:30pm (doors open 4:45)
address:	Tierney Seminar Room (121A) Cecil H. Green Library Stanford University 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
directions & parking	Enter campus from El Camino Real onto University Avenue. Parking is available at Wilbur Field Garage (560 Wilbur Way, Stanford, CA 94305) and the Tresidder Parking Lot (436 Mayfield Ave, Stanford, CA 94305). After 4pm, parking is free.
register	Register here!
More info!
host	Kevin Li
sponsor	WMF Rapid Grant
Connect online
hashtags for edit summaries & social media	#WD18
Outreach dashboard	here

Stanford University and the Wikipedia community celebrate Wikipedia Day: Wikipedia's turning 18 years old! Join us on January 15, 2019, at the Stanford University campus, in a celebration of 18 years of free and open knowledge. No editing experience is needed!

Register here!

• Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2019
• Time: 5:00–8:30pm (doors open 4:45pm)
• Participation: Participation (food, pizza, snacks, cake!) will be free!
• Welcome: All are welcome. We are especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. (You do not need to be a Stanford University student to attend.)
• Livestream: Zoom conference
• If you live in the Bay Area and transportation to the event presents a financial burden, contact Kevin – we may be able to offer you reimbursement for local travel.

Add your 3 minute lightning talk here!

• Kevin Li – connecting with Wikidata Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:28, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Introducing "Thank you Tuesdays" on wikitech-l Legoktm (talk) 02:05, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Visualisations of Wikipedia activity and history. http://blog.hatnote.com/, http://listen.hatnote.com/, https://top.hatnote.com/, https://seealso.org/
• Toolforge - Create and host your own web app that utilised data from Wikipedia. See more at https://tools.wmflabs.org/.
• Query the MySQL databases behind Wikipedia. See mw:DB and https://quarry.wmflabs.org/. --Krinkle (talk) 03:41, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Real-time activity of the Wikimedia projects. EventStreams/Powered_By, https://codepen.io/Krinkle/full/BwEKgW. --Krinkle (talk) 03:41, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Visual comparison (diffs). https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Diffs. --Krinkle (talk) 03:41, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested Talks

• How to navigate Wikipedia across languages?
• How to identify bad links in Wiki projects?
• How to identify bad edges in Wikipedia Category graph? (ex: how to identify pages that do not belong under a category)?

IMPORTANT: If you are not a Stanford affiliate, you must REGISTER by 11am on January 14 to be able to enter the secured library! Please register if you're not 100% sure you'll be attending, or even if you're pretty sure you won't be. (You can make a note to that effect when registering.)

Going

• Very excited!! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:28, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Stephen (talk) 15:04, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Wugapodes [t^hɑk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɹɪbz] 05:36, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Legoktm (talk) 05:46, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Barring something exceptional coming up at work, should be able to make it at least partially! --FastLizard4 (talk•contribs) 09:21, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Margarita
• I'm looking forward to it!! And happy to help if there's any need. yololobia2 Kevin, what should the lightening talks be about?
• Yes! Rogerhc (talk) 21:53, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Minh Nguyễn ^💬 09:34, 8 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Martin This seems worth skipping finals for!^{[citation needed]} Can't wait!
• Emerson Yay! Wikipedia is now 18, and can go bar-hopping [legally].
• Haybales I'LL BE THERE
• LFaraone 06:07, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• seems fun -- dllu (t,c) 23:35, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Writejustified SEE you there!

Possible

• Expect I'll attend at least partially. effeietsanders 18:49, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Should be able to make it.. but may depend on my school schedule, as it falls on the first day of classes for me. --Az1568 (talk) 08:18, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Not sure yet on my schedule, but I hope to attend! Jooojay (talk) 00:55, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Pretty good chances! Might even have a +1 :) --MahmoudHashemi (talk) 04:18, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• It's kind of a long haul for me from San Francisco since I can't drive anymore but I may make it anyway. Waiting for more detail on what is going to be covered or on online options. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 22:29, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Possibly, depending on what else comes up. miles
• Will attempt to come! Pi.1415926535 (talk)
• wctaiwan (talk) 07:33, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Hope I can make it! Eliyili00 (talk) 07:15, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets

• :/ Stussll (talk) 20:53, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Attend remotely

• ----Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:22, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• I'm saddened that I won't be in town that day, but I would be willing to try attending remotely. Mz7 (talk) 08:05, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]