Wikipedia:Geonotice/Old requests/2010

Meetup/London/32

Locations required (cities/regions):

• London

Possible messages:

• A Wikipedia meetup is planned in London, on Sunday 11th April from 13:00 onwards. All are welcome.

Date range required:

• Beginning of April until the meet would be good. Ironholds (talk) 03:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

The next one of these meetups is meta:Meetup/London/33 on 9 May, and they happen every month. Perhaps we should try to regularly schedule these so that they appear on the first of the month and run until the meetups? Given that the meetups should appeal to people across the UK (e.g. I'm based in Manchester and go along when able to), I suggest location coverage across the UK. Suggested code would be:

LondonWikinotice:
 { begin: '1 May 2010 00:00 UTC',
   corners: [ [60,-9], [49,2] ],
   text: 'You are invited to the 33<sup>rd</sup> <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/33" title="Meetup/London/33">London Wikimedia meetup</a> on Sunday 9 May 2010 from 13.00 onwards in Pendrel's Oak, Holborn.'
 },

Comments? Mike Peel (talk) 08:47, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Seeing as no-one commented, I've scheduled the June one to start from the 1st June. Mike Peel (talk) 08:03, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Manila 8 and Wikimedia Philippines Annual Convention

Locations required (cities/regions):

• The Philippines

Possible messages:

• You're cordially invited to the Eighth Manila Wikipedians' Meetup concurrent with the First Wikimedia Philippines Annual Convention on May 15, 2010. Visit the meetup page to find out more about the event, or for any questions, you may ask the Tambayan (Filipino Wikipedians' notice board).

Date range required:

• Present, or whenever the notice is posted, until 12:00 Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8) on May 15, 2010

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: We hope to get more Filipino Wikipedians involved in Filipino Wikipedia community discussions through participating in meetups, as more often than not the same faces go the meetups anyway. In addition, Wikimedia Philippines extends an open invitation to interested persons to attend its annual convention, which will run concurrent with Manila 8.
• User requesting: Sky Harbor ^(talk)

Discussion

With only six days to go until our annual convention/meetup, hopefully we can get this geonotice posted. Thanks! --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 04:19, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Oddly, I don't see the geonotice. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 17:54, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I noticed that the message was unusually long, and so I've tried shortened it. Has this fixed things?--Pharos (talk) 23:12, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Shortening I don't mind, but not seeing it at all is a different matter altogether. ;) --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 04:23, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I tried shortening it a bit more, and reducing it to one link, to see if that might help. I really don't understand what's wrong; let me know if this thing works.--Pharos (talk) 13:55, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I suspect it's due to the lat/long range. I've enlarged the geographical coverage to cover more of the Phillipines - does that help? If not, please could you visit somewhere like http://www.geoiptool.com/ and let us know what longitude and latitude your IP address has? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 07:59, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Apparently, it still does not show. The geographical location though for my IP address (120.28.181.196) is 14°35′0.96″N 121°2′0.96″E. I see it already. Thanks guys. :D --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 15:12, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune/Pune3

Locations required (cities/regions):

• India/Maharashtra State/Pune

Possible messages: First one in language Marathi is preferred one

महाराष्ट्रात रहाता आणि विकिपीडिया चहाते आहात ? हेच व्यक्तीगत निमंत्रण समजून दिनांक १३ डिसेंबर २०१०, पुणे विकिभेटीस अगत्याने येणे करावे (वेळ व स्थळाकरिता येथे टिचकी मारा)

A Wiki Meet up has been organised on 13th December, 2010 at Pune. This is third wikimeetup in Pune.

. Do you stay in Maharashtra and also Wikipedia admirer? Welcome to 3rd Wiki Meet up organised on 13th December, 2010 at Pune. .

Date range required:

• From now until 13 December.

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: Erik Möller,Deputy Director,Wikimedia Foundation, Danese Cooper ,

Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation, Alolita Sharma , Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation will be attending the meetup.

• User requesting:Mahitgar (talk) 00:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Discussion

Done. I shortened the description to "You are invited to the Irish Wikimedia meetup at O'Connell's Pub, Dublin, on Friday 3 December 2010 from 7pm." - hope that's OK. Mike Peel (talk) 08:54, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Dhaka/Dhaka8

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Dhaka/Bangladesh

Possible messages:

• আগামী ১১ই ডিসেম্বর, ২০১০ তারিখে ঢাকায় একটি উইকিমিটআপ অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। বিস্তারিত জানতে এখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Date range required:

• Now till 11 December, 2010.

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: 8th Wikimeetup at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• User requesting: Bellayet (talk)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Ireland

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Ireland/Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland

Possible messages: There will be an informal Wikipedia meetup in O'Connell's Pub, 29 Sth. Richmond Street, Dublin on Friday 3 December 2010 (near Portobello Bridge, LUAS stop Charlemont).

After the meetup, attendees are welcome to attend (for free) a fund-raising concert for a Haiti orphanage at a nearby venue (main artist Niamh Parsons).

Date range required:

• From now until 3 December.

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: As decided at the last Dublin meetup.
• User requesting: Hohenloh ⁺

Discussion

Done. I shortened the description to "You are invited to the Irish Wikimedia meetup at O'Connell's Pub, Dublin, on Friday 3 December 2010 from 7pm." - hope that's OK. Mike Peel (talk) 08:54, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Minneapolis#Second_meetup_for_2010_.28or_early_2011.29.3F

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Minneapolis
• Minnesota

Possible messages:

• Discussion of a 2010 or early 2011 Minnesota Wikipedia meetup has begun. Please see the talk page.
• Your ideas are sought for the next Minnesota meetup, the first one not on the annual cycle of October meetings established in 2005. Please see the talk page to share your ideas.

Date range required:

• as soon as feasible until 31 December 2010, for advance notice of discussion of meetup possibly as late as February 2011

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: User Pharos suggested using Geonotice to announce discussion of the next meetup.
• User requesting: WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit)

Mumbai,India

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Mumbai/Maharashtra/India

Possible messages:

• Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai on October 31 at 6:30 PM in Breach Candy with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia in attendance. Please see the Meet up page for more information. Everyone is invited!

Date range required:

• Now until 31 October, 2010

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: Mumbai Wikipedian's third meet up.
• User requesting: Angpradesh (talk) 05:19, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Massachusetts

Possible messages:

• There will be a Wikipedia meetup in Cambridge on October at 7:00 PM. We will meet at Le's Restaurant in Harvard Square. You're invited! See our meetup page for more information.

Date range required:

• As soon as possible until October 12 at 1:00 UTC (9:00 PM October 11 local time)

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: to put the meetup on local Wikipedians' radar
• User requesting: Emw (talk)

Mumbai, India

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Mumbai

Possible messages:

• Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai on 10 October, 2010 at 16:00 at Ang India Technologies, Kendriya Vihar, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai with Wikipedians (Contributors and Users) in attendance. Please see the Meet up page for more information. Everyone is invited!

Date range required:

• Now until 10 October, 2010

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: Mumbai Wikimedian's Seccond meet up.
• User requesting: (Angpradesh)

Pune, India

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Pune

Possible messages:

• Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune on September 18 at 17:30 at Women's Studies centre, Dr Ambedkar Bhavan, University of Pune with Bishdatta from the foundation in attendance. Please see the Meet up page for more information. Everyone is invited!

Date range required:

• Now until 18 September, 2010

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: Pune Wikimedian's Second meet up.
• User requesting: (Mahitgar)

Mumbai, India

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Mumbai

Possible messages:

• Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai on September 20 at 18:00 in Bandra with Barry Newstead from the foundation in attendance. Please see the Meet up page for more information. Everyone is invited!

Date range required:

• Now until 20 September, 2010

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: Mumbai Wikimedian's first meet up.
• User requesting: (Bishdatta)

I do not see above Pune request secondly It would be better if you can cover broader area of Maharashtra for both Pune and Mumbai request Mahitgar (talk) 10:48, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

New Delhi, India

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Delhi

Possible messages:

• First Wikipedia Meetup in New Delhi on September 22 at 18:00 in Connaught Place with Barry Newstead from the foundation in attendance. Please join the Delhi mailing list and see the Meet up page for more information. Everyone is invited!

Date range required:

• Now until 22 September, 2010

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: New Delhi Wikimedian's first meet up.
• User requesting: (Theo10011)

Ireland

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Ireland, both:
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Northern Ireland

Possible messages:

• Irish Wikipedian's meet up — Kingston Hotel, Dún Laoghaire: 14:00, 25th September! Everyone invited!

Date range required:

• Now until 25th September, 2010

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: Irish Wikimedian's meet up
• User requesting: RA (talk)

Discussion

This seems to be done already. --RA (talk) 14:05, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Karachi 2

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Karachi

Possible messages:

• We're planning 2nd Wikipedia meetup in Karachi, Pakistan. Exact date would be finalized later, perhaps start of August 2010.

Date range required:

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: to maximize the attention of local Wikipedians.
• User requesting: Saki ^talk

Wikipedia:Meetup/Raleigh

Locations required (cities/regions):

• North Carolina
• Washington, DC

Possible messages:

• A Wikipedia meetup is planned in Raleigh, North Carolina, on 6-7 March 2010. All are welcome.

Date range required:

• the present until the beginning of march would be good.Ironholds (talk) 04:10, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Discussion

This request is getting stale, and I haven't seen it posted. Can we have this added, please? bahamut0013^words_deeds 20:48, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Has this been implemented? The meetup is this weekend. bahamut0013^words_deeds 01:28, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, I've put it up now.--Pharos (talk) 11:18, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland 5

Locations required (cities/regions):

• New Zealand

Possible messages:

• You're invited to the next Auckland meetup on 9 May 2010. Please read & watch New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board on NZ related issues when they crop up and participate in the discussion.

Date range required:

• present (or whever it is ready to go up) to 9 May 2010 12:00 NZST (UTC +12)

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: Meetup organised in Auckland for 9 May.
• User requesting: Linnah (talk) (note: request also supported by gadfium & SimonLyall)

Discussion

• Reason for requesting "New Zealand" as region:
  • Very few ISPs in NZ now allocate IPs by region.
  • The inclusion of whole of NZ also gives us an opportunity to bring awareness of New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board and encourage more NZers to participate in NZ related Wiki projects.
  • Previous Auckland Meetup request landed at as many non aucklanders as they did aucklanders. This is possibly due to 1st reason given (Not many ISPs allocate IPs by region) and possibly because many ISPs headquarters is in Auckland. If you want more on the intricacies of IP allocation within NZ, feel free to ask. I can try to explain.
• See discussion for support for Geonotice.

Britain Loves Wikipedia

Locations required (cities/regions):

• United Kingdom

Possible messages:

• Britain Loves Wikipedia - a free photography competition - is running in 21 museums across the UK throughout February. Join in, take photos, win prizes!

Date range required:

• The present until the end of Februaryy, please.

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: People in the UK should know about this, and should take part. ;-)
• User requesting: Mike Peel (talk)

Discussion

*berates Mike Peel for an egregious violation of [[MOS:DASH]].*  Skomorokh  04:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

The current formatting looks ugly - can someone at least fix the line spacing (the top line and bottom line are overlapping slightly)? I think having the 2nd line left-aligned or centred would be better than right-aligned too. Thanks! --Tango (talk) 09:35, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

For us that are not in Britain: I see that Seddon added this geonotice to MediaWiki:Geonotice.js on 31 January, and other users have then tweaked the spacing. So it should be alive and well for the British audience.

--David Göthberg (talk) 22:17, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Free Culture X

Locations required (cities/regions):

• Washington, D.C. area

Possible messages:

• Free Culture X Conference in Washington D.C., Feb 13-14. Pay what you want http://conference.freeculture.org
• Free Culture X, a conference of Students for Free Culture, will be held February 13/14th at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Keynote addresses will be given by Harvard Berkman Center co-founder Jonathan Zittrain, the co-founder of the public interest group Public Knowledge, Gigi Sohn, and the director of American University's Center for Social Media, Pat Aufderheide. http://conference.freeculture.org

Date range required:

• ASAP, until February 14

Misc info:

• Reason for requesting: To notify Washington D.C. area users of an interesting and relevant event in their area!
• User requesting: ParkerHiggins ( talk contribs )

Discussion

• Posted, see also Wikipedia:Meetup/DC Free Culture X.--Pharos (talk) 20:05, 8 February 2010 (UTC)