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These things have been done (or info established)

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To-do list before the event

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Thank you

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Thanks to the event organizers and all the presenters, I had a great time yesterday. I hope to see you all again sometime sooner than 15 years from now ;-) Legoktm (talk) 17:22, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the note, Legoktm. It was super fun, as much because of the great energy everybody brought, as because of anything we planned! Also, I'm not sure if we properly thanked the WMF Community Engagement Team, which provided the refreshments, and the Facilities Team, which handled all the logistics. Great contributions all around! -Pete (talk) 22:55, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Photos

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I just uploaded a bunch of photos I took at yesterday's event to the Commons, in the category Wikipedia 15 in the United States. I didn't know everyone's name so feel free to edit captions etc. Funcrunch (talk) 22:23, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, Funcrunch -- wonderful photos! Very impressed. I've moved them into a more specific category, commons:Category:Wikipedia 15 in San Francisco -- and also put my videos with each panelist (from before the event) in that category. Would love to see more photos from others -- and hopefully the videos from the event that are on YouTube now -- too! -Pete (talk) 22:57, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the kudos! I haven't used the Commons much so I'm still learning how to categorize etc. I've also put the photos on Flickr in case people want to share them from there. I'll probably write about the event on my blog after MLK weekend. Funcrunch (talk) 23:50, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Funcrunch. Excellent work. To add captions you need to create a gallery page. It is similar to a category page but without the colon. Then you can add photos and headings to the page just like a Wikipedia page.
Here is an example of a category page (it does not actually contain any files): Category:Michael Laucke
In a category your file name becomes the caption and it is uneditable.
Here is an example of a gallery page where you can add editable headings and editable captions to the files: Michael Laucke
Do an edit-source of that gallery page to see how a basic gallery is set up.
Notice that we only chose to put the "better" photographs from the category in to the gallery.
Let me know if I can assist. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 12:19, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nice, thanks for the tips! Funcrunch (talk) 15:30, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]