Wikimedia NYC

We are the regional Wikimedia chapter serving the New York City metropolitan area. Event calendar at

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On Friday April 10th, the @CUNY @craignewmark Wikimedian-in-Residence and CUNY PIT Lab hosted the first Wiki-Play Friday at the NYC PIT Pop Up in the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan. 🧵

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@Wikipedia is where facts go to live.

A network of editors provides an immune system that's the best that that people can do.

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@craignewmark Join us on June 13th! ☀️

Register at the link in the comments or by scanning the QR code in the image❗️

Sign up here:
https://t.co/fq4mL1NfXF

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Join #Wikicurious in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday, 👉️ June 13th 👈️ from 12pm to 4pm for Wikicurious: Black Broward on Wikipedia 👏🏾

💕 Thanks to @craignewmark Philanthropies for supporting this initiative. Scan the QR code to sign up, or read on for more details...

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Hosted by Wikimedia NYC, in partnership with Broward Library, AARLCC, Black Broward and WikiLatinos, this intro to Wikipedia event will give you the skills needed to improve and create articles related to Fort Lauderdale, Historic Liberia, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, and surrounding areas...

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📸 By ZhaoFJx - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://t.co/rapV21xJA2

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This Wednesday, join our monthly WikiWednesday Salon (May 27th)! An in-person Open Hour starts at 6 PM; the presentation and Zoom call start at 7 PM. It's a fun way to meet up with fellow Wikimedians in NYC, make new friends, and learn to edit. Details: https://t.co/YGtGW2P6Vm

[craig newmark @craignewmark]

@Wikipedia is where facts go to live.

A network of editors provides an immune system that's the best that that people can do.

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@CUNY Read more about the May #WikiTakesPhotos photo tour with Wikimedian-In-Residence Richard Knipel, CUNY librarians, local historians and NYC Wikipedians in Abigail Hendrix's @cuny.edu blog post: https://t.co/0pQ4gRvUCG

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In May, @cuny Wikimedian-in-Residence / WM NYC chair Richard Knipel + CUNY librarians, Queens Public Library staff, and local historian Alan Archivala led photo tours of Harlem & Long Island City. The goal? Document overlooked landmarks for Wikimedia Commons. 📸 🧵...

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@CUNY After the walk, participants gathered with CUNY librarians and Wikimedia NYC to upload their photos to Wikimedia Commons. Image by Abigail Hendrix. 📸 🧵...

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[Wed, May 27] WikiWednesday Salon, our monthly NYC meetup for Wikipedia editors, newcomers, and the free-knowledge curious. Hybrid: 6 PM in-person at Prime Produce (424 W 54th) + 7 PM on Zoom. No experience needed. RSVP →

https://t.co/nqKFxVRwui

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@CUNY @craignewmark Explore how @CUNY faculty, staff & students are improving and expanding public information on Wikipedia, while also connecting people to CUNY library and archive collections, thanks to support from the CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-In-Residence project:

https://t.co/P6c4BEPmof

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Spring update from @cuny Wikipedian-In-Residence project, ft. WM NYC's Richard Knipel! Hunter College Biochemistry students wrote a new Wikipedia article on the hormone Kallidin and its role in diabetes & Parkinson's. https://t.co/fssecifhYN cc @craignewmark

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@CUNY @craignewmark Next, LaGuardia Community College students expanded the Wikipedia article on James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues," adding new text & cittations the themes section with new text and citations — guided by CUNY faculty and the CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence. https://t.co/uYV4JdkdPi