Hi Leonard, all are welcome of course! The "women's" part of the event title is borrowed from recent events in San Francisco, which have aimed to address the notorious gender gap in Wikipedia's editor base and coverage. But it's not intended to exclude men or constrain what articles we work on.
Is there something specific you would like to do? For instance, new contributors are often interested in learning how to accomplish specific tasks, like uploading photos, adding citations, locating good sources, how categories work…etc. If you would like to host a table focusing on a specific task, I think that would be very well received! Thanks for your interest, and hope to see you at the event! -Pete On Nov 30, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Leonard G. Barton wrote: > Greetings: > > Are gentlemen invited as consultant/tutors? > > - Leonard G. (Senior Editor) "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Leonard_G."; > > From: William Pietri <[email protected]> > To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Edit-a-Thon in Oakland on Sat. December 15 > > Ooh! I expect this will be good. I happen to know the LWV's president, > and I know she's very serious about making sure that voters get > reliable, neutral information on political topics. It's a great match > for Wikipedia's spirit, and they have a ton of good raw material for > articles. I wish I were in town for it! > > William > > On 11/30/2012 11:57 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > Hi all, I hope the holiday season is treating you well! > > > > I'm pleased to announce the third Wikipedia Women's Edit-a-thon, hosted by > > the California League of Women Voters and Tech Liminal, a co-working space > > in Oakland. > > > > The theme is "Women and Democracy." League members will bring valuable > > expertise to a topic that could use lots of work on Wikipedia, and I look > > forward to bringing Wikipedians and League members together. (As always, if > > this topic doesn't excite you, you're welcome to work on any wiki content > > you like.) > > > > The edit-a-thon will be Saturday, December 15 from 2-5pm; beginners are > > invited to come arrive promptly at 1pm for an intro session. > > > > Please see the Wikipedia meetup page for more details, and to sign up. And > > let me know if you have questions or ideas! > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bay_Area_WikiWomen%27s_Edit-a-Thon_3 > > > > -Pete > > > > [[User:Peteforsyth]] on Wikipedia > > http://wikistrategies.net/pete-forsyth > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf Pete Forsyth [email protected] 503-383-9454 mobile
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