Thank you Travis and Pastor for starting this thread - and for the link to the
Commons category for the event!
For everyone on the mailing list who attended the event, but not as a
volunteer: would you mind filling this questionnaire, which will help us report
to the foundation as well as plan our programming for the rest of the year and
beyond? https://forms.gle/quiaoJRAYKAYPgyf8
If you are curious about the impact of the birthday:
- 334 people registered, but at least 500 people attended (the librarians
stopped counting in the early afternoon; anyone who came between 12 and 1 also
was not counted)
- we served 120 slices of cakes, and another 200 cookies and small cakes
- I screenprinted around 300 items
- 30% of the attendees indicated being under 25
- the large majority of the attendees was new to editing, and many made their
first edit!
- Kelci, the reference librarian who hosted us in December, reported seeing an
attendee later that afternoon continuing their research upstairs. She sends her
congratulations for the event.
This took 20 volunteers on the day, 2 weeks of preparations and cleaning up, 10
people putting up 100 posters, and more. We did it!
----
Coming up:
Meetup, Thursday February 12:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Bay_Area_Meetup_February_2026
Depths of Wikipedia show, Friday February 13:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/depths-of-wikipedia-live-san-francisco-california-02-13-2026/event/1C006391B885AA92
[Wikigamejam](https://wikigamejam.org/) is coming to San Francisco March 13-15.
Save the date!
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Cheers,
Emeline
On Saturday, January 24th, 2026 at 10:29 PM, Pastor Cary Bass-Deschenes via
Wikimedia-SF <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm so glad I stopped by. You all put on an amazing event. Good to see some
> people I haven't seen in years and met some new people.
>
> I've uploaded a few pictures to Commons at [Category:Wikipedia Day 2026 in
> San Francisco - Wikimedia
> Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Day_2026_in_San_Francisco)
>
> Pastor Cary Bass-Deschenes (they/them)
>
> [[User:Bastique]]
>
> mobile: 415-513-9001
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: Travis Briggs via Wikimedia-SF <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2026 8:20 PM
> To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <[email protected]>
> Cc: Travis Briggs <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Wikipedia Birthday Party: First thanks and congrats!
>
> Hello BAWUG!
>
> I'm sure this is not the last email you will get about today's amazing party,
> but I guess it's the first. TLDR: It went so, so well! Thank you too everyone
> who was there, and there in spirit!
>
> Thank you so much to all the volunteers! We did so good folks!! It was a
> huge, multifaceted event for hundreds of people and we fucking killed it. All
> I saw was smiles in the crowd, I saw volunteers stepping in and stepping up
> and helping each other eagerly and kindly. And so many people, who already
> knew and loved Wikipedia, came away with the tools and knowledge and
> inspiration to start editing, or at least spread the word. Thank you everyone.
>
> BAWUG has always been a close knit group and we've put on some fun events.
> But this was truly next level. I am super excited and inspired on how high
> this rocketship might truly go.
>
> Special, personal, non-official thanks to Emeline, because I intimately
> witnessed just how many crazy project ideas and workshops and stations she
> pulled off, and I'm sure it was just the tip of the iceberg. Thank you
> Emeline, what an amazing accomplishment and gift.
>
> Feel free everyone to respond and share photos and stories and your own
> thanks and congratulations!
>
> Cheers,
> -Travis
> BAWUG Secretary and Co-Coordinator
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