Wikizine/Events

Meetups are filled from Wikipedia:Meetup page at English Wikipedia. Please, add your meetup there and it will be published by Wikizine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup)

GLAM-related events are held on Outreach Wiki. If you add your GLAM-related event there, it will be published in Wikizine. (http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Events)

For other events, please post them on our events page or send us email with short description of your event. (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikizine/Events)

2011

September

• [21 August - 6 October] - Stewards election.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2

  • [21 August - 6 October] - Questions to candidates.

    http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2/Questions

  • [15 September - 6 October] - Voting.

    http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2/Guidelines/en#Voters

• [19 September - 4 October] - Wikimedia servers upgrades to MediaWiki 1.18

  http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/16/mediawiki118iscomin/

  • [19 September] - Monday, September 19, 23:00-01:00 UTC -- Production test: test2.wikipedia.org – this stage will ensure that 1.18 is compatible with the rest of our production infrastructure. There’s a small chance that changes here could affect all wikis.
  • [21 September] - Wednesday, September 21, 23:00-03:00 UTC -- Stage 1: simple.wikipedia.org, simple.wiktionary.org, usability.wikimedia.org, strategy.wikimedia.org, mediawiki.org, he.wikisource.org
  • [26 September] - Monday, September 26, 23:00-03:00 UTC -- Stage 2: meta.wikimedia.org, en.wikiquote.org, en.wikibooks.org, beta.wikiversity.org, eo.wikipedia.org, nl.wikipedia.org
  • [4 October] - Tuesday, October 4, 23:00-03:00 UTC -- Stage 3: remaining wikis.

21 September

Wikizine/EN2011-129

23 September

Wikizine/EN2011-TE2

• [24 September] - Wiki Takes de Zaan (Netherlands) will be held on September 24th.

  http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ontmoeten#Zaanstreek_24_september

• [24 September] - Wikipedia Takes Göteborg, Sweden

  http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikitr%C3%A4ffar#Fotosafari.2C_G.C3.B6teborg.2C_l.C3.B6rdag_24_sep

• [24 September] - Wikipedia Takes Porto, Portugal

  http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Wikip%C3%A9dia_Toma_o_Porto

• [24-25 September] - Polish Wikipedia community, supported by Wikimedia Polska, is going to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project (founded on September 26, 2001) with a conference to be held on September 24-25, in Poznan, Poland.

  http://10lat.wikipedia.pl

  http://tinyurl.com/42tkjub (Google translate)

• [25 September] - Wikipedia Takes Cologne, Germany

  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_K%C3%B6ln

• [25 September] - Wikipedia Takes Lisbon, Portugal

  http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Wikip%C3%A9dia_Toma_Lisboa

28 September

Wikizine/EN2011-130

• [30 September] - The last day of the project Wiki Loves Monuments for this year is September 30th.

  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011

30 September

Wikizine/EN2011-TE3

October

• [21 August - 6 October] - Stewards election.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2

  • [21 August - 6 October] - Questions to candidates.

    http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2/Questions

  • [15 September - 6 October] - Voting.

    http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2/Guidelines/en#Voters

• [19 September - 4 October] - Wikimedia servers upgrades to MediaWiki 1.18

  http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/16/mediawiki118iscomin/

  • [4 October] - Tuesday, October 4, 23:00-03:00 UTC -- Stage 3: remaining wikis. Previously updated: simple.wikipedia.org, simple.wiktionary.org, usability.wikimedia.org, strategy.wikimedia.org, mediawiki.org, he.wikisource.org, meta.wikimedia.org, en.wikiquote.org, en.wikibooks.org, beta.wikiversity.org, eo.wikipedia.org, nl.wikipedia.org

• [1 October] - A Backstage Pass tour is an event aimed at sharing the expertise of real-world cultural institutions with our wiki-expertise. Wikimedia UK organizes it at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, UK.

  http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Backstage_Pass

• [1 October] - Washington DC meetup #23. Wiki DC board elections.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_23

• [3-5 October] - WikiSym 2011 with the session "Understanding Wikipedia".

  http://www.wikisym.org/category/wikisym-2011/

  http://www.wikisym.org/2011/09/14/session-preview-understanding-wikipedia/

5 October

Wikizine/EN2011-131

• [7-8 October] - Board meeting, San Francisco, California, USA

  http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2011-08-03&oldid=68235#Welcome_.26_Housekeeping_Items

7 October

Wikizine/EN2011-TE4

• [8 October]: Cambridge 12 meetup

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/12

• [8 October]: National Archives (Wikimedia DC meetup 24)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NARA_2

12 October

Wikizine/EN2011-132

• [14 October]: Wikimedia UK's Extraordinary General Meeting

  http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2011

14 October

Wikizine/EN2011-TE5

19 October

Wikizine/EN2011-133

21 October

Wikizine/EN2011-TE6

• [26-30 October] - Wikipedia conference in Esperanto will be held in Svitavy’s Esperanto museum, in Svitavy, Czech Republic.

  http://www.vikimanio.estranky.cz/

  http://www.transparent.com/esperanto/wikipedia-conference-in-esperanto-oct-26-30-2011/

  http://www.muzeum.esperanto.cz/eo/cxefa

26 October

Wikizine/EN2011-134

28 October

Wikizine/EN2011-TE7

November

2 November

Wikizine/EN2011-135

• [4-6 November] - Jimmy Wales will talk on BBC Radio 3 festival.

  http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2011/09/08/wiki-creator-s-keynote-speech-at-radio-festival-61634-29384251/

4 November

Wikizine/EN2011-TE8

9 November

Wikizine/EN2011-136

11 November

Wikizine/EN2011-TE9

16 November

Wikizine/EN2011-137

18 November

Wikizine/EN2011-TE10

• [18-20 November] - WikiConference India 2011

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011

23 November

Wikizine/EN2011-138

25 November

Wikizine/EN2011-TE11

30 November

Wikizine/EN2011-139

December

2 December

Wikizine/EN2011-TE12

• [5-9 December] - Jimmy Wales will be Head of Jury on the London's Tech Entrepreneurs Week.

  http://www.techentrepreneursweek.com/

  http://www.techentrepreneursweek.com/news.html#30-08-2011

  http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/uk-tech-startups-pitch-to-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-39520

7 December

Wikizine/EN2011-140

9 December

Wikizine/EN2011-TE13

2012

February

• [10-11 February] - Board meeting, San Francisco, California, USA

  http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2011-08-03&oldid=68235#Welcome_.26_Housekeeping_Items

March

• [30 March - 1 April] - Board meeting, location to be determined by the Wikimedia Chapters Conference Location

  http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2011-08-03&oldid=68235#Welcome_.26_Housekeeping_Items

April

• [30 March - 1 April] - Board meeting, location to be determined by the Wikimedia Chapters Conference Location

  http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2011-08-03&oldid=68235#Welcome_.26_Housekeeping_Items

July

• [11 July] - Board Wikimania meeting, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

  http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2011-08-03&oldid=68235#Welcome_.26_Housekeeping_Items

• [12-15 July] - Wikimania 2012 at Georgetown University, in Washington, DC, USA.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012

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