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Wikipedians and other Wikimedians organize meetups to socialize and collaborate around the common goal of sharing information. Anyone can organize a meetup. Although it helps to plan a bit and have some awareness of how Wikipedia works, no one needs permission to have a meetup and there is no requirement for anyone to have a meetup in a certain way.

Some meetups are in person but online programs and events are great too. Some meetups are for discussing Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, while others have the goal of convening people to edit. Many meetups have at least one experienced Wikipedia editor present, but lots of meetups have organized and accomplished their goals without an experienced editor attending.

This page is used as a starting point for Wikipedians organising meetups, and subpages are used for finalising the details once a meetup has been agreed. For meetings in other languages/places please use the interlanguage links from this page.

Basics for beginners

There are lots of ways to organize a Wikipedia meetup. There is no need to request anyone's permission. Feel free to publicly advertise that you are hosting a Wikipedia meetup for anyone who wants to edit the wiki with the community of volunteer editors.

Although there are not particular requirements, for anyone who wants orientation, here is a proven model that works. As you plan your event, start here and modify this plan as appropriate for your situation.

  1. Get commitments from a few people, each of whom will serve one role and not be responsible for the other roles:
  2. Wikipedia editor – it is very useful to have at least one person who has edited Wikipedia before. At the very least, consider having someone take an online tutorial, make a few edits, and know how to ask questions in Wikipedia's help forums.
  3. Venue host – there has to be a place to meet. If the meeting is in a coffeehouse then someone should reserve a table. If the meeting is in a community center, like a library, museum, college, or similar, then confirm with a host that everyone has a space to meet.
  4. Subject matter expert – Wikipedia is a summary of information from reliable sources. To edit Wikipedia, someone has to curate and suggest reliable sources to summarize and cite. For example, if a Wikipedia event is in a library, then get a subject matter expert to select some books in advance – perhaps around a common theme for the meetup – and make them available to the event participants
  5. Community organizer – this is the person who invites people to the event. Since the event is for the benefit and enjoyment of the participants, then the person who can recruit participants to the event is typically also the person who sets the theme of the event. Common themes are local history, biographies of a certain group of people, or some set of social topics.
  6. Consider whether you want a record of outcomes
  7. If anyone involved in presenting the event is part of an organization, then typically they will want "outcome metrics" or "proof of impact".
  8. Organizations which support wiki events like getting evidence that participants actually accomplished something useful
  9. In general, a useful outcome is a list of what Wikipedia articles everyone edited and perhaps a record of how many people read those articles
  10. While there are many ways to get outcomes, the most popular way is to have participants sign up to the "Programs and Events Dashboard"
  11. Hopefully a new user can set up a program page in the dashboard in 10 minutes
  12. To use the dashboard, share the weblink with all attendees. If they register Wiki accounts, then they can join the dashboard participant list with a click
  13. Consider whether you want to connect with the broader Wikimedia community
  14. If you want a referral, then perhaps ask at Wikipedia:Pump
  15. Advantages:
  16. If you collaborate with others then you can join discussions about what you are doing
  17. If you are doing something similar to others then everyone shares in the outcomes toward a common goal
  18. Disadvantages
  19. Some people want to get started immediately without planning in advance
  20. Everyone is a volunteer, so probably to collaborate you have to join a global campaign like Wiki Loves Monuments, Art+Feminism, or some other project which rallies around a particular theme. If the themes match what you want, then great. If not, then those communities may not be available.

Projects and events

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File:WikipediaMeetup.webm that can be used to promote meetups]]

= Projects, initiatives, user groups =

= International =

  • WikiCon (WikiConference/WikiConvention)
  • One World Birthday (event celebrating Wikipedia's 20th birthday, January 15, 2021; Saturday morning in Asia, Friday afternoon/evening in the Americas, late night in Europe)

= Categories =

= Related pages =

Procedure and advice

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  • Create the page
  • Use or create a sub page of Wikipedia:Meetup to organize the meeting.
  • Make it easy to sign up, with simple subsections like Likely attendees, Possible attendees and Regrets for signup lists, as at Meetup/NYC.
  • See Wikipedia Meetups – A design pattern catalogue for advice about Locations, Timing, People, and Topics.
  • Attract attendees
  • Solicit invitations of geographically local Wikipedia users.
  • Create a geonotice request.
  • Create a list of Wikipedians interested in future and regular meetups for a given location where they can sign up (alternatively, userboxes with corresponding categories can be used).
  • Use an info box like {{Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne/Invite}} for mass invitations.
  • Use other media outside of Wikipedia to advertise to non-Wikipedia users
  • Post a couple of notices on Craigslist (free).
  • Word of mouth is always an option.
  • Don't be afraid to spam people: Make a big list like Meetup/NYC/Invite list from all people who have ever expressed interest in attending a meetup, as well as all people in categories like :Category:Wikipedians in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia userbox and other regional categories.
  • Don't manually post notices to all the editors who are listed in a geographical category. Simply post a request at WP:BOTREQ, asking for a bot owner to have a bot deliver the (specified) message to everyone in the category.
  • Place notices at talk pages like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philadelphia and even Talk:Philadelphia.
  • Contact your local chapter – if you have one – who will be able to contact people in the local area, or help you in other ways.
  • Organize event
  • Organize location
  • Organize eating arrangements
  • Settle on a definite time and place, and don't change it. If someone is just bold, people will know about the date a few weeks in advance (instead of a couple of days), which will make planning easier for individuals. Getting input from everyone is good, but you don't need a formal vote on everything, which can delay the process.
  • Consider whether you want any sort of agenda for the meetup (like a discussion on a specific topic, or forming a local chapter).

Pictures

A gallery from many different cities can be found at:

  • Meetup/Gallery
  • [http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_gallery Wikipedia 10 – Photo gallery]

Wikipedia Sommilon 1 participants1.JPG|First meetup
Dhaka, Bangladesh
July 14, 2007

Philadelphia Meetup5.jpg|Fifth meetup
Philadelphia, United States
November 11, 2007

Vancouver meetup 2008.jpg|First meetup
Vancouver, Canada
May 5, 2008

Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 Mumbai 2521.jpg|1st WikiMeetup
Mumbai
September 20, 2010

Wikimeetup1_Delhi_Sep2010_563.jpg|1st WikiMeetup
New Delhi
September 22, 2010

Wikimeetup19_Blore_0556.JPG|19th Bangalore Meetup
Bangalore
September 24, 2010

Wikimeetup Kolkata1 Dec2010 1387.jpg|1st WikiMeetup
Kolkata
December 11, 2010

4First Odia Wikipedia Workshop, Bengaluru-6-3-2011.JPG|[https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ମେଳଣ/ବେଙ୍ଗାଳୁରୁ/ବେଙ୍ଗାଳୁରୁ୧ Bangalore Odia Wiki Workshop]
Bangalore
March 6, 2011

Wikimedia Kenya Chapter Members pose for a group photo after a meet up on 26th May 2012..JPG|[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Kenya Wikimedia Kenya meet up]
Kenya
May 26, 2012

WPMCTG3 (2).JPG|Third meetup
Chittagong
February 7, 2015

AfroCROWD Kickoff Attendees.jpg|AfroCROWD Kickoff Event
Brooklyn, United States
February 7 and 8, 2015

2015 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.JPG|2015 Art+Feminism @ MoMA
New York City, United States
March 7, 2015

File:Wikipedia Singapore Meetup 8.JPG|Wikipedia Singapore Meetup 8 @ National Library, Singapore
November 8, 2015

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 1.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 1 @ Mall of Medini, Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia
May 22, 2016

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 1.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 1 @ Berjaya Times Square, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
June 5, 2016

File:Wikipedia Selangor Meetup 1.jpg|Wikipedia Selangor Meetup 1 @ Sudo Brew, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
December 11, 2016

File:Wikipedia Selangor Meetup 2.jpg|Wikipedia Selangor Meetup 2 @ Sunway Tower, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
February 25, 2017

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 2.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 2 @ Feeka Coffee Roasters, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 22, 2017

File:Wikimedia Indonesia-Malaysia Meetup 1.jpg|Wikipedia Indonesia-Malaysia Meetup 1 @ Wikimedia Indonesia Chapter Headquarters, Menteng, Jakarta, Indonesia
August 10, 2017

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 2.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 2 @ Larkin 2 National Primary School, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
October 8, 2017

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 3.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 3 @ Big Bites Café, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
October 22, 2017

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 4.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 4 @ Crescendo International College, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
December 9, 2017

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 5.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 5 @ Sunway College Johor Bahru, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
January 20, 2018

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 6.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 6 @ Q House, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
February 24, 2018

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 7.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 7 @ Handicapped and Mentally Disabled Children Association Johor Bahru, Saleng, Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia
April 14, 2018

File:Wikimedia Malaysia-Taiwan Meetup 1.jpg|Wikipedia Malaysia-Taiwan Meetup 1 @ Leaf Cafe, Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan
April 28, 2018

File:Wikipedia Sabah 1 Meetup Group Photo.jpg|Wikipedia Sabah Meetup 1 @ Sandakan District Education Office, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
May 17, 2018

File:GeekCamp Kuala Lumpur 2018.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur 3 @ AIA Cap Square Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
June 30, 2018

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 8.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 8 @ Crescendo International College, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
July 14, 2018

File:1st Kelantan Meetup.jpg|Wikipedia Kelantan Meetup 1 @ Kamil National High School, Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, Malaysia
Augusts 6, 2018

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 4.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 4 @ Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
August 26, 2018

File:Wikimedia Indonesia-Malaysia Meetup 2.jpg|Wikipedia Indonesia-Malaysia Meetup 2 @ Wikimedia Indonesia Chapter Headquarters, Menteng, Jakarta, Indonesia
September 10, 2018

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 5.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 5 @ Malaysia Design Archive, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
September 15, 2018

File:Wikipedia Melaka Meetup 1.jpg|Wikipedia Melaka Meetup 1 @ Multimedia University, Bukit Beruang, Melaka, Malaysia
October 10, 2018

File:WCUGMatPNM2018.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 6 @ National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 12, 2018

File:Wikipedia Penang 1 Meetup Presenting.jpg|Wikipedia Penang Meetup 1 @ University of Science, Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
December 12, 2018

File:Wikipedia Kedah Meetup 1.jpg|Wikipedia Kedah Meetup 1 @ Northern University of Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
April 14, 2019

File:Kelantan Meetup 2.jpg|Wikipedia Kelantan Meetup 2 @ Sungai Petai National High School, Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, Malaysia
April 24, 2019

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 9.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 9 @ Pelangi Plaza, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
May 1, 2019

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 10.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 10 @ Pelangi Plaza, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
May 19, 2019

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 11.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 11 @ Johor Bahru City Square, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
May 31, 2019

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 12.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 12 @ Crescendo International College, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
June 22, 2019

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 13.jpg|Wikipedia Johor Meetup 13 @ Pelangi Plaza, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
July 25, 2019

File:Wikimedia Malaysia x National Library Malaysia 2019 - 006.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 7 @ National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
August 1, 2019

File:Malaysia-Thailand meetup 1 - Group photo.jpg|Wikipedia Malaysia-Thailand Meetup 1 @ Thaksin University, Hat Yai, Thailand
September 5, 2019

File:Wikimedia Penang Meetup 2.jpg|Wikipedia Penang Meetup 2 @ University of Science, Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
October 9, 2019

File:Wikipedia Kelantan Meetup 3.1.1.jpg|Wikipedia Kelantan Meetup 3 @ KFC, Pasir Puteh District, Kelantan, Malaysia
October 31, 2019

File:Wikipedia Kelantan Meetup 4.6.jpg|Wikipedia Kelantan Meetup 4 @ Taman Masjid Ibrahimi, Pasir Puteh District, Kelantan, Malaysia
November 9, 2019

File:Sabah 2 Wikipedia Meetup.jpg|Wikipedia Sabah Meetup 2 @ Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
December 24, 2020

File:Wikipedia Sabah Meetup 3.jpg|Wikipedia Sabah Meetup 3 @ Harbour City, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
December 30, 2020

File:Wikipedia Meetup Sabah 4.jpg|Wikipedia Sabah Meetup 4 @ Harbour City, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
January 3, 2021

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 8.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 8 @ University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November 10, 2021

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 14.jpg|Wikipedia Johor 14 @ Sutera Mall, Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
December 12, 2021

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 15.jpg|Wikipedia Johor 15 @ Treasure Trove, Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
February 16, 2022

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 9.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur 9 @ Sunway Velocity Mall, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 20, 2022

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 10.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur 10 @ Kuala Lumpur Library, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 21, 2022

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 11.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur 11 @ Malaysia Tourism Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
June 4, 2022

File:Wikipedia Johor Meetup 16.jpg|Wikipedia Johor 16 @ Paradigm Mall, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
July 2, 2022

File:Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 13.jpg|Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur 13 @ Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 16, 2022

Tools

  • [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Systemic_bias_workshop_kit.pdf Systemic Bias Workshop Kit]

See also

External links

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{{Wikipedia:Meetup Box}}

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