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The English Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001. The 20th anniversary will be January 15, 2021.

Although we cannot celebrate in person, we will have several events to mark the occasion. All are welcome!

==Friday, January 15 2021 schedule==

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11:00-12:00 ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210115T160000&p1=43 convert time])[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Global_event Global broadcast: virtual birthday celebration of Wikipedia]Wikimedia Foundation[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGAGfSObOw&feature=youtu.be YouTube]
12:30-14:00 ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210115T173000&p1=43 convert time])Wikipedia @20 panel
Join contributors to [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/ Wikipedia @20], published by MIT Press, as they discuss the history and future of Wikipedia. What's changed -- or even flipped -- over the 20 years of Wikipedia's development, and what has stayed the same?		Phoebe, Reagle[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJN4NmzX4Y View on Youtube here]. (You can [https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/wikipedia20 register here] to get a reminder email/calendar invite, registration not required)
17:00-18:00 ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210115T220000&p1=43 convert time])Happy Birthday Wikipedia happy hour
Join friends and colleagues to socialize in the wonder.me lounge, see a quick video retrospective and toast to Wikipedia's 20th birthday (at 17:30EST), sponsored by WikiConference North America		Phoebe, Fuzheado[http://lounge.wcna.wiki WCNA lounge]
18:00-19:00 ([https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210115T230000&p1=43 convert time])Wikipedia Day 2021 NYC
We will begin the event with the debut of a new video celebrating our New York City community. This will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the 20 Wiki-Yorkers you'll see in the video talking about Wikipedia's 20th anniversary, and the amazing work they do on Wikimedia projects locally angd globally.		Wikimedia NYC[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbqxsJaTDQM YouTube]

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==Wikipedia @20 details==

Join us Friday, Jan 15 at 12:30EST for a panel with contributors to the book [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org Wikipedia@20], co-hosted by Wikimedia New England, Wikipedia Weekly and the [https://libraries.mit.edu MIT Libraries]. You can view the panel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxQyART6xV4 here], via the Wikipedia Weekly channel.

Panelists will include:

  • Joseph Reagle, collection editor, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/l59g0pbd/release/2 The Many (Reported) Deaths of Wikipedia]
  • Jackie Koerner, collection editor, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/rpamp9jh/release/2 Wikipedia Has a Bias Problem]
  • Brian Keegan, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/dj6frhgz/release/2 An Encyclopedia with Breaking News]
  • Phoebe Ayers, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/si6bc9pb/release/2 Wikipedia and Libraries]
  • Alexandria Lockett, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/37r377zs/release/2 Why Do I Have Authority to Edit the Page? The Politics of User Agency and Participation on Wikipedia]
  • Denny Vrandečić, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/svu3uy1z/release/2 Collaborating on the Sum of All Knowledge Across Languages]
  • Benjamin Mako Hill, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/fgas2h4l The Most Important Laboratory for Social Scientific and Computing Research in History]
  • Siân Evans, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/llx97ml5/release/2 What We Talk About When We Talk About Community]
  • Stephen Harrison, [https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/u1f6cq5i/release/2 From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia’s First Two Decades]

Moderated by Andrew Lih, author of the The Wikipedia Revolution

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxQyART6xV4 View on Youtube here].

You can [https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/wikipedia20 register here] to get a reminder email/calendar invite, registration not required.

We had a similar panel with different contributors to the collection at WikiConference North America, in November 2019; see video of that panel [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Streaming here].

==Other events happening before / after==

Registration

  • Everyone is welcome. Registration is not required, but you can [https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/wikipedia20 register for the panel here] in order to get an email reminder. You can also sign up below to indicate interest: