Wikipedia:Meetup/St. Louis/16
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| When and Where | |
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| Date | Thursday, September 13, 2018 |
| Time | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
| Address | Venture Cafe, Chuck Berry Room 4240 Duncan Ave #200 (Second Floor check-in), St. Louis, MO 63110 |
| City, State | St. Louis, MO 63110 |
Want to Write History? Join seasoned Wikipedians in our regular meetups of St. Louis area Wikipedia editors and be introduced how you too may edit the world’s collection of Knowledge. Emphasis will be placed upon articles on Wikipedia of the region, reviewing the status of the St. Louis WikiProject, and identifying knowledge gaps in current articles.
This is the 16th Wikipedia Meetup! We will be meeting in the room called Chuck Berry from 7-8 pm. Please join the discussion to set the direction of the monthly meeting.
Event information
[edit]- Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018
- Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Location: Venture Café, RED ROOM
4240 Duncan Ave (Second Floor check-in), St. Louis, MO 63110 - Cost: Free!
- Please bring a laptop if possible or tablet or editing wikipedia device :)
There is free parking at Venture Café after 3 pm in the visitor parking lot, the surface lot on Duncan Avenue and at another surface lot at the corner of Sarah St. and Duncan Ave. There is also metered parking on the street. Or take MetroLink to the newly opened Cortex station. Upon arrival into the building front continue back all the way to the elevator and go to the second floor. Upon exit of the elevator, go left to see the big mass of people at the cafe. After you check in, you are allowed up to three free drinks. Our meetup will be in the room called Chuck Berry. Please ask a Venture Café staff where this is located if you do not already know.
What to expect
[edit]No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. This event is aimed at bringing together the Wikipedians in the St. Louis area and then also helping others learn howto edit Wikipedia. The event is guided by seasoned Wikipedians, so please do not be shy.
Event Structure
[edit]- Wiki Loves Monuments
- Wiki Conference North America
- Cortex Innovation Community
- Venture Cafe
- Discuss Conversion to a USER GROUP
- All like the idea, WIKIMEDIA MISSOURI. :)
Attending
[edit]- Jon Phillips
- Ckoerner (talk)
- Jackiekoerner
- Mark Schierbecker
- Carl Essen
- Strictly Business
- Add your name! :)
Event Invite
[edit]Prepare
[edit]- If possible, please register a Wikipedia account before the day of the event!
- If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get a head start with this this training module.
- Wikipedia markup cheatsheet
Proposals
[edit]- Create page for Cortex Innovation Community Jon Phillips (talk) 21:55, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
- Review current alerts on our project: Wikipedia:WikiProject_St._Louis/Article_alerts Jon Phillips (talk) 21:58, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Discussion
[edit]- Please discuss the event on the event talk page: Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/St._Louis/16
- I have placed my notes from the event on the talk page. Best, Jackiekoerner (talk) 03:54, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
External links
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