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+ | You were invited to Cambridge, Massachusetts to join Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts for the annual continental conference. |
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− | '''WikiConference North America''' is the annual conference of Wikimedia enthusiasts and volunteers from throughout North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The 2019 conference |
+ | '''WikiConference North America''' is the annual conference of Wikimedia enthusiasts and volunteers from throughout North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The 2019 conference took place in '''[[w:Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge, Massachusetts]]''', '''November 8–11'''. Wikipedia, -media, -data, and -cite enthusiasts joined for a long weekend of collaboration and discovery. |
* Our main '''host''' is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
* Our main '''host''' is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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* This year's '''theme''' is ''reliability / credibility'' |
* This year's '''theme''' is ''reliability / credibility'' |
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* Conference '''[[2019/Activities|activities]]''' and fun facts -- events, awards, sockpuppet-making workshops |
* Conference '''[[2019/Activities|activities]]''' and fun facts -- events, awards, sockpuppet-making workshops |
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* Participate remotely with our '''[[2019/Livestream|live stream]]s''' of the three main rooms, and associated chat channel. |
* Participate remotely with our '''[[2019/Livestream|live stream]]s''' of the three main rooms, and associated chat channel. |
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+ | * View our '''[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiConference_North_America_2019 photos]'''. |
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==Conference overview== |
==Conference overview== |
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+ | [[File:MFA, Boston, MASS.JPG|thumb|Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] |
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; Culture Crawl Day – explore local museums and cultural institutions while editing Wikipedia and learning about Wikimedia projects |
; Culture Crawl Day – explore local museums and cultural institutions while editing Wikipedia and learning about Wikimedia projects |
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* '''Location''': Museum of Fine Arts, as well as cultural institutions in downtown Boston and Cambridge |
* '''Location''': Museum of Fine Arts, as well as cultural institutions in downtown Boston and Cambridge |
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* '''Time''': 9:00am-5:00pm |
* '''Time''': 9:00am-5:00pm |
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* '''Events''': |
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− | ** Participants |
+ | ** Participants visited local museums and cultural institutions for free backstage tours, edit-a-thons, and more. |
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+ | ** 4+ training sessions were held around [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM|GLAM]] and [[:d:Wikidata:Main_Page|Wikidata]]. |
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+ | ** It kicked off our conference-long hackathon, challenging participants to tackle problems around information reliability. |
* '''Friday night reception''': [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Activities#Evening_events Waterworks Museum, Downtown Boston] |
* '''Friday night reception''': [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Activities#Evening_events Waterworks Museum, Downtown Boston] |
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;Three full days of presentations, panels, discussions, workshops, poster sessions, and lightning talks |
;Three full days of presentations, panels, discussions, workshops, poster sessions, and lightning talks |
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* '''Location''': MIT's Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus; 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge MA 02139, [http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32 link to map] |
* '''Location''': MIT's Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus; 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge MA 02139, [http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32 link to map] |
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**Monday times to be announced. |
**Monday times to be announced. |
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* '''Events''': |
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− | ** Saturday and Sunday: Participants |
+ | ** Saturday and Sunday: Participants joined sessions on themes including credibility and reliability; education with Wikimedia projects; news and current events; citations and sourcing; relationship building & support; inclusion & diversity; editor recruitment and retention; tech & tools; and harassment, civility, & safety. |
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+ | ** Monday was a reliability summit + conclusion of the hackathon, providing a deep-dive into issues surrounding reliability of information. |
* '''Saturday night reception''': [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Activities#Evening_events MIT Museum, Cambridge] |
* '''Saturday night reception''': [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Activities#Evening_events MIT Museum, Cambridge] |
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− | The conference |
+ | The conference was organized by a team of '''[[2019/Volunteers|volunteer Wikimedians]]''' from all over North America. THANK YOU to our volunteers, reviewers and team. Volunteers simply [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfh4x1yzqiAuwbkHvy2BaIVTLAxj6UP5DbXcfC-bUSdz67hyg/viewform filled out our volunteer form] and [[2019/Volunteers|added their names to the wiki]].<br /> <br /> |
2019 steering committee: |
2019 steering committee: |