Wikimedia NYC
@wikimedianyc.bsky.social
We are the regional Wikimedia chapter serving the New York City metropolitan area. Event calendar at enwp.org/WP:WMNYC
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Kelly Street Garden for an incredible edit-a-thon focused on improving content about community gardens in New York City on Wikimedia 🪴We had a great time learning about local food systems and the impact Kelly Street Garden has on the community in the Bronx.
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Kelly Street Garden for an incredible edit-a-thon focused on improving content about community gardens in New York City on Wikimedia 🪴We had a great time learning about local food systems and the impact Kelly Street Garden has on the community in the Bronx.
Join us this Saturday, November 15th from 12pm to 4pm for a special #Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon at Kelly Street Garden, a community garden in the Bronx. We'll be editing articles about the unique farming and garden ecosystem in New York! 🪴 RSVP here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:K...
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Join us this Saturday, November 15th from 12pm to 4pm for a special #Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon at Kelly Street Garden, a community garden in the Bronx. We'll be editing articles about the unique farming and garden ecosystem in New York! 🪴 RSVP here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:K...
If you’re in Austin TX and you're feeling Wikicurious, join us at the APL Central Branch this Sunday (Nov 2) and share in the experience of editing Wikipedia!
Tix: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark.bsky.social philanthropies.
#austin #wikipedia
Tix: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark.bsky.social philanthropies.
#austin #wikipedia
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you’re in Austin TX and you're feeling Wikicurious, join us at the APL Central Branch this Sunday (Nov 2) and share in the experience of editing Wikipedia!
Tix: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark.bsky.social philanthropies.
#austin #wikipedia
Tix: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark.bsky.social philanthropies.
#austin #wikipedia
New to Wikipedia? Join us and learn the ropes! Are you an experienced as an editor? Show your love for our city by creating & updating pages highlighted by the recent NYC 400 campaign. Join us at @citytechlibrary.bsky.social on Thurs Nov 6 4-8pm.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-...
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New to Wikipedia? Join us and learn the ropes! Are you an experienced as an editor? Show your love for our city by creating & updating pages highlighted by the recent NYC 400 campaign. Join us at @citytechlibrary.bsky.social on Thurs Nov 6 4-8pm.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-...
Big announcement at #wikiconferenceNA 2025: Next year's conference will be hosted by @wikimediacanada.bsky.social in the Festival City, the home of the largest urban park in N America (22x the size of Central Park), and Canada's sunniest city... Edmonton! #yeg #wikiconferenceNA
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Big announcement at #wikiconferenceNA 2025: Next year's conference will be hosted by @wikimediacanada.bsky.social in the Festival City, the home of the largest urban park in N America (22x the size of Central Park), and Canada's sunniest city... Edmonton! #yeg #wikiconferenceNA
It's Day 3, our final day at Wikiconference North America 2025. The morning is kicking off with a panel discussion, with a jam-packed schedule after that. There are some new additions to the program, so please have a look to plan your day: wikiconference.org/wiki/2025/Pr....
#wikiconferenceNA
#wikiconferenceNA
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It's Day 3, our final day at Wikiconference North America 2025. The morning is kicking off with a panel discussion, with a jam-packed schedule after that. There are some new additions to the program, so please have a look to plan your day: wikiconference.org/wiki/2025/Pr....
#wikiconferenceNA
#wikiconferenceNA
And that's a wrap of Day 2 of #wikiconferenceNA 2025! Despite a challenging first day that saw the conference paused to deal with a serious incident, the community came back today with energy, enthusiasm and new ideas for making Wikimedia better. Be sure to follow along tomorrow! #wikiconferencena
October 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
And that's a wrap of Day 2 of #wikiconferenceNA 2025! Despite a challenging first day that saw the conference paused to deal with a serious incident, the community came back today with energy, enthusiasm and new ideas for making Wikimedia better. Be sure to follow along tomorrow! #wikiconferencena
Update: The correct hashtag is #wikiconferenceNA !
And make sure you get your picture taken with the backdrop!
And make sure you get your picture taken with the backdrop!
October 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Update: The correct hashtag is #wikiconferenceNA !
And make sure you get your picture taken with the backdrop!
And make sure you get your picture taken with the backdrop!
Day 2 of #wikiconferenceNA is in full swing, with 3 tracks of presentations occurring on 2 floors, dozens of presenters, 200 attendees+, both in-person & online, and a whole lot of tasty snacks & drinks. Follow along at #wikiconferenceNA and check the program here: wikiconference.org/wiki/2025/Pr...
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Day 2 of #wikiconferenceNA is in full swing, with 3 tracks of presentations occurring on 2 floors, dozens of presenters, 200 attendees+, both in-person & online, and a whole lot of tasty snacks & drinks. Follow along at #wikiconferenceNA and check the program here: wikiconference.org/wiki/2025/Pr...
At #wikiconfereneNA 2025? Make sure you get your photo taken with our fabulous backdrop!
October 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
At #wikiconfereneNA 2025? Make sure you get your photo taken with our fabulous backdrop!
The second day of Wikiconference North America 2025 kicks off today with an enlightening and highly entertaining talk with longtime Wikipedia champion @craignewmark.bsky.social and @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social. Follow along as we post updates today! #wikiconferenceNA
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The second day of Wikiconference North America 2025 kicks off today with an enlightening and highly entertaining talk with longtime Wikipedia champion @craignewmark.bsky.social and @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social. Follow along as we post updates today! #wikiconferenceNA
The #wikiconferenceNA 2025 Culture Crawl in NYC this year also includes a Flushing Food Tour! Flushing, Queens features diverse communities and cuisines from around the globe — and the Culture Crawl will take you on a food tour to explore them! (Image by chaddavis. photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.)
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The #wikiconferenceNA 2025 Culture Crawl in NYC this year also includes a Flushing Food Tour! Flushing, Queens features diverse communities and cuisines from around the globe — and the Culture Crawl will take you on a food tour to explore them! (Image by chaddavis. photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.)
This year's #wikiconferenceNA Culture Crawl features The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building — often called the main branch of New York’s public library system and known for its humanities and social sciences research collections and its Beaux-Arts architecture. (Image by bryansjs, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This year's #wikiconferenceNA Culture Crawl features The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building — often called the main branch of New York’s public library system and known for its humanities and social sciences research collections and its Beaux-Arts architecture. (Image by bryansjs, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
@PosterHouseNYC, the first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters, is another #wikiconferenceNA Culture Crawl highlight this year. (Image by Karl Schultz, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
@PosterHouseNYC, the first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters, is another #wikiconferenceNA Culture Crawl highlight this year. (Image by Karl Schultz, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)
The @frickcollection is also on the Culture Crawl. The Frick is a leading museum & research center featuring 14-19th-century European paintings, plus the Frick Art Research Library — a collection of books, periodicals, photographs, and more. (Image by Razvan Dinu, CC BY 4.0.) #WikiconferenceNA
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The @frickcollection is also on the Culture Crawl. The Frick is a leading museum & research center featuring 14-19th-century European paintings, plus the Frick Art Research Library — a collection of books, periodicals, photographs, and more. (Image by Razvan Dinu, CC BY 4.0.) #WikiconferenceNA
Participants on the #WikiconferenceNA 2025 Culture Crawl can visit NYC's @metmuseum.org! Known as the Met, it's the 3rd-largest museum in the world, the largest art museum in the Americas, and the 4th-most visited art museum in the world. (Image from Wikimedia Commons, by Hugo Schneider, CC BY 4.0)
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Participants on the #WikiconferenceNA 2025 Culture Crawl can visit NYC's @metmuseum.org! Known as the Met, it's the 3rd-largest museum in the world, the largest art museum in the Americas, and the 4th-most visited art museum in the world. (Image from Wikimedia Commons, by Hugo Schneider, CC BY 4.0)
On Sep 19, we held Wikipedia NYC 400 Edit-A-Thon: Nueva Yol to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. Participants worked on new, existing pages about Latinx New Yorkers & history, including #NYC400 campaign. BIG thanks to latinxprojnyu.bsky.social for hosting, partnering w/ us, and to artist Mars Ramos
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
On Sep 19, we held Wikipedia NYC 400 Edit-A-Thon: Nueva Yol to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. Participants worked on new, existing pages about Latinx New Yorkers & history, including #NYC400 campaign. BIG thanks to latinxprojnyu.bsky.social for hosting, partnering w/ us, and to artist Mars Ramos
The registration deadline for WikiConference North America 2025 is tomorrow, Sept 30th, and we're unfortunately already sold out! 😮 But don't worry, you can register for a virtual ticket and join us online or join the waitlist for in person participation: wikiconference.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The registration deadline for WikiConference North America 2025 is tomorrow, Sept 30th, and we're unfortunately already sold out! 😮 But don't worry, you can register for a virtual ticket and join us online or join the waitlist for in person participation: wikiconference.org
1) How does #GenAI shape Wikipedia editing? Next month @ Wikiconference N America (Oct 16-19), members of @cuny.edu’s Wikimedian-in-Residence project, w/ support from @craignewmark.bsky.social Philanthropies, share how genAI is used in a Wikipedia-based writing course.
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
1) How does #GenAI shape Wikipedia editing? Next month @ Wikiconference N America (Oct 16-19), members of @cuny.edu’s Wikimedian-in-Residence project, w/ support from @craignewmark.bsky.social Philanthropies, share how genAI is used in a Wikipedia-based writing course.
Join developers, designers, and #Wikipedia enthusiasts from Oct 3rd to 5th for a weekend of creative hacking! We're building games and interactive experiences powered by the world's largest encyclopedia 🕹️💻 Apply to attend here: wikigamejam.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join developers, designers, and #Wikipedia enthusiasts from Oct 3rd to 5th for a weekend of creative hacking! We're building games and interactive experiences powered by the world's largest encyclopedia 🕹️💻 Apply to attend here: wikigamejam.org
We’re excited to report that our partners at @cuny.edu @craignewmark.bsky.social Wikimedian-in-Residence project recently presented along with Wikimedia NYC at #Wikimania Nairobi, the 20th edition of the Wikimedia movement's annual conference 😍 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UcJ...
August 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We’re excited to report that our partners at @cuny.edu @craignewmark.bsky.social Wikimedian-in-Residence project recently presented along with Wikimedia NYC at #Wikimania Nairobi, the 20th edition of the Wikimedia movement's annual conference 😍 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UcJ...
2/ Bonus record swap: Editing to the Beat (Miami, August 30th) will kick off earlier in the afternoon with an open spin and record swap. Bring your favorite Latin music records and sign up for a half hour session where you will provide the soundtrack for the Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon.
August 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
2/ Bonus record swap: Editing to the Beat (Miami, August 30th) will kick off earlier in the afternoon with an open spin and record swap. Bring your favorite Latin music records and sign up for a half hour session where you will provide the soundtrack for the Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon.
Since 2020 only about 15% of Wikipedia editors identify as women. Earlier this month, we worked with @womendonews.bsky.social to help close that gender gap 💻 Thanks to @craignewmark.bsky.social for supporting this project and helping to safeguard the integrity of journalism and free press! 😍
July 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Since 2020 only about 15% of Wikipedia editors identify as women. Earlier this month, we worked with @womendonews.bsky.social to help close that gender gap 💻 Thanks to @craignewmark.bsky.social for supporting this project and helping to safeguard the integrity of journalism and free press! 😍
Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat is headed to Miami to groove to Caribbean & Latin Music! Join us on Aug 30 from 12-5:30pm at the Miami-Dade Public Library to learn to edit #Wikipedia.
RSVP at our event calendar in bio.
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark Philanthropies.
RSVP at our event calendar in bio.
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark Philanthropies.
July 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat is headed to Miami to groove to Caribbean & Latin Music! Join us on Aug 30 from 12-5:30pm at the Miami-Dade Public Library to learn to edit #Wikipedia.
RSVP at our event calendar in bio.
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark Philanthropies.
RSVP at our event calendar in bio.
Wikicurious is supported by @craignewmark Philanthropies.
Thank you to Washington Square Park for hosting our first Wiknic of the year! Despite a random burst of rain 🤣 we had a great time exploring the park and West Village neighborhood to take photos for Wikimedia Commons as part of our Wikipedia #NYC400 project ☔️ @craignewmark.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thank you to Washington Square Park for hosting our first Wiknic of the year! Despite a random burst of rain 🤣 we had a great time exploring the park and West Village neighborhood to take photos for Wikimedia Commons as part of our Wikipedia #NYC400 project ☔️ @craignewmark.bsky.social