As part of efforts to gain Olympic and Paralympic media accreditation for the 2014 Sochi Games, a meetup is being on 1pm December 2, 2012 at Tattered Covers. Details on these efforts can be found at IPC Nor-AM Cup. We will provide information on why people should contribute to Wikinews, how you can assist in reporting efforts, and otherwise have a Wikipedia meetup. If IRC is available, you can join in at #wikinewsconnect.
Date: December 2, 2012
Location:Tattered Covers in the cafe, 2526 East Colfax Avenue at Elizabeth Street, Denver
On December 1st, at 6:38 local time, a group of Australian Wikimedians is arriving via train (linky). As Colorado Wikimedians, wouldn't it be cool if we welcomed them to our fine country? As of right now, the plan is to greet the train, so the group will need to meet at 6:15 at the station. Car-pooling can (and should!) be arranged. Afterwards, we can all pile into cars and go to dinner at an inexpensive place close by.
This is a great chance to welcome fellow Wikimedians and make some new friends!
A group editathon: everybody breaks up into groups of 3-5 and create Wikipedia articles, incorporating images and media. Prizes are given out for the "best" article (but on what criteria?)
A competition to edit the most/best articles in the time given.
A WikiRace, in which people have to link together seemingly unrelated articles in some way, or to find the fewest links between two people.
A scavenger hunt, possibly held at the gorgeous Norlin Library late at night.
Backstage Pass events, in which librarians would show Wikipedians through UCB Libraries's collections.
Organizing outreach activities in concert with the UCB Libraries.
I know there's a really active Wikipedia community here (it sounds like you had a great bash for Wikipedia's 10th Anniversary!), so I'd love to know what you'd like to see happen for Wikipedia Loves Libraries or generally on the CU Boulder campus. If you are a CU Boulder student and would like to help organize this, please get in touch with me on my Wikipedia page, or leave a message for me here. Thanks! -- Gaurav (talk) 23:33, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The D Note works for me! The D Note is one mile north of the intersection of I-70, I-76, and SH-121 (Wadsworth Boulevard) and just a short walk from the Arvada Park-N-Ride. Buaidh 21:43, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That would be fun, and the D Note is a nice place, but I may still be up in the mountains. Anyway, thanks for organizing! ★NealMcB★ (talk) 00:30, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do these meetups happen often? I'm very interested in finding local Wikipedia users with whom I can trade useful information, as well as seek answers to some specific questions about pages on which I'm currently working. Timeinabottle8615 (talk) 20:47, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We've scheduled just these two meetings in Boulder and Arvada so far. I suspect we will try to have at least two meetings per year in Colorado if there is continued interest. Our membership is scattered across the state. Though most of our meetings will probably be in the Metro Denver Area, I hope we can meet in the Colorado Springs-Pueblo-Cañon City area, the Fort Collins-Greeley-Loveland area, and perhaps the West Slope in the future. (How about a meetup in the pool at Glenwood Hot Springs?) It's all a matter of how much interest there is out there. Please let me know what you think about future meetups in Colorado.
Well, I've got no particular plan :) Just providing a venue. All I know about Wikipedia beyond basic user stuff is what I've learned editing it since 2009. Are we spozed to have a particular agenda for these get-togethers!? :) JacquesDelaguerre (talk) 14:38, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It would be nice if you could also take advantage of the occasion to chat a bit about whatever local educational/cultural outreach projects that the Colorado tusk of the WALRUS committee might pursue :)--Pharos (talk) 05:01, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good meeting. Thanks for the pizza, Jacques! The D-Note would be a lovely place if there weren't a band practicing or playing music - way too loud to hear the conversation for many folks.... ★NealMcB★ (talk) 21:28, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for coming. Yeah, it was not LOUD loud but still hard for eight people to chat all at the same time :) I'm trying to think of a very cool shady summer outdoor place for meets with wifi and refreshments. Denver Zoo? JacquesDelaguerre (talk) 23:52, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
