Jump to content

Wikipedia:Meetup/San Diego/September 2017 - 1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia Meetups
   July 2025 +/-
Christchurch 40 July 6, 2025 (2025-07-06)
San Diego 124 July 12, 2025 (2025-07-12)
San Francisco Wiknic July 12, 2025 (2025-07-12)
London 218 July 13, 2025 (2025-07-13)
Chicago Wiknic July 13, 2025 (2025-07-13)
Cape Town 50 July 19, 2025 (2025-07-19)
Johannesburg 19 July 19, 2025 (2025-07-19)
Minnesota Wiknic July 19, 2025 (2025-07-19)
Oxford 113 July 20, 2025 (2025-07-20)
Edinburgh 22 July 26, 2025 (2025-07-26)
   August 2025 +/-
Christchurch 41 August 3, 2025 (2025-08-03)
San Ysidro (San Diego 125) August 9, 2025 (2025-08-09)
London 219 August 10, 2025 (2025-08-10)
Aberdeen 4 August 25, 2025 (2025-08-25)
Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta
For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta

Everyone is cordially invited to attend a Wikiphoto scavenger hunt in San Diego County. This should be the 24th Wikipedia meetup in San Diego County.

Wikipedia is one of the leading resources of knowledge for anyone who has access to the internet. Make an impact by helping contribute to the free encyclopedia which anyone can edit, by adding free images to articles that need them. Come join us as we go over the basics of photography, and collaborate in improving content.

Meetup details

[edit]
  • Date: September 17, 2017
  • Start time: 12:00PM PDT / 1200
    • End Time: 5:00PM PDT / 1700
  • Location: Mission Valley Branch Library

Getting there

[edit]

Mission Valley Branch library is in a central location located not too far from the beginning of Interstate 15, Interstate 8, and along a San Diego Trolley line which has a station in walking distance.

Goals

[edit]

The goal of this event are:

  • Utilize photography to contribute new files to Wikimedia Commons to potentially be utilized to in articles related to those photographs in Wikipedia.
    • Wifi will be available for those bringing their own devices (required for uploading photographs).
  • Update attendees on the current status of the user group application

Proposed itinerary

[edit]

12:00PM / 1200 - 12:40PM / 1240: Initial gathering. Receive a list of locations which need a photograph. Separate into teams to take photographs.

12:40PM / 1240 - 4:00 PM /1600: Travel around San Diego County to take photographs.

4:00 PM / 1600 - 5:00 PM / 1700: Final gathering. Upload photographs to Wikimedia Commons.

Attendee list

[edit]

Hosts

[edit]

Those interested in attending, who please include your name in the category that best fits:

Likely

[edit]

Maybe

[edit]

Regrets

[edit]

Articles which we have contributed to

[edit]
[edit]