Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2024

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Wikipedia Day 2024 NYC
Date	Sunday, Jan 14, 2024 9:15 am – 5:00 pm
Location	2950 Broadway Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University
Hosts	Brown Institute for Media Innovation with Wikimedia NYC
Livestreaming (broadcast-only mode)	Lecture Hall World Room

Wikipedia Day NYC is happening on Sunday, Jan 14, 2024. It is hosted by the Brown Institute for Media Innovation with Wikimedia NYC.

• Location: 2950 Broadway, Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University. Pulitzer Hall is on the Broadway side of Columbia's Morningside Campus, between 115th and 116th Streets. See the Morningside Campus maps on Columbia's website for exact location.
• Special focus this year will be Artificial intelligence in Wikimedia projects!
• At the venue:

• Please be prepared to show a valid Photo ID at front desk. Eventbrite RSVP is required: At present, Eventbrite has filled all available reservations for the event, but it is possible to have your name put onto the Eventbrite waitlist. See the talk page for more details.
• Because we are expecting a full house, we are instituting a COVID masking policy

• Out of an abundance of caution, we will require attendees to wear masks indoors except when eating (or presenting a talk).
• Masks will be available on site for you to wear.

• All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and to participate in person you should be vaccinated.

For events in other cities (including Boston and Toronto), see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Day § Wikipedia Day 2024.

Start time	Lecture Hall Live stream over Zoom webinar	World Room Live stream over Zoom webinar	Playpen/Hackathon Space Ground level/2nd floor
9:15 am	Doors open!	Morning Social with Coffee & Bagels	Drop in throughout the day, use the workspace to learn more about Wikipedia editing, or how to upload images to Wikimedia Commons.
10:00 am	Welcome from Wikimedia NYC + Brown Institute Mark Hansen and Molly Stark Dean Roundtable: Wiki + News + AI A discussion about the state of Wikipedia and its relationship to the current journalism landscape. How do recent advances in AI affect both of them and public access to knowledge? Moderator: Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) Panelists: Julia Angwin (Founder, The Markup) Aimee Rinehart (Associated Press) Sree Sreenivasan (Digimentors, Creator of the "Non-Scary Guide to AI")	Overflow	Introduction to writing, editing, tools (10:15 am start) 101 slides
11am	~ 15 minute break ~
11:15 am	Depths of Wikipedia Deep Dive Hosted by Annie Rauwerda, @depthsofwikipedia	Overflow	Open editing
noon	~ 15 minute break ~
12:15 pm	Bias, AI & Wikipedia: Problems, Progress and Projects Panel Moderator: Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, User:Rosiestep) Panelists: Sherry Antoine (Executive Director, AfroCrowd) Jordan McRae, Wikimedia Foundation Eleonore Fournier-Tombs James Forrester, Wikimedia Foundation Molly Stark Dean, Women Do News	AI Art + Archives Speaker: Eryk Salvaggio (interdisciplinary design researcher and new media artist, User:Owlsmcgee)	Discover more about WikiProject New York City Open editing
1:00 pm	~ LUNCH ~
2:00 pm	Lightning Talks Five minute quick talks from the Wikimedia community (sign up below)	Wikimedia AI Futures Conversation Moderator: Richard Knipel Panelists: Amir Aharoni Dr. X Isaac Johnson Lane Rasberry	Open editing
2:45 pm	~ 15 minute break ~
3:00 pm	Abstract Wikipedia: Language vs Knowledge Speaker: James Forrester, Wikimedia Foundation (User:Jdforrester) (Slides; Notes/Comments/Questions)	Reliable Sources Conversation Panelists: Jenny 8. Lee (Hacks/Hackers, Credibility Coalition) Kevin Payravi (User:SuperHamster) (slides) (Notes/Comments/Questions)	Open editing
3:45 pm	~ 15 minute break ~
4:00 pm	Closing Plenary Session Reflections on the Future of Wikipedia with panelists from the day's sessions In conversation with Noam Cohen Technology journalist, NY Times, et al. Call to Action, How to Stay Involved Etherpad: Notes/Comments/Questions	Overflow
4:30 pm	~ Group photo + Wiki-cake ~
5:15 pm	~ Event concludes ~

ISOC-NY ran a webcast

• Lecture Room (am)
• Lecture Room (pm)
• World Room
  

Add your 3-5 minute lightning talk here! Lightning talks may cover a wide range of topics related to Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and AI as relevant to the larger free culture movement, although we ask that lightning talks aren't used to promote or sell products and services. We have space on the schedule for about 10 of them. Topics may be subject to review by event volunteers, so signing up here doesn't guarantee you'll go on. For any questions about lightning talks please contact User:Enterprisey.

LIGHTNING TALK PRESENTERS: IF you have slides, please either upload them as PDFs to Wikimedia Commons and post a link here, bring them in on USB drives as PDFs, or, if you're using Google Slides or similar software, post a link to them here. Fortunately, the deadline is when you go on stage for your talk. Doing so will avoid tech surprises on the day of. Due to venue tech limitations, we cannot guarantee being able to show your visual aids otherwise. Technical details: we have a podium computer, so if you're able to bring it up from that then we're good. Still, a link here will be helpful for future readers.

1. A little Wikipedia trivia, featuring questions from Depths of Wikipedia & myself. (We'll be brief!) Enterprisey (talk!) 07:23, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
2. Portal:Current events, the proudly boring and surprisingly popular online news source, and its potential for careful AI-assisted growth.--Pharos (talk) 20:10, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
3. Using LLMs to write Wikipedia content: What works, what doesn't. I will share my experience of trying to use Large Language Models, such at GPT4-32k, to summarize WP:RS for use in Wikipedia. The primary challenge is copyright violations.

   

   --Nowa (talk) 13:06, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
4. Postscript:Unfortunately, I had to cancel my plans today and won't be able to travel from Smallbany NY to attend. Would love to chat with a more experienced editor about my lightening talk topic. Wishing you all a great 2024 WIKIPEDIA DAY!! Gonna miss sharing the cake! sheridanford (talk) 14:15, 14 January 2024 (UTC) WP:ASSESS, Sharing insights from teaching WikiEdu course on Black American Music https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_at_Albany_SUNY/Black_American_Music_(Fall_2023)/home. Most articles on Black American music subjects are start or stub class articles. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_music. I want to explore if this is a systemic bias on the platform that needs attention. --sheridanford (talk) 13:55, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
5. Using AI to fight misinformation about the climate crisis, from a climate activist (although it looks like Eventbrite is full so I'm not sure if I'm registered) (also I don't know how to tag myself but my name is Jon)
6. Using primary sources and archival research - let's talk about this --InspireWithUs
7. My meta-Wiki experience and the limitations of planning Wikipedia Day using AI. Mollystarkdean (talk) 17:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
8. Free the sources! Over 11,000 serials that are the subjects of English Wikipedia articles are or might be public domain at least in part. I'll talk about improved tools now available here for researching their copyrights and publicizing free content we can put online from them. (Blog post with the content of the talk) JohnMarkOckerbloom (talk) 19:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
9. An artist's take on the Wikipedia:Sandbox; sharing the process of interpreting the communal digital space into a physical artifact. (Google Slides here) —Public Park (talk) 05:10, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
10. (very short) 9 years of going to these, and maybe also a bit about LLMs. Enterprisey (talk!) 19:10, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
11. (very, very, short) Topic is a surprise, but should only take about 30 seconds to present :-) RoySmith (talk) 01:38, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Main_Page_%28enwiki%29_14_Jan_2024.pdf
    • https://drive.google.com/file/d/19CbqwAq8Tbt8S06gYZ9AXNlV8Lh7oZZY/view?usp=sharing

    RoySmith (talk) 18:01, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

12. Overview of Picture of the Year. Legoktm (talk) 17:54, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
13. TOPIC CHANGE: Japanese Feature Phones: Challenges in Preservation and Methodologies in Reverse Engineering | Japanese Phone Preservation Project , Japanese Phone Article, Hack Manhattan Link Wikipedia: # Sidepocket (Sidepocket (talk)) 18:47, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
14. WWHSD? (Hari Seldon) (short) --Rosiestep (talk) 19:15, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
15. Gender: What's the deal with Gender on Commons? Gender Categories on Commons: Are these violating rules on assumptions; do these categories rely upon assumptions?

    Commons:Category:Adult_humans

    Commons:Category:Men

    Commons:Category:Women

    Commons:Category:Transgender

    CmdrDan (talk) 19:27, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

16. Using humor in Wiki - Case study of Korean wiki alternative Namu Wiki - JB

On-wiki RSVP is highly encouraged, but Eventbrite RSVP is required for the university's security desk.

• I've had a few... —71.105.243.101 (talk) 00:17, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  … but then again, too few to mention.  ;-) 2603:7000:743B:BE11:451D:570C:1E97:2F31 (talk) 07:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 08:24, 13 January 2024 (UTC) Eventbrite has me on waitlist.[reply]

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• oh but of course! Enterprisey (talk!) 05:13, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• yep! Ejgertz (talk) 14:32, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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• ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• sheridanford (talk) 13:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC). The EventBrite registration process says SOLD OUT. I already booked my travel from Albany. Is this going to be an issue?[reply]

@User:SheridanFord, the "sold out" issue is under discussion on the talk pageNowa (talk) 14:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There will be spots for all WMNYC members, dedicated Wikipedians, and anyone who RSVPed on the Wiki meetup page. Please join the waitlist for the time being. - Wil540 art (talk) 18:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Super! Thank you. Nowa (talk) 19:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I ended up catching the final session on ZOOM, so could me in as attending. sheridanford (talk) 21:49, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I already did the eventbrite but didn't do it here as well. Tduk (talk) 17:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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