Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston

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Wikimedians from Boston and the surrounding area meet most months, typically in casual get-togethers over food, to talk about all things Wikimedia and beyond. We also organize and attend special events, like talks from distinguished speakers, edit-a-thons, photo scavenger hunts, and collaborations with local cultural institutions. For thoughts about the future of the group, including plans for major future events, see the New England Wikimedians Facebook.

Please sign up for an upcoming event, add a future event, fill out details, or link to pictures of earlier events! Connect with other local Wikimedians, or stop by and find out what Wikimedia is about! The Boston group has met since at least 2004.

Events are also discussed on the group mailing list.

Upcoming meetups and editathons

Recent meetups

2024

January 16, 2024: Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Boston and Beyond IAP 2024, virtually

2023

September 30, 2023: Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Casual Meetup at the MIT campus.
January 17, 2023 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Wikipedia 22th Anniversary Celebration at MIT 32-144

2021

April 22, 2021: Environmental Health Edit-a-thon in celebration of Earth Day, April 22, 2021, 3:00-6:00 PM ET. Hosted by Boston University Libraries.
Mar 20, 2021: Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative x 500WS Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Mar 20, 2021 12:00 PM ET (register here; dashboard)
January 15, 2021 Wikipedia 20 celebration global webcast & panel by contributors to the Wikipedia 20 collection
January 17, 2021 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Public Domain Day 2021 + Wikipedia 20th Anniversary Celebration, Virtual event hosted by New England Wikimedians
January 8, 2021 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Wikidata and public domain day

2020

February 1, 2020 Prince edit-a-thon at MIT! Join us to edit Wikipedia articles about the music of Prince. All are welcome. 1-5pm, 14N-132, MIT. RSVP here: www.mitprinceopedia.eventbrite.com
March 1, 2020 Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Deep Dive: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon -- 11am to 4pm, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, RSVP to the e-mail provided on the linked event page and receive free museum admission for the day.
March 28, 2020 Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge Public Library/Womens Suffrage 2020, Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch - postponed due to pandemic
March 31, 2020 Wikipedia:Meetup/Simmons University/Women's Suffrage and Civil Rights Activism 2020, Virtual edit-a-thon hosted by Simmons University and Wentworth Institute of Technology
April 23, 2020 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/BU_Earth_Day_50, Virtual Edit-a-thon hosted by Boston University Libraries
August 17-21, 2020 BIPOC Designers in the Built Environment, virtual edit-a-thon hosted by MIT

2019

Jan 15 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Public Domain Day 2019 -- 3-6pm (or later), MIT, 14N-132.
Feb 12 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Black History Month at Cambridge College 2019 -- 4-8pm, Cambridge College, Town Commons.
Feb 14 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Women Activists edit-a-thon at Simmons University 2019 -- 9:30am-4:30pm, Beatley Library, Simmons University
March 3 ICA Deep Dive: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon -- 11am - 4pm, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, RSVP to the e-mail provided in the event link to pre-register and receive free museum admission for the day.
Apr 5 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Art+Feminism at BU -- Friday, April 5, 2-5pm, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Mugar Library, Room 205, Boston, MA.
Nov 8 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/WikiConference_North_America_Culture_Crawl -- all day, 10 am to 6 pm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Fenway entrance, Trustees room

2018

Jan 9-11 Wikipedia Data + Editing Workshop, MIT -- 12-4pm each day, MIT Media Lab, E15-359.
Jan 18, Jan 24, Jan 31 2018 #1Lib1Ref Edit-a-thons at Boston College Libraries -- 11-12:30 pm each day, Boston College
Jan 26 Engineering Wikipedia edit-a-thon 2018 -- Jan. 26th, 1-5pm, MIT
Feb 9 New England New Play Alliance and HowlRound Hackathon -- February 9, 1pm-4pm, HowlRound
March 4, 2018 ICA/Boston Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon -- March 4, 2018, 11am-4pm, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, RSVP to wikipedia@icaboston.org to pre-register and receive free museum admission.
March 16, 2018 [1] -- March 16, 2018, 10am-4pm, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, RSVP here
March 30, 2018 Art+Feminism at MIT -- Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/MIT Art+Feminism 2018
July 10, 2018 Summer 2018 Edit-a-thon at BU
Nov 2, 2018 Women in Computing & Engineering at MIT
November 13, 2018 Makwande! Increasing Africa’s Presence on Wikipedia at BU

2017

January 14, 2017 Wikipedia 16th Birthday celebration, Saturday, January 14, 3-4pm, MIT Building 7, 4th floor, tables near Steam Cafe, Cambridge, MA
January 19, 2017 Women in Politics: Edit-a-thon at MIT Libraries, Thursday, January 19 from 1pm–5pm, MIT Building 4 Room 251, Cambridge, MA
March 11, 2017 Art + Feminism at MIT
April 21, 2017 BLT @ BU Arts Initiative #1
April 22, 2017 BLT @ BU Arts Initiative #2
September 30, 2017 Women in Architecture: Edit-a-thon at MIT, Saturday, September 30 from 11pm–2pm, MIT Building 10 room 401, Cambridge, MA
October 11, 2017 Open Access Month Edit-a-thon at BU, Wednesday, October 11 from 12pm-2pm, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level, Boston, MA
October 27, 2017 Open Access Week at MIT 2017, Friday October 27, 1-4:30p, MIT Building 14N room 132, Cambridge MA
November 19, 2017 Society of Biblical Literature editathon at Hynes Convention Center, Sunday, November 19 from 5:30-7:30 in Room 200 in the Hynes Convention Center
December 1, 2017, Decolonizing Wikipedia at Northeastern

2016

January 16, 2016 Wikipedia Day 15th Birthday Bash
January 22, 2016 Teaching with Wikipedia workshop @ MIT Libraries
January 22, 2016 Introduction to editing Wikipedia @ MIT Libraries Edit-a-thon
January 29, 2016 Writing Black History @ MIT Libraries Edit-a-thon
February 18, 2016 Seamless Astronomy Edit-a-thon @ Center for Astrophysics
March 5, 2016 Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon 2016 at MIT
April 9. 2016 Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Latino_Americans:_500_Years_of_History_Editathon_at_UMass_Lowell
May 12, 2016 Edit-a-thon on Desegregation and Social Justice in Boston at UMass Boston
July 16, 2016 Wiknic!
October 12, 2016 Open Access / Wikipedia Loves Libraries! at Northeastern
October 21, 2016 Images of Science and Technology at MIT Libraries
October 28, 2016 MIT Rare Books Edit-a-thon
November 6, 2016 Phillips Academy 2016
December 17, 2016 December 2016 Meetup: join us in Downtown Boston

2015

March 28: History of Lowell editathon, last one!!
August 19: American Chemical Society Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Notable Chemists and Chemistry
October 16: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon
October 28: Underrepresented Groups in Massachusetts History Edit-a-thon

Archived meetups

Wikimania

Our group did a lot to plan for and host Wikimania 2006. (For more on Wikimania see the public site, Wikimania 2006 wiki, planning info, the at-large discussion list, and the local list.)