San Diego Wikimedians User Group
San Diego Wikimedians User Group is growing group of users, and contributors, of various Wikimedia Foundation projects, dedicated to helping build the momentum of the wiki movement. We are based in San Diego County. This is a recognized User Group ( US-SAN ).
Antecedent
editIn 2014, there was an effort to establish a user group in Southern California under the name Southern California Wikimedians, by various Wikimedians. In 2016, DrMel's wikiSoCal (an effort to engage with multiple open knowledge sources) took up the cause, holding various meetups in San Diego County, and worked on the planning for a conference in San Diego; this eventually evolved into WikiConference North America 2016. Attempts to create a user group with a significant geographic region of all of Southern California, was not approved, as it was seen as having too large of a geographic scope. Meetups/edit-a-thons continued to be held on a monthly basis in San Diego County until we received approval as an affiliate in August 2017 for the smaller geographic scope of San Diego County.
Goals
editWe are hoping to plan and host year round activities. In addition, we are working to partner with other existing Wikipedians, new and past volunteers, organizations, and schools around San Diego County and beyond.
Meetups
editMost meetups are in San Diego, but anyone is welcome to join us online. Event details are posted off wiki at meetup.com . In addition events are posted off wiki at facebook.com .
Content improvement
editWorking with Wikipedians from Wikiproject San Diego, Wikiproject California, and other wikiprojects, we seek to improve content within their scopes of interest.
Community engagement
editWe hope to partner with local organizations, in order to assist us in spreading the word about the accessibility of the various Wikimedia projects, and how they too can contribute to it. Working with those organizations, they can increase the number of active Wikimedians, bringing a diverse and growing number of participants to the various Wikimedia projects which peak their interest.
AffCom Resolutions
edit- San Diego Wikimedians User Group (August 2017)
Participants and Supporters
edit- RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:11, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
- DrMel (talk) 19:07, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- EB90 (talk) 00:25, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Jim1138 (talk) 05:39, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
- Psanchez820 (talk) 16:03, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
- Rocky92591 (talk) 13:48, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
- Vahidmasrour (talk) 06:59, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
- Vid2vid (talk · contribs) self-added.. From Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 07:37, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
- SD Tommy (talk) 02:49, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thellomerca (talk) 18:40, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
- (Member since Sun, Apr 14, 2019 2PM PT!) MeetUp event details here and here. From Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 21:15, 17 August 2019 (UTC).
- LucasBrown 14:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)