Wikimedians of Los Angeles
Wikimedians of Los Angeles
Wikimedians of Los Angeles (WikiLA) is a Wikimedia user group in Los Angeles, California. This group aims to support and encourage Wikimedians in Greater Los Angeles, which encompasses five counties in Southern California: Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino, and Riverside—but all Wikimedians and Wikimedia enthusiasts in Southern California are welcome to join our group. Objectives and activities
Get involved!To be notified of upcoming meetups and events in the Los Angeles area, add your name to our mailing list. Annual Reports |
Events
- We're always working on new events, leave a message on the talk page if you'd like to get an event together!
- Ocean Edit-a-thon - Saturday, August 24 at the Manhattan Beach Library
- WikiLA Salons - TBD
- Full list of past events and meetups in Los Angeles
- Summer Wiknic - Saturday, June 8 at Pan Pacific Park
- WMLA Spring 2024 Meetup, Sunday 28 April 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Citizen Public Market
- Angel City FC Women's Soccer Edit-a-Thon Saturday 23 March 2024, 1:00-4:00pm, Los Angeles Central Library
- West Hollywood Edit-a-Thon. 12-4 pm, West Hollywood Public Library.
- December 30, 2023: WMLA meetup to improve Hancock Park article, December 30 2023 at the West Hollywood Public Library.
- March 31, 2019: Art+Feminism Meetup at the California African American Museum (Exposition Park). Focus: Women artists in CAAM's collection. 1–4pm.
- March 17, 2019: Art+Feminism Meetup at LACMA (Miracle Mile). Focus: Women+Design+Craft. Noon–5pm.
- March 10, 2019: Art+Feminism Meetup at the Hammer Museum (Westwood). Focus: Women+Film+Media. Noon–5pm.
- March 9, 2019: Art+Feminism Meetup at the Vincent Price Art Museum (Monterey Park). Focus: Latinx Women + Non-Binary Artists. Noon–4pm.
- March 3, 2019: Art+Feminism Meetup at the ICA Los Angeles (DTLA). Focus: Women+Comedy. Noon–5pm.
- February 24, 2019: Wikipedia Day LA 2019
- Sept. 30, 2018 7th Annual LA Wiknic
- July 30, 2018 WikiLovesPride meetup at Cuties Coffee with East of Borneo and Dirty Looks
- May 18, 2018 WikiWomen Edit-a-thon at NeueHouse Hollywood, organized by NowThis and Paramount Network's American Woman.
- March 25, 2018 Art+Feminism 2018: Women in Film edit-a-thon and panel discussion at LACMA with East of Borneo, Noon–5pm.
- March 31, 2018 Wikipedia Day LA 2018: LA on Record, 10:00 - 5:00 pm, Ace Hotel, DTLA
- Inside a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon (KCRW Press Play)
- The Artists the Internet Almost Forgot (The Getty Iris)
- Editing Wikipedia, One African-American Artist at a Time (KPCC Radio)
- Past to Present: Unforgetting L.A. Uses Wikipedia as an Activist Art Platform (KCET Artbound)
- 10 Best L.A. Art Experiences of 2015 (L.A. Weekly)
- Black Artists Get Wikipedia Pages at Last, Thanks to an Edit-a-Thon (L.A. Weekly)
- Academics Continue Flirting With a Former Foe: Wikipedia (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Wikipedia Becomes a Battleground for Art Activism (L.A. Weekly)
Participants and supporters
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- PKM (talk · contribs)
- Penny Richards (talk) 00:59, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
- Calif.DonTracy (talk) 05:05, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
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- Asteres (talk) 04:50, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
- Chuck Entz (talk) 03:08, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
- Furicorn (talk) 03:47, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
- Guy Macon (talk) 06:12, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
- Trackinfo (talk) 15:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
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- Anotherarchivist (talk) 20:32, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
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- Tinkermen (talk) 19:35, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- Camelia (talk) 08:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- SHISHIR DUA (talk) 05:33, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- Blervis (talk) 03:59, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- Bflx 11 (talk) 19:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- Bernanke's Crossbow (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
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- violetstork (talk) 18:58, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Alexpax (talk) 16:20, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- InfiniteSword (talk) 04:27, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
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