Happy New Year! Come join us for the first WikiWednesday of 2009. As usual, it will be a slightly informal event with drinks and snacks provided.

This time around, we want to primarily focus on discussing February's RecentChangesCamp (see the Upcoming listing or 2009rcc.org). If you've ever been interested in attending RCC or just are curious, please do swing by.

The second Wiki Wednesday of 2009! This is the last Wiki Wednesday before RecentChangesCamp (Feb 20-22), and consider this something of a pre-party for RCC.

Please come, partake of beer and snacks, and talk wiki with us.

Ward will be speaking to the Oregon Tualatin Valley Amateur Radio Club on "Roots of WikiPedia in Amateur Radio."

Address is 17455 SW Farmington Road Aloha, OR 97007

This month's WikiWednesday will include the usual wiki-geekery, but will also welcome folks from CHIFOO, after they've finished hearing Ward (Cunningham) speak on Wiki Design Principles.

Our main topic of discussion for the evening is the Oregon Transparency Taskforce, an effort to make Oregon state government more transparent, accessible, and accountable that is coordinated through wiki. (Google Group here: http://groups.google.com/group/oregon-transparency-taskforce/?pli=1)

WikiWednesday is an opportunity to learn about wikis and how to use them for improved collaboration within an existing organization, for new ventures, or worldwide.

This month we will have an introduction to research with Wikipedia focused on journalists and bloggers.

The event will cover techniques for assessing the trustworthiness of an article, delving in to just who edited what, and other tip and tricks for gleaning useful information out of the world's largest encyclopedia.

A 30 minute introductory presentation will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Wikipedia administrators Steven Walling and Pete Forsyth, and journalists Dan Cook and Abraham Hyatt (formerly of The Portland Business Journal and Oregon Business Magazine, respectively).

OPB program Think Out Loud will feature Pete Forsyth of WikiProject Oregon (the community of Oregon Wikipedia editors) and Bill Lang of the Oregon Encyclopedia (an online effort by the Oregon Historical Society and PSU's history department).

Call-in format invites questions from you!

Join the group of a wiki enthusiasts (or the merely curious) for our monthly meetup.

This WikiWednesday we'll be getting our hands dirty working on the newly formed Portland civic wiki at http://portlandwiki.org

Come by for wiki-style fun, food, drink, and with any burning wiki questions you might have too.

This WikiWednesday we'll hear John Abbe, a key designer of the structured wiki Wagn (http://Wagn.org), talk about the importance of naming in your community. Cited by Joshua Schachter as clarifying his thoughts in developing Delicious.com, John will cover concepts of ontology useful for all participatory online spaces, not just wikis.

We'll be reviewing the history and background of the WikiNames concept (http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ChoosingWikiNames), and the further space for creating meaning opened up by Wagn's "plus cards". Other probable forays include Pattern Languages (http://GroupPatternLanguage.org/) , including a pattern language of group process under development.

As always, WikiWednesday is open to everyone. Come at 5:30 for drinks/snacks and the discussion will start at 6:15.

RSVP on Upcoming: http://bit.ly/cC6kxm or at the PDXwikiWed wiki: http://pdx.wiki.org/Wiki_Wednesday_of_May_5%2C_2010

Every Monday night, local wiki enthusiasts of all stripes get together to talk wiki and work on portlandwiki.org, a resource for and by Portland citizens.

In addition to directly editing Portland Wiki, we often discuss issues related to other wiki communities and activities at the Portland WikiWednesday (first Wednesday of every month).

This event is casual, so come on down, have a beer, and talk wiki with us!

Read more: http://portlandwiki.org/PortlandWiki:Monday_Meets

An event to celebrate PortlandWiki and Portland, learn about online community-building, gather participation in PortlandWiki, and have fun!

Food and drinks provided.

Meet us upstairs on the Mezannine!

Hang out with your favorite PortlandWiki geeks this evening! Tonight's discussion: - Outreach! PortlandWiki wants passionate contributors. - Barnraising Debrief: What went well at last Saturday's PortlandWiki Barnraising party? What could've gone better?

Tonight's Discussion

User Interface!

How can PortlandWiki present a more inviting user interface?

And

Rehearse sampling of community-approved hijinks and practical jokes in anticipation of upcoming April Fools Day.

Come enjoy some friendly discussion! We usually have a good time.

Hope to see you this evening!

Local MediaWiki & Wikipedia Discussion Groups?

Portland is the "birthplace of wiki"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History
...and boasts quite a few wiki enthusiasts, many of whom are regular Wikipedia contributors and/or admins.

Despite such heritage, Portland has yet to establish a local Wikipedia meetup:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup

About time we do?

Hope to see you this evening!

Tonight's Discussion

User Interface!

How can PortlandWiki present a more inviting user interface?

And

Wiki blogs!

Come enjoy some friendly discussion! We usually have a good time.

Hope to see you this evening!

Local MediaWiki & Wikipedia Discussion Groups!

Portland is the "birthplace of wiki"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History
...and boasts quite a few wiki enthusiasts, many of whom are regular Wikipedia contributors and/or admins.

Because of such heritage, Portland now boasts a local Wikipedia / MediaWiki meetup page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland

Hooray!

Hope to see you this evening!

This is our kickoff event! Limited to 40 persons, RSVP via Meetup.

Come socialize with other Atlassian customers, users, and developers in your area. Share ideas on how to use Atlassian tools, discuss common challenges, solutions and more! Beer, wine and appetizers provided!

Two guest presenters (and Atlassian partners) will be giving a quick overview of Confluence and Jira, and demo two cool plug-ins they've developed to optimize their performance and UI, respectively.

Tonight's Discussion

User Interface!

How can PortlandWiki present a more inviting user interface?

And...

PortlandWiki front page news blurbs! We want your contributions!

Come enjoy the discussion!

We're fun-luvin' geeks who generally have a good time.

Hope to see you this evening!

Wiki-founder Ward Cunningham shared his idea of a Smallest Federated Wiki SFW during IndieWebCamp this June. In a few short weeks, he brought his idea to life and is inviting others to work with him on it! Come to PIE for a short hack session on "smallest federated wikis". Max Ogden will also be joining us from San Francisco!

What is SFW? The Smallest Federated Wiki project wants to be small in the "easy to learn powerful ideas" version of small. It wants to be a wiki so that strangers can meet and create works of value together. And it wants to be federated so that the burden of maintaining long-lasting content is shared among those who care.

Project Overview https://github.com/WardCunningham/Smallest-Federated-Wiki/wiki --

Source https://github.com/WardCunningham/Smallest-Federated-Wiki --

Roadmap http://home.c2.com:8087/ -- Instance (New Simplest Federated Wiki Install) http://home.c2.com:8087/air-temperature -- Live data (try dragging around the sections to re-order them) http://home.c2.com:8087/view/air-temperature -- Live data rendered from JSON in JavaScript

Come learn to work with wikis!

Pete Forsyth and Selena Deckelmann will show you the ropes. We'll have some topics to suggest, mainly on women and technology, and Portland, and Oregon. But please bring your own ideas, too!

The Great Portland Wiknic (potluck) will be held at Willamette Park on Saturday (noon) June 23, 2012, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA.

Write, edit and improve Wikipedia's entries relating to Multnomah County, past and present. Experienced, newbie and everyone in between are welcome to this workshop.

Willamette Week article: Headout: [citation needed]

In the first hour, Pete Forsyth will give a presentation and Q&A about Wikipedia: what is it, how did it come to be, how does it work? And, what's with Oregon's special kinship with Wikipedia and all things wiki?

After the first hour will be an open "edit-a-thon" - you can pair up with experienced Wikipedians to improve any Wikipedia article you like. Some suggestions: Portland's food scene, stuff that "keeps Portland weird", Portland area businesses and startups. Or even zombies. If you have reference materials, bring them along!

Event sponsors: Wiki Strategies and Prichard Communications.

Do bring a laptop, if you possibly can! If you don't have one, that's OK -- we may have a few loaners on hand, or you can just work with somebody else who has one.

See here for more details -- and feel free to edit this page with your ideas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/February_2013 (You can sign up either on Meetup.com or on this Wikipedia page).

We're starting up a regular PortlandWiki meetup again, so join us!

Did you know Portland has a city-specific wiki that anyone can contribute to? We want your help and knowledge!

No experience with Wikipedia or any other wiki is necessary to join the meetup, and everyone is welcome.

We're going to be editing and adding to the PortlandWiki, so come on down and join us!

The PortlandWiki contributors need your help documenting more of the unique locales, people, art, businesses, organizations, parks, and any other memorable things you can think of that keep Portland weird.

We're going to be editing and adding to the PortlandWiki, so come on down and join us!

The PortlandWiki contributors need your help documenting more of the unique locales, people, art, businesses, organizations, parks, and any other memorable things you can think of that keep Portland weird.

We're meeting to work on articles for PortlandWiki! Come join us to learn more, suggest ideas, work on stump articles, and talk about the history of Portland.

Come edit and add to PortlandWiki! Share your knowledge of the culture, politics, and history of Portland.

Come wiki it up with other documentarians of Portland.

The Local Wiki is a fantastic resource, and Portland absolutely needs one. "LocalWiki is a grassroots effort to collect, share and open the world’s local knowledge." Sort of like a combination Yelp/Google/Wikipedia for a given region. See localwiki.org and localwiki.net for more information on the Local Wiki Project

This is an edit party to start editing the Portland Local Wiki!

More information: http://guide.localwiki.org/

Portland is overdue for a local wiki! Let's get it started! It's super user-friendly already. Even if you can't make it to the Edit Party, consider visiting localwiki.net/pdx and adding information about (for instance) your favorite cafe, grocery store, pub, non-profit, sidewalk art, little free library, social service, social movement, street, school, politician, neighborhood, or pub.

LocalWiki.net is in "insanely early preview" mode. Local Wiki originally started in Davis, California, where the DavisWiki is now used regularly by nearly everyone in the city.

The Local Wiki is an amazing resource. It has proven itself elsewhere (see daviswiki.org) and now we're starting the Portland version!

Come join edit party #3! If there's interest, we can migrate to the café next door. And if you can't make it to the party, start a page from home! Add your favorite bubbler. Add your favorite café, neighborhood, or brewery!

Please join us for a Feminist and Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 from noon–4pm at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), located at 1001 SE Division (97202). Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Participants should bring their own laptops and power cords.

FEDERATED WIKI WORKSHOP LEARN ABOUT FEDERATED WIKI: A decentralized approach to collaboration and publication. It differs from a standard wiki in that you can run your own server and share your changes with others running their own servers.

With Ward Cunningham At Ctrl-H, 7608 N. Interstate, Portland, OR 97217 FREE!/Donation Bring a laptop with NodeJS pre-installed RSVP to [email protected]