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    Women in Red January 2024

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    Women in Red February 2024

    Women in Red | February 2024, Volume 10, Issue 2, Numbers 293, 294, 297, 298


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    • Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

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    Thu Feb 8 NYC Hacking Night + Feb 21 WikiWednesday

    February 8: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce

    You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for NYC Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well!

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct.

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    February 21: WikiWednesday Salon @ Prime Produce

    WikiWednesday is back this month! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

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    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:11, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Women in Red March 2024

    Women in Red | March 2024, Volume 10, Issue 3, Numbers 293, 294, 299, 300, 301


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    Tue March 5: Wiki Gala NYC

    March 5: Wiki Gala @ Prime Produce
    Wiki-fashion show at last year's event

    You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation for our Wiki Gala at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. All are welcome!

    This is a sequel to the March 2023 Grand Central Salon and the March 2022 Wiki-Tent Brunch.

    The event will feature lightning talks and a Wiki-fashion show, for which you are encouraged to dress in your finest Wikimedia clothing and accessories (bags, buttons, even books), or clothing connected to the topics you edit on wiki projects.

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

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    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:29, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

    News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

    Guideline and policy news

    Technical news

    • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

    Miscellaneous


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    Books & Bytes – Issue 61

    The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
    Issue 61, January – February 2024

    • Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
    • 1Lib1Ref results

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    Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiNYC: 3/14 Hacking Night + 3/16 Queens Name Explorer

    March 14: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce

    You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Pi Day Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well, and pies will be served in celebration of Pi Day!

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct.

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    March 16: Queens Name Explorer @ QPL Tech Lab

    You are also invited to the Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Queens Name Explorer edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library Tech Lab in Long Island City, which will be hosted in collaboration OpenStreetMap US, Urban Archive and the Queens Memory Project. This is an opportunity for the tech savvy to learn about Queens history and for the history savvy to hone their open data skills – plus, there will be refreshments and prizes for everyone!

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

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    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]