The Great American Wiknic is an annual wiki-picnic held in cities across the United States on or around a common day every summer. The 2015 Wiknic will be on weekend dates in July and August, whatever works for the local community.
The Wiknic is the picnic anyone can edit, with people bringing their own picnic food and perhaps other items to share. Suggestions are offered by the page for New York City's first Wiknic and the announcements for the various 2011 -2014 events (below).
Wiknics are:
- Easy to organize, even for old Wikipedians
- Welcoming to everyone, even for new Wikipedians and Wikipedian-wannabes
- Fun!
In short, a Wiknic can be a great easy-in to real life Wikipedia culture, and lead to greater wiki-community and outreach in your corner of the country!
This page can also be reached at the shorter domain name wiknic.org
Contents
Great American Wiknic picnic meetups by region
- WikiProject United States
- US Multi-Events
- Wikipedia Day US (January)
- Great American Wiknic (June)
- Wikipedia Takes America (September)
- Wikipedia Loves Libraries (October/November)
The 2015 Great American Wiknic will be held on weekend dates in July and August, with local groups feeling free to choose a differing date so as to make the meetup more convenient for their attendees.
With grassroots organizing help from local Wikipedia:Meetup groups and the Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) committee...
Everyone is encouraged to start a Wiknic page for their own city, and please sign up both at your city's meetup page (in bold), as well as on this page. Be sure that it is in this format: City, Location, Day, Date (Month, Day, Year), Time (00:00 AM/PM)
Please watch this page for future updates and for new cities being added.
If you have questions about getting help for event planning for a new city, please ask on the Wiknic discussion page, or for real-time chat and coordination, visit the Wiknic IRC channel at #wikipedia-en-wiknic connect. You may also leave a message for the IRC channel operator, Symmachus, on his talk page.
Northeast (2015)
- Buffalo Wiknic – Delaware Park, Buffalo, July 26, 2015
- New York City WikNYC – Prospect Park (Brooklyn), USA, August 2, 2015
- Frederick, Maryland – Sunday, August 2, 2015
- Washington, D.C. – Sunday, August 16, 2015
Midwest (2015)
- Add your city here!
West and Southwest (2015)
- The Great Colorado Wiknic 2015 – Arvada, Colorado, July 5, 2015
- Portland, Oregon, date and location TBD
- Seattle Wiknic 2015 – Seattle, Washington, July 5, 2015
- Los Angeles, California 2015, our 5th annual Wiknic will be held on Saturday July 11th at Pan-Pacific Park
Southeast (2015)
- Atlanta Wiknic 2015 - Atlanta, Georgia, July 11, 2015
- Lexington, KY Wiknic - July 25, 2015
- Fort Lauderdale, FL Wiknic 2015 - Exact location TBD July 25, 2015
The rest of the world
- Add your city here!
Start an event for your city
To jumpstart a Wiknic in your city or town, feel free to copy-and-paste the example text below (adjust placenames accordingly!) - ideally include the town, event date, park name, and the local wiki-meetup page -
Frostbite Falls, Minnesota : June 22 - Great Moose Park - Wikipedia:Meetup/Moosylvania/Wiknic
Ask any questions at Wikipedia talk:Wiknic. It is an amazing event for anyone!
History and development
The first national Wiknic was held in June 2011, and 16 cities took part with Wiknics large and small. The Wiknic concept was modeled on the Wikipedia 10 celebrations and on the past success of Wiknics in New York City, and has inspired other large-scale coordinated events like Wikipedia Loves Libraries and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States.
2011
- Press coverage of 2011 events:
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- The Washington Post, on the morning of the event (Saturday, June 25, 2011), published an article on the Washington, D.C. Wiknic, titled "A Wiki-Picnic for online encyclopedia editors".
- LA Weekly (June 27, 2011): Wikipedia Live! The Great American Wiknic Comes to L.A.
2012
The 2012 Great American Wiknic was held on June 23 (and nearby dates), by a happy coincidence also Alan Turing's Centennial.
2013
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The 2013 Great American Wiknic was held on Sat, June 22 (and nearby dates).
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2014
The 2014 Great American Wiknic was held on July 6th (and nearby dates).
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External links
Media related to Wiknic at Wikimedia Commons