Meetup

Meetups are important occasions when Wikimedians (users of Wikipedia and the sister projects) come together face-to-face generally in an informal basis. These have been going on for several years and in a wide range of places across the world. Where there have been a series of meetups at a locality, they have often developed their own culture. Check the page for previous meetups at any location you are interested in to get a better understanding of this.

Meetups can be arranged via Meta, the mailing lists, or meetup pages on the individual projects. If you have attended a meetup, you can add a little report here (and link to a longer one, if you're in the mood of writing much).

Also see the page for Wikimedia and MediaWiki related events - presentations at conferences, fairs, arts events etc. This is usually a good occasion to meet other people from the Wikimedia crowd.

• Editing Weekends - proposal for editing-related events
• Archive - older discussion about meetups

Upcoming events

• Meetup pages by language: ad | als | an | ar | as | ba | be-tarask | bg | bn | bo | bo2 | bs | ca | cs | da | de | el | en | eo | es | et | eu | fi | fr | he | hi | hr | hu | id | it | ja | jv | ka | kn | ko | lv | mk | ml | nds | nl | no | or | pl | pt | ro | ru | sd | sk | sl | sr | sv| te | th | tr | uk | uz | vec | vi | war | zh
• Events, for larger events & conferences (may also be out of date)
• Berlin (Germany) meetups & events in English

Lists

• List of all Meetup/ subpages
• Category:Meetings
• Category:Wikimedia meetups
• Category:Events
• Events calendar

How to manage a Wikimedia meetup

Hundreds of Wikimedia meetups have been hosted around the world. If you wish to host a meetup in your area, then consider using the following sets of lessons from others who have hosted meetups in the past.

Setup

• Safe space policy
• Six-account limit
• Informal venue
• Let the media know
• Project roles

The meetup

• Icebreaker
• Mix newcomers and veterans
• Photographic evidence
• Cookies by the exit

After

• Afterparty
• Short reports go a long way

If the meetup is regular

• Repeat events
• Supporting volunteers in administration
• Fostering affinity groups
• Tracking user contributions by chapter

Templates

• Template:Medicine Meetup
• Template:London meetup calendar
• Template:Joburg meetup calendar
• Template:Usergroup Nigeria Meetups
• Template:Montréal meetup
• Template:Rajbiraj Meetup Invitation
• Template:Meetup2005
• Template:HK Meetup Countdown
• Template:Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup Countdown
• Template:WikiCon Track Meetup
• Template:Meetup/Oxford/Transport
• Template:Bhopal meetup header