Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Maker Faire 2012

In the area? You're invited to
San Francisco Meetup @ Maker Faire
	Date: May 19 & 20
	Time: 10am-8pm Sat, 10am-6pm Sun
	Place: San Mateo County Event Center
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This is a page for planning for the Wikimedia Foundation booth at the 2012 San Mateo Maker Faire (Homepage), May 19 & 20

• Background: pics, 'post story
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Volunteers

Interested in helping out? Put your name down here and check out our mailing list.

• --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 02:24, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
• Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 01:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
• Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 01:05, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
• Stephen (talk) 16:33, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
• Az1568 (talk) 21:39, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
• mlet (talk)
• LaureliM (talk) 13:13, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
• Ben Kovitz (talk) 22:51, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
• EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:03, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
• ~ayushk 23:13, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Maker Faire Schedule

• Friday May 18 -- Exhibitor Setup night (Not open to public)
• Saturday May 19 -- 10am to 8pm
• Sunday May 20 -- 10am to 6pm

Planning Notes

• Steven's in charge

Games / Visualizations

Viz

• RC on IRC
• Commons featured pics
• WikipediaVision

Games

• Games: Guess-The-Language
  • Makes sure the computers support the necessarily fonts
• Game ideas from the February meetup--simple ways to contribute to a wiki
  • Categorizing an image or page
  • Geocode article or image
  • Translating a single word on wiktionary
  • De-orphaning an article.
  • Proofread page in Wikisource
  • Add quote to Wikiquote
  • Translate message on translatewiki.net

Supply List

• Extra folding chairs
• Extra small folding table (or two)
• Electronics gear
  • 5 * Computers
  • 1 * Server
  • 1 Switch
  • Several Large LCD's (32"?)
  • 1 Projector
  • Power strip(s)
  • Ethernet cables
• Duct Tape
• Table cloths
• Signs!
• More Signs!
• Sample POD books
• Swag (what ever we can convince JayJames to give us)
• Water for volunteers