Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape Town
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Members.
[edit]- Jeandré
- Wizzy…☎
- Reperire
- Ethnopunk
- Discott
- User:Zingi - we wos here
- TapticInfo, Eish I’m from Joburg
Potentially
[edit]Meetings
[edit]Annual General Meeting
[edit]Online meetups
[edit]WMZA birthday
[edit]- South Africa meetup 24 - 26 November 2022, this is a special one because we will also be doing face-to-face meetings in Cape Town and Johannesburg to celebrate Wikimedia South Africa's 10th birthday.
Previous
[edit]Online meetups
[edit]In 2020 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic all in person meetups were cancelled or moved online.
In 2022 in person meetups resumed.
- South Africa meetup 39 - 31 August 2024
- South Africa meetup 38 - 27 July 2024
- South Africa meetup 37 - 29 June 2024
- South Africa meetup 36 - 25 May 2024
- South Africa meetup 35 - 27 April 2024
- South Africa meetup 34 - 27 January 2024
- South Africa meetup 33 - 28 October 2023
- South Africa meetup 32 - 30 September 2023
- South Africa meetup 31 - 26 August 2023
- South Africa meetup 30 - 29 July 2023
- South Africa meetup 29 - 24 June 2023
- South Africa meetup 28 - 27 May 2023
- South Africa meetup 27 - 29 April 2023
- South Africa meetup 26 - 25 March 2023
- South Africa meetup 25 - 25 February 2023
- South Africa meetup 24 - 26 November 2022
- South Africa meetup 23 - 29 October 2022
- South Africa meetup 22 - 24 September 2022
- South Africa meetup 21 - 27 August 2022
- South Africa meetup 20 - 30 July 2022
- South Africa meetup 19 - 25 June 2022
- South Africa meetup 18 - 28 May 2022
- South Africa meetup 17 - 30 April 2022
- South Africa meetup 16 - 26 March 2022
- South Africa meetup 15 - 26 February 2022
- South Africa meetup 14 - 29 January 2022
- South Africa meetup 13 - 27 November 2021
- South Africa meetup 12 - 30 October 2021
- South Africa meetup 11 - 28 August 2021
- South Africa meetup 10 -31 July 2021
- South Africa meetup 9 - 26 June 2021
- South Africa meetup 8 - 29 May 2021
- South Africa meetup 7 - 24 April 2021
- South Africa meetup 6 - 31 October 2020
- South Africa meetup 5 - 26 September 2020
- South Africa meetup 4 - 15 August 2020
- South Africa meetup 3 - 25 July 2020
- South Africa meetup 2 - 13 June 2020
- South Africa meetup 1 - 12 April 2020
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The 22nd Cape Town meetup will again be taking at the new location and day of the week. See below for details:
Time and Date:
- Anytime between 10:00-14:00, Saturday, 7 December 2019
Location:
- Code Bridge, 1 Thicket St, Newlands, Cape Town, 7700
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The 20th Wikipedia meetup took place on Saturday, 5 October 2019 at KA PA Tée. ~13 attendees
The 19th Wikipedia meetup took place on Sunday, 1 September 2019 at Truth Coffee HQ. ~6 attendees
The 18th Wikipedia meetup took place on Sunday, 4 August 2019 at Truth Coffee HQ. ~7 attendees
The 17th Wikipedia meetup took place on Sunday, 7 July 2019 at Truth Coffee HQ. ~3 attendees
The 16th Wikipedia meetup took place on Sunday, 2 June 2019 at Truth Coffee HQ. ~10 attendees
WMZA AGM 2018
[edit]Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting for 2018 on the 27 October in Cape Town.
See below for an expansion on the American corner events in Cape Town.
Events were held at the Central Library in Cape Town on the 4 November 2017, 20 January 2018, 17 February 2018, 17 March 2018, 21 April 2018, 19 May 2018, 09 June 2018, 21 July 2018, 18 August 2018 & 15 September 2018.
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From September 2017 to September 2018 there was an ongoing edit-a-thon/mini-meetup at the American Corner at the Central Library in Cape Town. For more information see: Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape Town/American Corner
The Wikimedia ZA AGM took place in November 2017 in Cape Town. See below for more details.
- Time: Sunday, 26 November 2017, 14:00 to 17:00
- Location: 6 Spin Street Restaurant (in the Tutu room at the back), in the Cape Town city bowl area.
The event page can be found on the Wikimedia ZA website here.
The 14th Cape Town meetup was held on Sunday, 29 October 2017 at Truth Coffee, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town.
This edit-a-thon also focused on Wikipedia Asian Month in addition to metal music in Africa.
The 2016 Wikimedia ZA AGM was held on the 12 November 2016. A new board was elected in the morning and a report was given about Wikimedia ZA's activities during 2016 as well as planning for 2017. The celebration of Afrikaans Wikipedia's 15th birthday will happen around the same time.
The 12th Cape Town meetup was held on Sunday, 6 February 2016 at Truth Coffee, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town.
The first South African Art + Feminism edit-a-thon will be held in Cape Town on the 5th March 2016 at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT from 10am-6pm. Due to popular demand a second event was held at the same place and time on the 9th April 2016.
The 2015 Wikimedia ZA AGM was held on the 28 November 2015. A new board was elected in the morning and a report was given about Wikimedia ZA's activities during 2015 as well as planning for 2016. After the event the Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 awards ceremony was held at the same venue.
Some confusion caused by the waiters giving one group a table in an obscure semi-hidden location at the back of the Coffee Shop. This led to two tables being set up in ignorance of each other as half the attendees could not find each other. Lesson of the day: in the future get a table that is close to the entrance and easy to find. Otherwise it was a great success.
This 8th Cape Town Wikimeetup was a bit different as Wikimedia ZA was announcing the winners of the Wiki From Above competition on the same day so the meetup was held at the same place as the award event during the FVP Fest -essentially a festival for drone pilots- at the Wild Clover Farm near Stellenbosch.
The 7th Cape Town meetup was held on Sunday, 1st February 2015 at Truth Coffee, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town.
The Wikimedia ZA was held on the 1st November 2014. All Wikipedians and Wikimedians were invited to attend. The event was held at Twenty Fifty on 36 Buitenkant Street. The AGM coincided with the Wiki Loves Monuments award ceremony.
Date:
- 7th September 2014
The 6th Wiki meetup was held on Sunday, 7 September 2014 at Truth Coffee Roastery, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town from 11:00 onwards.
5th Cape Town Meet-up: Sunday 4th May 2014
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Location: Truth Coffee, 36 Buitenkant St, Cape Town 8000, South Africa
The main Truth Coffee building and same location as the 4th Cape Town meetup. Wikimedia ZA's office is located just upstairs. NOT to be confused with the Truth Coffee at the Prestwich Memorial. See the map location here.
- Contact number: +27 21 200 0440
Time: 11am onwards
Free coffee was had by all.
Attended:
Topics of conversation:
- Berlin Wiki Con update
- Cape Town Wikimania 2015
- London Wikimania 2014 in July
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2014
- Sinenjongo High School
- Wiki Loves Monuments exhibition on 8th May at 186 Bree Street (5:30pm onwards)
4th Cape Town Meet-up: Sunday 2nd February 2014
[edit]Location: Truth Coffee, 36 Buitenkant St, Cape Town 8000, South Africa
- Contact number: +27 21 200 0440
Time: 11am onwards
We had some complementary vouchers for coffee from Truth Coffee so free coffee was enjoyed by all.
Attend:
- Discott (talk) 16:29, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
- Nkansahrexford
- Johnny West
- Steven Molteno
- Michael Graaf
Apologies to Wizzy and Zingi as it seems there was some confusion that caused us to miss each other. Will ensure that this does not happen again.
Issues Discussed
- Open Society Foundation support for Wikimania ZA
- Wikimania 2015 bid
- Wikipedia in Ghana
- WikiIndaba
- Open knowledge for accountability in the oil industry (The Mining Indaba was beginning the next day on the 3rd Feb)
3rd Cape Town meetup: Sunday 1st September 2013
[edit]Location: Truth Coffee, at the Prestwich Place Memorial.
- Due to Wikimedia ZA's AGM and the launch of Wiki Loves Monuments South Africa being on the same day the Wiki-meetup was combinded with the AGM.
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Attended:
- Discott
- MADe
- Slashme
- Isla Haddow-Flood
- Dumisani Ndubane
- Ethnopunk
- Alan Levin
- wizzy
Discussion topics:
- State of Wikimedia ZA 2013
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2013
- Report back on Wikimania 2013
- Jo'bergpedia update
- Wikimedia ZA AGM
2nd Cape Town Meetup: Sunday 26 May 2013
[edit]Location: Mexican Kitchen on 13 Bloem Street (between Long and Loop Street in the City Bowl), Cape Town.
Time: 11am to 3pm
Met up for a special Wikipedia meetup to welcome one of Wikipedia's official story tellers who were down from San Francisco to film a documentary on students from Sinenjongo High School who lead an effort to access Wikipedia for free on their cell phones.
Attended:
- Discott (talk) 13:21, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Greenman (talk) 17:14, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thuvack | talk 16:30, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
- Wizzy…☎ 06:44, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
- Victorgrigas
Regrets:
Questions:
- Saturday is the 25th of May; the 26th is Sunday. Is this actually on Saturday or Sunday? - htonl (talk) 15:06, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
- Fixed - Sunday according to Douglas' email. Greenman (talk) 17:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, that is very embarrassing. Thanks Greenman for fixing that, it is indeed on Sunday the 26th of May. --Discott (talk) 18:54, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Fixed - Sunday according to Douglas' email. Greenman (talk) 17:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Discussions:
- Wikipedia via USSD - name of the school again ?
- Wikipedia Zero
- Using taped interviews uploaded to wikimedia commons as references in articles
- Joburg'pedia
- Offline wikipedia
1st Cape Town Meetup: 2006-01-16.
[edit]Jeandré, Wizzy, and PZFUN met up at the Mexican Kitchen in Bloem street and talked a bit about Wikipedia and alot about different languages.