Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Seattle4

message: Hi, I'm a Seattle Wikipedian and interested in the next meet, whenever we get around to doing that. But the page hasn't been created yet - what should I do or what page should I watch to be notified of the next meet so that I don't forget? Thanks. Deco 19:12, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've taken the liberty of copying this comment from Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Seattle3, which should pretty much guarantee that someone gets hold of Deco. - Jmabel | Talk 02:23, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I've left the message now there is a time & place. - Jmabel | Talk 20:15, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to be notified about next meet? 

message: I've dropped notes on the talk pages of the following users; Dan Keshet and BrassRatGirl are no longer around Seattle, so I skipped them; if anyone can think of others in the area to invite, please do, and please make a note here so we don't duplicate effort. Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 02:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inviting people 

message: *  Thanks, Jmabel, for taking the time to invite me, but I'll be out of town that weekend. -- RobLa 06:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regrets 

message: I'll try to talk my 16-year old to come with me from Richmond, BC.  (He needs to log hours before he can go for his driver's licence.)  It would be too much to hope for him to spend time at a Wikipedia meetup.  Is there anything in the neighborhood that might interest until he can meet with those of us who are having dinner. Eclecticology 00:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's the University district, so it's fairly thick with things of interest to adolescents, I would think.  Does he like book or music stores?  Those are both plenty.  The UW campus is right there, and it's nice to wander around, and pretty much safe.  Any other ideas out there? -GTBacchus(talk) 02:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Of course, it's also fairly thick with things that are of interest to adolescents for all the wrong reasons. But, yes, lots of book stores, used clothing stores, music stores (Cellophane Square lets you listen to CDs pretty much to your heart's content); (the Burke Museum has teen appeal); lots of good coffeehouses & bubble tea places with a roughly college-age crowd (the one we are meeting at runs a little older, on the whole). - Jmabel | Talk 04:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: === The announcement===
Copied from project page.
Seattle meetup 4
;Date: Sat. 9 Sept 2006 2pm
;Place: Continental Pastry Shop, 4549 University Way NE, University District
;Ambience: Plenty of good coffee, pastries, some Greek food & diner-ish food. Pleasant ambience. 
;Bus: Good bus service (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 43/44, 49, probably others).
;Parking: Parking not the easiest, but it should be easy enough to find something within 10 minutes walk. North of about 52nd NE, parking is free, but some of it is limited time. It's Saturday afternoon, so there is free parking in the garage under Red Square on the U.W. campus, about 10 minutes walk away.
===Planning to be there===
Copied from project page. Symbols added to note actual attendance.
*  Jmabel | Talk 02:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If no taker, consider the train.  Last time I did it was quick, cheap, and just as fast as a car.  A cheap upgrade to business class gets you an AC power outlet and free drinks. The bus to the U District leaves from the train station. SchmuckyTheCat 09:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heck, I'd pick you up at the train station, if it comes to that.  Schmucky's right, though: Amtrak is glorious. -GTBacchus(talk) 09:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And if you need a place to crash in Seattle, I have a spare bedroom (and I'm sure I'm not the only one who does). - Jmabel | Talk 00:17, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved from project page

message: Copied from project page. Symbols added to note actual attendance.
*  Jmabel | Talk 02:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If no taker, consider the train.  Last time I did it was quick, cheap, and just as fast as a car.  A cheap upgrade to business class gets you an AC power outlet and free drinks. The bus to the U District leaves from the train station. SchmuckyTheCat 09:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heck, I'd pick you up at the train station, if it comes to that.  Schmucky's right, though: Amtrak is glorious. -GTBacchus(talk) 09:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And if you need a place to crash in Seattle, I have a spare bedroom (and I'm sure I'm not the only one who does). - Jmabel | Talk 00:17, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Planning to be there

message: Copied from project page.
* Hey ya'll! I can't make it, sadly, but if you would please discuss this pipe-dream Wikimania bid and let me know your thoughts :) See WM 2007 for answers about the bidding process generally. phoebe 19:17, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible Agenda

message: thanks for discussing, everyone -- you're right that it would take a local person a lot of time to spearhead this (though there is quite a bit of foundation support); perhaps it should be expanded into more general thinking about a west coast bid (L.A., San Francisco, Portland, Seattle or Vancouver). There's a good group of people in San Francisco, and I know Vancouver has talked about it before as well. phoebe 21:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Vancouver would be very cool if Seattle doesn't work out. --Lukobe 05:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikimania

message: My thanks to GTBacchus for mentioning my essay at this Meetup. I had written the essay in part as my contribution to the conversation at the Meetup. (I had to miss this get-together because I promised my wife to help her with a party to celebrate our new deck -- otherwise I would have gladly given Dmcdevit a lift up to Seattle. He might have enjoyed learning some of the "s3krit ArbKom Handshakez" I observed at Wikimania. ;-)
One thing that no one has written about my essay -- which I fully expected to see, & was the primary reason I have delayed over writing it -- was that I was stating the blatently obvious. Well, at least about most of my examples. I even had one person criticize my opinion about calculating the density of a city from sourced figures: if an editor can't find a citable source for the calculation, then it is arguably not notable! As GTBacchus said at the meeting, Wikipedia is becoming "Less of 'are we producing a good article?' and more of a formal game." -- llywrch 16:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research discussion 

message: Anyone intersted? Or in another Wikimeetup in Portland? (Note: Jmabel has stated he won't be involved in a Seattle meetup beyond attending it, so it's up to the rest of us to make it happen.) -- llywrch 20:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for suggesting this, Llywrch. I will gladly attend, if someone makes it happen but, what with my having organized 2-1/2 of the four we've had so far, and not being all that active these days, it's definitely someone else's turn to "drive". - Jmabel | Talk 19:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seattle Wikimeetup 5?