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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America 2012

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A typical plaque found on properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Wikipedia Takes America is a campaign throughout September 2012 to organize Wikipedia Takes Your City photo scavenger hunts across the United States, to coincide with the international Wiki Loves Monuments architectural photography contest.

You can find out more information about Wiki Loves Monuments in the U.S. here.

You can use the free Android app to find sites and upload photos: photo: Brocken Inaglory CC BY-SA 3.0

Guide to organizing a simple event

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There are three points of the days to keep in mind for planning:

  • Pick a starting point for the day, probably outside near a downtown landmark. Greet everyone and explain how it all works. Bring a Wikipedia sign or something similar for recognition!
  • Have a big group photo-walk touring different historic sites around town, or alternatively teams can go out on their own. (Don't forget your cameras!)
  • Optionally, designate a cozy spot for an after-party in the evening, can be a bar or restaurant. If you can upload some photos there too, all the better.

Photo events by region

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Wikipedia Takes America events can be held on any day in September 2012.

With grassroots organizing help from local Wikipedia:Meetup groups and the Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) committee...

Everyone is free to start a Wikipedia Takes America page for your own city, and please sign up at your city's meetup page:

Northeast

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Planned Northeast events

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Other Northeast ideas

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Midwest

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Planned Midwest events

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Other Midwest ideas

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South

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Planned South events

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Other South ideas

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West

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Planned West events

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Other West ideas

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  • Redlands, CA
  • Riverside, CA -- There are enough NHR entries and monuments here to take up the whole day. I'll organize (or help) organize Riverside. If whomever listed Redlands would prefer? We can coordinate dates to avoid overlap. Pref later in Sept when temps have dropped below 100! Pls leave me a note. Cynthisa (talk) 08:43, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Olympia, WA, anyone?
  • Western Nevada. With the exception of Reno, our towns are obviously too small individually to really do one of these, but maybe we can all get together and photograph Western Nevada as a whole. It'd be a great way to photograph the region, Wikipedia has a serious lack of images of it. If you live in Clark, Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, or Washoe county (or Carson City), contact me. I think we can turn this into a weekend tour. -TBustah