Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Mount Pleasant Public Library January 2017

Wikipedia and Food @
Mount Pleasant Public Library

When and Where
When:	Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Time	7:00 pm
Where:	350 Bedford Rd, Pleasantville, NY 10570
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The Mount Pleasant Public Library welcomes everyone to the Wikipedia and Food presentation taking place Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 7:00 pm in Pleasantville, New York. Wikipedia is a popular source of information on many topics, including food. This presentation will give an overview of Wikipedia's place among media sources covering food and describe how Wikipedia manages its educational content on food.

Mount Pleasant Public Library is part of the Westchester Library System.

• Update! There were 40 attendees! No event photography was allowed. Thanks for a great event.

Event information

• Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
• Time: 7pm
• Location: Mount Pleasant Public Library 350 Bedford Rd, Pleasantville, NY 10570 41°8′7.3″N 73°47′9″W
• Presenters Lane Rasberry, bluerasberry, and Ɱ
• Slides Wikipedia's Influence on Thought about Food, Wikipedia and Food (in progress)

Description (share this anywhere)

Wikipedia remains a popular source of information on many topics. In this event, we will take a tour of Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to food. The presentation will consider the scope of Wikipedia's coverage, the relationship between online publishing and traditional library resources, and how online volunteers respond when given the opportunity to write about food in the encyclopedia which anyone can edit.

Lane Rasberry is Wikipedian-in-residence at Consumer Reports, a United States-based non-profit consumer advocacy organization. His interests include access to health information and popular science.

Transportation

• By train: Pleasantville train station (9 minute walk)
• By car: Nearest freeway is the Saw Mill River Parkway, accessible from the Taconic State Parkway

Attendees

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Likely attendees

1. ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 00:57, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
2. Jeremyb (talk) 04:24, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
3. PointsofNoReturn (talk) 19:14, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
4. Pharos (talk) 14:56, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
5. Thomas Levine (talk) 23:54, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Notes

• edit to Wikipedia article on Energy drinks - an example of Consumer Reports information in a Wikipedia article
• cocktail recipe generator in Wikidata
• discussion on text in a controversial topic, Genetically modified foods

External links

• Mount Pleasant Public Library
• Wikipedia Meetup – NYC