GLAM/Newsletter/October 2025/Contents/USA report
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October edit-a-thons & meetings
MoMA Linked Open Data Fellow Focuses on Exhibitions Data on Wikidata
Dorothy Howard (User:Hexatekin) started this fall as the 2025-2026 Pratt Institute School of Information, Linked Open Data Fellow at the Museum of Modern Art. She will be at MoMA Library/Archives until May 2026, under Jonathan Lill, Head of Metadata and Systems. This project extends from the work of previous Pratt Institute LOD Fellows on creating data models for exhibitions. See their current Requests for comment/Exhibition models and stay tuned at Wikidata:WikiProject Museum of Modern Art.
Seattle Meetup
Seattle wikimedians held a meetup at Little Oddfellows café. Seattle Meetup October 2025.
San Diego/October 2025
San Diego Public Library and San Diego Wikimedians User Group held a salon, San Diego/October 2025.
Minnesota/Online-October 2025
Minnesota wikimedians held an online meetup, Minnesota/Online-October 2025.
Pride Outside Edit-a-thon 2025
Wikimedia DC held an edit-a-thon, Pride Outside Edit-a-thon 2025.
DCCAH Hispanic Heritage Month Edit-a-thon
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Wikimedia DC, held an edit-a-thon, DCCAH Hispanic Heritage Month Edit-a-thon.
WikiConference North America
WikiConference North America User Group held a conference, WikiConference North America 2025. Presentations were made, WikiConference North America 2025 presentations.
There was news coverage of an incident.
- A Wikipedia Conference Took a Dark Turn. Unfortunately, It’s Not a Total Surprise.
- Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
- Gunman storms stage at Wikipedia conference in Manhattan, no injuries reported
- Belgium report
- Croatia report
- Indonesia report
- Italy report
- Mexico report
- Netherlands report
- New Zealand report
- Nigeria report
- Poland report
- Portugal report
- Serbia report
- Switzerland report
- UK report
- USA report
- Biodiversity Heritage Library report
- Memory of the World report
- Sustainable CultureConnect Project report
- Calendar