Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America
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Wikipedia Takes America is a campaign held each September to organize Wikipedia Takes Your City photo scavenger hunts across the United States, to coincide with the Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest in the United States and throughout the world.
How it works
editAnyone can plan an event! In fact, we invite you to recruit fellow Wikipedians and organize an expedition in your home city.
Is your city on the list below? If not, learn more about planning a local event.
Events by region
editA possible convenient joint date to schedule local events would be Saturday September 21.
To be coordinated with event pages in Category:Wikipedia Takes America 2013.
Northeast
edit- Connecticut
- Glastonbury – Sunday, August 4
- Massachusetts
- Boston (Date TBD)
- Chelmsford
- New Jersey
- Mendham
- Middlesex and Monmouth Counties (possible)
- New Brunswick (possible)
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia (possible)
- Vermont
- Rochester – Saturday, June 28
Midwest
edit- Illinois
- Chicago
- Rockford
- Indiana
- Fort Wayne
- Indianapolis
- West Lafayette
- Iowa
- Dubuque
- Melbourne
- Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- Jackson
- Monroe
- Grand Rapids
- Minnesota
- Minneapolis
- St. Cloud
- Missouri
- Columbia
- Independence
- Kansas City
St. Louis – September 28If this is happening, it won't be in September. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 21:44, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
- Nebraska
- Alliance
- Papillion
- Sidney
- Ohio
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee
South
edit- Arkansas
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Baltimore – Saturday, September 21
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
West
edit- Arizona
- Phoenix
- Tucson
- California
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Nevada
- Las Vegas
- New Mexico
- Albuquerque
- New Mexico (statewide campaign to upload pictures for the "List of crossings of the Rio Grande" article)
- Oregon
- Utah
- Logan
- Salt Lake City
- Washington
Insular areas
edit- Caribbean
- Puerto Rico – Saturday, September 28
- Pacific
- Guam – Saturday, September 28
Past campaigns
editSee also
editWP:NRHP has organized a September-long, nationwide contest at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRHP Fall 2013 Photo Contest for fun and barnstars with sub-contests including "longest road trip", "most railroad related sites", and a "Scavenger hunt". Note that this is not part of the official WLM-US "Best photo" contest, and no monetary prizes will be awarded. Smallbones(smalltalk) 15:13, 30 August 2013 (UTC)