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Birmingham Wikimedia Meetup Number 4

Sunday 15 November 2015 — 13:00 onwards

Venue: The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, B2 5NY
Coordinates: 52.48077°, -1.90011°

It's a nice old building (by J. A. Chatwin) and has nice beer too. It also has a theatre!

A wikimeet is a social gathering for Wikimedia enthusiasts. Where we...

• Chat about Wikipedia, Wikimedia and any other topics we fancy.
• Eat lunch and drink some beers (although beer isn't required, nor is lunch)

Wikimeets are mainly casual social events. You can expect to meet some very keen Wikipedians, however this is also an open invitation for anyone interested in finding out more about Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, projects re-using Wikipedia, and other collaborative wiki projects. Also wiki technology, MediaWiki, discussing the business impact of mass collaboration, or articles about the West Midlands will also be relevant here. Feel free to come along and raise these discussions over a beverage of your choice.

This is a quiet, family-friendly pub, so hopefully younger Wikimedians will still feel welcome and safe.

Alcohol consumption is certainly not required!

Please sign below if you intend to come. If you want a reminder closer to the time, please leave a note after your signature.

• Yaris678 (talk)
• Victuallers (talk) (Lift from Derby or near or en route offered)
• Hopefully. --Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 20:53, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Definitely: now confirmed. Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 01:17, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

• Maybe. If there is a clash with Oxford it will depend who is going to which one that will make the decision for me. If there is no clash I'll come to Birmingham (but wont be able to make the weekend of the 7th). Thryduulf (en.wikt,en.wp,commons) 21:33, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Clash resovled, so I'll be here. Thryduulf (en.wikt,en.wp,commons) 00:53, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
• I'm sorry about the clash with Oxford, but I really would like to see a meeting in Birmingham again, and Yaris' note that he was passing through on that day was the trigger to get one going. I will do my best to get to the following Oxford meeting, but I feel obliged to be at this Birmingham meetup. --RexxS (talk) 18:31, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
• Widefox (talk)
• Rabauter (talk) I will turn up. I can't wait to see my Wikifriends. --Rabauter (talk) 21:16, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
• Maybe Iridescent (talk) 20:14, 14 November 2015 (UTC) Won't be able to make it Iridescent (talk) 09:49, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
• OK then, rail replacement buses permitting. @Rich Farmbrough: Oxford 34 is Sun 29 Nov, none in December, Oxford 35 is Sun 17 Jan. --Redrose64 (talk; at English Wikipedia) 10:48, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Apologies

• This clashes with the regular date for Oxford meetups (third Sunday of the month). Although Meetup/Oxford/34 hasn't yet been created, it is an established schedule. Any chance of re-arranging Birmingham? --Redrose64 (talk; at English Wikipedia) 18:20, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

  I chose this date because I will be in the area. I'm normally based in Manchester... not stupidly far, to be fair... but less convenient. Do you think a lot of the Oxford crowd would be interested in coming to Birmingham? Yaris678 (talk) 18:38, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

  Yes: HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs), RexxS (talk · contribs), Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs), Thryduulf (talk · contribs) - and RexxS says that he intends getting Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) to Oxford sometime. --Redrose64 (talk; at English Wikipedia) 18:50, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

  Oh, and Rubbish computer (talk · contribs) too. --Redrose64 (talk; at English Wikipedia) 18:53, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

  I don't know about all of those people, but RexxS, HJ Mitchell and Pigsonthewing have expressed an interest in this meet-up here. Could we say that November will have a meet-up in Birmingham instead of Oxford? Yaris678 (talk) 19:05, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

  I see you've added this to the agenda for Oxford 33. Good idea. Yaris678 (talk) 08:01, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

  I see the date of Meetup/Oxford/34 has has been set to the 29th of November, so no clash. Excellent! Yaris678 (talk) 10:50, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

• Sorry, I'd like to join you, but I'm going to Novacon in Nottingham that weekend. -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 19:40, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
• Wish I was going to Novacon! I doubt I would make a Birmingham and an Oxford meetup in the same month, unless one was Sat and one Sun (as I have done with Cambs and Oxford). Rich Farmbrough 23:41 15 October 2015 (GMT).
• Can't make this meeting, but would be interested in any other in Birmingham or the West Midlands. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
• Sorry I can't make this one, after all, but let's arrange another. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:13, 14 November 2015 (UTC)