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A geonotice is a notice similar to a sitenotice, anonnotice or watchlist notice, but it is displayed only to users who are physically located in some subset of the Earth.

The purpose of geonotices is to announce events that would be of great interest to people in a specific region, but that would not be interesting to most of our readers. The use of targeted messages allows us to scale our communication better; rather than flooding people with multiple messages or avoiding messages entirely, we can display messages only to the people who are most likely to find them useful.

One example use for targeted messages is to announce upcoming Wikipedia meetups. Another might be to display customized fundraiser notices that are better targeted to improve our fundraising results.

Currently, only a watchlist geonotice exists. The current implementation works by loading a small JavaScript page from an auxiliary Wikimedia server (toolserver.org). Once the possible applications of this feature are better understood, it will be integrated into MediaWiki proper. One significant open question is how best to allow users to specify the locations of interest for a message. Right now, the location range must be hard-set in the software.

The location detection is IP address-based. We are currently using a freely distributable database that maps this information to locations. The accuracy of this geolocation process is somewhat limited. The user's continent and country are almost always accurately determined, but their city may be misidentified, especially if their ISP uses the same address blocks to service multiple cities. To assess the accuracy, see the location for your IP.

Geonotices should always be used with the understanding that some of the intended audience will be excluded and that some unintended people will be included. As such, the message should be written in a way that would be suitable for display to all users. For example, write "The New York City Wikipedia Meetup will be on August 12" rather than "Hello resident of Long Island...".

No new data or personal information is gathered from users to make this notice possible, nor does this notice share any user's personal information with outsiders.

The notice can be persistently dismissed using a hide button that is displayed with the message. It can permanently be hidden by adding "#WN_GEON { display: none; }" to your CSS file.

Contents

[edit] Guidelines

Create request

To propose a geonotice, simply create a new third level section (using ===) under the "Requests" section, using the boilerplate text below, and follow the instructions in this section.
==== [[Related page name (e.g. meetup page)]] ====
'''Locations required (cities/regions):'''
* 
* 
'''Possible messages:'''
<!-- Only one is necessary, but two is recommended in case one is rejected -->
* 
* 
'''Date range required:'''
<!-- Please give us at least 5 days warning, unless you have an important reason -->
* 
'''Misc info:'''
* ''Reason for requesting:'' 
* ''User requesting:'' <!-- sign here with THREE tildes -->
=====Discussion=====

Locations

Try to be as specific as possible with the location. For example, a Washington, D.C. meetup would not be appropriate to advertise to everyone in the United States.
Be aware that the detection is not flawless; due to varying region boundaries and the inaccuracies of IP locating, the result cannot be perfect. If, for whatever reason, you need to reach everyone in the target area, request the surrounding areas as well.

Messages

Messages should be under three sentences in length, and they should not contain any flashy text or images. It is a good idea to provide at least two options, in case one is deemed inappropriate.
Messages exceeding four sentences are deemed too large, except in cases where the sentences are short.

Date range

Try to post your request at least five days (preferably seven to ten days) in advance. It may take a while for requests to be handled.
Requests should not be shown for meetups more than 2 months in advance.

Reason requesting

In the case of a meetup, where that page is linked and it is obvious by the message, this is not necessary. If there is possible confusion regarding the reason for the geonotice, please state a clear reason.

Notify geonotice maintainers

In case there is no feedback in a few days after posting the request, ask an administrator to take a look.

[edit] Requests

Add new requests here.

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/London 23

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

  • The 23rd London Wikipedia meetup is on Sunday, 12 July 2009. We hope to see you there!
  • There will be a Wikipedia meetup in London on Sunday, 12 July 2009. You're invited!

Date range required:

  • Now until 12 July 2009

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Cebu 2

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

  • The 2nd Cebu Wikipedia meetup is on Sunday, May 3, 2009. We hope to see you there!
  • There will be a Wikipedia meetup in Cebu on Sunday, May 3, 2009. You're invited!

Date range required:

  • Now until 2009-05-03

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup
  • User requesting:

[edit] Discussion
Thanks Pharos for informing me on this tool :=)
Posted! It should appear on watchlists at 0 UTC (in about 5 hours).--Pharos (talk) 19:32, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne_13

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

  • There is a Melbourne meetup planned for this Sunday, April 17, all Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are welcome!

Date range required:

  • Until this Sunday (April 20), sincere apologies for the late notice, everybody was still off in Berlin :)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup
  • User requesting: — Werdna • talk

[edit] Discussion
  • Brianna tells me I can just do this myself, so I've done it. — Werdna • talk 16:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle6

Locations required

  • Seattle, WA
  • Puget Sound region

Possible messages:

  • Hello! Researchers at UW are holding focus groups on April 8 and April 18 to gather user input, which will be used to design an application that will eventually be released to the Wikipedia community.
  • Hello! Researchers at UW are holding focus groups on April 8 and April 18. See Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle6 for details.

Date range required:

  • Now until 2009-3-31

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Researchers at UW looking for focus group participants
  • User requesting: Commprac01 (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Ann_Arbor_Detroit_Michigan

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Detroit and surrounding area:
    • Michigan

Possible messages: Casual meeting up, to meet fellow wikians and work away from home. Library has computers, free wi-fi connection, and vending machines.

Date range required:

  • now until 2009-02-28

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup
  • User requesting: Sheshed (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Biloxi

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • The Deep South. It's a Southern-wide meetup at a casino resort, so it's something people can travel to. Please send out notices to the people in the following states:
    • Mississippi
    • Louisiana
    • Alabama
    • The Florida Panhandle (Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Tallahassee)
    • Atlanta, Georgia

Possible messages:

  • Hey y'all! The very first Deep South meetup will be held right before Christmas on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and you're invited! If you can make it out to Biloxi, we'd love to have you! Let's show Wikipedia how it's done Southern-style!

Date range required:

  • now until 2008-12-19

Misc info:

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now until 2008-10-11

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup Notice.
  • User requesting: Appraiser (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland_4

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • New Zealand ( Due to most ISPs covering whole country more specific geonotices have not worked in the past )

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now until 2008-10-11

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup Notice.
  • User requesting: SimonLyall (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 5

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • Washington, DC
  • Virginia
  • Maryland
  • West Virginia

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • 2008-08-01 - 2008-08-09 (or as soon as possible)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup notice.
  • User requesting: ffm

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco 7

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Davis, CA
  • Sacramento, CA

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now until September 6th, 2008

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup notification
  • User requesting: ShakataGaNai ^_^

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Tampa

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • Florida
  • Tampa

Possible messages:

  • Please come to our meetup!

Date range required:

  • Now until August 13, 2008 7 PM (Date of Event)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup and for people to know about it.
  • User requesting: Hires an editor (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Nashville

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now till May 24 (date of event).

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Attract volunteers and participants for the event.
  • User requesting: Kaldari (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] mail:Wikimedia_NYC

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Recently created mailing list, so ASAP and then you can pick an end date (I would think at least 10 days)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: New mailing list, would be put to the best use if the right people knew about it.
  • User requesting: Cbrown1023 talk

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • Maybe eastern seaboard, maybe just NYC metro. You decide.

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now till March 28 (date of event).

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Attract volunteers for event with Columbia University students.
  • User requesting: Pharos (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Philly Wikimeetup 6

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Saturday, March 26th through Saturday, April 5

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Attract more attendees to meetup
  • User requesting: TexasDex ★

[edit] Discussion
  • I support this. --evrik (talk) 18:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now till June 1, 2008 (date of event)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: meetup notification
  • User requesting: Pharos (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Edinburgh 1

Locations required (cities/regions):

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now until June 7th (date of event)

Misc info:

  • Reason for requesting: Meetup notification
  • User requesting: Astral (talk)

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco 6

Locations required (cities/regions):

  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Davis, CA
  • Sacramento, CA

Possible messages:

Date range required:

  • Now until June 28th, 2008

Misc info:

[edit] Discussion

[edit] Previous requests

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