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We are planning to hold a special event / celebration on Saturday, January 22 in Washington DC at the National Archives

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Date

January 22, 2011 (10 AM - 4:45 PM - coffee & arrival beginning at 9 AM)

Location

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), downtown building (Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th St NW)

• Enter on the Constitution Ave side of the building where there are two entrances (1) for special events, including WikiXDC -- closer to 7th St, open at 9am and there will be signs for the event (2) the main entrance for tourists is also on Constitution Ave but doesn't open until 10am

Logistics

• Arrival & registration: between 9am - 10am, there will be coffee and snacks, and this is a chance to socialize.
• Please bring a photo id which you need for security upon entering the building.

Agenda in a nutshell

• Morning sessions begin at 10am, with welcome from NARA (US Archivist, David Ferriero), then presentations by NARA, tour, & unconference sessions.
• Lunch will be on your own. (12:30 - 1:30 pm)
  • Nearby places include Teaism (8th & D St NW), Ella's Wood Fired Pizza (9th St, between F & G St), Austin Grill (E St, between 7th & 8th), Cosi (10th & E), Qdoba (E St, between 10th & 11th), and numerous options on 7th St across from the Verizon Center (e.g. California Tortilla, Chop'T Salad, Potbelly, Fuddruckers, ...).
• Lightning talks, unconference sessions, trivia, and cupcakes will be in the afternoon at the Archives.
• Happy Hour begins at 5:15 pm at Capitol City Brewery (11th & H St NW).

Hashtag

#wikixdc (#wp10 is the general tag for all anniversary events)

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Event Video

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Description

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) wants to get in on the celebration! We're planning to host a DC-area meetup at the National Archives building in Washington, DC on January 22, 2011. The day-long event will feature a behind the scenes tour followed by talks with records management and conservation experts explaining how the records get into the archives.

As we plan, we'd love for you to chime in. Are there specific aspects of NARA's work that you'd like to learn more about? Steps in the records lifecycle that have you a little curious? Archival or research processes that could benefit from some deeper exploration? Let us know here and we'll work on building a day tailored to the group's interests as much as possible. We think we have a lot of great information to share, and we're looking forward to getting started! Plus, there'll be cupcakes to wish Wikipedia a happy anniversary.

Agenda

Brainstorming 

Ideas

• Behind the scenes tour of NARA
• Discussion & talks with NARA staff
• Conservation and collections management in the facility.

What else? Please add ideas

• Lightning talks by Wikimedians?
  • Yes, indeed. See w:en:Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day for what New York City is planning, much like what they did earlier this year. Dthomsen8 18:51, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
• Short screening with FedFlix video highlights?
• Talk about what the Foundation is up to in the coming year and some highlights of the ten year history. -Kat
• Team wiki trivia--how well do you know your Wikipedia history?
• Presentation from NARA about digitisation, how documents are selected for OCR and made publicly available (huge for those of us trying to footnote the backlog, a lot of times I find a good ref and it's only been digitised in the last 6 months)
• I'm working on Wikipedia Public Art and documenting all DC public art, would love to maybe do a mention about it and our relationships with DC media, GLAM, etc.
• Wiki Racing?
• Newbie mini-workshop / Q&A by User:MichChemGSI (& campus ambassadors)
• Contribution Team drive.
• Another idea...

Lightning talks

• Signup here to give a talk - spots now filled but there will be unconference sessions

1. Jyothis - on Malayalam Wiki Projects
2. Ed Summers - visualizing external links w/ linkypedia
3. Harihar Shankar - Mediawiki Plugin for Memento
4. R. Selvaraj - on Tamil (தமிழ்) Wiki
5. Econterms on progress re (a) participation by BLS agency, including bot-updating of data, and (b) internal federal Statipedia
6. User:Phoebe on ? (unconference or lightning talk?)

Schedule

The plan below is in Draft mode and will undergo changes as we get closer to the date.

Maybe make some of the talks into shorter lightning talks so more people have an opportunity to talk

Session 1 - A Morning with Wikipedia

Time	Event
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Reporting at the venue, collecting name tags, swag, and coffee
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Welcome from Wikimedia and NARA + video message from Jimmy Wales
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM	NARA Presentations (Records Management, Conservation, Kennedy Assassination Records, Digitization & Online Public Access)
11:20 AM - 12:30 PM	Unconference session	Unconference session
	Tour: NARA - Behind the scenes (30 min duration; 4 groups of 15)
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch on your own
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Lightning talks - GLAM + Wikimedia Thomas "cmdln" Gideon on FedFlix Missvain on Wikipedia Public Art and DC public art Ed Summers - visualizing external links w/ linkypedia Harihar Shankar - Mediawiki Plugin for Memento Econterms on possible data update by govt and infant federal Statipedia	Newbie workshop
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	Break (restroom, water,...)
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM	Lightning talks - Wikimedia Kat on Highlights of Wikipedia history Jyothis on Malayalam wikipedia Swatjester on contrib team Sage Ross and PJ Tabit on Wikimedia Public Policy Initiative Aude on Wikimedia DC GLAM collaborations, what's next?	Unconference session
Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Happy 10th Birthday cupcakes & FedFlix screening
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Team Trivia	Unconference session
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Vote of Thanks, hugs/tears, and wind up the day

Happy hour & more celebrating!

5:15 - 8:00 PM	Happy hour Capitol City Brewery
11th & H St NW (near Metro Center & across from old convention center / now parking lot & megabus stop)

Swag!

• There will be t-shirts, stickers, buttons, and other goodies for attendees.

Organizers

• User:Aude
• User:Mindspillage
• User:Kristenawa
• User:Edsu
• User:Jyothis
• User:Swatjester
• You
• Please sign-up to help ...

Volunteers

We will need a few folks to be at the registration table in the morning, help with cleanup at lunch & afternoon, etc. Anyone who wants to be so kind and help out some, please sign here:

• User:Aude
• User:Lexieroseme - can no longer attend. Sorry.
• Dean Housden
• User:Shearonink - sure I'll help out wherever needed
• User:Cstmoore - I can help before the event (organizing?) in addition to the event itself.
• User:jtlikk
• bSteidle - I'll be arriving early and would be happy to help out at the registration desk, etc.

Sponsors

A big thanks to our sponsors and host for WikiXDC! Without them, none of this would be possible.

• National Archives and Records Administration - for the venue and hosting us.
• Georgetown Cupcake - in-kind donation of cupcakes!
• Wikimedia Foundation - for swag and a grant towards food

RSVP

Please RSVP soon as possible, as there is a cut-off of 135 attendees maximum.

Due to space constraints, tour participation will be limited to 60 people (4 tours of 15 people each). The tours will be in the morning. In the morning, we will give out timed *tickets* for the tours on a first-come first-served basis, when you sign-in at the registration table.

Also, please update if you register and then change your mind, so that others can attend.

Logistics

Please remember to bring a photo ID, such as a drivers' license, to enter the building. Also, if you'd like to help speed things along, please send an email with your first and last name to socialmedianara.gov, in addition to signing up here. We're compiling a guest list to pass along to security so that they have a heads up on who's coming, but we promise not to share the list with anyone else. If you'd rather not send your real name ahead of time, that's okay too, it may just take a little bit longer to get though security.

We have reached the max # of registrations, so registration for the event is closed. (Note: We welcome additional people at happy hour, 5:15 PM at Capitol City Brewery, Metro Center)

Definitely attending (please see the below sections if you will only be participating in the morning or afternoon)

1. Phoebe 17:45, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
2. David in DC 17:46, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
3. 216.165.57.162 18:28, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Probably
4. Kingdon 01:21, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

   Ottava Rima 07:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC) probably (moved to #Attending afternoon only (or all day, but wish to skip the tour))

5. Kirill Lokshin 19:49, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
6. Pharos 21:12, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
7. Jyothis (+ possibly my wife)01:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
8. CutOffTies 13:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
9. Dthomsen8 from Philadelphia, NYC Meetup participant Dthomsen8 18:54, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
10. Econterms 20:09, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

    Tofutwitch11 Possibly Tofutwitch11 00:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC) Moved to Maybe attending. Tofutwitch11 18:33, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

11. PonchoChetPonchoChet1 00:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
12. Ejcallen 02:36, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
13. Mike Chelen 15:50, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
14. MatthewVanitas 18:02, 31 December 2010 (UTC) - almost assuredly
15. kurt_cagle 13:01, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
16. Steve Foerster 20:41, 1 January 2011 (UTC) - 90% sure.
17. Qwerty0 01:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC) 100% and looking forward to the tour. Also, re: #29, Chuck Norris is always 101% sure.
18. Hemera 01:43, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
19. Mabeenot 02:09, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
20. Grace Cerrone 07:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC) probably
21. user:GeoffSnowman Jan 13, 2010
22. --Kumioko 05:05, 3 January 2011 (UTC). Probably
23. NJNIGH 11:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)Definitely.
24. JoshB 09:40, 3 January 2011 (UTC) Probably.
25. Edsu 20:19, 3 January 2011 (UTC) 75%
26. MichChemGSI 20:33, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
27. Ryanmerlini 17:58, 3 January 2011 (UTC) 80%
28. ChuckNorris 20:28, 3 January 2011 (UTC) 101%
29. Keck314 (+S/O) 21:23, 3 January 2011 (UTC) 80%
30. Prad (+1) 06:05, January 4 2011 (UTC),Probably
31. Pius (+1) will be there!!
32. emacsen 90% sure
33. KylePharmD (+1) I will be there!
34. Crunchybits yes, yes, yes!
35. Talaith 11:17, 5 January 2011
36. Ginger Bennett 11:21, 5 January 2011 - 90% sure- Finding a babysitter :o)
37. Colin Bennett 11:21, 5 January 2011 - 90% sure
38. Jeanne9000 11:41, 5 January 2011 - 80%
39. toddstavish 16:09, 5 January 2011 - 90%
40. Tgideon 21:38, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
41. Harej 21:41, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
42. Acme 21:51, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
43. KCinDC 23:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
44. Ckrahe 23:35, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
45. Nika 23:37, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
46. DavidJasonLee 23:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
47. jws900 00:40, 6 January 2011 (UTC) - 80%

    Krscal 08:52, 6 January 2011 (UTC) - moved to not attending (have a great time everyone!)

48. Beast 07:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC) - I will bring 1 1/2 guests (pushyourlimit and zoie) with me.
49. Ferrarama 10:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
50. Harihar Shankar 20:30, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

    FireballDWF2 20:38, 6 January 2011 (UTC) - can not longer attend so notified User_talk:Shearonink that she can take my spot.

51. Sageross 22:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
52. Pohick2 03:33, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
53. Mijotoba 04:13, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
54. --Bkwillwm 06:46, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
55. Shearonink - Please, if anyone above doesn't want to do the tour, I'd love to go. (Your are in the 60 now!)
56. Jeremyb 01:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
57. --Concord 02:53, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
58. Kev097 02:30, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
59. Toluno 10:02, 8 January 2011 (EST) - Photographers
60. Philippe 22:46, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
61. Gavin Baker 12:46, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
62. mdc53 09:00, 10 January 2011 (EDT) - I'd be happy to volunteer
63. Gopalakrishnans 17:02, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
64. Clindberg 17:27, 10 January 2011 (UTC) I think I can be back in town. I'd like to go on the tour, if possible.
65. Missvain 17:50, 10 January 2011 (UTC) Absolutely attending, I assume we'll get a confirmation since many here are "possibly" attending?
66. WillRice 19:34, 10 January 2011 (EST)
67. Lightsup55 00:37, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
68. Spearlymatt 02:34, 11 January 2011 (EST)
69. Cecysnyder 16:39, 11 January 2011 (EST)
70. Cstmoore 20:11, 11 January 2011 (EST) - I'm glad to help out as a volunteer. If possible, I'd like to take the tour.
71. Redazy
72. tshelly15 21:32, 11 January 2011
73. Joshdboz 12:32, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
74. Racepacket - I would be interested in the tour
75. Mesfin- 12:17 january 12th- I'm going!
76. RamanCrew - interested in the tour.
77. Jerry - I will attend and take the tour.
78. RamB - I will attend and take the tour.
79. Prakash Hari - I will attend and take the tour.
80. Veena Rao - I will attend and take the tour.
81. Wikipelli 19:45, 13 January 2011 (UTC) (moved from maybe to definitely!)
82. Daniel Case 22:13, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
83. --Wehwalt 00:25, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
84. Solo Owl — I will attend and take the tour
85. Bhl4lindsay 16:44, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
86. Motormouth236 14:38, 14 January 2011 (EST)
87. PG16 INTERESTED IN TOUR
88. OLDFART
89. Llamaboy 14:44 14 january 2011
90. Bsteidle - definitely attending - interested in the tour.
91. Wiki publius 22:39, 14 January 2011 (EST)
92. Fredrick Russell - The tour would be great!
93. Sean Milligan 00:55 (EST) 19/1/2011
94. Capbri 22:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)
95. Misterfirley 27:21, 20 January 2011 (EST)

Attending morning only

1. Jeansoulin
2. FeanorStar7--probably only the morning, and will probably hang around for lunch (if that's ok)...--FeanorStar7 01:42, 12 January 2011 (UTC) *UPDATE: I am still coming for the morning session; but have decided to skip the tour, so that another person who has never gone behind the scenes can do so; since there are a lot of people coming. I have been on the tour before.--FeanorStar7 01:11, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
3. jtlikk add me to the tour too! and i can also help the registration table if needed
4. David J Gray - would like to take the tour - can only stay morn...
5. Nisaflame I will attend the morning session. probably until lunch, too. I can come as morning as metro is available so i can also help registration table if needed
6. cat_red -- probably only the morning, but I would love to go on the tour!

Attending afternoon only (or all day, but wish to skip the tour)

As the tours are limited to 60 people, please indicate if you do not plan to come in the morning!

1. Mindspillage (will be around all day--will be at the welcome booth while others are on the tour)
2. Aude - 100% will be there but don't need to go on the tour. Will be at the welcome table and helping out with things.

   BD2412 - I'd also be glad to answer questions. Cheers! Sadly turns out I can't make it after all. An overriding family obligation has come up. Best wishes to those who are there! BD2412 03:16, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

3. Worked out of there far too long to want to be bored to death. Ottava Rima 22:32, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
4. Fasepage (+1). January 9, 2011. Skip the tour, I need to attend the Newbie workshop really bad. As much as I want to attend, I have to set my priorities and miss out on all the good stuff. Sigh.
5. Cooljeanius 18:39, 9 January 2011 (UTC) I'd like to come in the morning, but I don't know if I'd be able to get up in time for it, so I'll put afternoon just to be safe.
6. Pjthepiano - I can make the afternoon session and would be happy to talk about the Public Policy Initiative
7. Don't need the tour, rather spend the time giving talks and workshops. ⇒DanRosenthal (WMF) 22:16, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
8. Debbado Looking forward to attending in the afternoon. Great occasion!
9. chipdizard Afternoon for me!
10. Djembayz Afternoon for me too.
11. Freedomstan Afternoon only. Thanks!

Maybe attending

1. Nasa-verve 20:54, 15 December 2010 (UTC) - possibly
2. --Wehwalt 18:13, 19 December 2010 (UTC) possibly
3. SergeantLunsford 00:05, 3 January 2011 (UTC) - 50% sure
4. 70.106.3.58 16:47, 3 January 2011 (UTC) 50%
5. Redchile10 10:18, 5 January 2011 (UTC) - can't make it before 4 but will attend from 4-5 pm if it is still going on!
6. hmm... clearly need the workshop on how to input info. Will try to be there. Marlene
7. Wabbott9 23:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC) Probably.
8. Tznkai 02:35, 7 January 2011 (UTC) Maybe
9. Gyrofrog 14:15, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
10. Malik Shabazz 18:06, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

    BD2412 - Definitely in the afternoon, not sure if I can make it in the A.M. Can't make it after all.

11. EliteOne - Unsure per existing schedule but may change - thank you.
12. Pongr 19:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC) possibly
13. RaqiwasSushi 20:35 (UTC) January 10, 2011
14. Dpieski 17:18, 11 January 2011 (UTC) Should be there in time. May have other things going on though
15. ThinkerIV 21:05, 11 January 2011 (UTC) I will attend if at all possible, I will need to see how my schedule works out.
16. Tonei 06:09, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
17. Tofutwitch11 18:34, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
18. AP1787 00:34, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
19. Patrickneil 16:49, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
20. Remember 18:21, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
21. '''''[[User: Brainulator9|BRAINULATOR9]] ([[User talk:Brainulator9|TALK]])''''' 13:52, 15 January 2011 (UTC) (?)
22. evrik not the whole day, bjut I'll try.
23. DMacks (+1) 17:19, 1 January 2011 (UTC) (moved from definite all day...suddenly "love to but probably only afternoon if at all" and don't want to block tour from others who can commit--sorry for last-minute!

Attending Happy Hour (but not the day event)

Happy Hour begins at 5:15 PM at Capitol City Brewery, Metro Center (11th & H St NW).

1. Sign here

Not attending, but inform me about future events

1. JoshDropD 09:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC) Sorry everyone, I can't make it. But could someone pick me up some swag?
2. Nix for me, unfortunately. Have other plans for that day. SchuminWeb 02:42, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
3. Would love to make it, but alas, no ride (I don't drive). Have fun. :) - Neutralhomer 05:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
4. I can't make it due to other plans, but good to know that Wikipedia's been this successful. Have fun! - Porsche1080 20:51, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
5. Out of town, but cheers! Mheart 04:07, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
6. Studying for medical boards unfortunately, but totally wanted to. Fosterche 22:52, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
7. Can't make it, but I am in town Jan 24-27 if any wikimedians are hanging around.Dcmacnut 04:16, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
8. Sadly, I will be out of state that week. Have fun, everyone! 96.255.209.4 16:51, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
9. Would love to go, but other events call my attention, so...have fun celebrating anyway! TheBlueWizard 23:31, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
10. I have to cancel due to bad cold. Krscal 12:28, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
11. I'm also out due to illness.  :( Happy Birthday, Wikipedia! Tiffany 13:36, 22 January 2011 (UTC) Attending: Tiffany 22:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Media

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• aude - on behalf of the organizing team (please create an account, in order to email via this form)

• Drosenthal (WMF) - for inquiries regarding the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Photos

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  Our faithful leader of the day, User:Aude welcomes us!
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  David Ferriero, the 10th Archivist of the United States (aka the man who runs the show at NARA!), welcomes us with enthusiasm and support.
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  A message from Jimmy Wales.
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  Beth Cron, Program Specialist at the National Archives opens with the first talk discussing records management at NARA.
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  Kitty Nicholson, a conservator at the National Archives, discusses conservation practices, concerns and storage at the Archives.
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  Martha Murphy talks about the JFK assassination and its representation on Wikipedia.
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  Jill Reilly James, social media team leader and archivist at the National Archives talks about interactive searching and prototypes NARA is working with.
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  The inner depths of NARA!
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  Touring the NARA
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  These are the Civil War documents of Walt Whitman's brother, George.
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  New York infantry docs from the Civil War
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  The death certificate of a Civil War soldier.
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  New barcode system in the archives for each shelf, soon barcodes will be placed on each storage box for easier locating.
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  Thomas Gideon talks FedFlix.
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  User:Mindspillage talks about great moments in Wikipedia history.
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  User:Mindspillage
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  User:Jyothis talks about Malayalam Wikipedia
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  User:Jyothis talks about Malayalam Wikipedia
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  User:Sross talks about Wikimedia's Public Policy Initiative.
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  Wikipedian PJ Tabit talks about his experiences as a Wikipedia Ambassador
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  Cupcakes donated by Georgetown Cupcake
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  Omnomnomnom
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  The noms continue...
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  Trivia hosted by User:Mindspillage and User:Phoebe.
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  Wikipedia 10 DC's non-official skee ball tournament.
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  Wiki Ambassadors Cheryl & PT go at it!
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  User:Mindspillage takes on User:Sageross
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  User:Sageross is a sore loser :(
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Event Wrap-Ups

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