Wikipedia meet!

[reddragdiva]

There is a prospective Wikipedia meet Tuesday week, 31st August, at 7pm (earlier times on that page are BBC staff only). They don't have a venue yet. From NTK:

And on the subject of last-minute changes: Wikipedia founder JIMMY WALES is coming to the UK next Tuesday (2004-08-31), and would like to speak to any audience who'll have him in London that evening. Venue details are a little scarce at the moment because the "organisers" are actively still looking for one, though we're entirely confident that something will happen because they have, of course, already set up a wiki.
http://www.minty.org/cgi-bin/wp/wiki.pl?HomePage
- considered using Quicktopic, but just didn't seem right somehow

Now, you people can secure a venue with alcohol and air at a second's notice. Could some of you please care to do so? Thank you :-)

Update: Venue found! Oyster, 1 Naoroji Street, London WC1X 0JD. See you there!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

I forget the name, but that pub where there was a BOFHnet meet, one of the first times I met you and the first time I met nou and kissed you - it has a downstairs bit and serves decent beer. Perhaps they could book the downstairs bit.
I'm somewhat likely to attend.

[reddragdiva]

I'm thinking of the one there was a bunch of BOFHs went for a pint a few hundred metres from Angel station. Good space, WiFi, quiet on a Tuesday. Now WHERE THE HELL WAS IT?!

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

There's an actual Bastard Operator From Hell network? And do you mean the King's Head on Upper Street by that tram shed thingy?

[vatine]

The Green Man near Great Portland Street?

thanks for the help - got a venue!

[(Anonymous)]

Got a venue - thanks for helping! Details at
http://www.minty.org/cgi-bin/wp/wiki.pl?HomePage

Regarding the pub you're talking about above - it wasn't the Green Man, near Great Portland St per chance?

Re: thanks for the help - got a venue!

[reddragdiva]

I think the pub _nicolai_ means was indeed the Green Man.

[lproven.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. Tempting.

[moomintroll.livejournal.com]

Let me know what you think of it... I saw one of the earlier ones today...

[reddragdiva]

It was very nice :-) Liz and Arkady agree that it was more something for people who had never heard of the project. Though the question session afterwards was more suitable for Wikipedians.