Wikipedia:Meetup/Manila

Filipino Wikipedians have held forty-one (41) meetups so far in the Metro Manila area. While the meetups are numbered 1 to 40, the September 2023 meetup was not numbered because it was added late. Counting it brings the total to 40.

Previous meetups

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• Manila 1 was held on May 20, 2007 in Kenny Rogers Roasters and Starbucks inside SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. Primarily discussed were the Articles of Incorporation of Wikimedia Philippines and some details of the Bylaws.
• Manila 2 was held on September 2, 2007 in Marina Restaurant at the CCP Complex, Pasay City, Metro Manila. This also served as a dialogue with the WikiPilipinas people.
• Manila 3 was held on October 21, 2007 in Starbucks in The Podium, Ortigas, Pasig City (near SM Megamall). This served as a dialogue with Tin Mandigma of Read or Die Philippines about her organization's success and how it would apply to Wikimedia Philippines.
• Manila 4 was held on July 19, 2008 in Figaro and Super Bowl of China in SM Mall of Asia. It was supposed to be called as First Wikipedia Tambayan Gimik, but it turned out to be an actual meetup between English, Tagalog and Kapampangan Wikipedia contributors.
• Manila 5 was held on September 19, 2009 in Burger King at SM Mall of Asia. The principal agenda was the revision of the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws. The status of the other Philippine Wikimedia projects (Wikibooks, Wikiquotes) was also discussed.
• Manila 6 was held at four different venues at four different dates. The objective of this meetup is to formalize the incorporation of Wikimedia Philippines as a non-profit, non-stock corporation. 6A on March 28, 2010 at Coffee Bean, Robinson's Place Manila (Ermita, Manila); 6B on March 29, 2010 at Teriyaki Boy, Robinsons Galleria (Ortigas, Quezon City); 6C on March 29, 2010 at Jollibee Kalentong (Kalentong, San Juan City) and 6D on March 30, 2010 at Starbucks Metrowalk (Ortigas, Pasig City)
• Manila 7 was held on May 1, 2010 at the Starbucks, Megastrip Slot #2, Upper Ground Floor, Building A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. This was a pre-launch event of Wikimedia Philippines. Wikimedia Philippines was duly recognized by the international community on March 12, 2010 and was incorporated on April 12, 2010. The official delegates to the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, Germany reported their achievements to the organization. Pasalubongs were given out.
• Manila 8 was held on May 15, 2010 at the Bulwagang Manileño, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, City of Manila, Metro Manila. This is also known as the First Annual Convention of Wikimedia Philippines and the event serves as a soft-launch for the non-profit organization.
• Manila 9 was held at the UCCP Shalom Center, Malate, City of Manila, Metro Manila, last June 19, 2010 (Saturday) from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. This was the First Quarterly meeting Wikimedia Philippines as stated on its By-laws.
• Manila 10 was held on September 25, 2010.
• Manila 11 was held on November 27, 2010.
• Manila 12 was held on January 15, 2011. It is also a Wikipedia Takes Manila event and celebration of the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia.
• Manila 13 was held on February 19, 2011.
• Manila 14 was held on August 27, 2011.
• Manila 15 was held on November 26, 2011.
• Manila 16 was held on May 26, 2012.
• Manila 17 was held on September 8, 2012.
• Manila 18 was held on December 1, 2013.
• Manila 19 was held on July 27, 2019.
• Manila 20 was held on October 29, 2023 at the Casino Español de Manila in Ermita, Manila. It was followed by a GLAM photowalk at the Philippine National Museum of Natural History. It started on 1:00 PM and ended on 06:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic community based in Metro Manila, Philippines. Discussions include the Consultation for the Wikimedia Movement Charter in the Philippines, state of the Freedom of Panorama in the Philippines, cultural heritage initiatives, etc.
• Manila 21 was held on November 19, 2023 in Intramuros, Manila. The meeting venue was Cioccolata Churros Cafe at the Bayleaf Hotel. It was then followed by GLAM photowalk in Baluarte de Dilao, Museo San Agustin in San Agustin Church, and Fort Santiago. It started on 1:00 PM and ended on 06:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic community based in Metro Manila, Philippines. Discussions include the Consultation for the Wikimedia Movement Charter in the Philippines, state of the Freedom of Panorama in the Philippines, Philippine language-based Wikipedia projects, etc.
• Manila 22 was held on April 07, 2024 at the Casino Español de Manila in Ermita, Manila. It started at 12:00 PM and ended at 03:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic Wikimedia organization based in the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines. Discussions include the Appointment of Trustees from 2024 to 2025, Consultation for the Wikimedia Movement Charter in the Philippines, state of the Freedom of Panorama in the Philippines, etc.
• Manila 23 was held on May 26, 2024 in Makati City, Metro Manila. It started at 12:00 PM and ended at 05:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic Wikimedia organization based in the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines. The event started with a lunch at 12:00 PM at Olive Garden in Glorietta 4 Mall, Makati City. The GLAM-Wiki event was a museum visit at Ayala Museum, Makati City. The PPC Board also met and share stories with Senior Museum Curator (Head of Conservation) Kenneth Esguerra which presented "Unraveling the AIA Philippines Art Collection" as part of the Curator's Tour in Ayala Museum, Makati City. Lastly, PPC Board Meeting was held at Mango Tree Cafe in Greenbelt 3 Mall, Makati City.
• Manila 24 was held on June 30, 2024 in Casino Español de Manila and National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila City. It started at 12:00 PM and ended at 06:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic Wikimedia organization based in the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines. The event started with a lunch at 12:00 PM at Casino Español de Manila in Ermita, Manila City. The GLAM-Wiki Event was a museum visit at National Museum of Fine Arts in Ermita, Manila City. The attendees visited art galleries which houses collection of paintings and sculptures by notable Filipino artists. Lastly, the meeting of PPC Regular Members was held at Casino Español de Manila from 05:00 to 06:00 PM.
• Manila 25 was held on August 04, 2024 in The Bayleaf Hotel (Intramuros) and National Museum of Anthropology in Manila City. It started at 12:00 PM and ended at 06:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic Wikimedia organization based in the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines. The event started with a lunch at 12:00 PM at The Bayleaf Hotel in Intramuros, Manila City. The GLAM-Wiki Event was a museum visit at National Museum of Anthropology in Manila City. The attendees visited all of the ethnological and archaeological galleries of the museum. After a snack which started at 4:30 PM at the Starbucks General Luna in Intramuros, Manila City, the meet-up concluded at 06:00 PM.
• Manila 26 was held on August 15, 2024 in the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Library and The Aristocrat Restaurant in Manila City. It started at 10:30 AM and ended at 03:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic Wikimedia organization based in the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines. The event started with a snacks at 10:30 AM at Starbucks General Luna in Intramuros, Manila City. The GLAM-Wiki Event was a library visit at National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Library. The visit happened from 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM. The attendees met and share stories with Ms. Jelomy Domingo (NCCA Librarian) and Ms. Delia Peregrina (NCCA Planning Officer II). The Philippine Panorama Project consulted cultural heritage references like the Philippine Church Facades and the Philippine Heritage Architecture for its intentional visit and data gathering objectives. After the library visit, there is a lunch from 01:00 to 03:00 PM at The Aristocrat Restaurant, which is a key figure in the Filipino food heritage, in Malate, Manila City. The meet-up concluded at 03:00 PM.
• Manila 27 was held on September 28, 2024 as a Cultural Heritage Cruise of the Pasig River. It started at 11:15 AM and ended at 05:00 PM. The event was organized by the Pilipinas Panorama Community which is a thematic Wikimedia organization based in the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines. The event aims to document the Pasig River from the landmarks within its vicinity up to the awareness of its potential for tourism.
• Manila 28 was held on December 21, 2024. It started at 12:00 PM and ended at 06:00 PM. It includes a as a Cultural Heritage Cruise at the Pasig River, Edit-a-thon, and Photowalk in Santa Ana, Manila.
• Manila 29 was held on February 15, 2025. It started at 10:30 PM and ended at 01:30 PM. It is a cultural heritage photowalk in Quiapo, Manila which includes heritage sites within the district like Quiapo Church, Plaza Miranda, Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, Ancestral Houses in Hidalgo Street, and San Sebastian Church.
• Manila 30 was held on February 23, 2025. It started at 10:00 AM and ended at 02:30 PM. It is a GLAM tour at the Ayala Museum which features the Zóbel: The Future of the Past Exhibit. The meet-up concluded with a lunch at the Luk Yuen Restaurant in Glorietta Mall, Makati City.
• Manila 31 was held on March 21, 2025. The event was held from 08:30 to 09:30 PM in the Aristocrat Restaurant, an iconic Filipino restaurant located in Malate, Manila City. It is an organizational dinner between the Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group and Pilipinas Panorama Community in preparation for the ESEAP Strategy Summit 2025 which will be held in Manila, Philippines on May 23-35, 2025.
• Manila 32 was held on May 17, 2025. As the community celebrates the International Museum Day 2025, PPC conducted a Binondo Heritage Tour and GLAM Visit at Chinatown Museum for its members. It started at 10:00 AM and ended at 2:45 PM. Participants visited the Binondo Church and the Chinatown Museum. The meet-up concluded with a lunch at Chuan Kee, Binondo's oldest fast food restaurant, located at Ongpin Street, Binondo, Manila.
• Manila 33 was held on June 28, 2025. PPC was welcomed by the President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands (CCPI) Jose Luis U. Yulo Jr. and conducted a tour for PPC Members. CCPI's Chamber Building in Intramuros, Manila will host the PPC's new main headquarters at its Legacy Heritage Room. An internal meeting and edit-a-thon was conducted in the afternoon.
• Manila 34 was held on September 14, 2025. PPC members organized a Wikimedian meet-up to visit the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) 2025 in SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The event is considered as the longest-running and largest book fair in the Philippines, tracing its roots back to the early 1980s. It is then followed by a short meeting held in Jollibee Restaurant at the SM Mall of Asia.
• Manila 35 was held on October 26, 2025. PPC Board conducted a Strategic Planning Meet-up which reviewed activities of PPC including partnerships, projects, programs, and future plans of the organization. The meet-up was organized in Casino Español de Manila, a heritage site located in Ermita, Manila City.
• Manila 36 was held on December 07, 2025. PPC celebrated its 3rd Founding Anniversary in Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands (CCPI) Chamber Building in Intramuros, Manila.
• Manila 37 was held on January 10, 2025. The Pilipinas Panorama Community (PPC) organized a meet-up and cultural heritage photowalk in the City of Manila for Wikipedia's 25th Birthday celebration. The event opened with lunch over project discussion among Metro Manila-based Wikipedians in Casino Español de Manila in Ermita district. The cultural heritage tour followed, hosted by the organization, of the historic Paco Park and memorial shrine in the City of Manila's Paco district.
• Manila 38 or Wikipedia 25 in Manila was held on January 18, 2026 to celebrate the 25th launch anniversary of Wikipedia. Open to all Wikipedians in and around Metro Manila. Organized by independent users.
• Manila 39 was held on March 15, 2026. The Pilipinas Panorama Community (PPC) conducted a meet-up which included activities such as the Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in Manila Upload-a-thon and discussions of projects like WikiProyekto Hiligaynon. The meet-up was held in the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands, the organization's official headquarters located in Intramuros, Manila.
• Manila 40 was held on June 7, 2026, at Araneta City, Quezon City. Members of the Pilipinas Panorama Community (PPC) visited the Gateway Gallery as part of the organization's GLAM advocacy. PPC then conducted its internal elections at World Kitchens. The meet-up concluded at 5:55 PM.
• Manila 41 was held on August 2, 2026. Board members of the Pilipinas Panorama Community (PPC) conducted their first executive meeting at Casino Español de Manila in Ermita, Manila. The meet-up started at 01:00 PM and concluded at 3:53 PM.

Other meetups

• September 15-16, 2023 Meetup was held at Cioccolata Churros Cafe, Bayleaf Hotel in Intramuros and the National Museums of the Philippines. The meetup was part of the first-ever GLAM Philippines outreach activities attended by PhilWiki Community members and invited participants composed of teachers, and culture and Wiki Loves photo contests participants.

Past participants

This is a list of users who have attended past meet-ups in Metro Manila. It is not up-to-date because some meetups didn't track attendees.

1. Aerous (37th) (39th) (40th)
2. Allen Marx 12 (31st)
3. Alphapeta (5th)
4. Alternativity (2nd)
5. Ballardmaize (24th) (31st)
6. Billie bb (6th) (8th) (9th) (19th) (38th)
7. Berserkerz Crit (1st)
8. BiancaBrazal (31st)
9. Bikol Express (20th) (27th) (33rd) (37th) (39th)
10. Buszmail (Johnny Alegre) (8th) (9th) (20th) (21st) (22nd) (23rd) (24th) (25th) (26th) (27th) (28th) (29th) (30th) (31st) (32nd) (33rd) (34th) (35th) (36th) (37th) (39th) (40th) (41st)
11. Chitetskoy (40th)
12. Churihan (20th) (21st) (22nd) (23rd) (24th) (25th) (26th) (27th) (28th) (29th) (31st) (32nd) (33rd) (34th) (35th) (36th) (37th) (39th) (40th) (41st)
13. Cloudhand (5th) (6th) (7th) (8th) (9th) (19th)
14. Eaglestorm (5th)
15. Exec8 (1st) (2nd) (3rd) (4th) (5th) (6th) (7th) (8th) (19th) (38th)
16. Filipinayzd (9/15-16/2023)
17. GerryYabes (34th) (35th) (36th) (37th) (39th) (40th) (41st)
18. Jojit (1st) (2nd) (3rd) (4th) (5th) (6th) (7th) (8th) (9th) (10th) (11th) (12th) (13th) (14th) (15th) (16th) (19th) (38th)
19. Jondel (1st)
20. Jordz (5th)
21. Kunokuno (24th) (31st)
22. Lee Heon Jin (5th) (7th) (8th) (19th)
23. Katimawan2005 (4th)
24. Lenticel (2nd) (3rd)
25. Maffeth.opiana (9/15-16/2023)
26. Markadan (20th) (21st) (22nd) (23rd) (24th) (28th) (30th) (33rd) (34th) (36th) (40th) (41st)
27. MaxixKatana (31st)
28. Nickrds09 (7th)
29. Nino Gonzales (2nd) (3rd)
30. Noraft (8th) (9th)
31. Ordinaryfare (28th)
32. Paikotikotlang (28th) (32nd)
33. Panahonngmgadapat (28th) (32nd) (33rd)
34. PhiliptheNumber1 (29th) (30th) (32nd) (33rd) (34th) (35th) (36th) (37th) (39th) (40th) (41st)
35. Ralffralff (20th) (21st) (22nd) (23rd) (24th) (25th) (26th) (29th) (30th) (31st) (32nd) (33rd) (34th) (35th) (36th) (37th) (39th) (40th) (41st)
36. RCJourn (8th) (20th) (21st) (22nd) (23rd) (24th) (25th) (27th) (28th) (29th) (30th) (32nd) (33rd) (34th) (35th) (36th) (37th) (39th) (40th) (41st)
37. Ranieljosecastaneda (9/15-16/2023)
38. Scorpion prinz (1st) (2nd) (6th) (7th) (8th) (9th) (38th)
39. ShiminUfesoj (9/16/2023)
40. seav (1st) (2nd) (3rd) (6th) (7th) (8th) (9th)
41. Sky Harbor (1st) (3rd) (5th) (7th) (8th) (9th)
42. Soy20 (39th)
43. Tito Pao (1st) (2nd) (5th) (6th) (8th) (9th)
44. TheCoffee (6th)
45. Zirconaut (28th) (30th) (32nd) (33rd) (35th) (36th) (37th) (39th) (40th) (41st)

Participants with no username on any Wikimedia-related projects

1. Fabian Mangahas (8th)
2. Juned Sonido (9th)
3. William Songco (6th)
4. William Russell Sobrepeña (37th)

See also

• PhilWiki Community
• Pilipinas Panorama Community (PPC)
• Tambayan Philippines
• Wiki Society of the Philippines

Notes