Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco

Upcoming events

We meet at least once a month for a Wikisalon. Most months, we host other events (editathons, workshops, socials) around the bay!

• Join us to visit the Internet Archive on Friday, October 16 at 12pm. Includes lunch. Sign-up before October 14 REQUIRED.
• Join Wikimedians of the East Bay for a Wiki Café in Oakland on Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 2–5 pm at Bathers Library. New editors and curious newcomers welcome!
• Celebrate WikiData's birthday at the Bay Area WikiSalon on Wednesday November 4, from 6 to 9 pm, at The Fold, in San Francisco. Propose a lightning talk or join a workshop. Pizza, cakes and drinks will be served. All friends of open data are invited!

Past events

2026

• Join local Wikimedians and open source, knowledge, and data enthusiasts at our monthly Wikisalon on Tuesday, October 13th 2026 at 6.30pm. Enjoy bites and drinks, meet your people and learn new skills.
• For all friends of Wiki: join the Wikipedia Show and Tell at Bathers Library in Oakland on Saturday October 10th at 7pm.
• NEW South Bay Meetup! Join local Wikimedians and Open Street Map contributors for an open knowledge meetup on September 29th 2026 at 6pm, in Palo Alto hosted by Startup Island Taiwan.
• Join local Wikimedians and open source, knowledge, and data enthusiasts at our monthly Wikisalon on Tuesday, October 13th 2026 at 6.30pm. Enjoy bites and drinks, meet your people and learn new skills.
• In South Bay? Join Open Source San Jose August 27th to meet other open source enthusiasts.
• Join local Wikimedians and friends at our monthly Wikisalon on August 18th 2026 at 6.30pm. Join us for bites and drinks, lightning talks and a workshop to learn to edit.
• Join local Wikimedians and friends at our monthly Wikisalon on July 28th 2026 at 6.30pm. Join us for bites and drinks, lightning talks and a workshop to learn to edit.
• For Wikipedia lovers: Join the Wikipedia Show and Tell at Bathers Library on July 18th 2026 at 7pm.
• For Wikipedia lovers: Join the Wikipedia Show and Tell at Bathers Library on June 13th 2026 at 7.30pm.
• Wiknic is happening on June 13th! Join our yearly potluck! 10.30am to 1pm at Mission Dolores Park. Register here.
• Join local Wikimedians and friends at our monthly Wikisalon - a special event on Wiki and AI on June 11th 2026 at 6.30pm. Come enjoy lightning talks, pizza and connect with the local community. Wikicurious folks and new editors welcome.
• Join Wikimedians of the East Bay for an informal meetup over coffee and tea on May 23rd 2026 at 2pm. Wikicurious folks and new editors welcome.
• Join local Wikimedians and friends at our monthly Wikisalon on May 12th 2026 at 6.30pm. Come enjoy lightning talks, pizza and connect with the local community. Wikicurious folks and new editors welcome.
• In South Bay? Join Open Source San Jose on April 23rd to meet other open source contributors.
• Curious about contributing to the technical side of Wikipedia? Already contributing to MediaWiki or the Wikiverse? Join the WikiMediaWiki Workshop on May 3rd! Register here.

• In South Bay? Join Open Source San Jose on April 23rd to meet other open source contributors.
• Join local Wikimedians and friends at our monthly Wikisalon on April 9th 2026 at 6.30pm. Come enjoy lightning talks, pizza and connect with the local community. Wikicurious folks and new editors welcome.
• March Wikisalon: March 19th 2026 at 6.30pm. New editors welcome!
• Women's History Month edit-a-thon on Creative Women* in California: March 21st 2026 at 10.30am. Designed for new or beginner editors, but experienced editors are welcome.
• March 13-15 - WikiGameJam
• February 12 – Monthly Bay Area editors meetup (see Event page).
• February 11 – University of Berkeley's editathon; (Event page)
• January 24 – Wikipedia's 25th Birthday Celebration ( Event page)

2025

• December 10 – How to use San Francisco Public Library resources to improve Wikipedia (Event page)
• November 13 – Wikidata's 13th Birthday: (Event page)
• October 9 – Monthly meetup: , 6.30pm at Double Union. (Event page)
• October 7 – Community event: The Life of a Wikipedia Editor, and How You Can Join. was held 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM at San Francisco Public Library, North Beach branch, with a panel of experienced Wikipedia editors as they discussed some of the rewards and challenges of contributing to the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
• September 11 – Monthly meetup at Double Union. (Event page)
• July 12 – Wiknic: 10.30am at Double Union. (Event page).
• June 24 – Wiki Loves Pride Editathon: online (Event page).
• June 12 – Monthly Meetup at Double Union. (Event page).
• May 8 – Monthly Meetup at Double Union. (Event page).
• March 27 – Women History Month and add Women of UX design to the Encyclopedia. at Double Union and online. (Event page).
• April 10 – Monthly meetup at Double Union.
• March 13 – Monthly meetup at Double Union (Event page).
• February 13 – Monthly meetup
• February 13 – Wiki Commons Photo Contest, 2025 Bay Area) – prize.
• February 14 – Wikipedians joined Stanford's workshop on using Wikimedia projects to improve the reliability of LLMs. Read more information about their research and the overall research project.
• February 14–16 – WikiCredCon at the Internet Archive
• January 16 – Wikipedia Day celebration at Sequoia Fabrica
• January 10–11 – Inspiring Women and Non-Binary Creatives to Address Wikipedia’s Content Gender Gap. The Ruby, San Francisco.
• January 9 – Monthly Meetup

For older events, see Meetups, 2007 – 2024.

Legacy

Bay Area wiki enthusiasts have been gathering since at least 2007. There is a solid community of contributors around here; maybe related to the proximity of Silicon Valley and all the tech-focused creativity that brings; the rich non-profit presence in the area; and the presence, since 2008, of the Wikimedia Foundation's global headquarters. The MediaWiki Group San Francisco was active from 2012–2013 and now defunct, and Wikipedia Tech last held a Meetup event in 2018. The Bay Area WikiSalon series initially took place on the last Wednesday evening of every other month at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in downtown San Francisco (from 2016 to 2019), and has since been revived in other forms.

The organizers of the current meetups have been organizing meetings since ____. An officially recognized Bay Area Wikipedians User Group was proposed in 2024.^{[needs update]}