Wiknic

English

Alternative forms

• Wikinic

Etymology

Blend of wiki +‎ picnic.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Wiknic (plural Wiknics)

1. (Wikimedia jargon) A picnic organized by Wikimedians.
   • 2011 June 24, Monica Hesse, “A Wiki-Picnic for online encyclopedia editors”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-28:

     "Basically, we tried to encourage people in each local area to do their own thing," says Richard Knipel, who has been heavily involved with New York area Wiknics on which the national effort, planned for 18 cities around the United States, is based.

   • 2013 June 20, Berkeley Brett, “Wikipedia's own Manual of Style”, in alt.usage.english‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I find it regrettable that these events are only in the U.S. There are plenty of excellent Wikipedia contributors all around the world, and there are provisions for "Start[ing] an event for your city" (see the main Wiknic article), so I hope people from other countries will schedule local Wiknics soon.

   • 2013 July 16, “The Great American Wiknic [edit]”, in NPR‎^[3]:

     On a recent Sunday, some members of the Wikimedia D.C. chapter — an eclectic mix of 50 or so area academics, professionals and all-around geeks — met up in Meridian Hill Park, not far from the White House, as part of the nationwide "Great American Wiknic." The group picnic, like the encyclopedia itself, was potluck.

Further reading

• Wiknic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia