Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – February 2019 Editing events in TOG Hackerspace We continue our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace in 2019 with our editing event on Wednesday 27 February from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – January 2019 Wikipedia and Vicipéid birthday celebrations at TOG As well as our usual editing event in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 30 January, we will also mark two big milestones with cake! January 2019 marks the 18th birthday of Wikipedia and the 15th birthday of Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – December 2018 Have a great Christmas and holidays, and a fantastic new year! Wiki Science We were delighted to announce and exhibit the 6 winning images for Wiki Science 2018 at the SCI:COM conference in Dublin on 12 Wednesday 2018. You can find all those Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – November 2018 Wiki Science The photo and image competition, Wiki Science, has returned to Ireland for November. Find all the details about the 2018 competition here. You can see last year’s winning images here. If you are interested in helping to organise, promote or Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – October 2018 Ada Lovelace Day We are excited to be partnering with Lovelace Space to celebrate 2018’s Ada Lovelace Day with an evening of workshops in the Digital Hub on Wednesday 10 October from 6:30-9pm. You can find all details and links for tickets Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – September 2018 Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 This year’s Irish Wiki Loves Monuments is in full swing! Ireland is one of over 40 countries taking part across the world. There are prizes to be won for the top 10 images from Ireland, with the top Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – August 2018 Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 This year the list of eligible monuments for Ireland’s Wiki Loves Monuments has exploded – going from 1214 to 6290! You can find all of the structures waiting for photos on our map, with all of the red Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – June 2018 Sybil at The Hunt Museum Wikipedia editing workshops were held at the Hunt Museum across three days from 17-19 May. These events were held to celebrate the Hunt Museum becoming the first Irish cultural institutions to donate images directly to Wikimedia Commons. Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – May 2018 Sybil at The Hunt Museum A Wikipedia Edit Workshop is being held at the Hunt Museum, Limerick on May 19th with help from Limerick Lace, the City Museum and the City Library, the Hunt Museum Docents and the people of Limerick and Read more
Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – April 2018 The first Irish OpenDatathon The Department of Public Expenditure & Reform’s Open Data Unit are sponsoring Ireland’s first OpenDatathon using the 6000 open datasets that can be found at their web portal. The deadline for submission is 4 May, with the winners Read more