[léigh an leagan Gaeilge anseo | read the Irish language version here]
A chairde,
Summer is over and the academic year is back in full swing. We have been as busy as bees over the past few weeks. Here is what has been happening.
Wiki Loves Monuments: three days left
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 closes on Wednesday, 30 September. The competition is open for monuments in the Republic of Ireland. If you have a photo on your phone, this is your chance.
Oifigeach Gaeilge nua
Tá ár nOifigeach Teanga Gaeilge nua aimsithe againn tar éis próiseas earcaíochta an tsamhraidh. Tosaíonn Pádraig de Búrca ag obair linn an tseachtain seo agus táimid ar bís go bhfuil sé ar an bhfoireann anois.
Grant review
We held our end-of-year review meeting with the Wikimedia Foundation. We looked back on the year’s work under our grant and at what lies ahead.
South East Language Planning Conference
Amy attended the South East Conference at the South East Technological University (SETU). She wrote a summary of the day, and you can read it (in Irish) here.
Guest lecture at the University of Limerick
Amy gave a guest lecture to students of the MA in Public History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Limerick. The lecture focused on Wikipedia and public history. WCI hosts this lecture annually.
GET Project
GET (Global Education Time) is a project run in partnership with APA that equips secondary school students with the skills to start editing Wikipedia and Vicipéid. Over the coming weeks, we will visit two secondary schools for a training day. The students will work on articles about migration, climate change, and inequality.
Community meeting
Our community meeting is taking place tomorrow, Tuesday, 29 September, at 18:00. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you have experience with Wikipedia.
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Talk at Ardkeen Library
Amy will be giving a talk at Ardkeen Library, Waterford, tomorrow at 18:30, on the gender gap on Wikipedia and in history.
Upcoming events
- Tuesday, 29 September: Community meeting
- Tuesday, 29 September: Talk at Ardkeen Library
- Wednesday, 30 September: Wiki Loves Monuments closes
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If you have a question or an idea for an event, please email us at info@wikimedia.ie
