It's partly that. They had a question from a listener asking how Wikipedia gets up to date so quickly. The listener watched the Grand National and wondered how old the winning jockey was, got to his Wikipedia page and within two minutes of the end of the race his page was updated with a mention of his victory.

There's scope to speak about the Wikipedia in Ireland too, could be a good chance to encourage more people to get involved.

Stevie

On 20/04/2012 12:41, Gabriel Beecham wrote:

Did they give any info about the nature of the segment? General Wikipedia-in-Ireland stuff?
On Apr 20, 2012 11:38 AM, "Stevie Benton" <stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Pamela from the Ray D'Arcy Show has just dropped me a line to say they are keen to still do the segment next week, especially if we can track down an Irish Wikipedian who is keen and chatty. If anyone is interested in taking part next Friday please do let me know.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
>
> On 20/04/2012 11:18, David Gerard wrote:
>>
>> On 19 April 2012 15:17, David Gerard<dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Stevie Benton from Wikimedia UK<stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> got a
>>> call from Today FM (Ireland) looking for someone this afternoon if
>>> possible. I can do it, but it'd be much better if someone in Ireland
>>> did. Could someone please get Stevie's email out of the mod queue?
>>> Thanks :-)
>>
>>
>> After lots of faff to organise it, the phone-in segment has been
>> canned, though it might be mentioned for 30 seconds in passing in the
>> Fix-It Friday segment.
>>
>> So now all we need to do is find someone willing to keep an eye on the
>> list itself :-)
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
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