Dear WikiMedia members,
To celebrate Ireland's third annual Internet Day, IEDR is hosting an evening with Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales. The <http://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/13240/39750/16th_October_2017_-_The_Pat…> l<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irelands-internet-day-an-evening-with-wikipe…>ast remaining tickets for the event are currently on sale for €15<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irelands-internet-day-an-evening-with-wikipe…>.<http://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/13240/39750/16th_October_2017_-_The_Pat…>
When: Thursday, 26 October 2017, 17:45-20:00
Where: The MacNeill Theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin, D2
Jimmy Wales was on The Pat Kenny Show on Monday morning discussing the threats to online knowledge-sharing and his mission to combat the rise of ‘fake news’ with evidence-based journalism via his new site WikiTRIBUNE. Launching later this year, WikiTRIBUNE is a collaborative online news publication that allows professional journalists and volunteers to work side by side, co-researching and co-writing articles together. You can listen to the full interview here<http://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/13240/39750/16th_October_2017_-_The_Pat…>.
Mr Wales will be discussing this and more at Ireland's Internet Day. The event will be moderated by Adrian Weckler (Technology Editor at the Irish Independent) and will also include a Q&A session where Jimmy Wales will answer selected questions from the audience via Twitter.
Wikipedia is the 5th most visited site in the world and Jimmy will give his perspective on what’s next in the digital era. Don’t miss one of the titans of the internet have his say on the issues impacting the internet today.
About Internet Day:
Ireland’s Internet Day, held to coincide with International Internet Day, aims to promote awareness, knowledge, use and understanding of the internet in Ireland by its citizens, businesses and communities. In recent years the event has highlighted and celebrated the achievements of Irish and international internet entrepreneurs and the positive impact of the internet on society.
We hope to see you at what promises to be a wonderful evening.
Kind regards,
Cathal McGivern
Cathal McGivern
Marketing & Promotions
IE Domain Registry CLG
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*Wikimedia Community Ireland Newsletter – October 2017*
*Wiki Science*
We are very excited to announce that Ireland will be taking part in Wiki
Science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Ireland_2017>
for the first time this year. Wiki Science is a photo competition looking
for images under 5 broad categories relating to science: people in science,
microscopy images, non-photographic media, image sets, and a general
category. In Ireland we will also be awarding a sixth prize for an image of
Women in STEM. We will be announcing more details over the coming weeks,
and if you have any suggestions, thoughts or ideas on this exciting
initiative do get in contact!
*Editing events in TOG Hackerspace*
We will be continuing our editing events in TOG on Wednesday 25 October
from 7-9pm. To get a reminder about this and other upcoming event sign up
on the TOG Meetup page <https://www.meetup.com/Tog-Dublin-Hackerspace/>, or
follow us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIreland> or Twitter
<https://twitter.com/WikimediaIE>.
*Wiki Loves Monuments 2017*
Thank you and good luck to everyone who entered this year's competition.
Ireland was ranked 37 out of the 52 participating countries with 851
uploaded images by 50 uploaders. We are busy organising the judging of the
pictures and the awards event. Stay tuned to here the results by the start
of November!
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
Chair - Shannon Eichelberger
Project Coordinator - Rebecca O'Neill
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On Meetup: Wikimedia Community Ireland Meetup
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