*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 <http://data.gov.ie>. The deadline for
submission is 4 May, with the winners being announced on 25 May at
Waterford Institute of Technology. All the details can be found here
<http://www.irishopendatathon.com>.
*Open Learning, Infectious Creativity, & the Future of Connected
Collaboration*
The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway is hosting a
day of seminars on 1 May. The day includes a workshop on reusing
photographs, *Finding, taking, and using photographs*, which looks at
platforms such as Wikimedia Commons. You can find all the details here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-learning-infectious-creativity-the-futu…>
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*Editing events in TOG Hackerspace*
We will be continuing our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on
Wednesday
25 April
<https://www.meetup.com/Tog-Dublin-Hackerspace/events/ltrdkpyxgbhc/> from
7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come
along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians! All you need is a laptop, WiFi
and pizza will be provided!
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>.
*Collaboration with The Hunt Museum*
We are currently working on a very exciting set of events with The Hunt
Museum <http://www.huntmuseum.com/> in Limerick in mid-May - we will post
updates here and on all of our other platforms.
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
Chair - Shannon Eichelberger
Project Coordinator - Rebecca O'Neill
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