*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. Some of these images have been uploaded to the article
on Sybil Connolly <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Connolly>, and a
short write up can be found on the Irish report for This Month in GLAM
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2018/Contents/Irela…>
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*Academia and Wikipedia: Critical Perspectives in Education and Research*
This conference will be taking place in Maynooth, 18 June 2018. All of the
details can be found here
<https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/dean-teaching-learning/academia-and-wikip…>
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*Embedding Digital Literacies in HEI's*
As part of this conference in UCC on 21 and 22 July, there will be a
workshop introducing Wikipedia to those in academia. You can find the full
details of the conference here
<http://dariah.ie/events-activities/cfp-embedding-digital-literacies-in-heis…>
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*Celtic Knot 2018*
Time is running out to register for Celtic Knot 2018 in the National
Library of Wales on 5 and 6 July. A full schedule for the conference can
now be found here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2018>.
*Editing events in TOG Hackerspace*
We will be continuing our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on
Wednesday
27 June <https://www.meetup.com/Tog-Dublin-Hackerspace/events/nnrbspyxjbkc/>
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!
We will also be taking part in the TOG Finishathon/Hackathon on Saturday 23
June <https://www.meetup.com/Tog-Dublin-Hackerspace/events/251434797/>,
where amongst other person projects our Project Coordinator will be doing
some Wikipedia editing!
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 Pride*
June sees the beginning of Pride celebrations in Ireland, with the Dublin
Pride parade <http://dublinpride.ie/parade/> taking place on 30 June. Our
Project Coordinator will be there taking photos for Wikimedia Commons as
she did last year, why not join her and help document it for the world? You
can find last year's images here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dublin_Pride_2017>, and this
year's will be uploaded to this category
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dublin_Pride_2018>.
*Wiki Loves Monuments 2018*
There has been lots of work going on in the past few months to increase and
diversify the listed structures in Ireland eligible for the competition in
September. We will be announcing the new list along with a map to help you
find your local heritage gems that could win you prizes! What this space!
*Getting Involved!*
Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved
in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign
you'd like to work on with us? Or have any other good ideas, then get in
touch, we'd love to hear from you!
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
Chair - Shannon Eichelberger
Project Coordinator - Rebecca O'Neill
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