2023 Wikimedia Community Ireland Highlights
As we approach the year's end, we're excited to reminisce and celebrate some of the incredible highlights that have defined our journey together. From changes and transitions to inspiring collaborations, these moments remind us of the collective strength and potential within our community.
2023 has been a year of change for our group. We hired our first Irish Language Officer, Amy O'Riordan, to improve our outreach in Irish, our long time Project Coordinator, Rebecca O'Neill, stepped down, and we hired a new Programme Manager, Sophie Fitzpatrick. What I am most proud of this year is how, even with all of this change, we still had another year of successful programs. Amy has contributed immensely to the Wiki Women Erasmus+ project, which will, by the end of 2024, provide school and student toolkits for editing Wikipedia in Irish for the first time. Sophie has hit the ground running, expanding our outreach on social media platforms and running several successful online editing campaigns. I look forward to another year of innovative programs to bring the sum of all knowledge to everyone in Ireland in both English and Irish!
-Shannon Co-Chairperson
For me, the best news this year was the appointment of Amy O'Riordan as Oifigeach Gaeilge le Pobal Wikimedia na hÉireann. Bhuail mé le hAmy don chéad uair i mbliana ag an Oireachtas i gCill Airne, agus tá súil agam go mbeidh deis agam bualadh léi le haghaidh caife agus comhrá san athbhliain. Guím gach rath uirthi, agus ar ndóigh más féidir liom aon chúnamh a thabhairt di níl le déanamh aici ach ceist a chur orm!
B’fhéidir go mbeadh fonn ar ‘Wikimedia UK’ í a fhostú chun Tuaisceart Éireann a chlúdach chomh maith! Nollaig shona!
-Éamonn (Ériugena) Irish Language Editor
The WikiWomen Erasmus+ Project initiative to address the under-representation of women on Wikipedia and to elevate minority languages in the digital space with the development of the educational toolkits certainly was a major focus of 2023. But, the keystone event for me was the welcoming of Amy, our first Irish Language Officer at Wikimedia Community Ireland. With this expansion of our team we continue to push into new areas and expand our community presence. I remain encouraged with the community feedback that our focus be on supporting the good work done on Vicipéid. I think it is important to focus on Irish content in the Irish Language. The encyclopedia projects are the first destination for the vast majority of students performing academic research. It is important that local knowledge is available without the filters of translation. I'm excited to continue to accelerate our impact into the new year.
-Eugene Co-Chairperson
Dia dhaoibh a dhaoine uaisle! Toisc go bhfuil deireadh na bliana ag teacht anois, seo iad mo chuid machnaimh ar 2023. Ó mhí Iúil, nuair a thosaigh mé sa phost seo. d'aimsigh mé cuar céar foghlama ach ag an am céanna grúpa pobail a raibh (agus a bhfuil) cairdiúil agus cuidiúil. Táim fíorbhuíoch as bhur gcuid cabhair! Ba é an t-Oireachtas buaicphointe an bhliain domsa, mar tá alán suim ag daoine faoi Vicipéid agus ar Wiki na mBan chomh mhaith, agus nascanna déanta le haghaidh imeachtaí agus píosaí oibre a dhéanamh. Táim aag suil go mór leis an Athbhliain agus na himeachtaí atá ag teacht! Ba é tionscadal Wiki na mBan buaic eile ó 2023, tá an-cuid déanta againn agus níos mó le déanamh. Beidh seoladh an tionscadal ag an gcomhdháil Celtic Knot an bhliain seo chugainn. Bheinmis buíoch dá bhféadfadh daoine a chur in iúl dúinn cad atá uaibh don imeacht sin agus an suribhé a líonadh amach. Beannachtaí na féile chuid gach duine agus feicfidh mé sibh i 2024!
-Amy Irish Language Officer
