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Wikipedia 2005 meetup

Ok, I think we all have a very vested interest in having the 2005 Wikipedian meetup in Ireland. But not only that, I think it would be a very good place to have it. So what I suggest is this - let's get our act together and decide which city is best to have it in, think up of some good reasons, get some ideas for if it were there, and make our proposal to the meta page regarding the nominations. It seems the UK Wikipedians are behind us. In terms of local helpership, that's something that needs to be addressed. I can't do much except research really (4 more years...) but I might be able to find good hotel rates, attractions, discounts, flight info etc. if it was held in limerick. Plus maybe I could pull some strings with my parents :-). I made the advantages/disadvantages of the cities up above. What do people think? JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) 20:39, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Sure theres only 2 days left till the selection process finishs - Its way to late to be mucking about about other cities. CGorman 20:59, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Dublin has made it to the last 6! They need more information on conferance facilities and prices. To follow the whole selection process, check out [1] CGorman 17:59, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

If anyone else can help out at all, please sign up on the list of candidate cities as a local helper. There will be a discussion involving all local helpers, we need more exact details for Dublin as CGorman said above.
Essentially, we need to figure out where in Dublin the event could be held (need a main hall holding 200+ and smaller workshop rooms), and for how much. So we need to ring places and get quotes. I suggest we correlate information on this page as we find it out.
The known details for the meetup to consider
  • September preferred, but possibly July/August
  • Unknown number will meet, but get info for 200, 300 and 400 people.
The details we need:
  • Meeting place (hotel, University, conference facilities)
  • Accommodation (cheap - hostels, etc. If in summer can Uni accommodation be used (UL in Limerick do this, do the Dublin colleges?))
  • Flight costs (from a variety of locations, on various dates)
Anything else?
If people can even check out one item, that is a help! Do note it here to avoid duplicate queries.
zoney ♣ talk 18:13, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • A useful site: [Dublin convention bureau]
    • I've emailed dcb at dublinconventionbureau dot com and made a preliminary inquiry with them about venues. That's please not to stop anyone from pursuing other avenues of enquiry and seeking to obtain venue info before the October 17th IRC. (Don't forget to join the IRC! See Meta page.) Ropers 12:49, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

venuesireland.com

I found a useful site - venuesireland.com - who find suitable venues for conferences for free. I emailed them with the info (answered to the best of my ability) and a person emailed me back asking for more detail. I can't answer all these questions - can anyone?

Responses by zoney ♣ talk
  • What style seating should the main meeting room be in - theatre, classroom, cabaret?
Theatre
  • Do you need any accommodation?
Yes (though this can be arranged independantly)
  • Do you require any breakout space?
I presume this means smaller workshop rooms (i.e. yes)
  • Will you need catering i.e. tea/coffee breaks / lunch / dinner?
I don't know
  • Is the date set as the 1st & 2nd Sept 05? Are you flexible at all?
We are flexible, July or August are fine (date has not been agreed) as well
  • you have highlighted your preferred location as Dublin - would you like a city centre property or would you also consider a property further out?
I think this is flexible. Dublin transport isn't that ridiculous. That said, if it's outlying location, it needs to be by bus route/Luas/rail.

A full copy of the email is at User:Ludraman/email about meetup. JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) 17:45, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Milestone

Well, that's 343, three hundred and forty-three, articles on Irish towns (north and south) categorised, Irish added, basic details, stub message (if needed), link to parent list, all done! I feel quite happy! Congrats to CGorman and all the others who've been helping out. Having these well-organised articles, even if just stubs, will hopefully encourage people to add to the articles.

The next thing to do, is to work out the ten worst examples, I mean, a stub for a small town is not so bad, but Wexford? So we need to see what the priorities are for expansion.

zoney ♣ talk 00:06, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

A seperate todo list would be handy (I'm sure Filiocht would second that, he's big into them ;-). JOHN COLLISON [ Ludraman] 08:19, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
See Talk:List of towns in the Republic of Ireland - to-do list started. zoney ♣ talk 16:32, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Attorney General

I am not particularily good at Irish but is the síneadh fada used in Árd-Aighne (Attorney General of Ireland) correct, does Ard usually get a fada (I though not) or is this another case of giving every vowel, in Irish, a fada for the sake of it, lest we leave it out - the Constitution of Ireland does not have a fada, but the website does?

You're right - the correct Irish for Attorney General is Ard-Aighne, regardless of what the website says. A rather gormless mistake - surely someone would have noticed before it got used that widely? --Kwekubo 22:22, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Bring on the síneadh fada police! Djegan 19:21, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Notice

Please take a moment to counter the silly listing for deletion of Heritage railways in Northern Ireland. It was a bit sorrier early (though only a cleanup candidate or stub), but I've expanded it. Vote at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Heritage railways in Northern Ireland. Thanks. zoney ♣ talk 16:21, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Ahem. Donegal is not in NI... Kiand 16:31, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
D'oh!!! :-) On the flipside, the RPSI who are based in Whitehead, Co. Antrim were listed on the RoI page. Bah - stupid partition :-) zoney ♣ talk 16:34, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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