Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/WLM Ireland 2016 Writing Contest

As part of the annual Wiki Love Monuments contest, the Wikimedia Community Ireland will host three writing contests to take place through the months of September and October 2016. The aim is to expand a create articles in three categories: Irish Monuments, People and Places of 1916, and articles on Vicipéid.

Rules[edit]

The purpose of this contest is to engage more participants in Ireland's Wiki Loves Monuments contest in actually creating and editing articles on Wikipedia. All of the entries must fall under one of three categories: Irish Monuments, People and Places of 1916, and Vicipéid.

Articles must be worked on between 1 September and 31 October 2016.
Participants must list the articles they want to be considered with their username below.
Participants may work alone or in a team.
Participants may work on as many articles as they would like.
Only editing completed by 11:59 UTC on 31 October 2016 will be considered for scoring.

Prizes[edit]

Prizes will be awarded for the following in each category:

Best new article
Best expanded article
Best 'newbie' contributor

Each winner will receive a certificate, a barnstar on their user page, and a book related to the category they won in.

Scoring[edit]

Points will be awarded as follows:

New article	3 points
1,000 bytes	1 point
Image added	3 points
Infobox added	3 points

Participants[edit]

Add your username and the articles you would like to be judged on below.

Username: GeneralBelly (talk) 15:01, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Articles:

Username: ☕ Antiqueight ^haver 18:09, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Articles:

Results[edit]

The winning articles are:

With a special prize awarded to a new editor for the draft article on Patrick Whelan.

Editing Workshop-NUI Galway[edit]

We will be holding an editing workshop at NUI Galway on 28 September 2016 from 5-8pm at the James Hardiman Library, Nursing and Midwifery PC Suite. We will show newbies how to edit Wikipedia and help experienced editors with references, images, formatting, ect. All articles editing during the workshop are eligible for the writing contest. All are welcome. If you are already a registered Wikipedia user, please sign in below.

Sameichel (talk) 09:47, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Smirkybec (talk) 17:04, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Feargaelach (talk) 17:04, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sharonlflynn (talk) 17:05, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
0026025s (talk) 17:05, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Kieran Hoare (talk) 17:06, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Frongoch1 (talk) 17:07, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

1916 Wikipedia Writer's Workshop-Dublin[edit]

We will be holding a writer's workshop at the Science Gallery in Dublin on 18 October 2016 from 6:30pm-8pm in the Paccard Theatre. We will show newbies how to edit Wikipedia and help experienced editors with references, images, formatting, ect. All articles editing during the workshop are eligible for the writing contest. Please bring a laptop or tablet to work on. If you are already a registered Wikipedia user, please sign in below.

Sameichel (talk) 09:47, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Frongoch1 (talk) 17:04, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Smirkybec (talk) 17:04, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Helen Larkin (talk) 14:30, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Questions?[edit]

If you have any questions please post them on the talk page or email info@wikilovesmonuments.ie

Rules[edit]

Prizes[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Editing Workshop-NUI Galway[edit]

1916 Wikipedia Writer's Workshop-Dublin[edit]

Recommended Articles[edit]

Monuments: New articles[edit]

County Carlow

County Cavan

County Clare

County Cork

County Galway

County Laois

County Leitrim

County Limerick

County Longford

County Louth

County Mayo

County Meath

County Monaghan

County Offaly

County Roscommon

County Sligo

County Tipperary

County Waterford

County Westmeath

County Wexford

County Wicklow

Monuments: Articles to be expanded[edit]