Hi Rupert,<div><br></div><div>thanks for your mail and interest in Cameroon. While I have no contacts in Cameroon (I couldn&#39;t find any of our current international partners with good contacts there either) I did find this ICOMOS 2002 report: 
<a href="http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2002/cameroon2002.htm">http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2002/cameroon2002.htm</a>  which states that there is no decent monument policy in Cameroon. </div><div><br>

</div><div>I haven&#39;t been able to idenfity any list besides the UNESCO identified list - which is usually too small to organize a real photo contest on. The reason we can&#39;t make up our own lists is because we want the lists to remain on Wikipedia and that way the photos too. Having the photos on Wikipedia is a good motivator for many people to participate. Maybe in the case of Cameroon it would be wiser to consider other topics to photograph than officially recognized monuments. It wouldn&#39;t be part of Wiki Loves Monuments, but it could still learn from the lessons we presented which are often also valid for other topics. </div>

<div><br></div><div>Lodewijk<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/7/23 Barbara Fischer <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:barbara.fischer@wikimedia.de" target="_blank">barbara.fischer@wikimedia.de</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

Hi Rupert, <div>actually I would recommend to get in touch with <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold">H. E. Mr Lejeune Mbella Mbella</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold">


<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold">Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cameroon to France, Permanent Delegate (26/11/2007)</span><div><a href="http://www.unesco.org/eri/cp/cp-nav.asp?country=cm&amp;language=E" target="_blank">http://www.unesco.org/eri/cp/cp-nav.asp?country=cm&amp;language=E</a> listed on the page you named and ask him for advice. </div>


<div><br></div><div>If there is no official monument list at all it will be hard to fullfill the rules of the contest. Concerning the possibility that a Wikipedia ID number is created in lack of an official ID please check FAQ <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/FAQ#What_are_the_basic_rules.3F" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/FAQ#What_are_the_basic_rules.3F</a>. I read it as if Your community could create their own system as long as there is no official system. Make sure that there is only one system applied.</div>


<div><br></div><div>I am happy to here that You plan to participate. I thought that it would only happen next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel welcome!</div><div><br></div><div>Barbara</div><div><div><div class="h5">

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</b></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/7/23 rupert THURNER <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rupert.thurner@gmail.com" target="_blank">rupert.thurner@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


hi,<br>
<br>
what would be the best authority for a monuments list in cameroon? the<br>
only thing i could find was:<br>
<a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/cm/" target="_blank">http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/cm/</a><br>
<br>
a second related question: in case there is no reliable &quot;id&quot;, is it<br>
allowed to create one for wikipedia?<br>
<br>
rupert.<br>
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