HI Asaf,
in Catalan Areas we've been doing WLM for several years and we already have
great photo coverage, so we are discussing if this year's editions should
be focused on writing related Wikipedia articles ifor each monument instead
of promoting taking pics. Nothing has been decided yet, but is probably
that we promote the writing activity with some kind of goodies awards
Best
Àlex @Kippelboy
Amical Wikimedia
2014-06-13 3:48 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Hi.
In a grant discussing for funding this year's WLM competition in Pakistan,
a member of the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC) brought up an idea I thought
worth thinking about: offering one or two prizes, alongside the major top
photo prizes, to those submitting good photos as well as creating/expanding
Wikipedia articles about those objects.
The grant discussion is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/WMPK/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_P…
As you can read in the discussion above, the organizers would prefer not
to (which is perfectly fine), but since they mentioned, as one reason, that
it would stand out among other WLMs, I was wondering if that is indeed the
case, i.e. if no other WLM competition offers prizes on this basis, or,
indeed, on other thematic focuses (e.g. "best photo by a newbie"?)
I'm not strongly claiming it should definitely be done, nor that it would
be a good fit everywhere if it were done. I'm just interested in floating
the notion and hearing your thoughts.
Cheers,
Asaf
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