The number of uploaders was something that I noticed as well. One of the things I noticed
is that the large number of pictures (in for example Poland and Spain) are mainly achieved
by a few superactive and enthousiastic users. Thats also in the Netherlands one of the
reasons that we don't have the number of pictures of last year and 2010. On the other
hand this year we've got the same amount, or even more new uploaders. That is probably
also the case in the US and India, there's a high number of new users, and thats what
you want to reach, so very positive. I think the most important thing to do or try now is
to get (some) of this new users from taking pictures to participating in your heritage
project, and then spread out into Wikipedia.
Mvg,
Bas
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:04:38 -0400
From: pdekman(a)gmail.com
To: wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Checklist for the end of submissions? Misc
Does anybody have a checklist for people to do at the end of the
contest (i.e. Sept 30- Oct 1)?
The only things I can think of are
1. Make sure the uploading system (buttons, etc.) no longer work
2. Put a notice on the various webpages
3. Start on the jury/screening process
4. Make sure the banner stops working (Maybe change it to a "Today's
the final day for Wiki Loves Monuments" on Sunday? Perhaps even a
"Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments" for the day
after) - but this is pretty centralized, most of us can't do this.
Anything else we should do?
Just a reminder, I'd like the US submissions to stop at 6:01 a.m. EDT,
October 1 (12:01 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time)
I think I can remove the buttons from the lists at that time.
Miscellaneous
1. For any exhibitions I'll suggest using QRpedia codes, that link to
the relevant article in the preferred language of the smart phone
user. For this to be effective, of course, there has to be an article
and it should be translated into multiple languages. How many
"primary national languages" do we have represented this year? It
must be at least 20. Doing this would not only make an exhibition a
showcase for WLM, but also for Wikipedia as a whole, especially the
smart phone and multiple languages aspects of Wikipedia.
A bit of the work of creating and translating articles can begin - at
least unofficially - before the national winners go to the
international jury. Just make sure there's an article for every photo
you really, really like. After Halloween, I hope there will be an
overall list of the national winners somewhere and folks just start
creating and translating everything on the list, with a space to note
what's already done.
2. From
http://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wlm/stats.php I notice that both
the US and India have many uploaders, but a lower number of
uploads/uploader than most other countries. I'm sure somebody will ask
me about this, but I don't have a clue to the answer!
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