Dear all
I'm working on the Connected Open Heritage
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage> project which
aims to improve and create knowledge about the built cultural heritage
especially built heritage in danger of several countries around the world.
The project is a collaboration between Wikimedia Sweden, Wikimedia Italia,
UNESCO and Cultural Heritage without Borders.
The aims of the project are:
- Creating a worldwide list of built heritage registers
- Adding national registers of built heritage to Wikidata (among other
things this will help people to run Wiki Loves Monuments more easily by
preparing the list of sites for you).
- Adding images from partner organisations to Commons
We would very much like people from all over the world to be involved, you
can take part by:
1. Adding information to countries to the List of Heritage Registers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heritage_registers> article.
2. Adding information about potential partner organisations who may have
images of built heritage in our shortlist of countries
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage/Countries>.
3. Adding information about built cultural heritage in the countries on our
shortlist
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage/Countries>.
4. Designing our logo
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage/Get_Involved/Logo>
(open until Sunday) and support existing logo designs (open until the 11th
of November).
For reference these are the African countries on our shortlist:
- Mali
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Tanzania
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Kenya
Thanks very much
John