WikiLovesMonuments July 2013

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Antarctica!
by Osmar Valdebenito 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Hi all! I'm glad to announce you that, this year, we will have a Wiki Loves Monuments edition in... Antarctica! We believe that, to actually make this a global contest, we need to reach all continents. Antarctica, despite having no permanent population, has several sites that commemorate the attempts of exploration and research carried out by the international community over the past centuries. There are 86 monuments declared by the Antarctic Treaty System that will participate. This certainly will be a particular and very symbolic contest. We expect a very low amount of participants but most of the images will be unique, so each one will have a lot of impact. In the past weeks, I have been in contact with the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty and they have accepted to support our contest. We expect to reach different institutions (researchers, tourist operators, national institutions, etc.) with the help of the ATS... but there are still a lot of things to do. In line with the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty and the Wikimedia Movement, this local contest will be an international one. We expect a lot of volunteers of different countries to help us translating the monuments lists, updating the website, contacting institutions in their own countries, becoming juries and so on... Wikimedia Argentina will only participate as a coordinator. Do you want to join the WLM-AQ team? Send an e-mail to correo(a)wikimedia.org.ar! Also, you can take a look at our page in Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_Anta… We expect to reach this year to every place in the world... even the most remote and cold! :) *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Antarctica!
by Deror Avi 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Osmar, That is super cool. Really Amazing work. Deror

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How will competitors access the upload wizard from the English Wikipedia?
by Michael Maggs 21 Jul '13

21 Jul '13

Hi all Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I need an answer in order to write some competitor instructions! In the UK, we will be asking competitors to upload via one of the local Listed Buildings pages on the English Wikipedia which are accessible eg via the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_England An example of a page which has recently been updated to use the WLM template is here (not all pages are complete yet): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Bristol If there is no existing image of a buidling, clicking on the last column goes to the upload wizard, but if there is already an image it seems the competitor will need to do some manual work to find the listing code and upload separately. That is not good. What would you recommend? Have I missed something, or do we need to change the list template so that it always has some sort of visible upload link? Michael

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Serbia on the WLM 2013 map!
by Branko Žujković 20 Jul '13

20 Jul '13

Dear all, After having participated in WLM 2012, I would like to inform you that Serbia is planning to participate again in WLM 2013. We would appreciate if you could add Serbia on WLM map. Page in commons is: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_Serbia Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Branko Žujković Wikimedia Serbia WLM Serbia coordinator

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Progress tables or How are you doing?
by Cristian Consonni 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Hi WLMers, Just a quick reminder to ask to everyone to fill in your progress table, this can be useful also to remind what needs to be done. You can find the tables here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/Progress Please do fill them! Thank you. Cristian on behalf of WLM-i (which, btw can use the help of anyone who is willing to help ;) )

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Wiki Loves Monuments Future Workshop: Share your idea!
by Estermann Beat 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

Dear Monuments Lovers, Over the past 3 years, the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest has developed from a one-country activity into a global endeavor that every year in September brings Wikipedians, Wikimedians, and photo enthusiasts together in order to shoot great pictures illustrating Cultural Heritage and to make them available on Wikimedia Commons. The photo contest has also turned out to be an excellent tool for the community to reach out to new contributors. But what will we do when we have good pictures for virtually every official monument in some countries? - Please join us at Wikimania to look into the future of Wiki Loves Monuments! And share your great ideas already now on the Wiki! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/WLM_Fut… Kind regards, Mónica Mora and Beat Estermann P.S.: Don't hesitate to forward this message to your local mailing list! _____________________________________________________ Beat Estermann Research Associate Bern University of Applied Sciences E-Government Institute Morgartenstrasse 2a Postfach 305 CH-3000 Bern 22 beat.estermann(a)bfh.ch<mailto:beat.estermann@bfh.ch> www.e-government.bfh.ch<http://www.e-government.bfh.ch/> Phone +41 31 848 34 30 Phone (direct number) +41 31 848 34 38 Fax +41 31 848 34 31

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Please share with us your best practices for reaching out to new contributors during WLM!
by Monica Mora 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

Dear all, Who among you has made a successful attempt to reach out to new contributors during past Wiki Loves Monuments contests? – We are looking for people who would like to share their experience so we can present it during Wikimania <http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page> at the Wiki Loves Monuments Future Workshop<http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_-_…>. Please get in touch with us if you would like to present an approach yourself or if you know someone we should contact about it! I have added as example the experience of Mexico (as it is the one I know about) and the Photowalk they organized last year. We are looking for similar experiences carried out to engage people in the contest and incentivate them to be regular contributors to Wikimedia projects. Don’t hesitate to add your experiences on the Wiki: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/Documen… Kind regards, Mónica Mora and Beat Estermann P.S.: Don’t hesitate to forward this message to your local mailing list!

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Switzerland Joining WLM 2013 !!
by Ilario Valdelli 14 Jul '13

14 Jul '13

Dear all, After having participated in WLM 2011 and 2012, I would inform you that Switzerland is planning to participate again in WLM 2013. There is a working group in place and there is an on going discussion about the organization, but all seems to address the Swiss group to support this participation. Regards -- Ilario Valdelli Wikimedia CH Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera Switzerland - 8008 Zürich Tel: +41764821371 http://www.wikimedia.ch

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Wikimedia Foundations app for Wiki Loves Monuments
by Stefan Elfving 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

Hi all The Android app for Wiki Loves Monuments from Wikimedia Foundation seems to have been redrawn from Google play. Does anyone know if and when it will be released again on Google play or some other market place for apps? Regards, Stefan Elfving Project Coordinator Wiki Loves Monuments, Wikimedia Sweden +46732602850

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India Joining WLM 2013 !!
by Arnav Sonara 11 Jul '13

11 Jul '13

Hey all, After having participated in WLM 2012 and having a winning entry for the same, it brings me pleasure to announce that India will be participating again in WLM 2013. Also Wikimedia India has agreed to support the participation and soon enough someone from EC will reach to the community with the details about prizes and jury for National competition on the relevant list. Let us hope we get to see some more fascinating pictures of Taj Mahal and many other monuments. Thanks. -- Thanks Arnav (ricku). (User:Rangilo_Gujarati) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rangilo_Gujarati>

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