WikiLovesMonuments March 2014

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Instagram and Creative Commons
by Andrea Zanni 27 Nov '22

27 Nov '22

Dear all, a doubt: is Instagram compatible with Creative Commons? Can I upload *my* Instagram pics on Commons (so could it be used for WLM)? Please consider that I'm not suggesting Instagram pics are good for WLM (they are filtered and all, probably not very suitable for illustrating monuments on Wikipedia) but is a legal matter. Aubrey

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WLM Participants' Survey: What can we learn from it?
by Estermann Beat 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Dear all, If there is sufficient interest from the community, I will propose a workshop on the WLM participants' survey and the insights we can gather from it. I think it is important that as many people involved in the organization of WLM 2012 and WLM 2013 as possible take part in the workshop, so we can get some collective sense making going. So please sign up on the proposal page if you are interested: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/What_can_we_learn_from… It would certainly also be possible to present the results from the organizers' survey during the same workshop (possibly asking for a bit more time). Please let me know if that would be an option. Concerning the participants' survey in 2014, we discussed with John Andersson about having one survey for all photo contests during this year. Please let me know what you think. - Whether a participants' survey will be carried out this year at all, will probably also depend on the interest among WLM organizers. It's a lot of work; so I would suggest doing it only if there is a concrete demand for it. Any feedback is appreciated. Kind regards, Beat _____________________________________________________ Beat Estermann Research Associate Berne University of Applied Sciences E-Government Institute Morgartenstrasse 2a Postfach 305 CH-3000 Bern 22 beat.estermann(a)bfh.ch 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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Increasing participation in WLM
by Alex Wang 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

Hi All, I recently joined the Wikimedia Foundation as Program Officer for the Project and Event Grants Program <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG>(PEG). One of my main duties is to review grant proposals and reports. Many PEG grantees participate in WLM and I have noticed a trend in their reporting on WLM activities -- there is a decrease in volunteer participants year-on-year and a desire to strategize on how to address this issue. It would be great to start a discussion around new strategies for engaging WLM participants. The proposed session at Wikimania on "What can we learn from the WLM participants' survey" <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/What_can_we_learn_from…>will be a great place to discuss this issue, but please also feel free to share ideas on this email thread. If there is a better place to have this conversation - perhaps on the WLM 2014 page -- please feel free to move it there! One idea that some grantees have been implementing is to organize *photo expeditions* to places that are under-represented. These photo expeditions have two benefits -- (1) they allow people to travel to places they may not normally have the chance to visit due to transportation issues and (2) they travel to places where monuments have not been photographed. They also promote community! Another interesting strategy is to introduce *photography workshops*. Skills training can definitely be appealing to participants and will increase the quality of photos on wiki projects. We are encouraging grantees who have organized photography workshops to share their materials. Excited to hear your ideas! Thanks, Alex -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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Another graph of WLM impact
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

In case you didn't yet, check Erik's very nice <http://infodisiac.com/blog/2014/03/wikimedia-editor-trends-broken-down-by-p…>. Nothing new but <http://infodisiac.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/UniqueActiveEditorsOn…> is quite pretty. Huge WLM peaks in Commons, less so in 2013 (but still much more than in 2011). Nemo

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