Ever thought of seeing your own photos on Wikipedia ?
This is your chance to take part in our annual photography competition to improve Wikipedia. The encyclopaedia is visited by 500 million people every month, and needs you to help improve its photos.
Wiki Loves Monuments UK is aimed at the UK's listed buildings and ancient monuments, and starts on Monday 1st September. The contest is supported by the Royal Photographic Society, English Heritage, and Wikimedia UK.
We've got lots of pictures of Tower Bridge and Stonehenge, but there's so much more of the country's heritage to celebrate. There are tens of thousands of eligible sites, so check out the UK competition website (http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk) and see what's nearby. As well as prizes for the best image, we have a special prize this year for the best image of a listed building on one of the 'At Risk' registers.
It doesn't matter when your photos are taken so long as they're uploaded by the end of September. If you took some stunning pictures back in April, or five years ago, you can still upload them.
To enter, you'll need to agree to release your entries under a free licence allowing them to be freely used by anyone for any purpose, including Wikipedia. You retain copyright, and can require anyone using your images to attribute them to you as photographer.
Help us show off your local history!
Michael
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Michael Maggs
Wiki Loves Monuments volunteer
Hello all,
Before Wiki Loves Monuments can fully start this year, I need some
translations and information. Please look if you speak one of the languages
and/or are able to provide specific information.
== Translations ==
For some templates and a system message I need a translation in several
languages. If it is not possible to create the template yourself, please
add them to my talk page on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine
(I prefer my talk page on Commons, but if you really prefer otherwise,
e-mail can be used as well.)
The following templates need a translation into:
Irish (ga)
Khmer (km)
Kurdish (ku)
Latvian (lv)
Malagasy (mg)
The templates:
*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_Wiki_Love…
This template is shown in August above the upload campaign when the contest
hasn't started yet. This template is not country specific: also people from
outside your country will see these translations.
*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_Wiki_Love…
This template is shown in October above the upload campaign when the
contest has finished. (Users can use this campaign also in other months
than September, but those pictures aren't participating in the picture
contest.) This template is not country specific: also people from outside
your country will see these translations.
*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_Wiki_Love…
This template is shown the whole year above an existing upload campaign of
a country that does not participate in Wiki Loves Monuments. The campaign
can be used for uploading pictures during the whole year, but images aren't
participating in the picture contest. This template is not country specific.
*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_use_Wiki_Loves_M…
This template is shown after someone has uploaded a picture. This template
is not country specific.
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014
This template is put on images that are uploaded within the contest. This
template is not country specific, but it will put a country specific
category on all files uploaded in the international contest. (If an image
is not eligible according the rules, this template should be removed from
that file page.)
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Each country has a country specific template that is shown above the upload
wizard during September and needs a translation in a particular language
only:
Irish (ga):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_wlm-ie
Khmer (km):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_wlm-kh
Kurdish (ku):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_wlm-iq
Latvian (lv):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_wlm-lv
Malagasy (mg):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_wlm-mg
Optional:
Spanish (es):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_wlm-ma
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And I need a translation of "Monument ID" in the languages:
Irish (ga)
Khmer (km)
Kurdish (ku)
Latvian (lv)
Malagasy (mg)
Please add the translation(s) to my talk page on Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine
(I prefer my talk page on Commons, but if you really prefer otherwise,
e-mail can be used as well.)
== Lists of monuments ==
Of some countries I do not know yet where the lists of monuments are
situated. Please add a link to at least one list to my talk page on
Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine
Of these countries I miss the monument lists:
Cambodia
Iraq
Latvia
Lebanon
Madagascar
Morocco
Palestine
Qatar
Other countries: if you use a different list than in 2013, please let me
know as well!!
We need to know for the upload wizard where the list(s) are.
When we know where the lists are, we can create tools based on the list to
make it easier for you to maintain and organize Wiki Loves Monuments.
(More information about lists can be found in the second and third section
on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014/Upload_…
)
== Landing pages ==
A landing page is the page where visitors will go to when they click on the
banner on top of Wikipedia/Commons/Wikimedia wiki. A landing page is
maintained by the national team and can be an external web page or a page
on a wiki (for example Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in
Xxx/Participate).
I will check if your website/landing page exists and contains 2014
information.
*** The landing page must be linked on this page: ***
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014/Centra…
To do: please check if yours is there!
== CentralNotice texts ==
The text which will be shown in the CentralNotice must be translated in as
many languages as possible so reach as many people as possible in their own
language.
The following languages have no translation yet for the banner for the
CentralNotice:
Hebrew (he)
Khmer (km)
Kurdish (ku)
Latvian (lv)
Malagasy (mg)
To do: Add the translations to this page:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014/Central…
To do: Check in the list if you know a language which is not in the table
yet. We need as many (other) languages as possible to reach as many people
around the world.
The CentralNotice banner will be only activated in your country when all
the information is supplied and the requirements are met (described on the
page).
== How to contact me? ==
The best way is to visit the #Wikilovesmonuments chat (IRC) channel at
Freenode: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23wikilovesmonuments
A second good one is my talk page on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine
And if you really prefer otherwise, you can use this e-mail address to mail
me. The other two are faster when it is urgent.
To do: enjoy the contest soon! :-)
Romaine
On the form, why does the field "Contact Person Name" have to be a number?
Is it a mistake?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cEZzYiH1dj8AiSSCpnZqxwkll7l-wlkW2suFaRviOl…
Regards.
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:26:17 +0300
> From: Ynhockey <ynhockey(a)gmail.com>
> To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
> <wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Important! - Holding WLM this Year and
> Moving Forward
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> In order to move forward with WLM this year and get everything working
> before September 1, we would like to have some basic data about the
> participants.
>
> Please fill in the following form as quickly as possible:
>
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cEZzYiH1dj8AiSSCpnZqxwkll7l-wlkW2suFaRviOl…
>
>
> Please note that not filling the form in a timely manner may prevent us
> from providing assistance for your country with WLM, including tools,
> campaigns, jury, etc.
>
>
> Hopefully we can pull this off in the short time frame that we have, and
> good luck to everyone!
>
>
> —Yan (Ynhockey).
>
Hi everyone,
In order to move forward with WLM this year and get everything working
before September 1, we would like to have some basic data about the
participants.
Please fill in the following form as quickly as possible:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cEZzYiH1dj8AiSSCpnZqxwkll7l-wlkW2suFaRviOl…
Please note that not filling the form in a timely manner may prevent us
from providing assistance for your country with WLM, including tools,
campaigns, jury, etc.
Hopefully we can pull this off in the short time frame that we have, and
good luck to everyone!
—Yan (Ynhockey).
Hi All,
We will start our PR effort for WMTH 2014 this week. We have a number
of changes from last year. Please find the new information below.
Sponsor: WMF PEG grant and two local partners
Website: www.wmth.org (a single page website that link to commons)
Monument list:
https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AB…
* The monument ID is "FADlink"
* A monument is eligible only if it is gazetted - i.e. there is a
field "ประกาศ = " in the template. (There are ~2,000 gazetted
monuments out of ~8,000 items in the list.)
Taweethaも
Dear all,
I'm re-sending this e-mail as a reminder. - Last February I sent out contact information of WLM participants who would like to be re-contacted to the individual chapters/national contest organizers in separate Excel files.
Please let me know in case this information hasn't made it to the right person or if you have lost the message/file. - In this case I can easily re-send it to you, as has just happened for the Romanian team.
Of course, I would also be happy about your feedback as to whether this contact data has actually helped you to get in touch with new volunteers and to enroll them for some of your activities.
Cheers,
Beat
From: Estermann Beat
Sent: Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2014 14:59
To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition (wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org)
Subject: WLM Participants' Survey: Summary analysis of contact data
Dear all,
Please find enclosed some summary analyses of the contact information that was collected as part of the WLM participants' survey (N = 1687):
The highlights:
- More than 90% of respondents would like to receive future announcements about WLM and other photo contests
- Ca. 500 respondents (39%) would like to participate in the organization of photo contests!
- Ca. 500 respondents (39%) would like to participate in GLAM cooperation projects
- Ca. 350 respondents (27%) are interested in meeting other Wikipedians/Wikimedians
- Ca. 300 respondents (24%) are interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia or to contribute to Wikimedia Commons
- Ca. 100 respondents (8%) are familiar with Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons and would like to teach others how to contribute
Most of them left us their contact details (either e-mail address or username). I have forwarded the file with the contact details to Lodewijk. The idea is that the international team splits the file up into one file per country that can be shared with the local WLM organizers or the local chapter.
The numbers are quite certainly not representative for all the contest participants; I would expect the self-selection bias to be rather high for this question (i.e. those interested in getting more closely involved are probably more likely to participate in the survey than the others).
In the attachment you will also find an analysis for each country.
N.B. For reasons of data protection, the contact information is treated separately from the rest of the data.
Kind regards,
Beat
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Beat Estermann
Research Associate
Berne University of Applied Sciences
E-Government Institute
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