WikiLovesMonuments July 2018

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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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Maps & stats are ready
by Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Hi all; Statistics: https://tools.wmflabs.org/wlm-stats/ Maps: https://tools.wmflabs.org/wlm-maps/ Report any error here or in GitHub. Regards

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WLM 2018 Poster
by Mohammad Hekmat 13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18

Hi all, We've put together a poster for 2018 competition: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf The list of national competitions participating in this year's competition is included at the bottom of the poster. The list is based on: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf As of now, 43 national competitions have signed up for this year's WLM. The poster will be updated weekly to add new national competitions that join after today (if any). If you are planning to sign up and haven't yet please do so as soon as possible so we can include your competition in our promotional activities. Thanks, Mohammad WLM International Team

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Wiki Loves ZEOs is here!
by Juan Sebastian Quintero Santacruz 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Hi all! Maybe some of you attended my lighting talk at Wikimania and know what Wiki Loves ZEOs is. For those who not know, Wiki Loves ZEOs is a Wiki-loves-like photo-contest focusing on monuments and objects related to the international auxiliary language Esperanto, its culture and creator. I would really appreciate any help spreading the information about the contest among your members. There are Esperanto-monuments all around the world. Check the landing page of the contest for more information. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ZEOs_2018 ZEO lists: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ZEOs_2018/Listaro Atte: Juan Sebastian Quintero Santacruz (Sahaquiel9102) WMCO & Esperanto and Free Knowledge Commons:Wiki Loves ZEOs 2018/Listaro - Wikimedia Commons<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ZEOs_2018/Listaro> Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Wiki_Loves_ZEOs_201…" commons.wikimedia.org Commons:Wiki Loves ZEOs 2018 - Wikimedia Commons<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ZEOs_2018> Vikio Amas ZEOjn is a photocontest based on Wiki Loves Monuments covering those historical sites, objects and monuments related to Esperanto, Esperantujo or Zamenhof. The Esperantists (Esperanto-speakers), despite not having a country of their own, are a big community with a culture and identity of ... commons.wikimedia.org

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[WLM announce] Reflecting on Wiki Loves Monuments - we need your input!
by Lodewijk 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hi all, In 2019, Wiki Loves Monuments will be organized for the 10th time. As we will be celebrating this achievement, we would like to use this opportunity to reflect on the years behind us and learn how we can improve Wiki Loves Monuments. We have created a short survey to ask you to help us learn about the areas that we can do better within our mission: to freely document and raise awareness about the monuments, increase contributions to Wikimedia projects, and bolster local Wikimedia communities. I would like to invite you all to help us think about this by filling out this 4 minute survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG0Dx9CBo613D5XdQ-nCzCe7P_F2k0niS… We still want to do all of this through an annual, federated, global, low-barrier photo competition, please keep that in mind as the frame we'd like to operate under. While your thoughts and recommendations about any aspect of Wiki Loves Monuments are welcome, we will be paying extra attention to recommendations that can help the contest become more global: to help us empower more people from more diverse demographics to join the project, as organizers, jurors, participants, and beyond. Thank you for your time in advance. On behalf of the international team, Lodewijk _______________________________________________ WLM-Announce mailing list WLM-Announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wlm-announce

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Wikimania - lets meet!
by Lodewijk 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hey everyone, Wikimania is here and many of the local teams will be represented. It would be great to use the opportunity to learn as much as possible from each other! Let's meet up with each other :) If you're experiencing problems or hurdles at your national competition or want to organize one and don't know how, feel free to find anyone from the international team that is here: myself (effeietsanders) , pawel (yarl) or andre (lokal profil). Like last year we have a Wiki loves monuments workshop session, saturday between 1130 and 1230 for everyone that wants to learn or share about organizing wlm. These is also a meetup round table about the long term question of how to make wiki loves thrive in Africa. We'll want to learn from you all the bottle necks, lessons and approaches. Love to hear from anyone! Enjoy Wikimania. Lodewijk

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[WLM announce] Grants: deadline on 1 August!
by Lodewijk 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Hi all, If you are organizing Wiki Loves Monuments in a country without existing funding structures for Wiki Loves Monuments, you have the possibility to request a 'Rapid Grant' at the Wikimedia Foundation. This is a low barrier program that should make it easy to request smaller grants with minimal effort. You can find more information about the program here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid The requirements and documentation may seem a little overwhelming, but it's really not that impossible if you have a clear idea what you need the money for. Writing a proposal hopefully takes between 30 and 60 minutes, and the report about the same amount of time. You can use these funds for example to fund prizes for your national winners, to organize a prize ceremony, to organize a photo workshop and/or photo walk, etc. This is all optional, but a great opportunity to get more people involved in your group! However, there is a deadline here. To maximize the chance that you actually get your funds before the start of the competition on 1 September, you must make your application *BEFORE 1 AUGUST*. That still leaves you plenty of time, but it does mean you should ideally start now. Please note that we did reach an agreement with the grants team that Wiki Loves Monuments grants can, by exception, also submit between 16 and 31 July. If you submit earlier, it can also be approved earlier. If you need any help writing a grant request, you can ask me or someone from the grants team for support. If you want to meet at Wikimania to discuss or draft together, that is totally possible! Best, Lodewijk _______________________________________________ WLM-Announce mailing list WLM-Announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wlm-announce

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Can you help us review images for Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2018?
by Michael Maggs 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

Hi list Wikimedia UK is supporting the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest again this year, and I am looking for 20-25 volunteers to help review and filter the entries. The contest finishes at the end of September, with reviewing and judging taking place immediately after that. We normally have several rounds of reviewing during October, enabling us to reduce the expected 10,000+ entries down to long list of a few hundred from which the winners are selected by our panel of judges. You'd need to be able to commit to a minimum of 5-8 hours online reviewing, spread out over the month of October. As reviewing is done online, volunteers can be based anywhere in the world and you don't need to have any UK connections. We’re not looking for expert photographers, but you should have a basic ability to be able to distinguish a good photograph from a poor or mediocre one. Training in the online reviewing software is available. If you are able to help, or if you'd like more information, please let me know. Regards Michael ____________ Michael Maggs WLM-UK lead volunteer

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Some help needed: design a good default landing page
by Lodewijk 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

Hi all, One of the hard things that national teams run into year after year, is setting up a good landing page. In the past we have offered wordpress templates to help teams with a good default option. However, we want to slowly move towards having an excellent default option on Wikimedia Commons. Who would be willing to help design that and set it up in an easy to edit way? I'd love to brainstorm a little more with one or two others about this, but I was thinking some basic requirements should be: - setting up the landing page has to be possible without extensive knowledge of wiki markup or templates - it has to work in both RTL and LTR (or we create two versions, fine with me too) - it has to support multiple languages - it needs to have a super clear workflow for participants: point out the basics of the competitions, where to find the monuments and how to upload. - be low maintenance and easy to set up, with possibility to expand as a country has a more complex setup/requirements. Who would be willing and able to help out? Please join the conversation here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198028 Thanks! Lodewijk

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Making Wiki Loves Monuments thrive in Africa
by Lodewijk 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

Hi all, If you're interested in helping Wiki Loves Monuments be more of a success in Africa by sharing or learning, and if you're participating in Wikimania this year, I would suggest that you consider joining the 'Making Wiki Loves Monuments thrive in Africa' meetup on Saturday during Wikimania, from 18:00-19:00. See for more information here: https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Effeietsanders/Make_Wiki_Love… You can also sign up there, so that we know what and who to expect :) If you can't be there, you can still leave some suggestions or thoughts on that page to consider. Best, Lodewijk

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