For those of you currently at Wikimania: in one hour we'll have the Wiki
Loves Monuments workshop in the Ebadi room (D315 in Sodra Huset).
The workshop will consist of a quick introduction, four case studies
(Germany, Uganda, Italy and Bangladesh) and small group workshop
discussions. It's a great opportunity to learn and to share - no matter how
experienced you are at Wiki Loves Monuments. Several members of the
international team will be present to answer any questions, or help you
find the answer.
I hope to see many of you around. Of course you can also find many of us
around the conference.
Best,
Lodewijk
(on behalf of the international team)
Hi all,
We still have some certificates for the top-15 winners of 2018 to
distribute. If you're the national organizer of a country that got a top-15
spot in 2018
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2018_winners#Winners>,
we need your help to get the certificate to the winners. Please pick it up
during the WLM session on Friday (room D315/Ebadi at 15:00-17:00).
Thanks!
Lodewijk & Lily on behalf of the international team
We have some WLM people around table 20 in the rotunda room. Feel free to
join if you want to talk WLM!
I'll be around for questions of any kind.
Lodewijk
Dear Nicholas et al
thank you for that.
Yes, I will be at Wikimania. Let us meet there.
Matej
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> From: Nicolas VIGNERON <vigneron.nicolas(a)gmail.com>
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> Hi,
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> This is moving slowly but still moving ;)
>
> Matej filled the mapping table.
>
> I just asked for creation of an identifier property:
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Register_nehnute%C…
> Please review it and show your support if it's correct.
>
> I'm also planning to add the P1435 property ("heritage status") to the
> already existing items (with PetScan based on this cat
> https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateg%C3%B3ria:Kult%C3%BArne_pamiatky_na_Slov…
> ).
>
> Maybe some people will be available at the Wikimania hackathon to do the
> real import (the Montréal Team? :P ). Matej will you be there? (or someone
> else who know the context of monuments in Slovakia).
>
> Cheers,
> ~nicolas
>
Hello, WLM organizers,
I am writing with two points to share with you today.
1. I have noticed that many of the grants rely on social media advertisement for contest purposes. We will take these on a case by case basis during grant review, but I wanted to give you a heads up that it is unlikely you will receive funds early enough to pay upfront for advertisement, even if your approval happens early, because 1) Wikimania and 2) paperwork, agreement signatures and then coordination with the Financial office take time.
On that note, I also wanted to open the conversation on this point to hear from people who have successfully promoted the contest with or without social media ads. Any words of wisdom/advice?
My personal experience with Wiki organizing outside of the WMF: we never paid for ads; partnerships with different communications channels and organizations helped us spread the word much more effectively than if we had had an ads budget.
2. In about an hour, I will be at this Google Hangout to answer any questions or address any concerns you may have about your proposals:
Friday August 9th -- 3pm UTC (8am SF, 12pm Sao Paulo, 6pm Nairobi, 11pm Manila)
http://meet.google.com/kon-wwtg-jxp
If you want to join the conversation but are unable to meet this Friday, please message me privately with times that would work for you on Monday, August 12. I'll send a follow up message to this list if a second hangout is organized
Good Friday to you all,
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Hello, WLM organizers,
I hope this mail finds you well. My name is Mariel, I am a Junior Program
Officer temporarily working on the Rapid Grants Program, and I will be the
primary point of contact in the office for the WLM submissions and
approvals period. Don't hesitate to email me questions or concerns about
your Rapid Grants submissions.
We have the following information to share with all of you intending to
submit a Rapid Grants application for this contest:
- First and foremost, the Rapid Grants program has updated its funding
guidelines. You can find the new ones here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Learn>. Please read
through them before and as you write your application. You'll see that we
are no longer funding certain items like T-shirts, human resources
expenses, or long-distance travel.
- If you are a returning grantee, please ensure you are up to date in your
reporting requirements from previous grants. We will not review WLM
applications of grantees pending completion on past initiatives. If your
group has an APG, you are not eligible for Rapid Grants support for WLM.
- We will take close looks at the incentives offered by each contest. *DO
NOT announce WLM prizes before you receive a grant approval*, as we are
likely to adjust the prizes you suggest originally depending on demand.
- If you need a venue, please try to find a free venue in your community.
This will cut down on cost and will help you long-term in your partnership
building.
- Don't rely on social media advertising for the contest; we encourage you
to think of partnerships with photo clubs and local institutions to reach
relevant potential participants.
- For WLM purposes, please do not rely on the WMF Merchandise Store for
prizes. We had some complications with this for WLE; your Rapid Grant
budget should cover any monetary support you need from WMF for your contest.
- People who have their grant requests approved will be asked to send in
paperwork. You can anticipate this by reading through the relevant sections
for you on this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Processing/Rapid>.
- Bonus: Here is an example of a WLM report that we thought was fantastic,
in case you're in need of some inspiration.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Nirmal_Dulal/Wiki_Love…
*WLM CONVERSATION HOURS*
If you have questions or WLM things you want to discuss over a call, I will
be holding the following WLM Conversation hours on Google Hangout:
Friday August 9th -- 3pm UTC (8am SF, 12pm Sao Paulo, 6pm Nairobi, 11pm
Manila)
http://meet.google.com/kon-wwtg-jxp
If you want to join the conversation but are unable to meet this Friday,
please message me privately with times that would work for you on Monday,
August 12. I'll send a follow up message to this list if a second hangout
is organized.
Wishing you all a successful WLM,
--
Mariel García-Montes
Junior Program Officer, Rapid Grants
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