WikiLovesMonuments July 2021

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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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by Bright Ayisi 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Hello Admin, I want to organise this year's WLM in my country Ghana.

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Upcoming Office Hour on 23 July: Feedback on newcomer's guide to WLM
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Hello everyone, The Wiki Loves Monuments International Team would like to invite you to an office hour on May 26 @ 3:00 pm UTC. This hour is open to anyone interested in Wiki Loves Monuments, including past and future organizers, and participants. For this month, the primary topic will be to discuss and collect feedback on the newcomer's guide to WLM. With the surveys, the International Team has been receiving feedback that there is not a place for first-time participants (who are also new to Wikimedia) to read about participating in the competition. Last month we got on board a designer to work with us to design a friendly guide for first-time participants. Here is the first draft of the wireframe: https://xd.adobe.com/view/03bd18ac-99e5-420f-976b-ad2fe5b543d9-56ee/. We will use this office hour to collect feedback from community members and national organizers regarding a strategy to implement this for various national competitions. You can also share your specific feedback related to the design directly on the link above. The meeting details are as follows: - July 23 @ 3:00 pm UTC (https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1627052415) - On Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/yaa-keho-nva | click here to add this to your Google Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Mmg3NmpuNDFoMDA3YWt…> - Agenda/Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WLM-2021-May We hope that you are able to join us, and we look forward to the discussion. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya *for the Wiki Loves Monuments International Team*

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Interest to Organise WLM 2021 for Brunei
by Zulfadli Ramli 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

Greetings. My name is Zulfadli and I am a Wikimedia Commons user <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zulfadli51> from Brunei. I am interested to organise Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 (WLM 2021) for the first time for Brunei. Therefore, I would like to seek your assistance on how I can initiate in organising this event. For now, my objective is to have Brunei listed in one of the participating countries in WLM 2021. However, I am unsure through what channel I can make this happen (i.e. for Brunei to be listed). Just a brief background about myself, among the Wikimedia projects I am most active on English and Malay Wikipedias. I have been a user <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zulfadli51> on English Wikipedia since 8 April 2011 and as of 15 July 2021 I have made 3,272 edits. On Malay Wikipedia, I have been a user <https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pengguna:Zulfadli51> since 24 October 2012 and as of 15 July 2021 I have made 9,909 edits. I am also an admin <https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Penyelia/Senarai_penyelia> on Malay Wikipedia since 13 May 2018. I have attended <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2018/Participants> ESEAP Conference 2018 in Bali, Indonesia as a non-affiliated community member. I am mostly interested in improving Brunei-related contents. My personal aim is to improve encyclopedic coverage on Brunei through various Wikimedia projects, in particular Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. I look forward to your response. I would also like to convery appreciation in advance for any assistance and guidance for this endeavour. Best regards, Zulfadli. zulfadliramli37(a)gmail.com <mailto:zulfadliramli37@gmail.com>

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Question re: templates and testing for WLM uploads
by Josephine Lim 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Hi all, Hope you are well! I just wanted to update you on the Commons app progress for WLM integration - we are (hopefully) close to being able to do a beta release. Currently the only two major items that we have yet to complete are attaching the appropriate templates to the files uploaded, and integration of country-specific property queries via the tool that we are collaborating with Stephen on. To that end, we have a few questions: 1. Which templates should be attached for a WLM upload? The initial plan was to attach https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020 (or more specifically, the 2021 version). However, there is no field in that template which allows us to place the value of the monument ID in. Is there a way to work around this? 2. How do we find the monument ID? Given that we are using Wikidata rather than the monument DB, is the Wikidata QID synonymous with the monument ID? 3. Is it possible to have a sandbox "monument" that we can use to test our implementation end-to-end, before WLM starts? Many thanks! Best regards, Josephine

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Wiki Loves Monuments in 2021: important information for organizers
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

Hello everyone, *In a nutshell* - 2021's competition can be organized for any 30/31 days during the months of September and October. - The deadline to submit the top 10 national winners will be December 5, 2021. - National organizers should publish information (username or name) of jurors and rounds organized on this page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Juries> . - We have a budget this year as well to award special prizes - please share if you have any ideas by July 15. - And, if you are interested in organizing, please signup here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Partic…> . *Full announcement (also available at https://w.wiki/3a5s <https://w.wiki/3a5s>)* It's that time of year again when we get started for Wiki Loves Monuments. By 2020, we have completed ten iterations of the international edition. Thanks to all other organizers, participants, sponsors and partners, who collectively achieved this feat. With the onset of a global pandemic, last year has been particularly challenging for many organizers to keep the photo competition running. Nevertheless, we received 200,000+ images. Though it is great to see several countries recovering to normal life after a long period of lockdowns and restrictions, many countries aren't quite there yet. Since February this year, we have been organizing office hours to have inputs from community members regarding various aspects related to the competition, which also includes the timeline. The framework for 2021 is based on all consolidated feedback from these conversations and surveys we did for 2020 (sorry for the delay in publishing those reports!) - *Responsibility for national organizers:* We would like to emphasize that the international team coordinates the national competitions: we are not qualified to tell you exactly how to organize your competition. National teams are best placed to decide whether and how to organize a competition in your country. We will try to help set an international framework, and assist in the exchange of best practices. We expect that national organizers will follow the guidelines and regulations set by their national governments and health authorities. Note that funding and WMF affiliate recognition may come with additional guidance/requirements. - *Transparency of national juries:* The international team has been receiving feedback over the last couple of years for better transparency of national juries, to avoid potential conflict of interest organizers may have with jurors. So from this year on, national organizers should publish their information (username or name) of jurors and rounds organized on this page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Juries> . - *Extended timeline:* Many organizers welcomed the extended timeline last year. Though we will be continuing that this year, but not exactly as we did last year. National organizers have the opportunity to choose a different range of dates for their national competition. You can pick any range of 30 or 31 days within the period of September-October 2021 as your upload dates. That means that one country does not have to use the same upload dates as another. This will allow flexibility according to the situation in various countries. - The last date for all uploads is 31 October 2021, and any uploads beyond that date will be ineligible for consideration. - The jury deadline will be December 5, 2021, for all countries. - *Exchange of knowledge:* National organizers innovate in many ways to make their competitions successful. While some try out new social media campaigns, some organize an interesting photo walk, and others use Wikidata to make the upload process easy. It would be helpful for other organizers to learn from these practices. Here is a page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Knowle…> on Wikimedia Commons where you can share your strategies and let the community know what worked, what didn’t and any suggestions for others interested in the idea. - *Special awards in 2021:* Though the international team tried to organize special awards last year, we couldn’t make it work. We have a budget this year as well to award special prizes. We would like community members to suggest ideas for these special prizes. For example, underrepresented regions, the most numbers of unique monuments covered etc. Please send in your ideas via email or by posting on the Commons talk page by July 15. Lastly, and most importantly, if you are interested in organizing the competition for your country/region, please sign up at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Partic… . If you need any support with organizing, please reach out to one of the international team members <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Organi…>, or you can also post to the mailing list, or on the help desk <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021> on Wikimedia Commons. Best, Krishna Chaitanya, for the International Team PS: If you are interested in helping with the international coordination, please check out the roles here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Documentati…> and let us know if anything interests you.

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