WikiLovesMonuments September 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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Link correction
by Ferdinando Traversa 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Hi, could someone please correct the link about Italy in https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/participate/? It now points to the old 2020 page, therefore it should be updated to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ita… or https://www.wikimedia.it/wiki-loves-monuments/ Thanks in advance! Cheers, Ferdinando

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WLM social media activity
by Elena Tatiana Chis 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Hello everyone, For those who don't know me, I'm Elena (user: CEllen) and for the moment I'm behind all the WLM social media activity (sometimes more active, sometimes not at all :D). As I'm not "an expert" on social media, I can't find inspiration all the time. In the same time I can say I'm more graphic design oriented than copywriter :D so... if you have any ideas or advice for new posts or if you have WLM national events/facts/etc. that you wish to share via WLM international accounts (Instagram, Twitter and Facebook), please let me know. Thank you and I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Best, Elena

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WLM 2021 in Malta - hidden category
by Toni Sant 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Hi - We're hoping that someone on this list can help us with a very specific issue on WLM 2021 in Malta. It looks like uploads from Malta on WLM 2021 are not being assigned the hidden category Image from Wiki Loves Monument 2021 in Malta automatically through the upload wizard assigned to campaign=wlm-mt For this reason, Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Malta remains empty! I've just uploaded a test image via the Upload Wizard attached to campaign=wlm-mt to double check this. You can see it here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ugo_Pasquale_Mifsud_statue.jpg From what I can see, it has not been assigned the hidden category Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Malta automatically. I have a feeling that the solution is just a matter of editing a template, but I'm not sure which template needs editing exactly. We would greatly appreciate any direct help or suggestions to fix this. Many thanks, Toni ___________________________ Dr Toni Sant Wikimedia Community Malta Email: toni.sant(a)wikimalta.org Web: http://www.wikimalta.org

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Information regarding some of the tooling for WLM 2021
by Jean-Frédéric 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Hi all, As many of you know, there are several tools overseen by the WLM international team for Wiki Loves -like contests. While I myself stepped down from the team, I wanted to send a (belated) quick reminder of some tools that are available. Note that these are not all the tools available around WLM, only the ones that I (co-)maintain(ed) :) == Statistics tools == See <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/monuments/2021>. Data is refreshed every 15 minutes. If you want to know more about the tool, please see < https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tool:Wikiloves> The tool, beyond the “country race”, provides each competition with: * A day-to-day table of image uploads and joiners (uploader who uploaded their first image on that day). < https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/monuments/2021/Ireland> * A sorted table of all uploaders, their upload count (as part of the competition) and file usage, and their registration date < https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/monuments/2021/Ireland/users> These two views may be helpful to gauge the health of your competition If you notice any issue with the tool (bug, data missing, etc.), please file a task on Phabricator: < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=tool…>. == ErfgoedBot and Monuments database == While being mostly in maintenance mode, with no new features planned, good old ErfgoedBot should still be up and running (at least for countries that are not yet using Wikidata) − big thanks to André Costa for giving it some love :-) For more information on the services provided by ErfgoedBot (categorization, maintenance reports, etc.), please see the documentation on Commons: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Monuments_database> One of the most relevant task is the categorization (described at < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Monuments_database/Categorization>) − as far as I can see based on the bot edits, it seems to be working fine. == Notification to uploaders without email enabled == Every three minutes, ErfgoedBot retrieves the list of users who uploaded, in the last few minutes, pictures marked as participating to WLM. If an uploader has not enabled e-mail, the bot leaves a message on their talk page explaining that it is necessary to win a prize (unless it has already notified that user). You can help translating the message in more languages at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:WLM-enable-email/i18n https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:WLM-enable-email/heading/i18n We hope that this will help to avoid situations of winning pictures with no email enabled, only detected much later when the uploader is not around anymore. Hope this all helps, -- Jean-Frédéric

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Wiki Loves Monuments International Team: Call for Volunteers
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Hello all, As you all may already know, Wiki Loves Monuments is one of the largest campaigns and outreach efforts organized in the Wikimedia movement. There are a lot of people who are involved in this across the movement, including but not limited to, national/regional organizers, affiliates, external partners, WMF and coordinating all these stakeholders we have the international team. The international team works on the broader framework for WLM, among a range of other tasks. As the competition has started this year, we would like to send out this call for volunteers for anyone interested to join the international team. You can learn along as the competition is going on. Here are the roles available on the team: - Organizer outreach - Project management - Communication - Banner/template support - Technical Infrastructure - Survey and analysis - Grant & report writing - Organizing the “rest of the world” competition - Award coordination - Wikidata migration A detailed overview of each of these roles is available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Documentati…. Some roles don't require you to volunteer for the whole year, for example, award coordination is mainly between January and March. If you are interested, you can still support other tasks during the rest of the year. On average, you may spend 3-5 hours a week. Let me know if you are interested, and please spread the message in your circles. Best, Krishna Chaitanya *for WLM International Team*

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Invitation to Episode 5 of WikiAfrica Hour
by ceslause＠wikiinafrica.org 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

Hello everyone! I hope you are safe. Wiki In Africa [1], the organizers of the Wiki Loves Africa [2] photography contest have announced the winners of the six prize categories. On behalf of Wiki In Africa, I invite you to the episode 5 of WikiAfrica Hour vodcast, titled "Wiki Loves Africa 2021: Meet the winners". Come listen to them share their photography journeys, especially during the 2021 Wiki Loves Africa [2] photography contest. The session will hold today 3rd September 2021, at 16:00 UTC. Details:https://bit.ly/WikiAfricaHour [3] Regards, Ceslause Ogbonnaya * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_In_Africa [4] * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAfrica_Hour [5] * https://www.youtube.com/c/wikipediaweekly [6] * https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyG_DCysivx59E2olI_BEcQ [7] Links: ------ [1] https://www.wikiinafrica.org/ [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021 [3] https://bit.ly/WikiAfricaHour [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_In_Africa [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAfrica_Hour [6] https://www.youtube.com/c/wikipediaweekly [7] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyG_DCysivx59E2olI_BEcQ

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Commons app v3.1.0-alpha released with WLM integration
by Josephine Lim 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

Hi all, Hope you've been well! We are stoked to announce that we have just released v3.1.0 of the Commons Android app with WLM integration, and it is available in alpha (closed) testing. The reason for closed testing is to allow organizers to test the app before the start of the competition, and also for us to get bug reports ahead of time. The closed alpha version includes testing-related conveniences that aren't available in publicly-accessible versions, most notably allowing WLM uploads before 1 September (with test templates so as not to clutter the actual WLM uploads). We hope to release the public beta by 1 September, just in time for the start of the competition, if all goes well. For more information on how to access closed alpha testing, as well as implementation details, screenshots, FAQ, etc, please view https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Mobile_app/WLM_release . On that page, we will also be taking requests for countries that want to have their Wikidata property added, or countries that want to opt out of in-app WLM uploads. Please post your request by 3 September if possible, so that we can release an app update with them within the first week of the competition. Thank you all for taking this journey with us; we hope to be able to help bring new participants to the competition, or at the very least to provide a solid foundation for future WLM mobile implementations to build upon. Best regards, Josephine / @misaochan (Commons app project lead)

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