WikiLovesMonuments August 2022

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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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WLM international prizes
by Bodhisattwa 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Hello WLM international team, As the competition is going to start very soon in a few days, is it possible to declare the international prizes here - https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/awards/ , so that we can refer to that announcement on our national event pages? Regards, Bodhisattwa (On behalf of WLM India team)

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Wiki Loves Monuments organisers on Telegram
by Romaine Wiki 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

Hi all, Wiki Loves Monuments is also a group on Telegram what you can join if you are an organiser. Link: https://t.me/wlm_international Here you can ask quick questions and urgent problems, and more... Romaine

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Monumental platform
by Rebecca O'Neill 30 Aug '22

30 Aug '22

Hi all, Does anyone know if Monumental <https://maps.wikilovesmonuments.org/> is due to be updated for Wiki Loves Monuments2022? We rely on it in Ireland, and I haven't had any reply to the ticket I raised about it on Github. Thanks! Rebecca -- Project Coordinator Wikimedia Community Ireland <http://wikimedia.ie/>: wikimediaireland(a)gmail.com PhD in Digital Media Executive committee member of Women in Technology and Science <https://witsireland.com/> Secretary of the National Committee for Commemorative Plaques in Science and Technology <http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/science-technology/…> Co-host of *The World According to Wikipedia <https://headstuffpodcasts.com/show/the-world-according-to-wikipedia>* podcast She/Her

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VRTS (former OTRS) email queues closed - notification
by Ciell Wikipedia 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Hi everyone, Some teams from the 'early days' have been using OTRS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTRS>, now VRTS, to handle incoming emails for their Wiki Loves Monuments competition. VRTS is a closed email system that allows multiple 'agents' access to the incoming emails sent to one email address, and to process these emails as a team. Wikimedia project volunteers also use VRTS to answer emails from readers, they are called the Volunteer Response Team <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team>, and have queues and agents in several languages. Because these WLM-related queues had become inactive and seemingly abandoned, and received only spam, all WLX-queues were closed last January. I have now started a procedure on the VRT-wiki to open up the general WLM-queue for the international team, since our email address is connected to our queue, and we need to have access to the email address for obvious reasons. As far as I can see, there has been no consultation of the people working on WLX-competitions (so also Wiki Loves Earth, for instance) and therefore wanted to notify those that had a queue in the past and also might want to have their queue restored. For those of you that have access to the closed vrt-wiki, my request can be found here <https://vrt-wiki.wikimedia.org/wiki/Administrator_requests#Re-opening_wlx-q…>. Please join the conversation if the same situation applies to you If you have moved on to a different system for receiving and sending email about Wiki Loves Monuments and are not using VRTS as a platform anymore, or never used VRTS for WLM, no action is needed. Best, Ciell [image: Screenshot 2022-01-31 at 19-32-25 List of queues - VRT Wiki(1).png]

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Message for the local organisers of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
by Romaine Wiki 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Hi all, In a week from now Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 is going to start! To make sure everything works well a few quick reminders for the local organisers: 1. Please make sure your country/area has been added to the list of countries at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022/Partic… (Yes, this has been forgotten sometimes.) 2. Please make sure your landing page is listed on: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022/Landin… If your local language is not English, please also add the page where non-native speakers can learn about how they can upload images in your country. (If you do not have an English, please create it.) 3. During the photo contest a box is shown above the upload wizard, which can be found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_header_wlm-xx To found yours, replace the xx by your country code. Please make sure the one in your local language links to the landing page in your local language and make sure the others link to the page in English. Have a great contest everyone! Romaine

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New members for the WLM-i team!
by Ciell Wikipedia 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Hello everyone, It is my pleasure to introduce to you Lucy and Rubén, two members that recently joined our WLM-international team. Lucy Iwuala is from Nigeria and joined the Wikimedia movement only recently, but has already done her part for Wiki Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Earth. She has organized photo walks for the Wiki Fan Club for the Igbo Wikimedians UG, and helped out with preparations for the international jury in Wiki Loves Africa. She will be helping with the Social Media for Wiki Loves Monuments. Lucy is a big fan of Twitter, which she uses for communicating Wikimedia-related Igbo initiatives, and is also on Facebook and Instagram. Rubén Ojeda is a Wikimedian from Spain. You may have heard his name before, as he has several years of experience as the project-lead of Wiki Loves Monuments in Spain for the Wikimedia España chapter. Rubén will join the international team in his volunteer capacity, and will help out with all sorts of tasks for Wiki Loves Monuments-i. Both Lucy and Rubén will need some time to onboard the team and get familiar with all the tasks ahead, but at least now if you see their names popup somewhere, you know who they are. :)) Best, Ciell

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Re: Monumental platform
by Toni Sant 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

It seems like we can also use the Monumental platform for Malta. Is this right?https://maps.wikilovesmonuments.org/map?c=35.9494:14.4264:11 We're not sure how to go about it but it seems to capture the list we've been using so far for the past six years or so. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Toni ___________________________ Dr Toni Sant Wikimedia Community Malta Email: toni.sant(a)wikimalta.org Web: http://www.wikimalta.org

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Translations for WLM pages
by Ciell Wikipedia 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Hello everyone, While preparing our pages on Commons for Wiki Loves Monuments 2022, and with the upcoming final report on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion research in mind, I would like to ask your input on the translation wishes from this list. Wiki Loves Monuments has extensive documentation on Wikimedia Commons about all sorts of things around our competition. - What, in your opinion, would be the pages you would like to have, or even *need* to have, translated into your native language to help *your national team* organise Wiki Loves Monuments 2022? What pages should we give priority in setting up translation possibilities? (for instance the information page for national organisers? <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022/Organi…> ) - Are there pages that you would love to have translations enabled, to help *your participants in your competition* find and understand all the information we provide? (for instance the general WLM FAQ <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022/FAQ> ?) - Please help the international team *prioritize*: are there languages that really are hindered by the information only being available in English, and that need this information in a different language to be able to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments? Please let me know your thoughts and ideas. And of course feel free to answer me off-list if that is more convenient for you. Best, Ciell

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Welcome Manfred & the WLM 2022 timeline
by Ciell Wikipedia 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Hi everyone, I know that some of you are already very enthusiastically working on organising WLM 2022, and so is the international team! The WMF granted our request for Wiki Loves Monuments 2022-2023 so we are good to go for another year, and we are very happy that this year Manfred Werner will actively be supporting the international team as our part-time staff. Manfred was previously already involved in our finances and is a staff member of Wikimedia Austria, our fiscal sponsor. Welcome Manfred! In our last bi-weekly meeting, the international team reviewed the timeline of WLM 2022 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022/Organi…>, and we would like to ask you to do the same. Historically, we organised WLM in September, but in 2020, because of the pandemic, the competition period was extended to 3 months (Sept, Oct, Nov). Last year, the two months in which you can choose any period up to a maximum of 31 days for your national competition, was September 1st - October 31st. Would this be okay to do again this year? And the deadline of December 5th for the submission to the international jury (sending your national top 10 to the international team), was this a reasonable time frame? Best, Ciell

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