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Wiki takes the city
by Lodewijk 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Hi all, it would be really nice to write a blog post with links to several local events like Wiki takes The City (Wiki takes Amsterdam, Wiki takes Andorra etc). Could you help me point to the right pages? Thanks, Lodewijk

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Interview with new contributor
by Kilian Kluge 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi everybody, I interviewed one of the new contributors for wlm.eu. Since it will take some time untils it's published, Lodewijk suggested I send it to the list as well. Kilian --- It's been almost a week since Wiki Loves Monuments started and we're about to reach 17,000 uploads. Germany, the first country with more than 2,000 submitted pictures, is now keeping a steady second place behind France. Among the most active uploaders is a user called Hippie Bug93 ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Hippie_Bug93) who despite being new to the Wikimedia projects has already contributed almost 130 pictures. Hippie Bug93, in the real world a 17-year-old named Daniel, became aware of the contest through local press coverage and his hometown's Facebook account. In a partnership with Wikimedia Germany, Bergheim, a small city near Cologne, calls upon its citizens (link those four words to the "old" article about Bergheim) to photograph the monuments in their neighbourhood and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. As a member of the local heritage club, Daniel has been interested in the region's history and old buildings for a long time. "I had thought about contributing to Wikipedia before," he explains, "but I never actually did." For the contest, Daniel is taking his hometown village by village, with the printed lists from Wikipedia as a guide. With the first pictures uploaded, Daniel started to add them to the lists on Wikipedia as well. "It took some time to figure out the editing," Daniel says. He has already set up his User page and started to edit regular articles as well. So asked for his future plans, he states: "If I see the opportunity to contribute to Wikipedia after Wiki Loves Monuments has ended, I will certainly do so."

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Wikimedians team up to make European Cultural Heritage Accessible to the World
by Lodewijk Gelauff 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi all, Please find below the European press release as we're sending it our. A huge thanks to Moka Pantages at the Wikimedia Foundation for helping on drafting this - hopefully it will help WLM getting picked up by news outlets :) Please distribute as you feel fit in your relevant countries. Best, Lodewijk * * *== PRESS RELEASE ==* * * *Wikimedians team up to make European Cultural Heritage Accessible to the World * *Volunteers from 16 European Countries Have Uploaded 15,000 Images and Counting* Amsterdam, September 6, 2011--- Wikimedians from 16 European countries announced the first-ever Pan-European Wiki Loves Monuments contest, a photography contest, running throughout the month of September, focused on capturing and sharing images of important monuments and buildings in Europe. Since its September 1st launch, more than 1000 images have been uploaded from a few of the most active countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. Europe has hundreds of thousands of historically and culturally significant monuments and buildings, most of which still have no freely-available images on the Internet. These important structures are often damaged or destroyed overtime, endangering the opportunity for people all over the world to access and learn about them. Although some prominent cultural artifacts are protected and documented by various international organizations and agencies, a majority of them are not. Wikipedia is one of the only freely-accessible shared places on the Internet offering a digital home to these artifacts, however, most of the culturally significant buildings and monuments in Europe are missing. This contest aims to make sure that they are represented in the form of images so that everyone, European or not, has access to Europe's cultural heritage. “Wikimeda’s ultimate goal is to make all information freely available to everyone in the world, and images of Europe’s important cultural structures are needed to complete this mission. All over Europe, important monuments are tucked away from the rest of the world--they haven't been documented or shared on a website like Wikipedia," said Lodewijk Gelauff, one of the lead organizers of the European contest. "There are hundreds of thousands of monuments that people walk past every day and they have no idea these structures are culturally significant and should be shared." The contest is inspired by the successful 2010 pilot contest conducted in the Netherlands, which resulted in 12,500 freely-licensed images of monuments and buildings now freely-available to be used on Wikipedia and by anybody in the world. Wiki Loves Monuments runs throughout the entire month of September and is organized in independent national contests. Winning images from regional contests will then be submitted to the pan-European Jury. Participating partner countries include: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The contest is supported by international organizations including the Council of Europe, the European Commission, Europeana and Europa Nostra. The month of September was selected as it coincides with European Heritage Days organized throughout Europe. Prizes, including a full scholarship to Wikimania in Washington, DC, will be awarded to winners medio December. More information about the contest and how to enter can be found at: www.wikilovesmonuments.eu “Europe's cultural artifacts have universal significance. And it’s not just about the documentation of these artifacts, it's about making sure they’re accessible to people no matter who you are or where you live in the world,” says Gelauff. Press Contacts: Lodewijk Gelauff, European co-ordinator Wiki Loves Monuments, +31 (0)6 49 74 82 81 (Netherlands) - lodewijk(a)wmnederland.nl Press contacts and press releases per country: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Press About Wikimedia Wikimedia is the movement behind Wikipedia, supporting the same goals on realizing a world where all knowledge is freely available for every human being. This is possible through the US-based Wikimedia Foundation and a network of national associations which co-operate closely with the volunteers on the Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia. About Wikipedia Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 390 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular web property world-wide (July 2011). Available in more than 270 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 18 million articles contributed by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. === Q & A === *How are Wikimedia and the European Partners working together on this?* Wiki Loves Monuments is lucky to be supported by a wide contingent of European organizations - including the Council of Europe, the European Commission, Europeana and Europa Nostra. These organizations support Wikimedia through their extensive networks with their national partner organizations and through their communications. Some partners such as Europeana provide besides that also direct support by making awards available. *When will you announce the regional winners* The regional winners will be announced by their national organizations by the end of October or the beginning of November. They will submit their nominations for the European jury by October 31. *When will you announce the final winners* The European jury will deliberate in November about the nominees by the national juries and decide which photo will win the fully funded trip to Wikimania in Washington DC in 2012. The winners will be announced at the DISH conference in Rotterdam on 6-9 December. *How can I track the images being submitted?* All eligible images submitted are available through Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments… You can always see the last few submissions on the main page of www.wikilovesmonuments.eu .

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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] About wikilovesmonuments.eu, Partners section
by Susana Morais 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, Is it possible here http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu/partners/ to make a link for each partner's website? Specially Air Nimbus that has no description :P Thanks! Susana 2011/8/10 charles andres <charles.andres(a)wikimedia.ch> > I don’t know the basis code for this cube, but on the right column you > could find a nice animation for the links:**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > http://blog.fnac.ch/**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ___________________________________________________________ > Charles ANDRES, Membre du Comité > Wikimedia CH <http://www.wikimedia.ch>- Association pour l'avancement des > connaissances libres > > > Skype: charles.andres.wmch > IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch**** > > ** ** > > *De :* wikilovesmonuments-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: > wikilovesmonuments-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] *De la part de* Lodewijk > *Envoyé :* mercredi, 10. août 2011 06:35 > > *À :* Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition > *Objet :* Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] About wikilovesmonuments.eu, Partners > section**** > > ** ** > > Once we get enough logos, it would be really nice to randomly evenly spread > them over a screen (without text, but linked to the website) in such a > manner: **** > > ** ** > > x x x x x x**** > > x x x x x**** > > x x x x x x* > *** > > x x x x x x**** > > x x x x x**** > > etc. **** > > ** ** > > but maybe someone else has better ideas. **** > > ** ** > > Lodewijk**** > > ** ** > > 2011/8/10 Nuno Tavares <nuno.tavares(a)wikimedia.pt>**** > > Maarten, > > I didn't loaded the list into a database, but rather fetch the page, > parse it, and cache it. > > I reinforce the appeal for all participating countries to fill in their > appropriate sponsors/partners at: > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/sponsors > > This includes the EUropean sponsors! > > Here is the tool: > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.pt/tools/sponsors/index.php > > GET parameters: > * format= json,php,html (I'll have to remember how to JSONP-it) > * refresh= 1 (reload cache) > * filter= countrycode(pt,es,...,'eu' for international, random for a > random sponsor) > > Example: all Portuguese sponsors, rendered in HTML: > > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.pt/tools/sponsors/index.php?format=html&f… > > PS: I just re-read your request (too late), and noticed you were more > concerned about the visually niceness :P which is definitely not my > department. > > If someone have interesting ideas of *how* to display europe-wide > partners, I might help implementing it.**** > > > -- > Nuno Tavares > Wikimedia Portugal > http://www.wikimedia.pt > > Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que > estamos a fazer. > > Participe também: http://www.wikimedia.pt**** > > Em 27-07-2011 21:11, Maarten Dammers escreveu:**** > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Op 27-7-2011 2:26, Nuno Tavares schreef: > >> Great, we're in sync, then. > >> > >> I've just added sponsors for PT. > >> > > I changed > > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monu… > > a bit to use a template and added some more partners/sponsors. Can other > > countries please add their partners/sponsors too? > > I plan to put this in a database and output it in JSON(P) for easy > > reuse. Nuno, Elke, Hay, someone else? Can you make something visually > > nice of this? > > > > Maarten > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > > WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >

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Heritage Days dates
by Lodewijk 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi all, could you please check for your country when the heritage days will be, and add it to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Europea… ? Misscing are Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Andorra and Portugal. Thanks a lot, Lodewijk

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Automatization of including images in monument list
by GoEthe.wiki 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi, Is anyone considering making a bot to include entered photos to the lists and articles in Wikipedia, when these don't contain an image? I've been entering the ones I review for the portuguese contest, but it might be easier to do automatically. Gonçalo

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blog posts wlm-eu
by Lodewijk 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi all, we'd like to keep wikilovesmonuments.eu a bit alive, so it would be great if you guys could think along with nice topics to cover for the blog. Nuno, coud you for example make a blogpost about statistics somewhere the coming week - giving a little analysis on what happens over Europe etc? Or do you have like really cool events going on in your country - please tell us about it, and share it with the world! I'm currently working on a blog post about European Heritage Days (coming up this weekend in many countries). Lodewijk

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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments in Norway status
by Maarten Dammers 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi Jørund, Any update? I wonder what you decided about what to include in the contest. I included the European mailinglist. Maybe someone can assist you with converting your lists. Maarten Op 17-8-2011 23:42, Jørund Leknes schreef: > Den 17.08.11 22.32, skrev Maarten Dammers: >>> Some good news - we have gotten the db-dumps from the directorate. >>> We have converted them to lists: >>> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/no/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Monumen… >>> >> Unfortunately this format is not compatible with the system we're >> using in most countries. We're using a template based structured list >> system to maintain the lists in most wikiedia's. The system is >> explained at >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monu… >> and I already added a lot of countries at >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monu… > Thanks a lot for looking into it. We should manage to make structured > lists. > >>> These lists now contain 10 000 monuments in Norway. We have excluded >>> archaeological sites (which are included in the Norwegian term >>> kulturminne), so the lists more or less corresponds to what one >>> would consider monuments in other european countries. >> You can include the archaeological sites too if you like. In the >> Netherlands some "Rijksmonumenten" are actually just sites. You >> started with 115000 monuments. What's the difference? > Here is a list containing different categories and corresponding > number of objects: > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/no/wiki/Bruker:H@r@ld/WLM > > Here are some major categories: > site of inhabitance / site of activity: 23971 > tomb: 20295 > site of coal production: 15171 > > Almost any trace of human activity before 1537 is automatically > protected as cultural heritage in Norway. Some of these might appear > just as a hole in the ground made for hunting on a photograph. :) > > But the decision is not final, we are able to include more categories. > >> You got the lists. You got a prize. That's already a lot. Do you have >> some sort of website? I would recommend you browse through >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monu… >> , it contains a lot of information. > > The website is in the making. Please tell me if there is any urgent > info you need about the Norwegian WLM. > >>> Please take a look at the lists and tell me if there is anything >>> that we should do with them. >> Convert them to structured lists. Drop by in #wikilovesmonuments on >> Freenode if you need some assistance with this. > > I'll have the one responsible for conversion from db-dump to list look > into it. > > Regards, > Jørund

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Trip planner
by Nuno Tavares 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi all, There was discussion about a tool to plan trips to monuments. Is this undergoing? Any estimated availability? -NT

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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] API changes - Statistics
by Maarten Dammers 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

Hi Nuno, Looks really good! I added it to the update script (~erfgoed/bin/update_monuments.sh) so it gets updated once a day. Maarten Op 4-9-2011 2:34, Nuno Tavares schreef: > Guys, just a quick insight into the Statistics API module. Maarten, > please setup the cron. > > > == Changes == > * New table: statistics > * Changed FormatHtml to allow datasets different than fetchObject() > * Changed FormatHtml to allow colorizing of _pct fields > * There was an optional index to monuments_all (idx_ctry_municp) which > will speed up a little bit, but nothing significat, so I discarded > > == Notes == > * The stats may be built in RAM or directly into database. Benchmarks below. > * Repeating myself: there are data quality issues, like multi-valued > municipalities (max is from 'ro' which is about 500 chars). This means > the listing will get municipalities cropped, unless field 'idx' is enlarged. > > > == Requirements == > * setup cron to run this periodically: > php -n ~/erfgoed/public_html/maintenance/_buildStats.php > > == Benchmarks == > > ntavares@willow:~/p_erfgoed/stats$ time php -n _buildStats.php # > (bBuildInRAM=false) > [d] Memory usage: 5769240 > > real 5m18.498s > user 0m13.602s > sys 0m10.129s > > ntavares@willow:~/p_erfgoed/maintenance$ time php -n _buildStats.php # > (bBuildInRAM=true) > [d] Memory usage: 106251416 > > real 4m0.019s > user 0m12.249s > sys 0m10.346s >

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