On 2 July 2012 17:24, Peter Ekman <pdekman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
One more American quirk - "Monuments" here
means lots of things here -
but is probably most associated with what we've been calling "public
art" - sculptures to famous people. Another use is for "gravestone".
So while most of us probably understand how "registered historic
places" fits in with "Wiki Loves Monuments" it seems just a bit off.
Any chance of getting a new title next July??!
This applies in the UK too, where I suspect it was a significant
factor in the initiative not taking off, this year.
"Wiki loves buildings", "...architecture" or even "...listed
buildings" (the latter very UK specific) would be more descriptive.
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk