Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] First press release for the Swiss contest

Dear friends in Switzerland, I now had a look on your website for the WLM competition, and I must say that I am very impressed! Especially that map with the cantons looks great, and will contribute a lot to the fun. About the unification of WLM Europe, I basically agree with the arguments brought up by Maarten. On the other hand I understand the problems with taking photographs in a mountain country in September (something the Dutch may not be aware of :-)). Indeed, it might be difficult to explain to people that they are called to take photographs in July-September but can only participate the competition when they are uploaded in September. It is ideal, btw, to upload them immediately after the photographing, because then you still now well where you took which photograph (which building). Below a list with some ideas about your website and the text in German; some items are possibly interesting also for other countries. Kind regards, and Hop Schwiz! Ziko - On the map, Luzern is Loucerne? - try to stick with the expressions we already use at Commons and elsewhere: it is called on the homepage "Sammlung von... Medien", or Mediensammlung, not Mediathek. - on the wikimedia wikis we say "Benutzerkonto" and not "Account", that's Wikipedian's jargon :-) - Btw, I find it very very good to tell the people from the beginng that they should register and turn in an e-mail address. We miss a lot of opportunities for communication otherwise. - "Auf diese Mediathek können sich alle Wikis der ganzen Erde beziehen" - well, really all wikis? :-) They can, but I woudn't put it this way. - Ordinary people (90% of the population) won't go to IRC, forget it - when people have questions about the contest, you really want them to ask the Federal Office of the environment? In any case, you must definitely provide an e-mail address (not only the webmaster's under "Contact") - I found the description of the uploading process complicated, but it will certainly be changed - "Anmelden/Registrieren": stick with it, not "Login" - I found sometimes "Wiki Commons", this is confusing to newbies. Use always and everywhere "Wikimedia Commons", also not "Commons" (there is also a Creative Commons, you know). I would try anyway to describe things without the term "wiki"; while I am already nagging, I never found "Wiki loves monuments" a good title :-) - I am very happy that you don't have moving elements on your website, please keep it that way! 2011/6/4 Ilario Valdelli <valdelli(a)gmail.com>om>: -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/