What about "This Monday is your last chance to... (whatever)" ?
2013/9/28 Karthik Nadar <karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in>
Hiya,
as the contest ends, can we change the CentralNotice banner saying
something like this: "Wiki Loves Monuments contest ends tomorrow/the day
after. Photograph a monument, help Wikipedia and win."
This is just to alert that the contest is ending soon, and so that most
people will hurry up!
Regards,
Karthik Nadar.
Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in
Participate in world's largest photo contest Wiki Loves Monuments:
www.wikilovesmonuments.in
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Richard Nevell <
richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Indeed, but so far there's not been much
input at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/C…
On 20 September 2013 18:51, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> wrote:
i don't think anyone is against it, they just
advocate to try multiple
angles :)
Lodewijk
2013/9/20 Richard Nevell <richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
Ok, it may not have much effect, but is there any
harm in trying?
On 20 September 2013 18:32, Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl>wrote;wrote:
> Hi Maarten
>
> Op 20-9-2013 10:59, Maarten Deneckere schreef:
>
> I don't think we will gain that much new contributors using a more
>> prominent sitenotice. Most people just ignore it. Just ask friends and
>> family, do they read that message?
>>
>> I organised WLM both in Belgium and South Africa, and I have far
>> better experiences attracting people with a personal approach, eg. real
>> life WLM events, our mailing list, Facebook groups.
>>
> +1 to that. The central notice banner should be part of a broader
> campaign to promote Wiki Loves Monuments. Last couple of years we also had
> articles in magazines, etc. Bit too late for that now I guess...
>
> Maarten
>
>
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