I agree with Lodewijk. We're still wrapping up, but we at WLM-PT soon
realized this event would break all expectations we had. A warm thanks
to Lodewijk and Maarten to bring this thing to all countries involved.
We had people actually running through the country taking photographs,
and I personally don't think it was for the prizes (at least, only). It
was a "call to action" and, in that terms, WLM was perfect.
And Fréderic said it all: awareness it's so much needed - at least in
Portugal - rather than making obvious we need participants.
--
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:
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Em 02-10-2011 21:11, Lodewijk escreveu:
> Just to be clear: We were successful :) Talking about new users: 4000 of
> the 5000 participants were new accounts! Of course you are right if you
> say we're not done yet, but there is an opportunity, lets grab it. Oh,
> and by the way, in Austria 66% of the uploaders were new. not bad!
>
> Lodewijk
>
> No dia 2 de Outubro de 2011 22:08, Jean-Frédéric
> <jeanfrederic.wiki@gmail.com
mailto:jeanfrederic.wiki@gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> 2011/10/2 Hubert <hubert.laska@gmx.at
mailto:hubert.laska@gmx.at>
>
> I very agree, that the goal, to attrakt new users with such an
> competition as long-term wikipedia-autors, is almost completely
> missed.
>
>
> Quick comment: that may have been your goal, it was not mine − or
> maybe a side goal.
>
> My hope, if anything, was to raise awareness. Have people notice
> that cultural heritage is just around the corner. Make them aware of
> the fact that they can contribute photographs to Commons (and just
> that, and that even that is great). Have them take part in a free
> knowledge/culture project. Make them realise that Wikimedia is a
> volunteer thing.
>
> Wikipedia and articles are important, of course. But the whole world
> does not revolve around it. The free culture world, and even the
> Wikimedia world, do not either.
>
> --
> Jean-Frédéric (Commonist & proud of it).
>
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