Hi all,
As Lily mentioned we started the WLM Instagram account a little over a
month ago and so far the growth has been steady. I have posted all photos
that are posted on the winners page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_winners>. I'm
looking forward to building a strong base for our next year's competition
and I have specific plans that I will share with you in the future. But
until then please make sure to follow our account if you are on Instagram
and also spread the word to your local audience. Please encourage people to
tag us and mention us in their Instagram posts. That way we will get a lot
of visibility. Based on my experience with WLM Iran account, I'm hopeful we
can get a lot of engagement from WLM Instagram account. Many local chapters
are active on Instagram and I believe I have found more than 40
Wikipedia/Wikimedia related accounts. My hope is that next year many more
local teams use Instagram so we can build a strong network of accounts that
can help promote each other. In the meantime, please feel free to reach out
if you have ideas to improve our presence on social media and in
particular, Instagram.
Also I will be posting all winning photos one by one on the Instagram
account. Please feel free to share the posts on your own social media
channels.
Thanks,
Mohammad
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:19 PM, Lily <lilyofthewest.wikimedia(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all,
Here in the international team we've been quite busy in the past month
with the international jury process, getting all the stats for the 2017
contest, and also the preparation for the announcement of the international
results and all the work that needs to be done before and after the
announcement. Here is an update and what to expect in the coming couple of
weeks.
==Announcing the international results==
Things are moving according to plans at the international jury level. We
expect the jury to finish their work in the next couple of days and we will
spend the rest of our time between then and the announcement to do final
checks and balances on the photos, prepare the jury report, ... We are
aiming to announce the international results in the week of December 11,
and most probably towards the end of that week. We will let you know once
the date is finalized.
==Media coverage==
Announcing the international results means that we should work a bit
harder to see if we can get some media attention to Wiki Loves Monuments,
this is especially a nice opportunity to bring attention to the work of the
local organizers and the photographers involved. We will be finalizing our
media and social media plans in the coming week. This means preparing blog
post(s) and also working with WMF to see if they can help us with pitching
the blog post for more media coverage. Local organizers may hear from us,
too, as has been the tradition. :)
==Social media activity==
Our Twitter account will be active as usual during the announcement time.
We have not finalized the plan for announcing the results on Twitter, but
we may try to do the count down there, similar to the past couple of years.
On the social media front, we also were convinced by User:M.hekmat, cc-ed,
that we really need an Instagram account. ;) So here we are:
https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/ Mohammad is in fact in
charge of our Instagram activities. The plan is to build the account and
create a strong follower base for the account in the coming months and have
the account ready for more major activities in 2018. M.hekmat will share
some of his plans for the account with all of you once the excitement of
the next few weeks is behind us. In the mean time, if you have an Instagram
account and you're up for following the international account, please do
it. :)
Questions and comments are welcome.
Best,
Lily
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User: LilyOfTheWest