I partially agree with you. Here in Norway it has been a big drawback that WLM didn't start until September, and also has been almost invisible, at least in Norway :(. Starting earlier would enable participants to photograph during their holidays, and also even possibly inside monuments - many close in August when the schools start again. Also, the weather is a part of the problem... So, at least publishing lists earlier, and thus enabling ppl making photos inside (where allowed) could be great.
noorse
On 27 September 2011 11:17, Yaroslav M. Blanter
<putevod@mccme.ru> wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:00:16 +0200, Jane Darnell <jane023@gmail.com>
wrote:
> What amazes me more than the actual numbers of uploads is also the
number
> of
> new users with more than one upload - this is a big improvement over
last
> year and shows that the combination of the new uploader on Commons with
the
> "campaign" tactics of the WLM organizers has really made a difference. I
am
> already looking forward to our evaluation to see if anyone has any more
> brillant ideas to help us increase participation next year...
>
> But what could we do next year to beat this result? Better mapping?
Better
> id-lookups? Multi-lingual lists? All of EU? Africa? China? Alaska? Mars?
>
> Jane
>
Again, I will write my opinion and suggestions in more details in the
beginning October, not to start the discussion now, but I think for most
countries (in particular, for the Netherlands) we will not be able to beat
this year in terms of the number of pictures because the monuments will be
over (in the Netherlands we are approaching now to the 60% mark, and by
next September I hope it will be more like 75%, without anything left in
the centers of big cities). I am not even sure that the Netherlands will
repeat the last year mark in terms of the number of pictures this year. My
vision is that we we should go to different dimensions, the most obvious
being article creation, and differentiate the countries - at least those
with the most monuments pictured from those which are only at the
beginning. I think it is pretty much obvious we can not expand forever.
Cheers
Yaroslav