Adding to Phil's note, I think only the International, Israeli and the U.S. sites are currently using a prominent button to encourage downloads of the Android app. If other countries want to do the same, I think it would be excellent. If you don't like the image used on the app with the lightning (I know someone found it too dark), we could do other images or no image at all. For the U.S. site, we substituted an image of the Golden Gate Bridge. http://wikilovesmonuments.us/
Anyway, please discuss any concerns with the design or anything else here and let us know if we can help facilitate more promotion of the app through the national sites.
Couple of other stories in the past few days that mention the app: http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/4/3291159/wiki-loves-monuments-wikipedia-phot... http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/29/wikipedia-launches-worlds-largest-photo-co...
thanks! Matthew
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Philip Chang pchang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi All,
The contest if off to a good start but traction for the mobile app is lagging. So far we have 300+ uploads and about 1500 installs of the app.
In some countries, the app will broaden participation, so it is a good idea to let your communities know the app is available. We have created a sample banner here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_mobile_application/Marke...
Which you can modify as desired. The text is editable so it is easy to translate, or feel free to change the text.
The download link is in the banner text and graphics and QR code, so don't worry about that.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We can help with re-formatting.
In addition, we are seeing some mobile/tech press attention in the US, so the app could help your overall PR efforts. For example:
http://allthingsd.com/20120904/wikipedia-mounts-massive-monthlong-photo-comp...
Thank you.
Phil
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