Hi,
Can you add the Philippines to the list of countries in the mobile app? We were able to download it but the Philippines is not included in the list and it would be useless to promote it here if the participants can't use it.
Emman
Naveen
The latest version of the app was released. Please check the latest
status with regards to India sub divisions!
All the best!
Jon
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf@wikimedia.in> wrote:
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>
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> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Naveen
>> This should be solved in the next application update (hopefully later
>> today)
>
>
> Thanks Jon that will really helpful.
>>
>>
>> I disagree with your statement that the app will not be useful - it
>> has a 'find nearby monuments;' feature which should help India Wiki
>> Loves Monumenteers to find monuments on their doorstep so there is no
>> need for them to even use the list!
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf@wikimedia.in>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Philip/Mathew,
>> >
>> > In case of India, until monuments list as separated as statewise; it
>> > will
>> > not be useful.
>> > User will be unable to browse 4000+ monuments from single list.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > naveenpf
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Roth <mroth@wikimedia.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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-photo-contest-september-global
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/29/wikipedia-launches-worlds-largest-photo-contest/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 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/Marketing#Editable
>> >>>
>> >>> 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-competition/
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thank you.
>> >>>
>> >>> Phil
>> >>>
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