For Scotland, the problem is that there are existing lists with a lot of
detail - notes, detailed addresses, & coordinates - and copying them over
takes some time; there's also been a bit of churn since these were
generated, meaning ~1% of entries have been upgraded from B to A (and are
new) or have been delisted from A (and need removed). It's nothing overly
complex, just a little tricky.
I've generated "new" list templates for each area from Katie's data and
I'm
copying the details across by hand into this new framework before pasting
them in. Happy to provide these blanks if anyone's interested. I think with
a solid block of work this weekend by perhaps three or four people we will
be able to launch north of the border.
NI looks bad but is probably one afternoon's work to complete - they're
pretty small lists.
(Glasgow and Edinburgh are going to be an interesting challenge, though; I
haven't yet had time to figure out what the current state of affairs is
with these two cities.)
A.
On 21 August 2013 09:05, Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> wrote:
I am not sure who has been working on the Scottish and
Northern Ireland
lists recently. I’ve seen that Andrew has done some work in Scotland, but
he may not have enough time to complete this on his own.
Since virtually none of the Scottish lists are up yet, and only about half
of the Northern Ireland lists, I have to ask (sorry!) whether it is truly
realistic for us to launch the UK competition in those countries. Wales is
finished, and although England still needs more work the competition could
at least go ahead in many English counties.
I don’t want to be too negative about this, but we have to be sensible.
It will look bad if we launch in Scotland and Northern Ireland only to
have to admit that there is no way to upload from Wikipedia. One of the
main purposes of the competition is to get new editors, and they will never
able able to contribute if they have no easy access to the upload wizard
from a Wikipedia page.
*Could I please ask that everyone who is able to work on the UK lists
over the next week make themselves known here, and indicate what might be
doable over that period?*
I am cross-posting to the International list as well, in case anyone is
able to provide some final assistance for us.
Michael
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On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> wrote:
Hi all
Only 9 working days till the start of the
competition and I’m concerned
that we may not have enough resources to complete all the gaps in
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_…
before the competition starts.
Most of the heavy lifting so far has been
done by Richard N, Katie C and
Dev1. What do you all think? Is there time, or do we need to find you
some urgent help?
Michael
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