Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Partici... (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come! - For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help. - For getting inspiration what you can do. - For helping others with questions. - For seeing last minute notifications. - For just for hanging out to see how it is going. - For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
Hi Romaine,
Could you confirm the Telegram channel username? I searched for @Wikilovesmonuments, but it looks like the CHANNEL is inactive, and there is no link to join a chat room.
Thank you.
Best, Exusiai
2026年8月3日 星期一 下午 2:41，Romaine Wiki via WLM-Announce wlm-announce@lists.wikimedia.org 来信：
Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Partici... (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come!
- For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help.
- For getting inspiration what you can do.
- For helping others with questions.
- For seeing last minute notifications.
- For just for hanging out to see how it is going.
- For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
fix: * Telegram group username?
Exusiai 2026年8月3日 星期一 下午 4:01，Exusiai exusiai-wm@proton.me 来信：
Hi Romaine,
Could you confirm the Telegram channel username? I searched for @Wikilovesmonuments, but it looks like the CHANNEL is inactive, and there is no link to join a chat room.
Thank you.
Best, Exusiai
2026年8月3日 星期一 下午 2:41，Romaine Wiki via WLM-Announce wlm-announce@lists.wikimedia.org 来信：
Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Partici... (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come!
- For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help.
- For getting inspiration what you can do.
- For helping others with questions.
- For seeing last minute notifications.
- For just for hanging out to see how it is going.
- For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
https://t.me/wlm_international
this is the link to the international tg group
З повагою / Best regards, antanana Wiki Loves Monuments Ukraine
Disclaimer: This letter is sent in my Wikimedia volunteer capacity, not as a Board member of Wikimedia Endowment
пн, 3 серп. 2026 р. о 11:19 Exusiai via WikiLovesMonuments < wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> пише:
fix:
- Telegram group username?
Exusiai 2026年8月3日 星期一 下午 4:01，Exusiai exusiai-wm@proton.me 来信：
Hi Romaine,
Could you confirm the Telegram channel username? I searched for @Wikilovesmonuments, but it looks like the CHANNEL is inactive, and there is no link to join a chat room.
Thank you.
Best, Exusiai
2026年8月3日 星期一 下午 2:41，Romaine Wiki via WLM-Announce < wlm-announce@lists.wikimedia.org> 来信：
Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Partici... (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come!
- For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help.
- For getting inspiration what you can do.
- For helping others with questions.
- For seeing last minute notifications.
- For just for hanging out to see how it is going.
- For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the
months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
WikiLovesMonuments mailing list -- wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimed...
Thank you! :)
Best, Exusiai
Sent from Proton Mail for iOS.
-------- Original Message -------- On Monday, 08/03/26 at 16:25 attolippip attolippip@gmail.com wrote:
https://t.me/wlm_international
this is the link to the international tg group
З повагою / Best regards, antanana Wiki Loves Monuments Ukraine
Disclaimer: This letter is sent in my Wikimedia volunteer capacity, not as a Board member of Wikimedia Endowment
пн, 3 серп. 2026 р. о 11:19 Exusiai via WikiLovesMonuments wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org пише:
fix:
- Telegram group username?
Exusiai 2026年8月3日 星期一 下午 4:01，Exusiai exusiai-wm@proton.me 来信：
Hi Romaine,
Could you confirm the Telegram channel username? I searched for @Wikilovesmonuments, but it looks like the CHANNEL is inactive, and there is no link to join a chat room.
Thank you.
Best, Exusiai
2026年8月3日 星期一 下午 2:41，Romaine Wiki via WLM-Announce wlm-announce@lists.wikimedia.org 来信：
Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Par ticipating_countries (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come!
- For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help.
- For getting inspiration what you can do.
- For helping others with questions.
- For seeing last minute notifications.
- For just for hanging out to see how it is going.
- For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the
months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
WikiLovesMonuments mailing list -- wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimed ia.org/message/HGFNQ45JKCM5L2EXRYR33PDHUMNO7BVQ/
Good Day All.
How do we get Uganda on this list?
On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM Romaine Wiki via WikiLovesMonuments < wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Partici... (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come!
- For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help.
- For getting inspiration what you can do.
- For helping others with questions.
- For seeing last minute notifications.
- For just for hanging out to see how it is going.
- For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the
months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
WikiLovesMonuments mailing list -- wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimed...
Dear Romaine,
For Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in India, we have created the landing page (we are still working on the subpages, which should be ready in a few days) and added India to the list of participating countries. Do we need to do anything else here? Do we need to create the Commons upload category, or will someone from the international team handle it?
Thanks a lot for the help.
Best regards, Sumit
On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 07:40, Romaine Wiki via WikiLovesMonuments < wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Partici... (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come!
- For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help.
- For getting inspiration what you can do.
- For helping others with questions.
- For seeing last minute notifications.
- For just for hanging out to see how it is going.
- For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the
months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
WikiLovesMonuments mailing list -- wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimed...
Hi Romaine,
Thanks for the nudge. Team Wikiverse Botswana has the landing page set up already and we're also listed in participating country list. We used our local banner that we created, however, we would appreciate some help with setting up the Commons upload category.
*Regards,* *Mr. Sekhomba* *WhatsApp: 75037120* www.mothusisekhomba.com https://mothusisekhomba.weebly.com/
On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM Sumit Surai via WikiLovesMonuments < wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear Romaine,
For Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in India, we have created the landing page (we are still working on the subpages, which should be ready in a few days) and added India to the list of participating countries. Do we need to do anything else here? Do we need to create the Commons upload category, or will someone from the international team handle it?
Thanks a lot for the help.
Best regards, Sumit
On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 07:40, Romaine Wiki via WikiLovesMonuments < wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear organisers!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 is approaching! In less than a month the first group of countries is going to start.
If you are organising WLM this year, please make sure *now* that your country is in the list of countries to avoid problems and delays: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2026/Partici... (This has been forgotten before, please avoid that mistake! )
(A few tips: don't wait to check/add until you notice there is no banner/uploading, don't wait until it is 10 minutes before midnight that you want to start, or at the last day before, don't think it will start in October so you have time, don't think that your colleague organiser has added your country, just check/add it now on the page, it avoids a lot of issues! Having your country added in the list of countries is the 1st requirement the international team has set. If you are late with adding, please contact me!)
When you have added your country/checked for it: thank you!
Spoiler: The 2nd requirement is that you have a landing page. Countries starting in September: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 28 August! Countries starting in October: your landing page needs to be ready at the latest on 27 September! When not ready on these days, the contest may get delayed or cancelled. PS: You don't have to wait until the last day to have your landing page ready, you may already have it (close to) ready this week!
There is a Telegram group called Wikilovesmonuments where you as organisers are welcome to come!
- For asking questions, reporting issues and getting help.
- For getting inspiration what you can do.
- For helping others with questions.
- For seeing last minute notifications.
- For just for hanging out to see how it is going.
- For seeing how the event starts/end at the beginning and end of the
months.
If you have an urgent issue regarding the special upload wizard or with the banner, contact me personally on Telegram for the fastest response. A bit more slow: write something on my Commons talk page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Romaine or write somewhere else and ping me. The slowest will be sending an e-mail. If you are unsure if something is in order or even urgent, don't hesitate and just contact me!
Don't forget: have fun! 😀
Romaine
WikiLovesMonuments mailing list -- wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimed...
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