Hi all,
please find below the well known European Country Update Overview. Please
all check out your country, and make sure it is correct. Also included a
short checklist to go through for each country.
Some of the entries are really great and inspiring! If you have more
inspiring information to share than we found, please do so!
Best,
Lodewijk
=== Checklist ===
Please check the following for your country:
* Is the relevant information on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Progress
complete
for your country? If not: please update.
* Is your country already included in the database on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Monumen…
.
If not, please add yourself to the to add list.
* Check if your country page is created on commons and linked from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011 and in
the template at the bottom
* Check if your national website is linked correctly from
http://www.visuelya.de/wlmeu/
=== Country overview ===
Everybody: Basic info is available on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Progress .
Please *everybody* check completeness and correctness there.
DEFINITELY PARTICIPATING:
*Andorra
Amical is working on organizing this. Lists are complete. All seems to be
going well. Will probably (also?) participate in a Euregion wide contest.
*Belarus
List is progressing, but not complete yet. Organization is unclear, can
someone give an update?
*Belgium
Big bottleneck is volunteers, working together with volunteers from NL&FR to
get things going. Government enthusiast. The lists are complete, but
organizationally some work to be done.
*Confederation Helvetica
Contest started already in July locally - only photos submitted in September
will be eligable to be nominated for the European contest. Clearly,
everything seems to be running smoothly.
*Denmark
Working on the lists, some volunteers joined the effort. Online part seems
all right, but organizational side is unclear. Can someone send around an
update? Commons progress table needs some updating too.
*Deutschland
Lists are an issue, as expected, due to decentralized system. In some
regions better than others. Will be organizing some local events; jury and
awards going steady.
*Eesti
Have national heritage board as a partner, have a few sponsors and seems
organizationally ok (judging website). Website is already bilingual (!).
Raul worked on a layer app etc. Lists seem more or less complete.
*España
National contest is still working on a partner and prizes. Local event is
likely to be organized in Catalonia, possibly including the whole Euregion.
Meetings with potential partners still scheduled. Lists almost complete, but
with little coordinates.
*France
Working on the lists etc, but work to be done. Employee is working on
partners etc. Awards, jury etc also still need work.
*Luxemburg
Probably going to be organized together with or as part of a Belgian
contest. Lists are complete, there are barely any volunteers. No specific
further updates. The page on Commons is still non-existant! See the relevant
link from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011 , please
create!
*Netherlands
Have a few partners who support us materially, we have a few nice prizes to
be announced soon. Had a workshop at the national heritage board. Will
organize 5-10 local events. Prize ceremony will be at the national Wikimedia
conference. All seems well on schedule. Volunteers are reaching out to help
organize the Belgian contest.
*Österreich
Work seems to be going very well. Good cooperation with national
organizations, so organizationally and also with the list everything seems
to be going well. Also much outview for long term cooperations. The page on
Commons is still non-existant! See the relevant link from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011 , please
create!
*Polska
Currently focusing on the lists of monuments; have successfully uploaded to
Wikipedia the complete lists of monuments as given by our partner
organisation, the National Heritage Board of Poland. At the moment, they
are working on merging them with the user-created lists as there are some
minor differences. The local rules, the budget as well as the jury are to
be announced very shortly and will (hopefully) be working on getting a
proper marketing campaign done by another of our partnership organisations.
Cooperation with two organisations that deal with school pupils are
possibly on the way.
*Portugal
Progress seems to be ongoing. Unsure about the situation on the lists but
technically everything seems smooth, and organizationally progress is being
made. Not there yet, work still to be done.
*Romania
Budget and jury are finished, lists are complete. Volunteers going well, all
seems fine. Now working on finishing touch of rules etc.
*Russia
Joined recently, as one of the last. Status still unclear, although the
lists/database seem to be worked on. The page on Commons is still
non-existant! See the relevant link from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011 , please
create!
*Sverige
Are working closely with the local heritage organizations to organize WLM.
For the rest, the status is a bit unclear, a short update would be very
welcome. Website seems broken.
MAYBE PARTICIPATING:
*Liechtenstein
Might be organized as part of (or closely coordinated with?) the Swiss
contest. Still a bit unclear, but thanks to small country that should be
still doable.
*Norge
Situation still a bit unclear. If someone could give an update, that would
be helpful. Last information we have is that there was going to be contacts
with the Heritage board about whether or not there will be lists available.
NOT PARTICIPATING:
*Ceska Republika
Will not be able to pull it off this year due to too many other projects.
*Finland
Contrary to earlier communication, it will not be possible to motivate
enough volunteers to organize it.
*Italia
Will unfortunately probably not be able to pull it off within the set time
frame. Maybe at a later time in the year or otherwise next year. Had some
struggle in coordinating with government.
*Kosovo
Gave some initial interest, but no more information afterwards.
*Monaco
Will not be possible this year - things were too busy with the wedding
recently.
*United Kingdom
Not going to be possible due to lack of volunteers. Some interest spiked
recently, but will be too short term to pull it off.
*Ukraine
Although communicated differently, there will be no Ukraine contest this
year - misunderstanding from our side.
*Vatican City
Not going to be possible this year. Another shot next time.