Hi all,

I'd like to share with you some more information about the workings of our partnership with Flickr and the current state of things. Read on if you're interested, please. :)

==What is this email about?== We are talking about the partnership between Wiki Loves Monuments and Flickr as described earlier. [1]

==What is the state of matters on Flickr end now?== * Flickr organizers are signing up to organize photowalks in their cities. [2]

* For every city that signs up on Flickr end, we create an entry in a table on our end [3] where the organizer can find information about where to find eligible monuments.

* Flickr community folks make sure that the instructions for Flickr photographers [4] are clearly communicated and received by Flickr organizers. This will happen mostly this week through one on one back-and-forths between the organizers and community managers.

* Flickr community folks monitor uploads to different groups and try to catch issues if they happen (wrong tags, wrong kind of photos, etc). Starting mid-September, they start sending out blast messages to participating Flickr groups with information that helps photographers improve submissions (fix tag issues, license reminders, etc.)

==I see cities from countries that are not participating in WLM 2017== This can happen, thanks to the photographers and organizers on Flickr end who decided to help us improve Wikipedia, even if the country doesn't have a WLM 2017 contest. :) We welcome photos from all countries for which we have access to lists, though if a country is not participating on our end, the photos won't participate in the contest. We have made sure this information is clearly communicated to photographers.

==How can we help the Flickr organizers and community?== We put this question in front of Flickr's community folks and here is what we heard: * If there are Wikimedia photowalks happening, please consider adding them to [3]. If you do so, Flickr folks read this as a signal that they can list your walk as part of [2]. This way, you can get some Flickr photographers as part of your walk, too. :)

* If you are an organizer for a country in Asia, please be aware that Flickr folks will really like if you can organize a photowalk in your city or help them organize one for you.

* If you are on Twitter, follow @Flickr. They will share information about the photowalks and beyond there, and you can help them spread the word about the walks by retweeting their tweets.

As always, comments and questions are welcome! :)

Best, Lily, on behalf of the international team

[1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikilovesmonuments/2017-August/008522.... [2] https://www.flickr.com/groups/flickr10photowalks/discuss/72157684767493213/ [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017/Photowa... [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017/Photowa...