Everyone gave me inspiration. THANK YOU! I’m on in about 20 minutes and
will report back later. I get 9 minutes!!! A journalist has prepped me, so
that was a relief. Talk to you all soon.
On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 09.24, Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello Karen,
Since you have know idea of what the questions would look like.
As someone who has talked about Wikimedia projects, Wikimedia photography
contests (WLE, WLM etc) in tens of televisions and most recently Wiki Loves
Earth on Channels TV, I can comfortably say that the questions are often
simple.
See my most recent interview on TV here:
https://youtu.be/wqKbkNpaXrw
You may likely be asked the following questions
1. What is Wiki Loves monuments about?
*Answer*. Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photographic
competition held during the month of September, organised worldwide by
Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates
across the globe. Participants take pictures of local historical monuments
and heritage sites in their region, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons, a
repository of photographs. This year Denmark is one of the participating
countries and the contest is coordinated by Wikimedia Denmark. We encourage
people to highlight the heritage sites in Denmark and capture pictures of
these monuments, and put them on Wikimedia Commons under a free licence
which can then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.
What is Wikimedia Commons?
*Answer. *Wikimedia Commons unlike Wikipedia, is an online repository of
free-use images, sounds, other media, and JSON files. It is a project of
the Wikimedia Foundation. Most photos in the Internet are protected by
copyright and cannot be reused without a written permission from the
copyright holder. Wikimedia Commons is a platform where images may be
reused without such written permission.
Who is eligible to participate?
*Answer : E*veryone is eligible to participate. It is not restricted to
professional photographers only
What is the rule of the contest?
*Answer * The rule of the contest is simple.
1. Images contributed as part of this contest must be self taken and self
uploaded;
2. Images collected must be uploaded during September 2019;
3. During the upload process, you give permission with a CC BY-SA license
to re-use the image;
4. The photographed object or structure must be a monument.
You can also read more about free licenses, Denmark's copyright law, and
freedom of panorama in Denmark.
I hope you find this useful.
Regards
Isaac
On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 7:51 AM Karen Mardahl <k.mardahl(a)gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I am a bit nervous because a journalist wants to interview me on the
national radio in Denmark today about WLM. What do I say?!?!
I am not afraid of speaking to groups and such, but I have little
preparation and the Wikimedia PR person just retired! Plus I am the one
responsible for WLM so it is my duty to be the one to talk. I have no idea
how long this will last. 3 minutes at most. Maybe 5 if I am lucky or
unlucky!
The journalist thought it was a great thing that all citizens can try and
it involved open data, CC, and all that. Those might be the themes.
What would you say and does anyone have a template (in English preferably
- too nervous for my French) for talking about WLM to the press?
Thanks so much!!
Regards, Karen Mardahl,
Vice-chair Wikimedia Denmark & WLM coordinator
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