It is, indeed. Congratulations! :) Definitely read the snippets of the stories of the participants in the blog posts. They were gracious and shared their stories with us for the blog posts. We are planning to share these stories in more depth in the coming months. On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Saqib Qayyum <saqib.qayyum(a)hotmail.com> wrote: -- User: LilyOfTheWest

Saqib, not sure if you have seen this one: https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pakistani-photos-among-winners-of-… On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Saqib Qayyum <saqib.qayyum(a)hotmail.com> wrote: -- User: LilyOfTheWest

Pakistan's top newspaper done a story on it : http://www.dawn.com/news/1302712/wiki-loves-monuments-2016-three-pakistanis… [http://i.dawn.com/medium/2016/12/5853da5b822e5.jpg]<http://www.dawn.com/… Wiki Loves Monuments 2016: Three Pakistanis among winners of global photography competition<http://www.dawn.com/news/1302712/wiki-loves-monuments-2016-t… www.dawn.com A total of 15 winners were named this year. ________________________________ From: WikiLovesMonuments &lt;wikilovesmonuments-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; on behalf of Saqib Qayyum &lt;saqib.qayyum(a)hotmail.com&gt; Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 9:41:02 AM To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] [WLM announce] WLM 2016 results are announced Lily offcourse I know about this and trying to ask other Pakistani newspaper to publish a piece on WLM , but I wonder why no efforts were made to announce the results via major newspapers globally.. Very sad S ________________________________ From: WikiLovesMonuments &lt;wikilovesmonuments-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; on behalf of Lily &lt;lilyofthewest.wikimedia(a)gmail.com&gt; Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 8:22:51 AM To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] [WLM announce] WLM 2016 results are announced Saqib, not sure if you have seen this one: https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pakistani-photos-among-winners-of-… On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Saqib Qayyum <saqib.qayyum@hotmail.com<mailto:saqib.qayyum@hotmail.com>> wrote: I wonder if any major newspaper going to cover this ? ________________________________ From: WikiLovesMonuments <wikilovesmonuments-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikilovesmonuments-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>> on behalf of Lily <lilyofthewest.wikimedia@gmail.com<mailto:lilyofthewest.wikimedia@gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 7:29:42 PM To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] [WLM announce] WLM 2016 results are announced It is, indeed. Congratulations! :) Definitely read the snippets of the stories of the participants in the blog posts. They were gracious and shared their stories with us for the blog posts. We are planning to share these stories in more depth in the coming months. On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Saqib Qayyum <saqib.qayyum@hotmail.com<mailto:saqib.qayyum@hotmail.com>> wrote: Interesting Pakistan won 3 slots. Incredible. Saqib organiser Wiki Loves Monuments Pakistan ________________________________ From: WikiLovesMonuments <wikilovesmonuments-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikilovesmonuments-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>> on behalf of Lily <lilyofthewest.wikimedia@gmail.com<mailto:lilyofthewest.wikimedia@gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 7:06:35 PM To: wlm-announce@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wlm-announce@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] [WLM announce] WLM 2016 results are announced Hi all, It's been an incredible 4 months. On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments international team I'd like to thank /all/ of you who made this year's contest possible. We have achieved a lot together. In this email, we're sharing with you the result of the contest. There are 15 winners in this year's contest chosen among 392 photos that made it to the international contest. The international jury carefully reviewed these photos and chose the top 15 among them. Like any other contest, there are photos and countries that have made it to the top 15 and those who haven't. It's important for us to remember that our work towards free knowledge for everyone is beyond the geographical borders and contests. The contest is a means to an end. This is a day that we all should celebrate for empowering more people to share in the sum of all human knowledge, for helping them bring amazing photos to Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, Wikidata, and our other projects, and for helping them discover their heritage. All key metrics showed significant growth compared to last year: the number of participating countries (more than 30% increase), the number of participants (62% increase), the number of first time contributors to Wikimedia projects (78% increase), and the number of photos uploaded (20% increase). This year we also welcomed four first time participating countries from very different parts of the world: Bangladesh, Greece, Peru, and South Korea. I want to emphasize this: /you/ made all of this happen! :) Now, please sit back and enjoy the result of your efforts: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_winners#Winners You can read the blog posts about the results as well. They are: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/winners-2016/ and https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/15/seventh-annual-wiki-loves-monuments/ Best, Lily, on behalf of the WLM international team -- User: LilyOfTheWest _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org -- User: LilyOfTheWest _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org -- User: LilyOfTheWest

Bangladeshi leading newspaper The Daily Prothom Alo published this news today: http://www.prothom-alo.com/technology/article/1042909 -Hasive WMBD On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Lily &lt;lilyofthewest.wikimedia(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) **:: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী (হাছিব)* User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> | GSM/WhatsApp/Viber: +8801712754752 ​ Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> Board Member | Wikimedia Bangladesh <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd/> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/NCHasive> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | www.nhasive.com

This is great to see! Thank you for the efforts of making these press publications happen. It would be great if you could share them in our general overview: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016/Press_… Best, Lodewijk 2016-12-20 15:51 GMT+01:00 Mārtiņš Bruņenieks &lt;martinsb(a)gmail.com&gt;om>: