Firstly, you should know, if you can publish this list on Wikipedia (in wiki format, of course).   You should also communicate with the Agency for Inspection and Rebuilding of Monuments in order to "let them know" that there is going to be a contest, that can greatly influence the way how people see monuments, do a small PR for them - these should be some points in your favor.    When this list is published on Wikipedia and you'll have some info that it is ok from the Agency for Inspection... you and the moldavian community of ro.wiki (since as far as I am informed, moldovan Wikipedians use ro.wiki) should prepare some press reports and try to send it to some local media (regional ones are good, since they have always difficulties to find out topics to write about every day), or photography-related portals.    This is - in essence - what I do believe is the most important thing that has to be done when preparing the WLM contest. But there might be much more work hidden, for better info see the official schedule (that is quite complex but takes care about all the criteria that are absolutely necessary).   Official schedule for 2012 is this one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Timeline http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Timeline   As far as I remember clearly, we in WM CZ did follow cca 1/3 to 1/2 of all the steps here (this schedule is dedicated for large Wikimedia Chapters that can have about tens of volunteers for WLM. So yes, it is long, it might be too complex but there is no need to be shocked; most of the criteria in the list can be summarized easily.      Aktron Wikimedia Czech Republic Co- organizer of WLM in the Czech Republic   ______________________________________________________________

Od: "Giku Promitt" promitt@yandex.com Komu: wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Datum: 22.02.2013 16:54 Předmět: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM Moldova

Hello.

I am Gheorghe A. Iordachi, active user and administrator on Romanian Wikipedia. http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:Gik%C3%BC http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:Gik%C3%BC / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gik%C3%BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gik%C3%BC

I'd like to organize Wikipedia Loves Monuments in the Republic of Moldova. This is the first time I'm ever doing something for wikipedia outside of site itself. Guys from WLM Romania directed me to you, they said I can get here first directions.

Agency for Inspection and Rebuilding of Monuments from Moldova (http://airmc.wordpress.com/ http://airmc.wordpress.com/) is interested in spreading the info in Moldova, and are willing to organize the contest themselves.

So what do I start with? I got the monuments list in a parseable format (http://data.gov.md/raw/952 http://data.gov.md/raw/952) and I have the Romanian wikipedians' word - they can help me with sharing their experience.

Looking forward to a successful collaboration. Thank you. Gheorghe A. Iordachi

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One of the most important things to do is to create a list of monuments on your language's Wikipedia. You can copy the Romanians' template and adapt it for Moldova, for example. After that is done, contact the global technical contact (last year it was Multichill, not sure about this year yet) and get them to run the bot to add your list to the global database.

Then you need to set up a dedicated website for your project. This is not a requirement but most countries did it and it helps a lot and adds seriousness to your project. It can look something like wikilovesmonuments.org -- the WordPress theme used there is available for everyone to use (couldn't find it quickly, but I should be able to send it to you when you're ready to deploy a site).

You also need to set up your banner on Commons (fairly easy and can be done later).

There above are the major "virtual" steps that need to be taken. Some of the real-life steps were outlined above and essentially consist of partnering with your local heritage authority, gathering volunteers, having events, promoting your competition, etc.

--Ynhockey.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Giku Promitt promitt@yandex.com wrote:

Hello.

Is there any chance I can get advised on this matter? We have to give it a start - it's March already.

Thank you. Gheorghe A. Iordachi

-------- Mesajul care va fi redirecţionat -------- 22.02.2013, 16:43, "Giku Promitt" promitt@yandex.com:

Hello.

I am Gheorghe A. Iordachi, active user and administrator on Romanian Wikipedia. http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:Gik%C3%BC / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gik%C3%BC

I'd like to organize Wikipedia Loves Monuments in the Republic of Moldova. This is the first time I'm ever doing something for wikipedia outside of site itself. Guys from WLM Romania directed me to you, they said I can get here first directions.

Agency for Inspection and Rebuilding of Monuments from Moldova ( http://airmc.wordpress.com/) is interested in spreading the info in Moldova, and are willing to organize the contest themselves.

So what do I start with? I got the monuments list in a parseable format ( http://data.gov.md/raw/952) and I have the Romanian wikipedians' word - they can help me with sharing their experience.

Looking forward to a successful collaboration. Thank you. Gheorghe A. Iordachi -------- Sfârşitul mesajului care va fi redirecţionat --------

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On 28/02/13 18:55, Ynhockey wrote:

One of the most important things to do is to create a list of monuments on your language's Wikipedia. You can copy the Romanians' template and adapt it for Moldova, for example. After that is done, contact the global technical contact (last year it was Multichill, not sure about this year yet) and get them to run the bot to add your list to the global database.

Then you need to set up a dedicated website for your project. This is not a requirement but most countries did it and it helps a lot and adds seriousness to your project. It can look something like wikilovesmonuments.org http://wikilovesmonuments.org -- the WordPress theme used there is available for everyone to use (couldn't find it quickly, but I should be able to send it to you when you're ready to deploy a site).

You also need to set up your banner on Commons (fairly easy and can be done later).

There above are the major "virtual" steps that need to be taken. Some of the real-life steps were outlined above and essentially consist of partnering with your local heritage authority, gathering volunteers, having events, promoting your competition, etc.

—Ynhockey.

Also, trying to get partners, which you can then use for providing the competition prizes. You should also get a few judges that will select the local winners.

I can add the template to the toolserver project for import into the db.