Hi all,

Here is the second update from the international team, with some delays. ;)

== Participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2017? == Make sure your country is listed in the list of participating countries [1] and do reach out to us if you see blockers for making the contest happen in your country. We are here to help.

== Wiki Loves Monuments without the lists == If you are interested in using Wikidata for WLM, either because you have new data that goes directly into Wikidata or because you want to migrate your data from lists to Wikidata, an important piece of the puzzle is now ready. The Monuments database [2] is used to facilitate the handling of the uploaded images and as a resource for further tools. The patch [3] which enables it to understand how to get monuments data from both structured lists and Wikidata is now ready. If you have your monuments data on Wikidata and want to switch to use that to generate lists, instead of creating lists independently for Wiki Loves Monuments, let us know.

== Montage == This past week has been a busy week for the backend development of Montage. If you want to propose features or comment on the current ones the team is working on, check out the issues on Github: https://github.com/hatnote/montage/issues .

== Monumental == The frontend development of Monumental continues. We have also started to meet with countries who may be interested to experiment running their Wiki Loves Monuments campaigns using Monumental.

== New opportunities in the international team == The search for finding a jury coordinator to join the international team continues, so does the search for someone to focus on communications. Check our last week's update for more details. [4]

Questions, comments? We are here for you. :)

Best, Lily, on behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments international team

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017/Partici... [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Monuments_database [3] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/354961/ [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikilovesmonuments/2017-July/008515.ht...