Hi Angelica.

WLPA participation is largely governed by 3 factors. * Freedom of Panorama laws in the country [1] * The availability of official artwork lists * Volunteers in the country willing to deal with it all.

Unless I misremember the FoP laws in Italy is the major hurdle. They had to put in a monster effort to get Wiki Loves Monuments to work and buildings are generally less problematic than artwork.

Hope that helps. /André

[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:FOP

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On 6 May 2013 20:26, Angelica Tavella amnugsiiec@hotmail.com wrote:

Hello, My name is Angelica Tavella, and I am a student at UC Berkeley that has been doing research on the effects of Italy's Cultural Heritage Protection Laws, and am focusing on Europeana and Wiki Commons (particularly the Wiki Loves Monuments competition).

I was wondering why WLPA is only in a few specified countries? Why not in Italy, or in some other European countries?

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