Hi all,
I had been planning to help coordinate and organize Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) in the New England region (including Boston), but I won't be able to devote significant time to that. If you are interested in that coordinating role, please add your name to the Team Organization table at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_the_.... If you're interested in helping plan an event in Boston or another place in the region, take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America.
There are a few important high-level tasks that need to be done for WLM in the New England region:
1) Generate a list of places to photograph and make that list user-friendly
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_i... similar pages for other states are a great starting point. For WLM, it's OK to photograph NRHP sites for which an image already exists on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. - Most of the places/goals from Wikipedia Takes Boston in 2011 still need to be photographed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WTB/Goals. Note that most of these places are not NRHP sites, though. - Tools for WLM are available: - Erfgoedbot (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ErfgoedBot) seems like it could be useful. In particular, erfgoed's 'Search Monuments' and 'Statistics' tools seem relevant: - Search Monuments: http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/search.php - Statistics: http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/statistics.php - A list of other WLM tools is available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Tools
2) Get in touch with local media entites: The Boston Globe, Worcestor Telegram and Gazette (http://www.telegram.com/), The Lowell Sun http://www.lowellsun.com/, and/or others listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Massachusetts would be appropriate.
3) Put up paper fliers around universities, community centers, etc. announcing WLM, and reach out to photography clubs
There is a Wiki Loves Monuments IRC channel on freenode -- #wikilovesmonuments -- where you can talk with people knowledgeable about WLM. There is also an active Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments/. Other helpful people to contact about WLM include Pharos ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pharos), Multichill ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill), Dominic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic) and SJ ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sj).
Although I won't be able to devote much time to the WLM planning for New England in August, I might be able to contribute in a minor role in September.
Thanks, Eric
Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
Eric has laid out a a nice ambitious plan, but we could also just use someone to start a simple page for the Boston photo event with the event page wizard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America#Event_page_wi...
This really just means picking a 'starting point' and time, so even if you can't get to all the other stuff, this should be fun and easy to set up.
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:18 AM, emw emw.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I had been planning to help coordinate and organize Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) in the New England region (including Boston), but I won't be able to devote significant time to that. If you are interested in that coordinating role, please add your name to the Team Organization table at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_the_.... If you're interested in helping plan an event in Boston or another place in the region, take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America.
There are a few important high-level tasks that need to be done for WLM in the New England region:
1) Generate a list of places to photograph and make that listuser-friendly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_i... and similar pages for other states are a great starting point. For WLM, it's OK to photograph NRHP sites for which an image already exists on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. Most of the places/goals from Wikipedia Takes Boston in 2011 still need to be photographed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WTB/Goals. Note that most of these places are not NRHP sites, though. Tools for WLM are available:
Erfgoedbot (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ErfgoedBot) seems like it could be useful. In particular, erfgoed's 'Search Monuments' and 'Statistics' tools seem relevant:
Search Monuments: http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/search.php Statistics: http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/statistics.php
A list of other WLM tools is available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Tools
2) Get in touch with local media entites: The Boston Globe, WorcestorTelegram and Gazette (http://www.telegram.com/), The Lowell Sun http://www.lowellsun.com/, and/or others listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Massachusetts would be appropriate.
3) Put up paper fliers around universities, community centers, etc.announcing WLM, and reach out to photography clubs
There is a Wiki Loves Monuments IRC channel on freenode -- #wikilovesmonuments -- where you can talk with people knowledgeable about WLM. There is also an active Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments/. Other helpful people to contact about WLM include Pharos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pharos), Multichill (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill), Dominic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic) and SJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sj).
Although I won't be able to devote much time to the WLM planning for New England in August, I might be able to contribute in a minor role in September.
Thanks, Eric
wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org