Just saw the results of the Wiki Loves Monuments and the photos are stunning.
One of them however is of an Argentinian war grave in the Falklands but the description could be interpreted as claiming the Malvinas are Argentinian.
Better get a spokesman lined up with a suitable statement.
Joe
On 3 December 2012 21:32, Joe Filceolaire filceolaire@gmail.com wrote:
Just saw the results of the Wiki Loves Monuments and the photos are stunning. One of them however is of an Argentinian war grave in the Falklands but the description could be interpreted as claiming the Malvinas are Argentinian. Better get a spokesman lined up with a suitable statement.
I'll worry about it as and when they call.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cementerio_Argentino_de_Puerto_Darwi...
I've just added an English description (that says Falkland Islands) as well as the Spanish one (that says Islas Malvinas).
It's a stunning photo of a military cemetery, and no newspaper would run a story without the picture - which will make it obvious that the picture got a placing because it's a great picture.
If we can't position this one as an example of Wikipedia's neutrality, we're just not trying.
- d.
Also in the jury report we tried to bring it as neutral as possible. Please note that this picture also scored very high in the Argentine competition.
The criterium is by the way not on which country's territory the monument is located, but strictly speaking the criterium is which country recognized it as a monument. Most of the time there's a 100% overlap in that, but not always.
Anyway, fully agree with David that it *shouldn't* be a problem, but I'm not quite familiar with UK media.
Best,
Lodewijk
2012/12/3 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com
On 3 December 2012 21:32, Joe Filceolaire filceolaire@gmail.com wrote:
Just saw the results of the Wiki Loves Monuments and the photos are stunning. One of them however is of an Argentinian war grave in the Falklands but
the
description could be interpreted as claiming the Malvinas are
Argentinian.
Better get a spokesman lined up with a suitable statement.
I'll worry about it as and when they call.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cementerio_Argentino_de_Puerto_Darwi...
I've just added an English description (that says Falkland Islands) as well as the Spanish one (that says Islas Malvinas).
It's a stunning photo of a military cemetery, and no newspaper would run a story without the picture - which will make it obvious that the picture got a placing because it's a great picture.
If we can't position this one as an example of Wikipedia's neutrality, we're just not trying.
- d.
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We've got a plan for this... Stevie will no doubt elaborate if asked :-)
Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Dec 3, 2012 11:11 PM, "Lodewijk" lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Also in the jury report we tried to bring it as neutral as possible. Please note that this picture also scored very high in the Argentine competition.
The criterium is by the way not on which country's territory the monument is located, but strictly speaking the criterium is which country recognized it as a monument. Most of the time there's a 100% overlap in that, but not always.
Anyway, fully agree with David that it *shouldn't* be a problem, but I'm not quite familiar with UK media.
Best,
Lodewijk
2012/12/3 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com
On 3 December 2012 21:32, Joe Filceolaire filceolaire@gmail.com wrote:
Just saw the results of the Wiki Loves Monuments and the photos are stunning. One of them however is of an Argentinian war grave in the Falklands but
the
description could be interpreted as claiming the Malvinas are
Argentinian.
Better get a spokesman lined up with a suitable statement.
I'll worry about it as and when they call.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cementerio_Argentino_de_Puerto_Darwi...
I've just added an English description (that says Falkland Islands) as well as the Spanish one (that says Islas Malvinas).
It's a stunning photo of a military cemetery, and no newspaper would run a story without the picture - which will make it obvious that the picture got a placing because it's a great picture.
If we can't position this one as an example of Wikipedia's neutrality, we're just not trying.
- d.
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Indeed. We've been kept informed throughout the process and have this in hand. I'm happy to discuss further if necessary.
Thanks,
Stevie On Dec 3, 2012 11:24 PM, "Richard Symonds" richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
We've got a plan for this... Stevie will no doubt elaborate if asked :-)
Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Dec 3, 2012 11:11 PM, "Lodewijk" lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Also in the jury report we tried to bring it as neutral as possible. Please note that this picture also scored very high in the Argentine competition.
The criterium is by the way not on which country's territory the monument is located, but strictly speaking the criterium is which country recognized it as a monument. Most of the time there's a 100% overlap in that, but not always.
Anyway, fully agree with David that it *shouldn't* be a problem, but I'm not quite familiar with UK media.
Best,
Lodewijk
2012/12/3 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com
On 3 December 2012 21:32, Joe Filceolaire filceolaire@gmail.com wrote:
Just saw the results of the Wiki Loves Monuments and the photos are stunning. One of them however is of an Argentinian war grave in the Falklands
but the
description could be interpreted as claiming the Malvinas are
Argentinian.
Better get a spokesman lined up with a suitable statement.
I'll worry about it as and when they call.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cementerio_Argentino_de_Puerto_Darwi...
I've just added an English description (that says Falkland Islands) as well as the Spanish one (that says Islas Malvinas).
It's a stunning photo of a military cemetery, and no newspaper would run a story without the picture - which will make it obvious that the picture got a placing because it's a great picture.
If we can't position this one as an example of Wikipedia's neutrality, we're just not trying.
- d.
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