Hi Wiki-Americans,

I have been working on a WLM-friendly 'Wiki Takes' creator wizard on Commons, that allows a simple alphanumeric to designate both official WLM goals and other goals to be selected for a real-life photo scavenger hunt event.

This kind of tool is potentially useful, in that many cities have only a small number of official monuments (which may already have good photos), and because it simplifies marking even of official monuments for the newbies on a one-day photo hunt.

Here is a rough prototype version, currently parked at the rather messy photo hunt project page:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photo_scavenger_hunts#Event_wizard

Perhaps it would make more sense in future to associate the tool with the more specific and developed WLM 'Wiki Takes' project page:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Organizing_a_...

It works through this template, which converts an alphanumeric goal code from a particular 'Wiki Takes' into the official monument id and template (if applicable):

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Hunt

And this is the default table arrangement of the goal codes, with the goal name before the comma and the monument id (if applicable) after it:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Photo_scavenger_hunts...

I hope to promote the use of this tool for several local United States WLM photo hunts in the 'Wikipedia Takes America' campaign this September:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America

Any thoughts on how to improve this system would be most appreciated! Certainly my tech skills leave much to be desired ;)

Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)