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Winning photographs of WLM India 2016
by Kiran Ravikumar 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Hello all, Greetings from Wiki Loves Monuments India team. We are glad to announce winners for the WLM India (2016) edition. Please find the details here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_India/Winners Regards, Kiran Ravikumar User:Kiranravikumar <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kiranravikumar>

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Winning photographs from WLM-UK 2016
by Richard Nevell 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Hello, The winners of the 2016 UK competition are here: https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/11/wiki-loves-monuments-2016-winners-ann… These photos will go forward to the international jury. Thank you to everyone who contributed photos or helped with the screening process. Richard Nevell -- Project Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0921 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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Winning photographs of WLMBangladesh 2016 :)
by Nahid Sultan 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

Hey Folks, 10 photographs that will represent Bangladesh as the finalists of the international contest, as decided by our jury: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ban… Best, Nahid Sultan User:NahidSultan<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NahidSultan> on all Wikimedia Foundation<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation>'s public wikis Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh> Twitter: @nahidunlimited<https://twitter.com/nahidunlimited> http://blog.nahidsultan.xyz/

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[important] nominees for the international finale
by effe iets anders 01 Nov '16

01 Nov '16

Hi everyone! So far, we have received correct submissions for: Antarctica, Belgium & Luxembourg (90%), India, Italy, Nigeria, Panama, Slovakia, Thailand, United Kingdom. *That means the following countries are still missing: * Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium & Luxembourg (10%), Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kosovo, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States For most of these countries, we have not heard back yet at all. Please make sure that your jury coordinator is at least in active contact with either myself or Lily! The *deadline *(unless agreed by Lily or myself otherwise) is *31 October 2016*. After this date, we may not be able to still accept the nominees. If you have any doubts that your country may meet the deadline, let us know as soon as possible. Looking forward to many thrilling nominees, Lodewijk (international jury coordinator) 2016-10-24 14:52 GMT+02:00 effe iets anders <effeietsanders(a)gmail.com>: > Hi everyone! > > A quick update: so far we have received the nominations from Panama. If > your country has finalized the jury process already, please do send us the > nominations as explained below. Thank you! > > Best, > Lodewijk > > > 2016-10-20 19:42 GMT+02:00 effe iets anders <effeietsanders(a)gmail.com>: > >> [This email contains important information on how you can submit the 10 >> nominees of your country to the international finale and the deadlines. >> Please forward this to your coordinators if need be.] >> >> Dear national coordinators, jury coordinators, >> >> Thank you for an amazing job in the past weeks and months in organizing >> what seems to have been yet again an amazing competition in more than 40 >> countries! It's great to see all the beautiful images that have been >> submitted. >> >> As you know, the international Wiki Loves Monuments competition is based >> on a federalized model: there's a national competition in each country, >> with a national organizing team, a national jury and national winners. The >> national jury determines up to (maximum) 10 images that will be submitted >> to the international finale. >> >> These ten images should be *submitted via email* to the international >> jury coordinator *before the deadline: effeietsanders AT gmail DOT com*. >> Unless you have agreed a different deadline with Lily (in cc), this >> deadline is 31 October 2016, 23:59 UTC. But if you like me, please send >> them at least a few days before that time. Submissions after this deadline >> are not guaranteed to be included in the finale. When submitting your >> finalists, please take these instructions into account: >> * Submit no more than ten images per (national) competition. It is ok to >> submit less images, for example if you don't find enough images of high >> quality. >> * Submit the images to: effeietsanders AT gmail DOT com, and include in >> the CC at least one (additional) jury member besides yourself. Please also >> include Lily in the cc. >> * If the results are still not public (if you plan to announce them later >> publicly), please add the planned announcement date. Please note that we >> will announce the international winners in December, and will not wait for >> national announcements. >> * Submit for each image: URL, File name on Wikimedia Commons and Author >> username >> * Check basic information about the images. It is NOT possible to replace >> finalists after the deadline! >> ** that the author has activated their email function on Wikimedia >> Commons. If we cannot email the user there, they may automatically forfeit >> any prize. You can help them by posting a message on their talkpage, or >> tracking them down through social media. >> ** that the monument on the image is identified (preferrably also >> described in English) >> ** that the image is freely licensed >> >> If you want, there are opportunities to share your national winners also >> on the international blog. Please get in touch with either of us about this >> - more information about this soon. >> >> Thanks a lot for your cooperation. After all nominees have been received, >> this will result in a pool of some 350-430 images for the international >> jury to consider. The international jury is described on this page >> <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/jury/>. The jury will first rate all >> images with 1-5 stars, from which a top-40/50 will be considered. Then, the >> jurors will have the opportunity to remove images from the selection, which >> they consider unfit. Finally, they are asked to rank their top-20 images, >> and share their reasoning. We will create a jury report based on this >> information. We expect to announce the results in the first two weeks of >> December (depending on the swiftness of jury report creation and media >> opportunities). >> >> We're looking forward to the judging process! >> >> With warm regards, >> >> Lily, on behalf of the international team >> Lodewijk, international jury coordinator >> > >

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 International Team Survey (Aug & Sep)
by Lily 23 Oct '16

23 Oct '16

Hi, We have designed a survey that will help us collect feedback from the organizers of WLM 2016. We appreciate your constructive comments as they will help us making Wiki Loves Monuments a bigger success next year. Please participate in (the following link will take you to Google Forms) this survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCfOK3esWnOYINdCfdJg0EWS3ixbi0dKX…> by 2016-10-25. This should not take more than 10 minutes of your time, unless you decide to share a lot more details with us, which we certainly appreciate. :) Thank you! The 2016 WLM International Team -- User: LilyOfTheWest

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[important] how to submit your nominees for the international finale
by effe iets anders 20 Oct '16

20 Oct '16

[This email contains important information on how you can submit the 10 nominees of your country to the international finale and the deadlines. Please forward this to your coordinators if need be.] Dear national coordinators, jury coordinators, Thank you for an amazing job in the past weeks and months in organizing what seems to have been yet again an amazing competition in more than 40 countries! It's great to see all the beautiful images that have been submitted. As you know, the international Wiki Loves Monuments competition is based on a federalized model: there's a national competition in each country, with a national organizing team, a national jury and national winners. The national jury determines up to (maximum) 10 images that will be submitted to the international finale. These ten images should be *submitted via email* to the international jury coordinator *before the deadline: effeietsanders AT gmail DOT com*. Unless you have agreed a different deadline with Lily (in cc), this deadline is 31 October 2016, 23:59 UTC. But if you like me, please send them at least a few days before that time. Submissions after this deadline are not guaranteed to be included in the finale. When submitting your finalists, please take these instructions into account: * Submit no more than ten images per (national) competition. It is ok to submit less images, for example if you don't find enough images of high quality. * Submit the images to: effeietsanders AT gmail DOT com, and include in the CC at least one (additional) jury member besides yourself. Please also include Lily in the cc. * If the results are still not public (if you plan to announce them later publicly), please add the planned announcement date. Please note that we will announce the international winners in December, and will not wait for national announcements. * Submit for each image: URL, File name on Wikimedia Commons and Author username * Check basic information about the images. It is NOT possible to replace finalists after the deadline! ** that the author has activated their email function on Wikimedia Commons. If we cannot email the user there, they may automatically forfeit any prize. You can help them by posting a message on their talkpage, or tracking them down through social media. ** that the monument on the image is identified (preferrably also described in English) ** that the image is freely licensed If you want, there are opportunities to share your national winners also on the international blog. Please get in touch with either of us about this - more information about this soon. Thanks a lot for your cooperation. After all nominees have been received, this will result in a pool of some 350-430 images for the international jury to consider. The international jury is described on this page <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/jury/>. The jury will first rate all images with 1-5 stars, from which a top-40/50 will be considered. Then, the jurors will have the opportunity to remove images from the selection, which they consider unfit. Finally, they are asked to rank their top-20 images, and share their reasoning. We will create a jury report based on this information. We expect to announce the results in the first two weeks of December (depending on the swiftness of jury report creation and media opportunities). We're looking forward to the judging process! With warm regards, Lily, on behalf of the international team Lodewijk, international jury coordinator

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the top 10 photos submission deadline extended
by Lily 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Hi all, If you are organizing WLM in your country, please be aware that we've just extended the top 10 photo submission deadline to the international team by 6 days to *2016-10-31 (at midnight UTC)* for all participating countries. This is the first year we tried the earlier deadline, and we have just received too many requests for extensions, and extending the deadline for many but not for everyone doesn't seem fair. ;) Please enjoy the extra few days, but do make sure you don't miss the new deadline. You should be aware that if you submit the top 10 photos after 2016-10-31 at midnight UTC, we in the international team cannot guarantee that we can accept your photos as part of the international contest. Please don't miss that deadline. :) Thanks, Leila -- User: LilyOfTheWest

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WLM organizers: Choose a jury tool now
by Lily 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Hi all, If you're one of the WLM organizers from Bangladesh, France, Iran, Italy, Latvia, or United States, you can stop reading here. Thank you for already signing up for a jury tool. For everyone else, if you're organizing a WLM contest that will end in the coming day/week and you have not finalized a jury tool you will use, now is the time for you to do this. Note that the deadline for submitting the top 10 photos to the international team is on October 25: you'd want to start your jury process as soon as your contest ends. You can find the list of all jury tools available to you here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Jury_tools>. If you are planning to use Montage, please sign up here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Montage#Sign_up_to_use_Mont…>. If you are planning to use WLX, please sign up here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:WLX_Jury_Tool>. If you have questions, please reach out to me using my email or to the tool developers using their tools' talk pages. Best, Leila, on behalf of the WLM international team p.s. If you are interested to learn about the judging criteria, how to choose a jury, how to set up your jury process and some more information about the jury tools available to you, please read this email <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikilovesmonuments/2016-September/008…> . -- User: LilyOfTheWest

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Jury criteria, membership, process, and tools for WLM 2016
by Lily 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Hi all, If you are a WLM organizer, jury coordinator in the national level, or a jury member, this email can contain crucial information for you. Everyone else, you can safely stop here. :) This email contains some best practices on how to run your local jury process with regards to criteria, jury membership and process. Finally, it includes some instructions on how to choose your jury tool. Timeline You should plan to start the jury process as soon as the competition ends in your country, this is October 1 for many of you. :) The international team expects to receive the top 10 photos of your country no later than October 25. Judging criteria While every national competition can choose the judging criteria based on the specific needs of the country, the international team recommends the following three judging criteria to be considered in the country-level jury processes: technical quality, originality, and usefulness of the photo for Wikipedia. If you are interested to learn more about these criteria, please read more about the judging criteria <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/judging-criteria/> that the international jury will be using as explained in this blogpost by Lodewijk. Local jury set-up National competitions typically have a jury with at least 3 members (the more photos, the more jury members). The local jury set-up is usually defined based on the judging criteria you will choose to go with. The international team recommends that, depending on the number of photos you expect to have by the end of the contest, you have 1-3 Wikimedians (maybe those with quality/featured images on Commons), 1-3 people who are familiar or are experts in the heritage of your country (especially the monuments), and 1-3 people who are professional or (quality) amateur photographers. Of course, all jury members should be excluded from winning prizes awarded by the jury. The national jury can then nominate maximum 10 photos per country for the international finale. Jury process The jury process on the national level is defined by each country. The international team recommends the following process: Round 1: Yes/No or rating The goal of this round is to lower the number of competing photos to 400-700. If your total number of pictures is less than 500, you can skip this round. Jury members are asked to vote yes/no for each photo they are shown and are requested to stick to a maximum number of ‘yes’ votes (for example, 500). Based on these votes, a set of 400-700 photos is selected for the next round. If you have many photos, you may have to do this round in two steps. Round 2: Rating The goal of this round is to come to a selection of the top-50 images. Jury members are asked to rate/score each image with 1-5 stars. Based on the average from their votes, the top-50 is selected for the next round. If there are many pictures with similar scores, the coordinator can choose to select a top-40, top-60, etc. Round 3: Live meeting or ranking The goal of this round is to arrive at a final ranking and winning pictures. If geographically feasible, the jury can meet in person. The jury tool supports an alternative method: ranking. Each jury member is asked to rank their favorite 20 photos in order. Based on this ranking, points are awarded to each photo (20 for the number 1, 19 for number 2, etc). The total number of points determines the final result. Jury members are also asked to give a reason for selecting their top images. You can use this latter information to explain explain why the winner was selected, an information that can be useful for your jury report and press releases. Jury tool Unless you have a very small number of submissions (less than 100), it's usually efficient for your jury to use one of the available tools <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Jury_tools> for judging the photos. The international team would like to bring your attention to two tools: ‘Montage’ and ‘WLX’. Below you can find more information about these two tools. We suggest that you look into these tools now, and make your choice soon. Montage Montage is the new tool that has been developed this year by volunteers and per the request by the WLM international team. There are two features of the tool that are worth pointing out: The tool is designed and developed in a way that can accommodate the recommended jury process explained above (yes/no, rating, ranking features are supported). The developer team will also guarantee to provide timely support (within 24 hours) starting October 1. If you're a national jury coordinator or a jury member and want to test the current version of the tool, please leave a note on the tool’s discussion page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Montage>. If you want to have a 1:1 conversation with one of the developers, please leave a message using the same link. You should feel free to leave questions/comments about the tool in the same page. If you are familiar with GitHub, you can also create issues on GitHub <https://github.com/hatnote/montage/issues>. Please note that the developers will continue adding features and smoothing the workflow until October 1, what you will test now will give you a sense of the basics you should expect. :) What is essential for you to be able to start the jury process on October 1 using Montage is the Wikimedia usernames of your jury members (if they don't have an account, please ask them to open one). If you decide to go with Montage, please gather this information sooner rather than later. WLX You can learn more about the tool here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WLX_Jury_Tool>. The tool has been used by many countries as part of WLM and WLE contests in the past years. If you're interested to use WLX, please contact Ilya (WLX's tool developer) in the tool's talk page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:WLX_Jury_Tool>. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to ask them here or off-list. Best, Leila -- User: LilyOfTheWest

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Import spring monument lists into Wikidata
by Lodewijk 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hi all! As many of you may be aware, Wikimedia Sweden is working on getting the monument data to Wikidata. At the hackathon <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Program>before Wikimania, we would like to do an import sprint, where you as experts on your local heritage can help them out to get the monument lists imported! Please do indicate your interest both here and on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137457 The room will be announced later, but it will take place either way in Esino Lario, at the primary school on Wednesday 22 June. Both coders and wikidata wizards who would like to help with the import, as people who know their heritage lists well, and want to help us out understand the data better are very welcome! If you have any questions, just shoot! Best, Lodewijk

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