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Upcoming Office Hour on 23 July: Feedback on newcomer's guide to WLM
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Hello everyone, The Wiki Loves Monuments International Team would like to invite you to an office hour on May 26 @ 3:00 pm UTC. This hour is open to anyone interested in Wiki Loves Monuments, including past and future organizers, and participants. For this month, the primary topic will be to discuss and collect feedback on the newcomer's guide to WLM. With the surveys, the International Team has been receiving feedback that there is not a place for first-time participants (who are also new to Wikimedia) to read about participating in the competition. Last month we got on board a designer to work with us to design a friendly guide for first-time participants. Here is the first draft of the wireframe: https://xd.adobe.com/view/03bd18ac-99e5-420f-976b-ad2fe5b543d9-56ee/. We will use this office hour to collect feedback from community members and national organizers regarding a strategy to implement this for various national competitions. You can also share your specific feedback related to the design directly on the link above. The meeting details are as follows: - July 23 @ 3:00 pm UTC (https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1627052415) - On Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/yaa-keho-nva | click here to add this to your Google Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Mmg3NmpuNDFoMDA3YWt…> - Agenda/Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WLM-2021-May We hope that you are able to join us, and we look forward to the discussion. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya *for the Wiki Loves Monuments International Team*

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Wiki Loves Monuments in 2021: important information for organizers
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

Hello everyone, *In a nutshell* - 2021's competition can be organized for any 30/31 days during the months of September and October. - The deadline to submit the top 10 national winners will be December 5, 2021. - National organizers should publish information (username or name) of jurors and rounds organized on this page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Juries> . - We have a budget this year as well to award special prizes - please share if you have any ideas by July 15. - And, if you are interested in organizing, please signup here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Partic…> . *Full announcement (also available at https://w.wiki/3a5s <https://w.wiki/3a5s>)* It's that time of year again when we get started for Wiki Loves Monuments. By 2020, we have completed ten iterations of the international edition. Thanks to all other organizers, participants, sponsors and partners, who collectively achieved this feat. With the onset of a global pandemic, last year has been particularly challenging for many organizers to keep the photo competition running. Nevertheless, we received 200,000+ images. Though it is great to see several countries recovering to normal life after a long period of lockdowns and restrictions, many countries aren't quite there yet. Since February this year, we have been organizing office hours to have inputs from community members regarding various aspects related to the competition, which also includes the timeline. The framework for 2021 is based on all consolidated feedback from these conversations and surveys we did for 2020 (sorry for the delay in publishing those reports!) - *Responsibility for national organizers:* We would like to emphasize that the international team coordinates the national competitions: we are not qualified to tell you exactly how to organize your competition. National teams are best placed to decide whether and how to organize a competition in your country. We will try to help set an international framework, and assist in the exchange of best practices. We expect that national organizers will follow the guidelines and regulations set by their national governments and health authorities. Note that funding and WMF affiliate recognition may come with additional guidance/requirements. - *Transparency of national juries:* The international team has been receiving feedback over the last couple of years for better transparency of national juries, to avoid potential conflict of interest organizers may have with jurors. So from this year on, national organizers should publish their information (username or name) of jurors and rounds organized on this page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Juries> . - *Extended timeline:* Many organizers welcomed the extended timeline last year. Though we will be continuing that this year, but not exactly as we did last year. National organizers have the opportunity to choose a different range of dates for their national competition. You can pick any range of 30 or 31 days within the period of September-October 2021 as your upload dates. That means that one country does not have to use the same upload dates as another. This will allow flexibility according to the situation in various countries. - The last date for all uploads is 31 October 2021, and any uploads beyond that date will be ineligible for consideration. - The jury deadline will be December 5, 2021, for all countries. - *Exchange of knowledge:* National organizers innovate in many ways to make their competitions successful. While some try out new social media campaigns, some organize an interesting photo walk, and others use Wikidata to make the upload process easy. It would be helpful for other organizers to learn from these practices. Here is a page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Knowle…> on Wikimedia Commons where you can share your strategies and let the community know what worked, what didn’t and any suggestions for others interested in the idea. - *Special awards in 2021:* Though the international team tried to organize special awards last year, we couldn’t make it work. We have a budget this year as well to award special prizes. We would like community members to suggest ideas for these special prizes. For example, underrepresented regions, the most numbers of unique monuments covered etc. Please send in your ideas via email or by posting on the Commons talk page by July 15. Lastly, and most importantly, if you are interested in organizing the competition for your country/region, please sign up at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Partic… . If you need any support with organizing, please reach out to one of the international team members <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021/Organi…>, or you can also post to the mailing list, or on the help desk <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021> on Wikimedia Commons. Best, Krishna Chaitanya, for the International Team PS: If you are interested in helping with the international coordination, please check out the roles here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Documentati…> and let us know if anything interests you.

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Opportunity: Information Designer for Wiki Loves Monuments
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 14 May '21

14 May '21

Hello everyone, I am writing to share that Wiki Loves Monuments International Team is looking for an "Information Designer" on a part-time contract basis for three months. In a nutshell, the role of the designer will be to design a short (quick to read) guide for newcomers to take part in Wiki Loves Monuments. A detailed job description and link to the application are available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1At_UbNjqHqoRwqL4b4UZogSLj1i91gL1/view?usp=… . Please share it in your circles, and let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya for the International Team, Wiki Loves Monuments

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Wiki Loves Monuments: Upcoming Office Hour on 16 April
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 16 Apr '21

16 Apr '21

Hello everyone, The Wiki Loves Monuments International Team would like to invite you to an office hour on 16 April @ 3 pm UTC. This hour is open to anyone interested in Wiki Loves Monuments, including past and future national organizers. We are starting to experiment with hosting an office hour every month, starting this month. The idea is to create a space to have more conversations about the campaign with national organizers and have their inputs. We will have a topic to discuss each month, which will be decided from time to time. We can also talk about other related stuff if we have time left. For this month, we would like to discuss deciding the timeline for 2021's competition. Due to the pandemic, last year, organizers had the option to choose any 30 days between September and November, as opposed just September. Though many organizers welcomed this move and it helped many countries participating for the first time to organize the competition, it has some logistical challenges and disadvantages. As the pandemic hasn't receded yet, we anticipate national organizers will have similar challenges as last year. As deciding the timeline is the one of the first steps to start planning, we would like to have inputs on this. We will start off the conversation based on the inputs we received regarding this from the surveys we conducted last year. The meeting details are as follows: - April 16 @ 3 pm UTC (https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1618585256) - On Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/gmi-njfd-cjv | *click here to add this to your Google Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NWZ0Y3J2b2FxMXY4ZDV…>* - Agenda/Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WLM-2021-April We hope that you are able to join us, and we look forward to the discussion. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya *on behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments International Team*

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Wiki Loves Monuments project grant for 2021 coordination
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

Hello all, Wiki Loves Monuments international team has proposed a project grant to the Wikimedia Foundation to support coordination for 2021's campaign. The proposal is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_interna… . While most of the grant is about the general support and coordination of the project, we have formed a few focus areas for this project period, which are listed under the project goal's section <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_interna…> . Thank you, Krishna Chaitanya *on behalf of the International Team*

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 Office Hours - February 3
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 31 Jan '21

31 Jan '21

Hello everyone, The Wiki Loves Monuments international team would like to invite you to an office hour on upcoming Wednesday, i.e. February 3 @ 5:00 am UTC. This hour is open to anyone interested in Wiki Loves Monuments, including past and future national organizers. Please join us to discuss the plans for the team's 2021 grant proposal, volunteering with the international team, or any other topics that you would like to bring. We have seen tremendous national results from the 2020 competition, and there are many valuable lessons from this past year that we can take into the years ahead. The first office hours concluded a few minutes ago, and the etherpad notes can accessed at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WLM-2021-1. The upcoming one is the second office hour in line, with the same agenda - we are hosting two to accommodate people from various time zones. The meeting details are as follows: February 3 @ 5:00 am UTC (https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1612328455) On Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/pph-ygti-pvu Agenda/Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WLM-2021-2 We hope that you are able to join us, and we look forward to the discussion. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya *on behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments International Team*

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 Office Hours - January 31
by Stephen LaPorte 31 Jan '21

31 Jan '21

Hello everyone, The Wiki Loves Monuments international team would like to invite you to an office hour this weekend, on January 31 (Sunday) @ 15:00 UTC. This hour is open to anyone interested in Wiki Loves Monuments, including past and future national organizers. Please join us to discuss the plans for the team's 2021 grant proposal, volunteering with the international team, or any other topics that you would like to bring. We have seen tremendous national results from the 2020 competition, and there are many valuable lessons from this past year that we can take into the years ahead. Details: January 31, @ 15:00 UTC (https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1612105200) On Google Hangouts: https://meet.google.com/ggk-nfbb-oyz Agenda/Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WLM-2021-1 If you are not able to attend Sunday, do not fear: we plan to host a follow-up office hour (with the same agenda) on February 3. More details to come. I hope that you are able to join us, and I look forward to the discussion. Yours truly, Stephen (User:Slaporte) on behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments International

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 - Upcoming Project Grant
by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Hello all, I am writing this email to let you know that the international team will be applying for a project grant to WMF in the upcoming round, to provide support for 2021's competition. The draft of the grant proposal is at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_interna… . While most of the plan and the content is similar to that of previous years, there are few changes/additions to the goals in general that we have put up. These include: - Stabilizing the team and getting the competition going: Some long-standing members of the team are going to step back from the core group this year, which will require significant transitions internally. Our goal is to make sure the international team has sufficient human resources to run the competition successfully this year. (We are also looking for volunteers to join the team :)) - Exploring future changes: - Exploring rest of the world competition: The idea is to explore the possibility of organizing a competition for the rest of the world i.e. for countries not having a national competition. This has come up several times in the past, we explored the idea a bit last year, but it didn't materialise. For this year, we would like to explore the possibility and model of such a competition in detail, and hopefully get in running in 2022. - Research on landing page design: Landing pages are a crucial part of engaging participants. A good landing page can help to turn in more visitors to participants. There is always a scope of improvement in this area. We are planning on closely working with relevant WMF teams to research and improve the design of a generic landing page, which can be used by national competitions. This won't necessarily be ready by the start of 2021's competition, but by the end of the grand period i.e. mid-2022. - Developing step-by-step guide for participants: Though there are a lot of pages containing instructions for participants, there is no single guide to which the participants can refer. We are envisioning to have a graphical 1/2-pager document, with enough information for a complete outsider to Wikimedia, to participate. This can be translated and localised by national competitions. - Follow-up with the participants: The idea is to follow-up with participants, especially those who joined Wikimedia through the competition, at regular intervals after the competition is over. This includes a simple message on talk pages of the participants on what they can possibly do after the competition is over. This may improve retention. The deadline to finalise the proposal is 10 Feb. Please share your thoughts/feedback by 7th, so that it will give us enough time to make changes. We will also discuss these points during the upcoming office hours on Sunday. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya, *on behalf of WLM International Team*

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important: countries missing from official submissions
by Erina Mukuta 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Hi everyone, Please note, the following countries still seem to be missing from the official submissions but have posted their finalists on commons. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Canada, Croatia, Finland , Germany, Georgia, Greece, jordon , lebanon, malta, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda. The following countries still seem to be missing from the official submissionsand have also not posted their finalists on commons. Albania, Australia, Bangladesh ,Bolivia ,Denmark ,Ghana ,Guinea, Kosovo, Nigeria We have received: Algeria, Austria, Aruba, Brazil, Egypt, France, India, Iran, Ireland, isreal, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Moroco, Nepal, Norway, Peru, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Spain, Sweden, UK, Ukraine, United States. The detailed instructions to follow are here: In order to minimize the possibility for mistakes and improve reliability of this process, I would like to ask you to fill a form with your nominees. This will generate an email to both a jury member, and an organizer. Both will be asked to confirm the correctness of this overview by responding to that email. The link will be sent to the organizers ON REQUEST. Please have the main organizer email Erina (me) for this. If you did submit, but see your country as missing, please contact Erina to confirm (cc). Thank you for bearing with us, and I hope to see many more beautiful pictures soon! Erina (on behalf of the international team)

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Submission Form
by Erina Mukuta 25 Nov '20

25 Nov '20

Hi everyone! As you may be aware, the deadline to submit national nominees to the international process is by the end of December. In previous years, this all happened via email. In order to minimize the possibility for mistakes and improve reliability of this process, I would like to ask you to fill a form with your nominees. This will generate an email to both a jury member, and an organizer. Both will be asked to confirm the correctness of this overview by responding to that email. The link will be sent to the organizers ON REQUEST. Please have the main organizer email Erina (me) for this. Thank you again for this effort! I'm looking forward to a lot of exciting submissions this year. Best regards, -- *Erina Mukuta*International Jury Coordinator

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