[Foundation-l] Picture of the Year 2010 global notice and translation

[Béria Lima]

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2011/4/22 Philippe Beaudette <philippe em wikimedia.org>

> I'm copying here what I sent to Mono privately as well, but also saying
> this:  I'm not sure a semi-final round is necessarily the best use for the
> Centralnotice tool.  Even the Board of Trustees only gets one round
> advertised...
>
> My comments to Mono:
> *Mono,
>
> I'm curious about the reasoning for 200 edits requirement to vote.
>
> I get it for Board elections or Arbcom.... those people are electing
> representatives who effectively legislate on their behalf.
>
> But why, for the best picture, do we have to have a suffrage requirement
> higher than about 10?
>
> I've had one complaint already.  I note one on the contest's talk page.
>
> This seems to be at odds with your stated goal of increasing participation.
>
> pb
> *
>
> ___________________
> Philippe Beaudette
> Head of Reader Relations
> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>
> 415-839-6885, x 6643  (office)
>
> philippe em wikimedia.org
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Mono mium <monomium em gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello, I'm Mono on the Wikimedia Commons.
> >
> >
> >  I'm helping to
> > organize<
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Picture_of_the_Year/2010/Committee>
> > of
> > the Fifth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the
> > Year<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:POTY/2010>.
> > In case you haven't heard about it, it's a contest where the featured
> > pictures selected from 2010 on the Wikimedia Commons are voted upon by
> the
> > community. Last year, a great deal of users participated, however, the
> > Wikimedia community landscape has changed, as many of our newer editors
> > aren't used to the Commons and haven't ever seen POTY play out. We'd like
> > to
> > see an increase in participation from around our projects.
> >
> > Because of this, I feel that it would be appropriate to post a global
> > notice
> > for logged-in editors during the competition (there are two rounds; each
> > one
> > lasts about a week) to encourage the broader community to participate.
> The
> > general consensus is that non-fundraising banners require community
> > consensus, so I'd like to get some feedback.
> >
> > Finally, I would like to be the first to invite you to participate in the
> > contest...it is expected to occur in early May. Hopefully, you'll see a
> > global notice announcing the start of Round 1. Until then, the contest is
> > looking for help translating several messages into different languages
> over
> > at the translation
> > page<
> >
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2010/Translations
> > >
> > .
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mono
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