Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Pulled the plug on ErfgoedBot

Dear Jane, Maarten, Dear all, I am actually sorry that some of you get depressed and dissapointed Please do not give up. Well, it is easier, I agree. But other things are to be taken into consideration For example, a whole lot of you do not have war going on in your country. And we have We lose people, the best people maybe, as they are acting on their dreams, and people are to have dreams to move on We lose cultural and natural monuments. Because of war and because of simple negligence This wooden church has got burned just because [1]. And as the war is going on, we are not sure if people (surely not our state) can spare enough resources to get it rebuilt. We are lucky to have its image before the fire [2] and WLM is to be 'blamed' here This natural monument is called Balka Ploska [3]. The images were uploaded during Wiki Loves Earth contests [4]. In 2002 this cute animal - *Hemiechinus auritus -* was discovered there [5], and it it a very rare animal in our country Balka Ploska got burned because of war [6]... You can rebuilt a cultural monument (to some extent of course), but it is kind of impossible to restore nature... Well, we do have some positive video coverage from Chernobyl Exclusion Zone [7]. We actually received a wildlife reserve thanks to the nuclear disaster. There are wolves there, foxes. They are not afraid of people [8] What I am awkwardly trying to tell you all here, is this: please consider the things from different points of view The hardships are going to to exist everywhere. That's a given But do think that you can make the difference here, I believe. Photos can be uploaded locally. Used locally. We are going to have 'a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge'. Just need more time and efforts Anyway thank you for everything done up to this moment. It matters P.S. ErfgoedBot (I believe) matters a lot for people outside the Wikimedia Commons [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1rUccd_0E8 [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B… [3] https://uk.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1931998 [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Balka_Ploska [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkah.13.Kookherd_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%… [6] https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zbSMscEgA8nQ.k3-ikECY7sf0 [7] http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32452085 [8] http://www.radiosvoboda.org/media/video/26975013.html Best regards, antanana ED of Wikimedia Ukraine 2015-06-28 14:02 GMT+03:00 Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>om>: