crossposting to Translators-I _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/> (351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer.*** 2011/4/22 Philippe Beaudette <[email protected]> > 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) > > [email protected] > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Mono mium <[email protected]> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
