Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] The upcoming couple of weeks

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

As Lily mentioned we started the WLM Instagram account a little over a
month ago and so far the growth has been steady. I have posted all photos
that are posted on the winners page
. I'm
looking forward to building a strong base for our next year's competition
and I have specific plans that I will share with you in the future. But
until then please make sure to follow our account if you are on Instagram
and also spread the word to your local audience. Please encourage people to
tag us and mention us in their Instagram posts. That way we will get a lot
of visibility. Based on my experience with WLM Iran account, I'm hopeful we
can get a lot of engagement from WLM Instagram account. Many local chapters
are active on Instagram and I believe I have found more than 40
Wikipedia/Wikimedia related accounts. My hope is that next year many more
local teams use Instagram so we can build a strong network of accounts that
can help promote each other. In the meantime, please feel free to reach out
if you have ideas to improve our presence on social media and in
particular, Instagram.

Also I will be posting all winning photos one by one on the Instagram
account. Please feel free to share the posts on your own social media
channels.

Thanks,
Mohammad

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:19 PM, Lily 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here in the international team we've been quite busy in the past month
> with the international jury process, getting all the stats for the 2017
> contest, and also the preparation for the announcement of the international
> results and all the work that needs to be done before and after the
> announcement. Here is an update and what to expect in the coming couple of
> weeks.
>
> ==Announcing the international results==
> Things are moving according to plans at the international jury level. We
> expect the jury to finish their work in the next couple of days and we will
> spend the rest of our time between then and the announcement to do final
> checks and balances on the photos, prepare the jury report, ... We are
> aiming to announce the international results in the week of December 11,
> and most probably towards the end of that week. We will let you know once
> the date is finalized.
>
> ==Media coverage==
> Announcing the international results means that we should work a bit
> harder to see if we can get some media attention to Wiki Loves Monuments,
> this is especially a nice opportunity to bring attention to the work of the
> local organizers and the photographers involved. We will be finalizing our
> media and social media plans in the coming week. This means preparing blog
> post(s) and also working with WMF to see if they can help us with pitching
> the blog post for more media coverage. Local organizers may hear from us,
> too, as has been the tradition. :)
>
> ==Social media activity==
> Our Twitter account will be active as usual during the announcement time.
> We have not finalized the plan for announcing the results on Twitter, but
> we may try to do the count down there, similar to the past couple of years.
>
> On the social media front, we also were convinced by User:M.hekmat, cc-ed,
> that we really need an Instagram account. ;) So here we are:
> https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/ Mohammad is in fact in
> charge of our Instagram activities. The plan is to build the account and
> create a strong follower base for the account in the coming months and have
> the account ready for more major activities in 2018. M.hekmat will share
> some of his plans for the account with all of you once the excitement of
> the next few weeks is behind us. In the mean time, if you have an Instagram
> account and you're up for following the international account, please do
> it. :)
>
> Questions and comments are welcome.
>
> Best,
> Lily
>
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Announcement plan

[Mohammad Hekmat]

We just announced the 25th place on our Instagram and Twitter feeds:
https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/
https://twitter.com/wikimonuments?lang=en

The rest of the winners will be announced gradually.

Best,
Mohammad

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Lily 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here is some information about the announcement of the results.
>
> ==Date==
> The announcement will be done on December 14. The exact time of it is
> to be determined in the next hours, but it's most likely going to be
> in early afternoon UTC.
>
> ==Social media==
> Our Twitter and Instagram accounts will start a countdown some time
> early morning in UTC (this can be middle of the night in Europe). As
> soon as the first one goes out, we will notify you here. Follow us in
> social media if that's your thing:
>
> Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/wikimonuments
>
> ==Partners==
> We are working with partners to make sure that the impact of the blog
> post and social media coverage gets amplified through their help.
> Please make sure you engage your local partners, no matter what we do
> in the international team, we can't have the impact that 50+ local
> organizers can have through their connections. :)
>
> ==Blog post==
> There will be a blog post on wikilovesmonuments.org and
> blog.wikimedia.org. This will go live as soon as the winner is
> announced in Twitter and Instagram.
>
> ==Banner==
> There is a tentative plan to have a banner on Wikimedia projects,
> similar to the one we had last year, that would indicate the results
> are announced and would send the users to one of the blog posts.
>
> ==Team mode==
> It's fair to say that we're all quite excited and we all wish we had 1
> more month ahead of us. ;) Things are very tight on our end but we are
> doing all we can (with the help of partners, WMF, etc.) to prepare for
> a good announcement day.
>
> Comments and questions are welcome, though I will be a bit slow to
> respond (but others may jump in).
>
> Best,
> Lily
>
>
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] Featuring National Winners on WLM Social Media

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

A while ago I wrote to you about our social media campaign that we run
throughout the year with hashtag #MonumentaStories. In this campaign
we highlight national winners  and ask the photographer to share with
us a story about the photo (the setting, the place, the mood, anything
interesting). To ensure diversity in this campaign, I've personally
reached out to winners from many countries. So far, we've published 30
stories from 30 different countries but despite all my efforts some
countries are still missing. It might be due to language barrier but
in any case, I want to ask local organizers for their help in
highlighting photos from their own countries.

A brief and non-comprehensive list of missing countries: Germany,
Thailand, Taiwan, Croatia, Venezuela,  Brazil, UK, Palestine, Austria,
Belgium, Malaysia, Netherlands, Georgia, Armenia.

I'm also thinking of starting a second round  and include countries
that are already covered for a second time. So even if your country is
represented I'd appreciate if you help me get another story. It should
be easier for local organizers to reach out to winners. Note that the
photo doesn't have to be from this year.

If you can help please reach out to the winners, get a story from them
and send it to me or put them in touch with me so I can continue the
conversation with them.

Thanks,
Mohammad

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[Wiki Loves Monuments] "Monumental Stories" on WLM Social Media

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

The international team is running a campaign on WLM Instagram and Facebook
accounts called "Monumental Stories." This campaign is an effort to
highlight winning photos at national level that didn't make it to the top
25 of the international competition.

We have reached out to a number of our national winners and asked them to
share with us a story about their photo. The stories we've posted so far
are very diverse, some are very personal and  touching, some are quite
informative. You can check out some of them on our Instagram and Facebook
accounts:
https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/
https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonuments/

So far 11 countries have been featured with 6 more ready to be posted but
of course we'd like to highlight photos from all participating countries in
2017 or past years and we also welcome more stories from the ones already
featured. The main difficulty so far has been the language barrier. We are
looking for help from local teams in collecting these stories in local
language and then translating them to English for us. If you would like
your country to be featured in this campaign and can help please contact me
and I will send you more details on what exactly we need.

Also any help in advertising for this campaign is appreciated. If you have
Instagram/Facebook accounts you can share or re-post our stories or you can
encourage your followers in Twitter to check out our stories.

Thanks,
Mohammad
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM 2018 Poster

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We've put together a poster for 2018 competition:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf

The list of national competitions participating in this year's competition
is included at the bottom of the poster. The list is based on:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf

As of now, 43 national competitions have signed up for this year's WLM. The
poster will be updated weekly to add new national competitions that join
after today (if any). If you are planning to sign up and haven't yet please
do so as soon as possible so we can include your competition in our
promotional activities.

Thanks,
Mohammad
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 90, Issue 2

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi Cornelius,

Good catch. It's fixed now. I also added Germany as one of this year's
participants.

Thanks,
-M

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> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 14:24:58 +0200
> From: Cornelius Kibelka 
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> Mohammad, looks great!
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> Just a quick note: Could it be that there is spelling error? The website is
> wikilovesmonument*s*.org (with an s).
>
> Cheers
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> On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 at 10:25, Daniele Pugliesi <
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> > Il 2018-07-29 17:12 Mohammad Hekmat ha scritto:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > We've put together a poster for 2018 competition:
> > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf
> > >
> > > The list of national competitions participating in this year's
> > > competition is included at the bottom of the poster. The list is based
> > > on: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf
> > >
> > > As of now, 43 national competitions have signed up for this year's
> > > WLM. The poster will be updated weekly to add new national
> > > competitions that join after today (if any). If you are planning to
> > > sign up and haven't yet please do so as soon as possible so we can
> > > include your competition in our promotional activities.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Mohammad
> > > WLM International Team
> > >
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> > Very nice poster!
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 90, Issue 6

[Mohammad Hekmat]

 Hi all,

Thanks to Johnattan the poster is now available in SVG format:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.svg
I uploaded the PNG format as well:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster_in_PNG_format.png

I also created another version of the poster with a square aspect ratio,
which will be more suitable for sharing on social media. It is available in
PDF and PNG formats and in blue and red colors:
pdf blue:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster_square_blue.pdf
png blue:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster_square_blue.png
pdf red:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster_square_red.pdf
png red:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster_square_red.png

Please feel free to use whichever format that suits you best. If you share
it on social media please tag Wiki Loves Monuments:
Twitter: @wikimonuments
Instagram and Facebook: @wikilovesmonuments

Also if you are planning to use social media, please let me know so we can
tag you in our promotions as well.

Thanks,
Mohammad

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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:24:21 -0700
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> To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
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> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 90,
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> Thank you all for your interest in the poster. The design is in Pages which
> does not export to SVG. I will need to look into ways to create the SVG
> version but that may take a few days. If someone has experience with that
> I'd really appreciate if they reach out to me.
>
> In the meantime, I can offer to make the localized version for those who
> want the use the poster in their local language. Please send me a massage
> to wikilovesmonuments.in...@gmail.com with what you'd like to be changed
> in
> the poster and how you want to replace the text and I will modify the
> poster for you.
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> Thanks,
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> >2. Re: WLM 2018 Poster (Paulo Santos Perneta)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:28:59 -0500
> > From: Johnattan Rupire 
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > does you see usefull to have a svg copy of this poster to adapt it and
> > localized in each country or territory? I think this would be great to
> > have a unit grafical identity with the diversity of differents
> > localizations. Of course, all of this

Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 90, Issue 5

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Thank you all for your interest in the poster. The design is in Pages which
does not export to SVG. I will need to look into ways to create the SVG
version but that may take a few days. If someone has experience with that
I'd really appreciate if they reach out to me.

In the meantime, I can offer to make the localized version for those who
want the use the poster in their local language. Please send me a massage
to wikilovesmonuments.in...@gmail.com with what you'd like to be changed in
the poster and how you want to replace the text and I will modify the
poster for you.

Thanks,
-M


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> Hi all,
>
> does you see usefull to have a svg copy of this poster to adapt it and
> localized in each country or territory? I think this would be great to
> have a unit grafical identity with the diversity of differents
> localizations. Of course, all of this, without limited the possibilities
> of anothers grafical works or initiatives.
>
> Regards from Perú.
>
> :)
>
>
> El 29/07/18 a las 10:12, Mohammad Hekmat escribió:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We've put together a poster for 2018 competition:
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf
> >
> > The list of national competitions participating in this year's
> > competition is included at the bottom of the poster. The list is based
> > on: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster.pdf
> >
> > As of now, 43 national competitions have signed up for this year's
> > WLM. The poster will be updated weekly to add new national
> > competitions that join after today (if any). If you are planning to
> > sign up and haven't yet please do so as soon as possible so we can
> > include your competition in our promotional activities.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mohammad
> > WLM International Team
> >
> >
> >
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> Hello,
>
> Yes, it would be great if it was possible for us to translate it to
> Portuguese, for instance.
>
> Paulo
>
> Em 13/08/2018 05:29, "Johnattan Rupire"  escreveu:
>
> Hi all,
>
> does you see usefull to have a svg copy of this poster to adapt it and
> localized in each country or territory? I think this would be great to have
> a unit grafical identity with the diversity of differents localizations. Of
> course, all of this, without limited the possibilities of anothers grafical
> works or initiatives.
>
> Regards from Perú.
>
> :)
>
> El 29/07/18 a las 10:12, Mohammad Hekmat escribió:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We've put together a poster for 2018 competition:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_

[Wiki Loves Monuments] Social Media Activity for WLM 2018

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

The international team will be active on social media (Instagram, Facebook
and Twitter) throughout the month of September to promote WLM and to reach
out to a wider audience.

If your local campaign is planning to use social media please go to the
following page and fill out the details so we can coordinate with you:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2018/Social_Media
Please make sure to add a contact person  we can reach out to for
coordination. The contact person does not need to be the same as the people
running the accounts but someone (e.g., from the local team) who has access
to the people managing the accounts. This page also helps us decide where
to focus our efforts.

Also, when posting on social media please make sure to tag us
(@wikilovesmonuments in FB and IG and @wikimonuments in Twitter) to make
sure we see your post.

Thanks,
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] Social Media Tips to Increase WLM Participation

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

My apologies for the long email but there are important tips that can help
you with promoting your campaign on social media so please bear with me :)

The international team has been promoting the contest on its social media
accounts (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter). We do our best to reach out to
as many people as possible,but in many cases, due to language barrier, it's
much more effective to do promotion in the local language. Here are some
tips to help you promote your campaign on social media:

   1. Make use of WLM stats page  by
   Emilio. It's a wonderful tool to keep track of your local contest. You can
   see the total number of uploads, number of users, and the daily breakdown.
   It also shows where you stand in comparison to other national campaigns.
   2. Stay active throughout the month of September. In addition to making
   posts make sure to like relevant posts and encourage those who are
   potential participants by commenting under their posts/photos.
   3. Use Facebook and Instagram stories to keep your audience engaged. If
   you have a large follower base, consider running a live event (e.g.,
   Instagram Live) for your audience to go live and ask questions.
   4. It's hard to constantly generate content. There are some easy ways
   that will help you make a post without too much work. The best way is to
   share someone else's story or post. One easy trick is again the stats.
   Everyday the international team shares the stats in a story. For example,
   today we posted "so far we've got >45000 photos by >3200 uploaders from 53
   countries." This is a good way of keeping the excitement alive.
   5. Be proactive! If you see a profile on social media with monument
   photos invite them to share their photos through WLM. This is perhaps one
   of the most effective ways. Typically, I leave a comment like this: "Great
   pics of cultural heritage. Please consider sharing your photos on Wikipedia
   through Wiki Loves Monuments photography competition. It runs through Sep.
   30 with the goal of visual documentation of monuments on Wikipedia." This
   encourages people to join and puts all the keywords (monument, Wikipedia
   ...) in a short message.
   6. It's all about word of mouth so ask your followers/friends to be your
   ambassadors and encourage others to join. Previous years' participants are
   typically excellent candidates to help with promotion.
   7. If you have access to people with large accounts ask them to tell
   their followers about WLM. This, if done correctly, can help a lot. When
   Wikipedia account on Instagram started following us and told about us to
   their followers we immediately got many new followers.
   8. Consider paid promotions on social media. They are cheap and they can
   reach to a very large number of people. But make sure to make it targeted.
   If you need help contact me.
   9. Make sure to update your information on this page:
   
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2018/Social_Media
   so we keep you in mind when promoting WLM on our social media

Finally I would like to thank all our local organizers. You are all doing a
great job and it's so exciting to see so many beautiful monument images
from all over the world. Keep up the good work!

Thanks,
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 85, Issue 7

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Thank you all for your feedback.

Suyash, I added Hindi in 2 places.

Saqib, I saw the same thing as Lily. I understand your point and changed
the text to the one you'd sent.

Johnattan, thanks for pointing out the grammatical mistake. I had the
Spanish translation but "a" was missing in it.

I uploaded a new version of the design at:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/WLM_Multilingual_Logo.pdf

Thanks,
Mohammad

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> From: Saqib Q <saqib.w...@gmail.com>
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> Lily, major Urdu language news outlets translated "Wiki Loves Monuments"
> this way, for instance BBC Urdu, Dawn, Jang etc
>
> 1. http://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-42482148
> 2.
> https://jang.com.pk/news/234690-staff-reporter-column-2016-1
> 2-20-todays-print
> 3. https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1045021
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> Not a single news outlet translated the Wiki Loves Monuments non-literally.
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Lily <lilyofthewest.wikime...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Hi Saqib,
> >
> > We noticed that there was some back-and-forth on the page for the
> > translation to Urdu. I can read it and it seems the disagreement is about
> > whether you literally say Wiki Loves Monuments and write what you hear in
> > English in Urdu alphabet (which is what you're recommending), or you do
> > actual translation of the words (which is what we used initially). it's
> > hard for us to judge what is correct. :( We may have to eventually go
> with
> > what's in Wikidata, but I'll leave it to Mohammad to make the call.
> >
> > Best,
> > Lily
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 9:14 PM, Saqib Q <saqib.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Lily, for some reason, the people at Urdu Wikipedia won't let me fix the
> >> translation.
> >>
> >> So mentioning it here:
> >>
> >> وکی لوز مونومینٹس
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:44 PM, Lily <lilyofthewest.wikimedia@gmail
> .com
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Saqib Q <saqib.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Oh yes it is but wrong translation. I will fix it. will you update the
> >>>> design then?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> oh!
> >>>
> >>> Mohammad will do one last pass over the Wikidata item in 8 hours or so
> >>> and will finalize the design. Please make sure you have it there before
> >>> then! :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Lily <lilyofthewest.wikimedia@gmail
> >>>> .com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi Saqib,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 7:30 AM, Saqib Q <saqib.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Urdu language is missing. Pakistan participating in the WLM since
> >>>>>> 2014..
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Isn't it over the big Wiki Loves Monuments, almost in the middle? If
> >>>>> that's not Urdu, can you update the Wikidata item with the correct
> >>>>> translation for Urdu?
> >>&g

Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 93, Issue 4

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Also if you are a national organizer who has submitted the nominations to
Erina but hasn't posted them on the commons page please do so as soon as
possible (unless you are holding off because of a ceremony or other
reasons) As of now we only have 28 of national winners posted:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2018_winners

Thanks,
Mohammad


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> The international jury pool is now closed, and contains 438 images from 47
> national competitions (if nothing comes up as problematic during import).
> It was a great joy to see many of the beautiful nominated pictures. I thank
> everyone who has submitted their nominees with care following the outlined
> process.
>
> We will be setting up the jury process now, and the international jury will
> soon start with its work. Their process and membership is described
> here[1]. One final juror may be added still.
>
> We have not checked all nominees for validity. We will soon be importing
> the images nominated into the jury tool. For this particular finale, we
> will take extra care to import the version as it was 'live' by the end of
> the competition in that country - and to ignore all edits made after that
> point. If you're aware of exceptional situations where this would be
> especially problematic (for example: the image was vandalized and replaced
> just before closing, and reverted shortly after), please get in touch with
> me privately.
>
> We are planning to go through this process in a steady and thorough pace -
> and finish the process by the end of November. We expect to announce the
> winners officially in the first two weeks of December - depending on
> challenges with regards to the jury report, press and checks & balances for
> particular images.
>
> I hope you're looking forward to the winners as much as we are!
>
> With warm regards,
>
> Erina
> international jury coordinator, Wiki Loves Monuments
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] Last week of WLM 2018

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We have officially entered the last week of this year's competition (for
most nations). Things look great thanks to the efforts by all organizers!
In the past couple of days submissions have picked up significantly.
Yesterday was the best day so far with almost 10,000 submissions. One more
week and it's time for the last push.

We have started a countdown on our social media outlets, where we make
daily posts until the last day:
https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/
https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonuments
https://twitter.com/wikimonuments
Feel free to share our posts on your own social media. If you need
localized versions contact me and I can send you the original files or
modify them for you.

Make sure to keep an eye on the stats tools we have:
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/monuments/2018
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wlm-stats/
In particular, in the 2nd one when you click on details you can get
information on the uploaders and uploads per day. Sometimes it's useful to
check out the uploaders and encourage them to upload more :) Also make sure
you tell your previous winners to participate they have been through the
process so they are already familiar with the steps and the procedure.

Also ask others for help in outreach. If there are social media accounts
with large number of followers ask them to mention WLM in their accounts
and encourage their followers to participate. Just be creative and try to
expand your reach through other people's network.

Finally, feel free to reach out to me if I can be of any help.

Go Wiki Loves Monuments!
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] And the winners are ...

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We are done announcing the winners :)

Here are some useful resources in case you want to share the news through
your local channels:

WLM International:
Blog post

Instagram 
Twitter 
Facebook 

And WMF announcements (special thanks to Ed Erhart for putting them
together):
blog post

Tweet 
Facebook


If you are posting on social media please make sure to tag/mention us so we
see your post. Our Facebook and Instagram handles are @wikilovesmonuments
and our Twitter handle is @wikimonuments

Thanks,
Mohammad
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments Grant Application for 2019

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We recently submitted the grant application for Wiki Loves Monuments 2019.
You can find the application here
.
My apologies that, due to the change in application cycle, we couldn't ask
for your feedback before we submitted it. Nevertheless, we appreciate your
show of support of this grant application by endorsing it at the bottom of
the page.

If you have any suggestions/concerns/questions please feel free to
reach out.

Thanks,
Mohammad
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] Social Media Tips to Increase WLM Participation (Part 2)

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We are more than halfway through this year's competition. So far we have
had more than 100,000 photos. Kudos to all local organizers for the amazing
job they are doing. As we get close to the end of WLM 2018 submission
period you may want to consider another push on your social media. I
thought I'd add a few more tips to those in my previous email.

   1. Consider switching to a business profile on Instagram. It allows you
   to look at stats and performance of each post and the overall audience of
   your account. It's free and contrary to what the name suggests won't make
   you look like a business. You can select the category to be: Community
   Organization
   2. If you are present on both Facebook and Instagram it would be helpful
   to link them to each other. Given that Facebook owns Instagram, they  have
   made the connection pretty straightforward and you can do it from either
   platform. It makes it easy for your Instagram posts to automatically show
   up on Facebook. Instagram stories can be shared on Facebook stories as
   well. Also if you consider paid promotions, linking the two will give you
   one unified access to ads in both.
   3. If you'd like to share your FB and IG posts on Twitter you can use IFTTT
   service. We use it with the international account,
   therefore, our posts on Instagram automatically show up on Twitter as well.
   It has some limitations (e.g., for posts with multiple images) but overall
   it's quite useful.
   4. If there is a specific monument that you want to have a photo of, you
   can easily find people who have photos of that monument on social media.
   Say you want photos of Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania. If you search
   #KilwaKisiwani on Instagram you will find 280 photos with this tag. Some of
   them look good for Wikipedia. You can then just leave a comment or send a
   message to the photographer and ask them to submit the photo through WLM.
   This works particularly well with countries that have a short list of
   monuments or the newcomers to WLM who don't have a large follower base.
   5. You might have noticed that we posted a promotional clip on our
   social media. I have uploaded the file on Commons
   . If you
   would like to make one in your local language you can access the PowerPoint
   presentation 
   out of which this clip is made. We are working on an Arabic version of the
   clip, which will hopefully become available in a few days. If you need any
   other language or want to change anything for your own competition, feel
   free to modify it in any way you like. Just make sure when you post it you
   credit the music (Music: Royalty-free music by bensound.com) Once you
   are done editing just go to file>Export>Create a Video. It should
   automatically take care of transitions between slides and the music and
   generate an MP4 file that you can post..

On the international account we try to promote local accounts. If we have
missed you or you feel you'd want us to mention you more frequently, please
send an email to wikilovesmonuments.in...@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Mohammad
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] Winners of Wiki Loves Monument 2018

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We are ready to announce winners of 2018 WLM. The top 15 photos will be
announced one by one as winners on our social media:
https://twitter.com/wikimonuments
https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/
https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonuments/
We will also post an article on our website once all winners are announced.

We will start at 8am GMT from the 15th place and work backward toward
number 1, posting one photo every 30 minutes. We also share photos ranked
16 to 25 as honorable mentions. Those winners are being announced on our
social media at the moment.

Please feel free to share, post, re-post our posts and spread the word
about Wiki Loves Monuments. Today is the most exciting part of the
competition and marks the fruition of everybody's efforts. Huge
congratulations to all winners as well as national organizers and
volunteers.

Thanks,
Mohammad
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 99, Issue 19

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi Jernej,

We have some promotional material from previous years. You can see our
social media feed for examples (promo clip, poster, countdown, etc.):
https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/

1. 2018 poster in square form factor for social media:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_2018_Poster_sq_en.png
(It's available in English, Arabic, Spanish and Farsi. I can make one for
you if you send me the right text and also change the dates) I can also
send you the original file (in Pages)

2. Promo clip: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_Promo_4_5.webm
and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_Promo_Arabic_ver1.webm
This is available both in English and Arabic. It's a powerpoint
presentation that I convert to a slideshow.

3. Countdown like this one  are
again powerpoint files that I can share with you.

Also if you have social media accounts please send me the links so we can
promote them on our own social media channels.

Mohammad

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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 22:02:51 +0200
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> Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM promo graphics?
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> Dear all,
>
> we're organizing WLM in Slovenia for the first time, and I was
> wondering... does anyone have any promo imagery for publishing on social
> media that I could adapt to our language? Browsing Commons yielded nothing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jernej
> Wikipedians of Slovenia User Group
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:17:46 +0300
> From: attolippip 
> To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
> 
> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM promo graphics?
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> Hello, Jernej!
>
> It seems to me that if any materials were developed for social media, they
> would not usually end up on Wikimedia Commons :) Their life span is too
> short - to attract attention, and (maybe) sometimes they will even be on
> the border of copyright violation... and even out of scope.
>
> Maybe something like this fact sheet will be useful?
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_Fact_Sheet.pdf
>
> (You can also post parts of it, like separate facts, like:
> - this is the largest photo contest in the world (and a picture of
> Guinness World Records seal
>
> https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-photography-competition/
> )
> - more than 40 countries are taking part in it (and a map
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Participating_Countries_WLM_2019.svg
> )
> and this is the first time Slovenia joined
> - Slovenia has xxx monuments, and only xx are illustrated (or some other
> locally relevant statistics) etc, to motivate people and make them aware)
>
> This video is not country specific, so it can be shared. But you might want
> to translate the subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnzQf9VbH9g
> On Commons:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikilovesmonuments.org.webm
>
> Our team has been posting pictures from the previous years as a countdown
> for the start of the contest, but they are not really reusable, I am
> afraid:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_in_Ukraine_starts_in_2_days.jpg
> Especially as you are doing your first contest...
>
> Overall, this category was supposed to be useful for situations like that,
> but I doubt it is populated enough and regularly:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Documentation_for_Wiki_Loves_Monuments
>
> З повагою / Best regards,
> antanana
> Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine
>
> Disclaimer: This letter is sent in my Wikimedia volunteer capacity, not as
> a Board member of Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> чт, 29 серп. 2019 о 23:03 Jernej Polajnar  пише:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > we're organizing WLM in Slovenia for the first time, and I was
> > wondering... 

[Wiki Loves Monuments] Social Media Tips to Increase WLM Participation

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We are only 5 days into WLM 2019 and so far it's been amazing! More than
28000 photos already! Kudos to all local organizers!

The international team has been promoting the contest on its social
media accounts
(Facebook, Instagram and Twitter). We do our best to reach out to as many
people as possible,but in many cases, due to language barrier, it's much
more effective to do promotion in the local language. We've noticed
increased activity on social media by national competitions and we
certainly hope this momentum carries over until the end of the contest.

Here are some tips to help you promote your campaign on social media:

   1. Link all your social media to each other so when you post on one, it
   automatically shows up on the other ones. Linking Facebook and Instagram
   accounts is pretty straightforward and you can do it from either platform.
   Instagram stories can be shared on Facebook stories as well. If you'd like
   to share your FB and IG posts on Twitter you can use IFTTT
   service. It has some limitations (e.g., for posts
   with multiple images) but overall it's quite useful.
   2. Make use of WLM stats page
   . It's a wonderful
   tool to keep track of your local contest. You can see the total number of
   uploads, number of users, and the daily breakdown. It also shows where you
   stand in comparison to other national campaigns.
   3. Stay active throughout the month of September. In addition to making
   posts make sure to like relevant posts and encourage those who are
   potential participants by commenting under their posts/photos.
   4. Use Facebook and Instagram stories to keep your audience engaged. If
   you have a large follower base, consider running a live event (e.g.,
   Instagram Live) for your audience to go live and ask questions.
   5. It's hard to constantly generate content. There are some easy ways
   that will help you make a post without too much work. The best way is to
   share someone else's story or post. One easy trick is again the stats.
   Everyday the international team shares the stats in a story. For example,
   today we posted "25882 photos so far and so far and counting, Ukraine 4156,
   Italy 3244 ..." This is a good way of keeping the excitement alive.
   6. Be proactive! If you see a profile on social media with monument
   photos invite them to share their photos through WLM. This is perhaps one
   of the most effective ways. Typically, I leave a comment like this: "Great
   pics of cultural heritage. Please consider sharing your photos on Wikipedia
   through Wiki Loves Monuments photography competition. It runs through
   Sep. 30 with the goal of visual documentation of monuments on
   Wikipedia." This encourages people to join and puts all the keywords
   (monument, Wikipedia ...) in a short message.
   7. It's all about word of mouth so ask your followers/friends to be your
   ambassadors and encourage others to join. Previous years' participants are
   typically excellent candidates to help with promotion.
   8. If you have access to people with large accounts ask them to tell
   their followers about WLM. This, if done correctly, can help a lot. When
   Wikipedia account on Instagram started following us and told about us to
   their followers we immediately got many new followers.
   9. Make sure to update your information on this page:
   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki
   /Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019/Social_Media
   

so
   we keep you in mind when promoting WLM on our social media
   10. Consider switching to a business profile on Instagram. It allows you
   to look at stats and performance of each post and the overall audience of
   your account. It's free and contrary to what the name suggests won't make
   you look like a business. You can select the category to be: Community
   Organization
   11. If there is a specific monument that you want to have a photo of,
   you can easily find people who have photos of that monument on social
   media. Let's say you want photos of Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania.
   If you search #KilwaKisiwani on Instagram you will find 280 photos with
   this tag. Some of them look good for Wikipedia. You can then just leave a
   comment or send a message to the photographer and ask them to submit the
   photo through WLM. This works particularly well with countries that have a
   short list of monuments or the newcomers to WLM who don't have a large
   follower base.

If we have missed you or you feel you'd want us to mention you more
frequently, please send an email to wikilovesmonuments.in...@gmail.com.

Thanks and good luck,
Mohammad
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 102, Issue 2

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Also please remember to post your winners on this page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_winners
This is in addition to submitting your nominations to Erina. We understand
some national competitions follow certain timeline for announcing their
winners or may choose to announce them later in a special ceremony but
please make sure to post your winner on this page once you've publicly
announced them. When posting please make sure to include a brief
description in English (see Azerbaijan for an example).

Thanks,
Mohammad
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> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:30:27 +0200
> From: Konstantinos Stampoulis 
> To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
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> I have sent the  submissions from Greece to Erina Mukuta with you cc'ed in
> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:42:49 +0200, and I got a confirmation response...
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> Konstantinos Stampoulis
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> Συνεισφέρετε στην Βικιπαίδεια. https://el.wikipedia.org
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> Οι παραπάνω απόψεις είναι προσωπικές και δεν εκφράζουν παρά μόνο εμένα. Το
> μήνυμα θεωρείται εμπιστευτικό μόνο εάν το έχω ζητήσει ρητά, διαφορετικά
> μπορείτε να το χρησιμοποιήσετε σε οποιαδήποτε δημόσια συζήτηση. Δεν έχω
> τίποτε να κρύψω. :-)
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> Στις Παρ, 8 Νοε 2019 στις 3:34 μ.μ., ο/η effe iets anders <
> effeietsand...@gmail.com> έγραψε:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > please note, the following countries still seem to be missing from the
> > official submissions - even though the deadline passed a week ago.
> (Posting
> > them on the public website is NOT sufficient. )
> >
> > I don't see processed submissions from: Algeria, Armenia, Australia,
> > Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Ghana,
> > Greece, Guinea, Iran, Kosovo, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia
> >
> > We have received: Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Croatia, Denmark,
> > France, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Moroco, Nepal, Nigeria,
> > Norway, Peru, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
> > Switzerland, Taiwan, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, United States
> >
> > The detailed instructions to follow are here:
> >
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wlm-announce/2019-October/91.html
> (you
> > have received these before).
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > Lodewijk
> > (on behalf of the international team)
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] Announcement of WLM International Winners

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We are getting ready to announce the winners of this year's international
competition. As usual, in addition to the top 15, we will announce ranks
16-25 as honorable mentions.

The announcements will begin on Jan 14, 12am (GMT). Every half an hour we
will reveal one photo starting from rank 25 and working backwards. Once
ranks 16-25 are announced we will wait for another 3.5 hours and then start
the top 15 winners. The top winner will be announced at 3pm GMT.

Please follow the announcement on our social media
[1] https://twitter.com/wikimonuments
[2] https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/
[3] https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonuments/
Please help us spread the word about the winners and competition by sharing
them through your social media, news outlets and local news if you have
access.

WMF will also publish a post on this year's competition once the top winner
is announced.

This year was another incredible year for WLM and we are very excited about
the big announcement.

Thanks,
Mohammad
WLM International Team
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[Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM International Winners

[Mohammad Hekmat]

Hi all,

We are about to announce the top 15 winners of the 2020 WLM
International Edition. We will first announce the honorable mentions (ranks
16-25) starting at 4pm PST 3/17  in reverse order, i.e., we will start with
the 25th place and announce one photo every 30 minutes. Once honorable
mentions are done we will take a break and resume the final top 15
announcement at midnight starting with rank 15 and working our way
backwards to the top winner of the 2020 competition, which will be
announced at 7am PST 3/18.

You can follow the results on any of our social media channels:
https://twitter.com/wikimonuments
https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesmonuments/
https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonuments/

Thanks,
Mohammad on behalf of the International WLM Team
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