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Ludovic

2011/7/6 GoEthe.wiki <[email protected]>

> Regarding point 1, if we accept images uploaded in July and August from
> Switzerland, how would we have the nerve to reject images uploaded from
> other countries during that time period? On the other hand, if we reject
> images from Switzerland uploaded in July/August for the European contest,
> people excluded will also think that is not fair.
>
> BTW, someone said there were already pictures uploaded from Switzerland,
> but I could not find them. Can someone provide a link?
>
> Best,
> Gonçalo
>
>
> 2011/7/5 Lodewijk <[email protected]>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> It is wonderful we finally have a good conversation about this.
>>
>> There are several reasons why we should have the same dates throughout
>> Europe - we discussed those both in Berlin and on this mailing list. I will
>> not bore anyone with them right now though, because it doesn't matter any
>> more. I'd love to have this discussion in depth, but let's do that elsewhere
>> (I would recommand though to read through the meeting minutes of Berlin).
>>
>> The current situation is simple: Wikimedia Switzerland decided (and I
>> still disagree with that strongly) to ignore the agreed timeframe - for
>> whatever reason. Since the contest is now already ongoing for them, it
>> doesn't matter much any more for the contest.
>>
>> Besides the time frame, there is the issue of the upload pipeline. This is
>> another topic we agreed on together - and also here there are very good (and
>> obvious) reasons: uploading should be as easy as possible. Right now, the
>> pipeline of WMCH required participants to register *both* on Wikimedia
>> Commons and on their website, to upload the images through the regular
>> Commons upload system, to manually tag them (not with any monument ID btw)
>> and thén to mark them through the contest website. This is totally different
>> from the intended and agreed pipeline, which is much more simple: Create an
>> account on Commons, use the special, simplified upload form - enter the
>> monument identifier and done. We will take care of the rest.
>>
>> There are a few things we need to resolve:
>>
>> 1. Which images are admissible for the European competition
>> 2. How can we simplify the uploading methods currently in place (which are
>> even more complicated than normal upload procedures.)
>> 3. How do we communicate this all
>>
>> For 1. I think that it doesn't help anyone to exclude images from
>> Switzerland. However, the monuments uploaded through commons currently lack
>> identifiers - as long as they miss those, they are not eligible. (But I
>> assume that can be fixed). An alternative could be to only accept images
>> uploaded between 1 and 30 september. Please note that it was already in the
>> plan that it wouldn't matter to us *when* the photo was taken, but only when
>> it was uploaded. I cannot make this decision by myself though.
>>
>> For 2. I think it would be best if WMCH would simplify their procedures as
>> much as possible. Not because we agreed, but because that improves
>> participation. There will become tooling available for easier uploading but
>> that will be become available at the agreed upon time schedule. We can't
>> speed this up for you. You could consider hacking together a form like WMNL
>> used last year to significantly simplify uploading. Please check the post
>> mortem 2010 for more information.
>>
>> For 3. I think it would help if we could consider July/August as a "silent
>> start" - trying to persuade your partners to not advertize it too loudly
>> until September 1. That way potential participants can enjoy the then
>> available tooling and more easy upload system. I know this is uncomfortable,
>> but I would really appreciate it if you could postpone publicizing as much
>> as possible until September.
>>
>> I hope that the hostile tone can be left behind - fights over independence
>> and agreements will help nobody. Let's try to reduce damage and find a
>> middle way.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Lodewijk
>>
>>
>> 2011/7/5 Ilario Valdelli <[email protected]>
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM, GoEthe.wiki <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I think the point is: maybe it would also have advantages for other
>>> > countries to do the contest in different times, duration, etc., but we
>>> > decided as a group to have it simultaneously for logistic, promotional
>>> and
>>> > fairness reasons.
>>>
>>> And we have decided to have it in summer for the same reason.
>>>
>>> It's not a question of advantage, it's a question for a better
>>> logistic, a better promotion and a better fairness reason.
>>>
>>> The question is simple, If we had received a negative answer to Nico's
>>> question, surely we would sit down and discuss with the partners
>>> whether there was possible to participate. I can anticipate that the
>>> question was probably negative.
>>>
>>> The decision of the Swiss contest has been a shared decision not with
>>> the chapters, but with the partners, which are directly involved in
>>> this national organization.
>>>
>>> I agree that the European contest must be a decision taken by the
>>> chapters, but the National contest is a decision taken by the local
>>> chapter and the partners and they must decide the best solution to
>>> have a successful event.
>>>
>>> Now Switzerland in a middle of a dispute: to comply with the decision
>>> of the chapters or to comply with the decision of the partners.
>>>
>>> It seems to me honest to say that we would respect the decision of the
>>> partners for the Swiss contest because it is a local organization and
>>> the partners participate with their internal resources, we would
>>> respect the decision of the chapters for the European contest because
>>> it is a shared decision and there is no sense to have an independent
>>> decision.
>>>
>>> Ilario
>>>
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