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Jane 2011/8/30 Lodewijk <[email protected]> > Hi, > > please find below a draft for a European press release we intend to send > out to international agencies. We still may change some things, so imput is > welcome. > > Please all make sure your contact details are easily findable. > > Lodewijk > > ==== > > Wikimedia Volunteers from 15 European Countries Announce Wiki Loves > Monuments Pan-European Photo Contest > > > Netherlands, September 1, 2011--- Wiki Loves Monuments, a yearly Wikimedia > photo contest announces the first-ever pan-European contest to be held this > September in more than 15 countries throughout Europe. Wikimedia invites > anyone in the world to submit their best photos of European buildings and > monuments taken during the duration of the contest. All photos will be made > freely available for use on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. > > “Europe has hundreds of thousands of monuments, most of which still have no > freely-available images on the internet, and aren't available on Wikipedia” > said Lodewijk Gelauff, one of the organizers of the European contest. > “It’s our goal to change this. Wikimeda’s ultimate goal is to make all > information freely available to everyone in the world, images of Europe’s > important cultural structures are needed to complete this mission.” > > Information about European cultural heritage is an important part of > Wikipedia and images of many important cultural structures in Europe are not > available on Wikipedia for the 400 million readers who use Wikipedia all > over the world. Wikimedia organizers invite people of all ages, backgrounds > take part and help provide images of European monuments and buildings for > Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. > > The contest is inspired by the successful 2010 pilot conducted in the > Netherlands, which resulted in 12,500 freely-licensed images of monuments > and buildings now freely available to be used in Wikipedia and by anybody in > the world. > > "We are excited that Wiki Loves Monuments is being organized in so many > countries, and is supported by international organizations such as the > Council of Europe, the European Commission, Europeana and Europa Nostra,” > says Gelauff. > > Wiki Loves Monuments runs throughout the entire month of September and is > organized in independent national contests. Participation is open to anyone > interested in taking part. Participants can got to the contest website and > register. Winning images from regional contests will then be submitted to > the pan-European Jury. More information about the contest and how to enter > can be found at: www.wikilovesmonuments.eu > > -------------------------------------------------- > Note for editors (Not for publication) > > For more information, please contact the organizers of the contest in your > country via the contact details on their website (linked at > www.wikilovesmonuments.eu) or via email: [email protected] > Alternatively, you can contact: > Lodewijk Gelauff, European co-ordinator Wiki Loves Monuments, +31 (0)6 49 > 74 82 81 (Netherlands) > [email protected] > > About Wikimedia > Wikimedia is the movement behind Wikipedia, supporting the same goals on > realizing a world where all knowledge is freely available for every human > being. This is possible through an American foundation and a network of > national associations which co-operate closely with the volunteers on the > Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia. > > About Wikipedia > Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation > receive more than 390 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th > most popular web property world-wide (May, 2011). Available in more than 270 > languages, Wikipedia contains more than 18 million articles contributed by a > global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >
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