Hi Jane,

you scared me! Could you please point out specifically where a 0 would be
missing, because I don't see it.

Am 6. September 2011 08:09 schrieb Jane Darnell <[email protected]>:

> Lodewijk,
> It pleases me to say that you are missing a zero in that number in the lead
> paragraph!
> (congratulations again to everybody for this spectacular result in the
> first week!!!)
> Jane
>
> 2011/9/6 Lodewijk Gelauff <[email protected]>
>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>> Please find below the European press release as we're sending it our. A
>> huge thanks to Moka Pantages at the Wikimedia Foundation for helping on
>> drafting this - hopefully it will help WLM getting picked up by news outlets
>> :)
>> Please distribute as you feel fit in your relevant countries.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Lodewijk
>> *
>> *
>> *== PRESS RELEASE ==*
>> *
>> *
>> *Wikimedians team up to make European Cultural Heritage Accessible to the
>> World *
>>  *Volunteers from 16 European Countries Have Uploaded 15,000 Images and
>> Counting*
>>
>> Amsterdam, September 6, 2011--- Wikimedians from 16 European countries
>> announced the first-ever Pan-European Wiki Loves Monuments contest, a
>> photography contest, running throughout the month of September, focused on
>> capturing and sharing images of important monuments and buildings in Europe.
>> Since its September 1st launch, more than 1000 images have been uploaded
>> from a few of the most active countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands,
>> Poland and Spain.
>>
>> Europe has hundreds of thousands of historically and culturally
>> significant monuments and buildings, most of which still have no
>> freely-available images on the Internet. These important structures are
>> often damaged or destroyed overtime, endangering the opportunity for people
>> all over the world to access and learn about them. Although some prominent
>> cultural artifacts are protected and documented by various international
>> organizations and agencies, a majority of them are not. Wikipedia is one of
>> the only freely-accessible shared places on the Internet offering a digital
>> home to these artifacts, however, most of the culturally significant
>> buildings and monuments in Europe are missing. This contest aims to make
>> sure that they are represented in the form of images so that everyone,
>> European or not, has access to Europe's cultural heritage.
>>
>> “Wikimeda’s ultimate goal is to make all information freely available to
>> everyone in the world, and images of Europe’s important cultural structures
>> are needed to complete this mission. All over Europe, important monuments
>> are tucked away from the rest of the world--they haven't been documented or
>> shared on a website like Wikipedia," said Lodewijk Gelauff, one of the lead
>> organizers of the European contest. "There are hundreds of thousands of
>> monuments that people walk past every day and they have no idea these
>> structures are culturally significant and should be shared."
>>
>> The contest is inspired by the successful 2010 pilot contest conducted in
>> the Netherlands, which resulted in 12,500 freely-licensed images of
>> monuments and buildings now freely-available to be used on Wikipedia and by
>> anybody in the world. Wiki Loves Monuments runs throughout the entire month
>> of September and is organized in independent national contests. Winning
>> images from regional contests will then be submitted to the pan-European
>> Jury. Participating partner countries include: Andorra, Austria, Belgium,
>> Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
>> Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
>>
>> The contest is supported by international organizations including the
>> Council of Europe, the European Commission, Europeana and Europa Nostra. The
>> month of September was selected as it coincides with European Heritage Days
>> organized throughout Europe. Prizes, including a full scholarship to
>> Wikimania in Washington, DC, will be awarded to winners medio December. More
>> information about the contest and how to enter can be found at:
>> www.wikilovesmonuments.eu
>>
>>  “Europe's cultural artifacts have universal significance. And it’s not
>> just about the documentation of these artifacts, it's about making sure
>> they’re accessible to people no matter who you are or where you live in the
>> world,” says Gelauff.
>>
>> Press Contacts:
>> Lodewijk Gelauff, European co-ordinator Wiki Loves Monuments, +31 (0)6 49
>> 74 82 81 (Netherlands) - [email protected]
>> Press contacts and press releases per country:
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Press
>>
>> 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 the US-based Wikimedia 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 (July 2011). Available in more than 270
>> languages, Wikipedia contains more than 18 million articles contributed by
>> hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.
>>
>>
>> === Q & A ===
>> *How are Wikimedia and the European Partners working together on this?*
>> Wiki Loves Monuments is lucky to be supported by a wide contingent of
>> European organizations - including the Council of Europe, the European
>> Commission, Europeana and Europa Nostra.
>>
>> These organizations support Wikimedia through their extensive networks
>> with their national partner organizations and through their communications.
>> Some partners such as Europeana provide besides that also direct support by
>> making awards available.
>>
>> *When will you announce the regional winners*
>> The regional winners will be announced by their national organizations by
>> the end of October or the beginning of November. They will submit their
>> nominations for the European jury by October 31.
>>
>> *When will you announce the final winners*
>> The European jury will deliberate in November about the nominees by the
>> national juries and decide which photo will win the fully funded trip to
>> Wikimania in Washington DC in 2012. The winners will be announced at the
>> DISH conference in Rotterdam on 6-9 December.
>>
>> *How can I track the images being submitted?*
>> All eligible images submitted are available through Wikimedia Commons:
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011
>> You can always see the last few submissions on the main page of
>> www.wikilovesmonuments.eu .
>>
>>
>>
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