Kilian, That story is totally awesome! Congratulations to all of you working in Germany on this success, and of course a big welcome to Daniel (or Hippie Bug or whatever he wants to be called)! Jane
2011/9/6 Kilian Kluge <[email protected]> > Hi everybody, > > I interviewed one of the new contributors for wlm.eu. Since it will take > some time untils it's published, Lodewijk suggested I send it to the list as > well. > > Kilian > > --- > > It's been almost a week since Wiki Loves Monuments started and we're about > to reach 17,000 uploads. Germany, the first country with more than 2,000 > submitted pictures, is now keeping a steady second place behind France. > Among the most active uploaders is a user called Hippie Bug93 ( > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Hippie_Bug93) who > despite being new to the Wikimedia projects has already contributed almost > 130 pictures. > > Hippie Bug93, in the real world a 17-year-old named Daniel, became aware of > the contest through local press coverage and his hometown's Facebook > account. In a partnership with Wikimedia Germany, Bergheim, a small city > near Cologne, calls upon its citizens (link those four words to the "old" > article about Bergheim) to photograph the monuments in their neighbourhood > and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. > > As a member of the local heritage club, Daniel has been interested in the > region's history and old buildings for a long time. "I had thought about > contributing to Wikipedia before," he explains, "but I never actually did." > For the contest, Daniel is taking his hometown village by village, with the > printed lists from Wikipedia as a guide. > > With the first pictures uploaded, Daniel started to add them to the lists > on Wikipedia as well. "It took some time to figure out the editing," Daniel > says. He has already set up his User page and started to edit regular > articles as well. So asked for his future plans, he states: "If I see the > opportunity to contribute to Wikipedia after Wiki Loves Monuments has ended, > I will certainly do so." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >
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