Hi Monica, you're very welcome to! (I hereby publish the text as CC-BY-SA, forgot to mention that ;) ) Could you send me a link after you published the article?
Also, if you have additional questions, I'd be happy to pass them to Daniel. Kilian On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:45 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Kilian, > > That's wonderful. Could I use parts of this info for an article on the > Commission's culture portal? > > Monica > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jane > Darnell > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 06, 2011 12:43 PM > *To:* [email protected]; Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition > *Subject:* Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Interview with new contributor > > 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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