Just to be clear: We were successful :) Talking about new users: 4000 of the
5000 participants were new accounts! Of course you are right if you say
we're not done yet, but there is an opportunity, lets grab it. Oh, and by
the way, in Austria 66% of the uploaders were new. not bad!

Lodewijk

No dia 2 de Outubro de 2011 22:08, Jean-Frédéric <
[email protected]> escreveu:

> 2011/10/2 Hubert <[email protected]>
>
>> I very agree, that the goal, to attrakt new users with such an
>> competition as long-term wikipedia-autors, is almost completely missed.
>>
>
> Quick comment: that may have been your goal, it was not mine - or maybe a
> side goal.
>
> My hope, if anything, was to raise awareness. Have people notice that
> cultural heritage is just around the corner. Make them aware of the fact
> that they can contribute photographs to Commons (and just that, and that
> even that is great). Have them take part in a free knowledge/culture
> project. Make them realise that Wikimedia is a volunteer thing.
>
> Wikipedia and articles are important, of course. But the whole world does
> not revolve around it. The free culture world, and even the Wikimedia world,
> do not either.
>
> --
> Jean-Frédéric (Commonist & proud of it).
>
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