Hi, interesting announcement :) I myself have been thinking of organizing a new 'Wiki Loves' in June 2013 (I don't think May is a good month due to the exams everywhere - and students will make up a significant part of the organizers), probably first in the Netherlands. I am still doubting between some 20 different ideas which were shared by several people; ranging from a relaunch of the good old 'Wiki Loves Art' (it would be preferable if WLPA could get a name that is not as easily confused with WLA) all the way to a Wiki Loves Food (photograph food items, dishes etc in your country/region) or Wiki Loves Concepts (photograph concepts like 'love', 'community', 'neighborhood', 'philosophy' etc as explanatory and useful as possible). Wiki Loves Public Art is amongst those ideas too (as are non-photo contests), although I should admit personally it is not my favorite :)
So... would it perhaps make sense to do WLPA one or even two months earlier? (March/April) That way it would leave three months per year to do a contest (but imho running two in a country is already quite a challange! Best, Lodewijk 2012/7/2 Lori Phillips <[email protected]> > Thanks John, > > It's exciting to see this getting off the ground. I want to remind that > WikiProject Public Art was established two years ago as a model for > photographing, researching, and creating articles about Public Artworks. It > was established under the leadership of Richard McCoy, conservator of > objects at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Jennifer Mikulay, a public > arts scholar and professor, both of which are Wikipedians in their own > right. While the Wikipedia Loves Public Art project may be photo-based, > the resources developed within WikiProject Public Art could prove useful - > and I hope that the wikiproject can plan a role. > > I admit that the image guide and some of the process can be US-centric, if > only to keep us sane in developing this model to start. But it can be a > good jumping off point. > > With Jane's suggestion of article-creation, I wanted to specifically point > out that WikiProject:Public Art has as its core goal the creation of > articles about Public Art, rather than image gathering. So if you're > interested in that being a component of Wikipedia Loves Public Art, there > are step by step guides that could be useful resources. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_art > > This would also be useful to share on the public GLAM list as well! cc'ing > now : ). > > Let me know if you have any questions, > Lori > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 8:23 AM, John Andersson > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi Jane, > > > > I am happy that you think that it sounds interesting! > > > > The idea is to have similar rules and structure as WLM, e.g. that the > > artworks should have a unique ID to be part of the contest. I think that > we > > should not limit ourselves more right now until we know > > what type of data we can get our hands on in the different countries. > > I personally feel rather hesitant to create a specific definition for > > the contest that would differ from the official ones, that feel a lot > > like original research to me and also it could make it harder to use > > the data later on, as we then might have to sort out certain categories > > of artworks. That however mean that what exactly are considered public > art > > then most likely will differ a bit between different countries, and > perhaps > > between different regions. To get in contact with relevant parties that > > have the needed data is therefor a first step and if you are interested > in > > contacting people/institutions in your country that would be very > helpful! > > > > Also, I think that events focusing on connecting the pictures to > Wikipedia > > would be fantastic and perhaps one could organize them to take place > either > > at the same time or during the summer. If you have any cool ideas that > you > > would like to work on please let me know! > > > > All the best, > > > > John > > - - - - > > John Andersson > > Wikimedia Sweden (WMSE) > > Event Manager, Europeana Awareness > > > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > > > > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > Skype: johnandersson86 > > > > Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @wikieuropeana > > Visit > http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/Englishfor more > information about our project! > > > > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:01:26 +0200 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA) needs > > your help > > > > JohnGreat initiative! Thanks for the tip, and good point about May vs. > > September regarding WLM, but these can easily be linked together, meaning > > Wiki(p/m)edians can take pictures of statues and other public art whilst > > working from a list of monument numbers... > > > > To be clear, are you going to keep your Public art idea like WLM's, in > the > > sense that "only photos with a unique id taken during the competition > month > > will be eligible for a prize"? WLM is basically just a Wikimedia Commons > > project, and the fruits of that project can be used by Wikipedia, but > there > > is no Wikipedia part of the competition as it is today. > > > > Right off the top of my head I can think of lots of other ways to track > > public art, such as historical artworks commissioned by a governing body > > that once were on Square X and were replaced by artwork Y for reason Z, > > etc. This kind of tracking would require various references and would > need > > to be integrated somehow with Wikipedia, I think, as pictures alone don't > > tell the whole story, the way pictures of physical monuments taken for > WLM > > do. > > > > In other words, what is your precise, identifiable and verifiable > > definition of "public art", rather than "sculptures, mosaics, mural > > paintings, memorials and place specific installments in the public > space"? > > Jane > > > > 2012/7/2 John Andersson <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > Hallo everybody, > > > > > > > > We have just started working with the Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA)[1] > > contest that will focus on getting pictures on sculptures, mosaics, > > mural paintings, memorials and place > > specific installments in the public space. If > > you are interested in public art, enjoy organizing events, think that it > > is cool and interesting to work with projects that increase cooperation > > between the Chapters, or would like to work towards GLAM in your > > country, well then this would be something for you! We are looking for > > all kinds of volunteers and especially for national coordinators that > > can help us get things going in the countries and coordinate the > > volunteer efforts! > > > > > > As > > we don't want to intrude upon the fantastic Wiki Loves Monument contest > we > > are thinking about holding WLPA during the > > month of May in 2013. However, May will hopefully give us enough time to > > work on this and provide good enough weather > > so that the pictures look nice and people think that it is fun to go out > > and find the art works. > > > > > > We are of course aware of the tricky copyright legislations in > > different countries but thanks to the fact that this is organized > > together with Europeana (www.europeana.eu) we have the > > possibility to use Europeana's team of judicial experts in finding out > > answers on some of the questions. So if you have a question that is not > > answered on Commons:Freedom of Panorama[2] please write up your > > questions on relevant judicial matters on our list and we will forward > > it to Europeana.[3] > > > > > > Both me and the project leader, Lennart Guldbrandsson, will be at > > Wikimania and we would love to met and talk to you about this in person! > > > > > > I hope to hear from you soon! > > > > All the best, > > > > John > > > > - - - - > > John Andersson > > Wikimedia Sweden (WMSE) > > Event Manager, Europeana Awareness > > > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > > > > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > Skype: johnandersson86 > > > > Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @wikieuropeana > > Visit > http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/Englishfor more > information about our project! > > > > > > [1] > > > http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/Wiki_Loves_Public_Art > > > > [2] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama > > > > [3] > > > http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/Wiki_Loves_Public_Art/Legal_unclarities > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > > > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > -- > Lori Phillips > Digital Marketing Content Coordinator > The Children's Museum of Indianapolis > > US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator > Wikimedia Foundation > > 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >
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