Hi Deror, I'm impressed by the activities which has been organised in Israel around WLM. This is definitely an inspiration!
/ Sophie. 2012/8/28 Lodewijk <[email protected]> > That sounds great, Deror! Would it be an idea to write a short blog post > about these tours for an external audience on wikilovesmonuments.org ? > > Best, > Lodewijk > > 2012/8/28 Deror Avi <[email protected]> > >> For the past few month we have been diligently preparing the list of >> sights included in the competition. As you may recall, Israel has no one >> official list. We could not go to one website and get the information from >> it. We approached the Society for Heritage Sites which provided us with >> many lists – in each a list of names of buildings or sites, and it was for >> our volunteers to locate the site, figure out its address, and whether >> there is a category in commons or an article in Wikipedia about it (under >> the name provided by us – or, more commonly when such article or category >> exists – under another name). >> We were also working on publicizing the project, giving interviews to >> newspapers about the competition and preparing newspaper articles for the >> holiday seasons in which we suggested sites for people to visit during the >> upcoming holiday season. >> >> As part of our cooperation with the Heritage society we demanded that >> they not only give us funding for the project, but also give us weekly >> guided tours of heritage sites around the country (we requested at least >> four tours every weekend in different parts of the country). These tours >> will be open to the public free of charge (we require that people sign up >> in advance through the competition website – and agree the be part of the >> Wikimedia Israel GLAM mailing list in the future). >> >> The society further agreed that any active wikipedian who wish to visit a >> heritage site which has enterance fees, will be allowed into the site free >> of charge, and so will be his family members (again - registration in >> advance is required, so we can ensure it is in fact an active wikipedian >> who requests the free tickets). >> >> We also contacted the biggest photography school in Israel – the Galitz >> school and ask them to give, as sponsorship, free photography workshops on >> two weekends prior to the competition. They agreed to give such workshops >> for 120 participants and these two workshops will be also open to the >> public free of charge. >> >> A list of all our activities can be seen here (truly badly translated by >> google): >> >> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wlm.org.il%2F%3Fpage_id%3D17 >> >> Deror >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > -- *Med vänliga hälsningar, Sophie Österberg * ~* there but for the Grace of God, go I* ~
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