On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/09/12 23:07, Tomasz W. Kozłowski wrote: >> I'm not saying "no" to descriptions in English, but this /is/ a >> problem, and we will not be able to translate them into the 37 >> languages used in WLM countries, especially due to technical and >> financial reasons. If you'd prefer to have the descriptions below the >> photos, I'll make sure to have them in a bigger font than last year >> :-)) > > Why not? We have people from all those countries. It wouldn't be hard > that each local team translates the caption of 12 photos to the local > language. > It would be nice to have all the local winners translated, but > translating the captions of 340 photos may be too much. :) > > > It's strange, I expected that given the overlap of some languages we > would have less languages than countries, not more. > > > > > >> I am not sure whether adding a link to a winning photo would be useful >> at all, especially with long filenames or filenames written in >> non-Latin alphabets (or even in Latin alphabets in countries which use >> different ones); just imagine how long would typing those from your >> keyboard take! > > Yes, it could be painful, but providing access to the original files is > the only way to allow properly reuse of the photos. > > An option would be to link to a central page instead of each of the > images. «You can view and download the design of this calendar and each > of the individual photos at > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_calendar > » > >
What's wrong with QR codes? Each sheet in the calendar has two sides and one stays unused. > > >> 3. You cannot buy a copy of the 2012 calendars (I'm quite sure there >> are no spare copies left at all), and I haven't heard about any plans >> of selling the 2013s to the public. You'd be able to buy (or get) >> those from a local chapter if they order more than they really need. > > In summary, ask your local chapter to buy N more calendars for you. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org -- З павагай, Павел Селіцкас/Paul Selitskas Wizardist @ Wikimedia projects [email protected], +375257408304 Skype: p.selitskas _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
