Ahh, my bad!! Thanks for clarification Lodewijk :) On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks for the announcement Osmar, I'm very glad this came through! > > Just for clarification, as Karthik gave links to multiple categories, only > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Sites_and_Monuments_in_Antarctica is > participating, and not the ASMA's and ASPA's. We did discuss letting those > join as well, but in the end decided against it because it makes > communication more consistent and clear. > > I hope this will result in some nice pictures! > > Lodewijk > > > 2013/7/22 Osmar Valdebenito <[email protected]> > >> Hi! >> As Khartik pointed out, there are already some lists available in >> English, Spanish, French and Norwegian... we just need one in Russian and >> we will have available the four official languages of the Antarctic Treaty. >> All of them cover the 86 monuments declared by the Antarctic Treaty >> System. The monuments are proposed by one or more countries and mantained >> by them or others, so they are not related directly to any territorial >> claim. You can see a monument proposed and maintained by India, for >> example, and some proposed jointly by Argentina and the UK. >> There are, in any case, three national monuments of Argentina and one of >> Chile that are located in Antarctica. Those will participate in their own >> national contests. When they are and Antarctic and a national monument, I >> see no problems with the pictures participating in both contests. >> >> *Osmar Valdebenito G.* >> Director Ejecutivo >> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina >> >> >> 2013/7/22 Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> >> >> On 22.07.2013 06:19, Osmar Valdebenito wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all! >>>> >>>> I'm glad to announce you that, this year, we will have a Wiki Loves >>>> Monuments edition in... Antarctica! >>>> >>>> We believe that, to actually make this a global contest, we need to >>>> reach all continents. Antarctica, despite having no permanent >>>> population, has several sites that commemorate the attempts of >>>> exploration and research carried out by the international community >>>> over the past centuries. There are 86 monuments declared by the >>>> Antarctic Treaty System that will participate. >>>> >>>> This certainly will be a particular and very symbolic contest. We >>>> expect a very low amount of participants but most of the images will >>>> be unique, so each one will have a lot of impact. >>>> >>>> In the past weeks, I have been in contact with the Secretariat of the >>>> Antarctic Treaty and they have accepted to support our contest. We >>>> expect to reach different institutions (researchers, tourist >>>> operators, national institutions, etc.) with the help of the ATS... >>>> but there are still a lot of things to do. In line with the spirit of >>>> the Antarctic Treaty and the Wikimedia Movement, this local contest >>>> will be an international one. >>>> >>>> We expect a lot of volunteers of different countries to help us >>>> translating the monuments lists, updating the website, contacting >>>> institutions in their own countries, becoming juries and so on... >>>> Wikimedia Argentina will only participate as a coordinator. >>>> >>>> Do you want to join the WLM-AQ team? Send an e-mail to >>>> [email protected]! >>>> Also, you can take a look at our page in Commons: >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_** >>>> Monuments_2013_in_Antarctica<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_Antarctica> >>>> [1] >>>> >>>> >>>> We expect to reach this year to every place in the world... even the >>>> most remote and cold! :) >>>> >>>> OSMAR VALDEBENITO G. >>>> >>>> Director Ejecutivo >>>> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina >>>> >>>> >>> This is really great. >>> >>> Are the lists in some language already available, so that the >>> translation can be started? >>> >>> Just to be on the safe side: Will the lists include monuments in the >>> sector of the Antarctic which Argentina claims but no other country >>> recognized as belonging to Argentina? >>> >>> Cheers >>> Yaroslav >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.**wikimedia.org<[email protected]> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/**wikilovesmonuments<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments> >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.**org <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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