We have been noticing a drop off new participant and participation in France too, however it's pretty hard to understand the factor < http://commonists.org/db/wlm/stats.html>. As said by Samat it might be due to the poor weather during the last week-end.
It was suggested to change the wording of the banner, to attract new users. 2013/9/11 Samat <[email protected]> > I think, beside many other factors, the weather is also one (which is > outside of our control). > In the last few days it was really cool and rainy in Hungary and its > surrounds, and in countries where there was no previous (before September) > campaign for the competition only a suddenly announcement few days ago > (like in Hungary), people can't or don't want to go out taking pictures. > > Samat > > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Peter Ekman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I too have noticed a drop off in photos submitted in the last few days. >> It's fairly important to determine what caused the drop off if we can. It >> might be something totally outside of our control, e.g. the situation in >> Syria, but might be something like a change in banner display, which we do >> have some control over. Did the drop happen in most countries? We don't >> have full control over all Wikimedia banners - we do have to share the >> space with others, but perhaps they might be willing to delay some of their >> displays if we ask nicely. >> >> I do agree that changing the banner from time-to-time can help. I don't >> agree that a banner of ""Participate in the world's largest >> photo-contest and help Wikipedia," would help any. The imperative verb >> "Participate" is very weak, and is not natural to American English >> speakers. It suggests a high school home economics teacher telling us that >> we have to bring cookies to the annual bake-off. Something more active is >> definitely needed, something along the line (but not exactly) of a high >> school football coach saying "Go out there and kick some butt!" That would >> definitely get some attention as a banner, but not the exact type of >> attention we want. A teaser ad might work however, e.g. "About your photos >> on Wikipedia .... (smaller type) upload them to Wiki Loves Monuments" >> >> "Snap" might be a verb we want to use. It gives an idea of the action >> that we want people to take (snap a snapshot), unlike "participate." So >> perhaps "Snap a historic site, Wiki Loves Monuments" It could wake people >> up. Or maybe "Snap a snapshot for Wikipedia". As a noun "It's a snap, Wiki >> Loves Monuments" >> >> I don't think these ideas are good enough yet for an actual banner, but I >> think that folks should brain-storm this and come up with new ideas. >> Straight informative banners can sound bureaucratic or just boring. >> Different languages or dialects should be considered separately, as >> translations are really tricky, e.g. "It's a snap" might mean something >> entirely different in British English >> >> Pete >> User:Smallbones >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > -- Pierre-Selim
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