Both "Snap a snapshot for Wikipedia" and "It's a snap, Wiki Loves Monuments"
are the best I have heard so far, and they would work in the UK as well as the US. Maybe have them both running at 50% ? Michael On 11 Sep 2013, at 17:41, Peter Ekman 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
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