I think there are two major factors in our image count: 1) new participants, people who never edited before. 2) super uploaders, people with more than 100 images
The highest contribution to the number of images is 2) by a leap. This is mostly people with a reservoir of images - primarily in Spain, Poland and Germany. The banner has primarily an influence on 1), which is also important. I definitely wouldn't mind a change in the banner, but I would suggest to let that coincide with the drop of Privacy Policy (which was poorly situated - the original plan was to run it in August). In some other countries, there are more banners competing even (like in NL, a conference banner with call for speakers). Another way than the wording, is the design. I would suggest we continue this 'what is the best banner' discussion on a talkpage somewhere, to keep it consistent. Romaine, what would be a good location for that? Lodewijk 2013/9/11 Michael Maggs <[email protected]> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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