I had an interesting discussion with a professional photographer of animals.
I invited him to participate to WLM and he refused because the modality to take a photo of an animal is different from the monument one. The monument doesn't move... so I agree that the objective has to be changed instead of trying to enlarge the list of monuments. Regards On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]>wrote: > As I also indicated elsewhere, I have my doubts about some of these > conclusions. Yes, there's enthusiasm for many different initiatives (the > session at Wikimania had a focus on improving the concept and surfacing > innovation), but we should reconsider the picture as a whole. I'm not > convinced that we should continue with Wiki Loves Monuments should be > repeated in 2014, but that it would perhaps be good to pause it for one or > two years, at the benefit of Wiki Loves Earth. > > I think that we should have a more in-depth discussion after Wiki Loves > Monuments has finished (end of October), about what the path for the next > year should be. I personally think that we can only run one major > competition on a large scale internationally at a time - and perhaps a few > tryouts parallel to it in individual countries. Also, I think it would be > wise to reconsider exchanging Wiki Loves Public Art for the internationally > more realistic Wiki Loves Art (using museums and their contents rather than > things on the streets). > > In any case, thanks for publishing the notes, lets be careful with > extrapolation enthusiasm into big picture results. > > Lodewijk > > > > 2013/9/25 Ganesh Paudel <[email protected]> > >> Hi Beat and all, >> Conducting Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Public Art are good to start. >> >> We have many media in the commons especially photographs unused in any >> project. >> Wiki-RIC concept is to have a photo campaign for meaningful use. That's >> why it is considered important and rated highest in the conference. >> Let's think this aspect of Wiki RIC positively. >> >> Best, >> >> Ganesh K. Paudel >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Estermann Beat <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear all,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Today, I have transferred the documentation of the Wiki Loves Monuments >>> Future Workshop (Wikimania 2013, Hong Kong) to the WLM portal:**** >>> >>> >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/WLM_Future_Workshop >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Given the results of the workshop and the feedbacks received from the >>> participants so far, it seems that we are heading for three international >>> photo contests next year:**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> **- **Wiki Loves Monuments**** >>> >>> **- **Wiki Loves Earth**** >>> >>> **- **Wiki Loves Public Art**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> There was also a fourth proposal, “WikiRIC – Requested Image >>> Competition” that was very highly rated by the workshop participants. – I >>> think it would be great to see also a pilot project implementing this idea >>> during next year. To my knowledge, no project group has formed yet. Those >>> who signaled their interest are therefore warmly invited to coordinate the >>> formation of a project team! (let me know if you need the contacts of the >>> people that were interested to help implementing this approach!)**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *Suggestions for the next steps:* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> I think it would be great if for each contest a core group for 2014 >>> would form that:**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> **- **sets up an international project page for 2014, so >>> interested countries can sign up**** >>> >>> **- **sets up a mailing list for the coordination of the contest >>> (in case this hasn’t happened yet)**** >>> >>> **- **follows up on the evaluation of this year’s contests and >>> starts working on the improvements for next year (some improvements might >>> concern the institutional setup, so it would be wise to start early)**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Furthermore, I would suggest, that the coordinators of the three >>> thematic contests get together (online), to discuss:**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> **- **when which contest is going to take place in 2014 (this >>> year we had an overlap between WLPA and WLE, which is probably not ideal) >>> **** >>> >>> **- **how to tackle the technical issues in 2014 (there are many >>> potential synergies, and there is also a lot of room for improvement)*** >>> * >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Kind regards,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Beat**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> _____________________________________________________ **** >>> >>> Beat Estermann >>> Research Associate**** >>> >>> Berne University of Applied Sciences >>> E-Government Institute >>> Morgartenstrasse 2a >>> Postfach 305 >>> CH-3000 Bern 22 **** >>> >>> [email protected] >>> www.e-government.bfh.ch **** >>> >>> Phone +41 31 848 34 30 >>> Phone (direct number) +41 31 848 34 38 >>> Fax +41 31 848 34 31 **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Ilario Valdelli Wikimedia CH Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera Switzerland - 8008 Zürich Tel: +41764821371 http://www.wikimedia.ch
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