Thanks all. Many of your provided some good reason why we should not try this out.. I have extracts some points from your comments and mentioned on meta-page for our better justification. Saqibhttp://wikilovesmonuments.pk
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:28:41 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Minor prizes for combination of writing > and photography? > > On 13.06.2014 03:48, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > Hi. > > > > In a grant discussing for funding this year's WLM competition in > > Pakistan, a member of the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC) brought up an > > idea I thought worth thinking about: offering one or two prizes, > > alongside the major top photo prizes, to those submitting good photos > > as well as creating/expanding Wikipedia articles about those objects. > > > > The grant discussion is here: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/WMPK/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_Pakistan_2014#Increase_participation.2C_WLM_style > > [1] > > > > As you can read in the discussion above, the organizers would prefer > > not to (which is perfectly fine), but since they mentioned, as one > > reason, that it would stand out among other WLMs, I was wondering if > > that is indeed the case, i.e. if no other WLM competition offers > > prizes on this basis, or, indeed, on other thematic focuses (e.g. > > "best photo by a newbie"?) > > > > I'm not strongly claiming it should definitely be done, nor that it > > would be a good fit everywhere if it were done. I'm just interested > > in floating the notion and hearing your thoughts. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Asaf > > > > This is in principle a good idea, but as an editor doing quite some > cleanup in the English Wikipedia I would ike to note that Pakistani geo > articles have really very low quality there. I am not sure an average > WLM participant from Pakistan has a better writing skills than the > average Wikipedia Pakistani article editor, and I am nore sure this is > not going to result in a lot of mess in one of the troublesome Wikipedia > areas. I would certainly prefer another country to start. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
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