Hi, some in-line responses.
2014-07-14 11:17 GMT+02:00 KaewWiki <[email protected]>: > Hi All, > > It is less than two months from September where we will open upload > for participants. There are still ambiguities about the fate of the > international team and the tasks that the team used to work on. We > need to make a decision on this and move on quickly. It is difficult > to do a press release or talk to a new partner if we are uncertain > about our own internal process. > > I believe that having an international team and international prizes > can add a lot of value to the competition. The costs/resources may be > drawn/collected from the participating national competitions. However, > after two weeks with no response to the proposal, I now assume that no > one else is interested in pursuing the idea. > > Here are five areas that we have to think about... > > 1. The international website: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org and > the sub-domains xx.wikilovesmonuments.org > Who is in charge of this? What will we do about it? Last year, we > advertised the URL th.wikilovesmonuments.org for participants to > access our site. I suspect that we can't do it anymore. On top of > that if the information is outdated, it would confuse participants > when we launch our campaign. Many people just google WLM and click on > the first page that shows up. > > > Sun Jun 29 22:16:28 UTC 2014 Lodewijk wrote > > This has the implication that I will alter the website sometime soon to > > reflect this intention. I will remove the links to the national > > competitions from the sidebar to avoid outdated information. I will link > to > > the commons page for more information about national competitions that > may > > or may not happen in 2014. > > 2. Common info page: > * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014 > * > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014/International_Team > Still recruiting for the team? > * > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014/Participating_countries > The number of participating countries is 22. The map hasn't been > updated for a while. > > 3. General coordination on critical tools: > * Central notice > * Upload wizard > We wish that both of them are working the same way as last year. > > > Mon Jun 30 05:57:38 UTC 2014 Lodewijk wrote > > Romaine is mostly making sure everybody has access to the > > upload forms and centralnotice - which is of critical importance too. > > 4. Marketing pitch/target group: > * We use to lean on the popularity of the world record and the total > sum of international prizes. Can we still point out to the fact that > WLM has attained the world record in 2012? > I think using that as a marketing tool would be misleading - there is no way that 2014 attempts will break the 2013 record (which still needs to be recognized btw). But technically, you could refer to it. I would strongly urge not to emphasize it too prominently though, as it will be mostly disappointing afterwards and thus damaging for future attempts. > * Can we still use the WLM logo in certificates, trophies and other > materials as usual? > Sure. > * Do we need to produce a bilingual website for a national > competition? Do we have to participate in non-core activities like > the central survey after the competition? > The survey will be a requirement for most grant-funded contests anyway - if one country sets it up, it is only a little extra effort (some translating and coordinating) to enable it for all countries. But you may need some international coordination here - especially with respect to timing. > * Assuming we have no international prizes this year but we have it > next year, should we include finalists from this year into > consideration of the next year prizes? > No, it is impossible to promise even that there will be an international competition next year (although much more likely). But also, if you include even a single contribution of 2014 in the 2015 competition, any chance to break the world record will become zero. It is a hard requirement that the whole competition has to happen within a scope of three months - even if every country only uses one. > > 5. Central contact point: > * We seem to have this mailing list as the only channel for all > communication. Is this correct? > > Best, > Taweethaă‚‚ > > On 30 June 2014 19:44, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I understand that Lodewijk has his expectation for the international > > team. People from the previous years have set the standard to be very > > high. > > > > Having said that we need to focus on the present. Many countries are > > organizing WLM. What value can we add to their competition if we have > > an international team? What will be the cost associated with the > > activities? > > > > My opinion is that the minimal core tasks are: > > > > 1. Find an acceptable judging methods (including juries) to rank the > > first 10 photos out of [number of countries] x 10. Make sure that > > participating countries abide by the judging rules. > > > > 2. Procure and distribute awards. > > > > 3. (Not compulsory) Do some PR for WLM at the international level. > > Collect statistics. Help countries that may have technical/financial > > difficulty. > > > > I believe that it is doable by the countries participate in WLM 2014. > > You may ask for volunteers, you may ask for one representative from > > each country or you organize an election if too many people want to > > involve. But this has to be done now and conclude quickly... > > > > What do you guys think? > > > > Taweetham > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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