Thanks for the feedback all. The article has been submitted. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Hu <[email protected]> wrote:
> a very good text, I suggest: > > don´t use just the word "heritage" alone, use always "cultural heritage" > instead, also on combination with cultural heritage ambassador. > > h. > > > Am 29.03.2015 um 23:42 schrieb Lodewijk: > >> Hi all, >> >> because of the 5th edition and 1 millionth submission to WLM past year, >> it seemed a nice idea to write a short article for Heritage in motion >> about Wiki Loves Monuments. >> >> Unfortunately, the deadline is rather short. Please find a draft below. >> If you have comments, edits, suggestions, they are still very welcome in >> the coming 23 hours. I would especially appreciate suggestions to make >> it read more like 'fun' and less like 'numbers'. >> >> Best, >> Lodewijk >> >> ==== >> Text available under: CC BY SA, authors: Lodewijk Gelauff & Cristian >> Consonni >> ==== >> >> While celebrating its fifth edition, the international photography >> competition Wiki Loves Monuments welcomed its millionth image >> submission. A good occasion to take a look at the past editions of the >> competition that has been supported by Europa Nostra as a partner since >> 2011, and take a look where it is headed. >> >> In 2010, the competition was initiated by Wikimedia Netherlands as a >> challenge to appreciate, photograph and share monumental buildings in >> their environment with the rest of the world through Wikipedia. Over >> twelve thousand photos were submitted through the competition, and >> consequently shared through Wikimedia Commons, the media repository >> behind Wikipedia. In the years that followed, the competition was >> organized by Wikimedia volunteers in dozens of other countries: first in >> Europe (2011), later in the whole world (since 2012). Wiki Loves >> Monuments was recognized as the worlds largest photography competition >> by the Guinness Book of World Records with over 300.000 submissions each >> year since 2012. Over the past five editions, a total of 1,2 million >> photos was submitted to the competition from 65 countries. >> >> More than just a competition >> Alongside the competition, data describing the officially recognized >> cultural heritage monuments has been collected by Wikipedia volunteers: >> a database was composed with more than 1,3 million buildings in 53 >> countries, of which more than 450.000 now have an image linked to them. >> All submitted images are, together with more uploaded images of cultural >> heritage monuments, available through Wikimedia Commons[1]. All images >> can be used freely, as long as the author and license are credited. >> >> Images can be used by anyone, but are also actively added to articles on >> Wikipedia, one of the world's most popular sources of information. As a >> heritage ambassador, you can contribute in many different ways to this >> wealth of material: you can release and upload your own photographic >> material, as long as you use a free license, or contribute articles to >> Wikipedia about the heritage sites. That way, we can share the beautiful >> heritage sites that Europe has to offer with every single person. If you >> are interested, please get in touch with a local chapter of Wikimedians >> in your country for more information[2], or just start editing Wikipedia. >> >> We hope to welcome you as participant in the 2015 competition! >> >> <did you know box> >> Did you know... >> - that most of the photo submissions in the past years came from >> Ukraine, Poland and Germany? >> - that even Antarctica participated in 2013, with 22 submitted photos? >> - that in Italy, Greece and Egypt, publishing photos of monuments may >> require government permission? >> >> Photos: the winning photos of 2010-2014 >> >> [1]: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cultural_ >> heritage_monuments_by_country >> [2]: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Local_chapters >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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