I aggree with both of you, these are the main goals :) (Personally I prefer Lodewijk's approach, I think community building and outreach is more important than simple content creation, at least for us.)
Samat On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is a clear demonstration that WLM is a diverse project :) You > identify that having a picture for each monument is the main goal, but as > you know I disagree with that: for me the competition is and will always be > a tool to get more people on board, to get people aware of the fact they > can contribute, and help them over the threshold. For many local > competitions, it is more important however to use WLM as a community > building tool. I have seen great outcomes in this field in the Middle East, > where communities work together in real life for one of their first main > projects, and after that continue to organize other activities as well. > > Best, > Lodewijk > > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Romaine Wiki <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The focus of the evaluation is very much biased. >> >> The focus is too much on money, it gives me a horrible feeling, the >> community/participants are not a factory plant in what every employee needs >> to work a minimum number of hours. The goal of Wiki Loves Monuments is to >> get all monuments with a good picture on Wikipedia, not just of the most >> popular or easy monuments. The first time a contest as such is organised >> the low hanging fruits are done first, but they forget to mention that >> getting the low hanging fruits is not the core goal of Wiki Loves >> Monuments. The goal of Wiki Loves Monuments is to get a photo of every >> monument. The more monuments get a picture, it becomes much harder to ge a >> picture of the other monuments. It are too much easy thoughts without >> thinking it through. It is failing in describing the actual situation and >> misses totally what Wiki Loves Monuments is about. >> >> WMF has set some objectives for itself, and now the evaluate those >> objectives/goals, even while Wiki Loves Monuments has a different focus. >> >> To me the evaluation is a signal that WMF is too far away from the actual >> community. >> >> Romaine >> >
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