On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Sylvain Machefert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Lily, > a quick note on this as you mention the page > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_winners and > the fact that it should be more enjoyably viewable from mobile, at the > moment with all winning pictures, the page is 16 Mo, maybe adding a > dedicated page for international winners would be a good idea ? > This can work, and will give us enough flexibility to adapt that new page (Note to self: if we go with this option, we should make sure that there is a clear/visible link that the person can use to get to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_winners as viewing the top 10 photos of every country will be a nice experience for many people, too.) Thanks, Lily > > S. > > 2016-12-12 0:06 GMT+01:00 Lily <[email protected]>: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> We are getting ready for announcing the finale results of Wiki Loves >> Monuments 2016 contest. This email gives you an update about what the WLM >> international team is busy with these days and how the coming week will >> look like, as best as we know it at the moment. >> >> Our focus at the moment is on communications. This includes working on >> the jury report, aligning social media efforts, and reaching out to news >> outlets and organizations for covering the story of WLM and announcing >> the finale results via their websites, social media, etc. There are a few >> reasons for a strong focus on communications for this week: We want to make >> sure that your efforts in organizing WLM 2016 in your country and >> participating in it gets the attention it deserves. It would also be great >> if we can support the photographers of WLM by bringing more eye-balls >> and attention to their work. And lastly, more coverage in the media means >> more brand recognition for WLM, something that will help all of us us >> walk on a stronger path for WLM 2017 and beyond. >> >> Here are more specifics: >> >> *Results* >> We expect to announce the results on Thursday, December 15 (UTC). There >> will be 15 winners in this year's finale. We will start the count down from >> photo rank 25 in https://twitter.com/wikimonuments and we move all the >> way to rank 1. At the moment, we have not fixed when exactly the count-down >> starts. We will announce that on this list once we are ready to fix the >> time. And of course, the results will be announced on https://commons. >> wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_winners, in http://www. >> wikilovesmonuments.org/, and possibly in more places. >> >> *Coverage in news outlets* >> The WMF Communications team has worked tirelessly with us in the past >> weeks to build a strategy for increasing the chances of coverage of WLM >> story and the announcement of the final results. Thanks to those of you who >> have been helping us with this effort. More details: >> >> * A blog post about WLM 2016 went out on Friday: https://blog.wikimedia >> .org/2016/12/09/wiki-loves-monuments-human-heritage/ The goal of this >> blog post was to tell the story of WLM by sharing the story of some of >> the people who participated in this year's contest and their photos. The >> content of that blog post is also used as a press pitch to gauge the >> interest of news outlets for covering the announcement of the results in >> the coming week. (If you are a local organizer or WLM enthusiast, you >> should feel free to take that blog post and pitch it to your local news >> agencies for more coverage as well.) >> >> * Another blog post is being prepared for the announcement of the results >> on Thursday. Once that blog post is published (on Thursday), it would be >> great if you take that and share it with your local news outlets and >> heritage focused organizations to increase the chances of more coverage for >> WLM and the winners. The WMF Communications team uses this text to pitch >> to their relevant network of news outlets as well. >> On this front: if you have a direct contact in a news outlet that you >> think should/would cover WLM finale results, please email me offlist. >> >> *Preparing for traffic* >> We expect a lot of traffic to https://commons.wikimedia.o >> rg/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_winners starting Thursday, December >> 15. Between now and then, you may see us making changes to the page to make >> the content more easily/enjoyably viewable/discoverable from more devices >> (we expect a lot of traffic from mobile devices, especially when social >> media starts announcing the results). >> >> That's about it for now on our end. If you have questions/comments, >> please feel free to reach out to us on this thread (and if they need to >> stay private, off-list:). >> >> Looking forward to this week! :) >> >> Best, >> Lily >> >> -- >> User: LilyOfTheWest >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- User: LilyOfTheWest
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