Hi all! I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the international WLM team on a job well done and thank them for the work and energy they have put into organising the international contest this year! :-)
Best, Philip On 15 December 2016 at 20:06, Lily <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > It's been an incredible 4 months. On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments > international team I'd like to thank /all/ of you who made this year's > contest possible. We have achieved a lot together. > > In this email, we're sharing with you the result of the contest. There are > 15 winners in this year's contest chosen among 392 photos that made it to > the international contest. The international jury carefully reviewed these > photos and chose the top 15 among them. > > Like any other contest, there are photos and countries that have made it > to the top 15 and those who haven't. It's important for us to remember that > our work towards free knowledge for everyone is beyond the geographical > borders and contests. The contest is a means to an end. This is a day that > we all should celebrate for empowering more people to share in the sum of > all human knowledge, for helping them bring amazing photos to Wikipedia, > Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, Wikidata, and our other projects, and for > helping them discover their heritage. > > All key metrics showed significant growth compared to last year: the > number of participating countries (more than 30% increase), the number of > participants (62% increase), the number of first time contributors to > Wikimedia projects (78% increase), and the number of photos uploaded (20% > increase). This year we also welcomed four first time participating > countries from very different parts of the world: Bangladesh, Greece, Peru, > and South Korea. I want to emphasize this: /you/ made all of this happen! :) > > Now, please sit back and enjoy the result of your efforts: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_ > 2016_winners#Winners > > You can read the blog posts about the results as well. They are: > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/winners-2016/ > and > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/15/seventh-annual-wiki-loves-monuments/ > > Best, > Lily, on behalf of the WLM international team > > -- > User: LilyOfTheWest > > _______________________________________________ > WLM-Announce mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wlm-announce > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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