Bangladeshi leading newspaper The Daily Prothom Alo published this news today: http://www.prothom-alo.com/technology/article/1042909
-Hasive WMBD On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Lily <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Philip, > > Thanks for the note. :) We do look forward to working with you more > closely for 2017 as we rethink our strategies around countries that have > captured (almost;) all their monuments via photos. > > Best, > Lily > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Philip Kopetzky < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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-lo >>> ves-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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > > -- > User: LilyOfTheWest > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) **:: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী (হাছিব)* User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> | GSM/WhatsApp/Viber: +8801712754752 Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> Board Member | Wikimedia Bangladesh <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd/> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/NCHasive> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | www.nhasive.com
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