There are large communities of photographers for many major cities each of which have a discussion space e.g https://www.flickr.com/groups/-paris-/
This could be a way of encouraging contributions On 21 August 2017 at 17:00, Lily <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Nicolas VIGNERON > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Lily for this point! > > sure. :) > > > I've got several "on-the-ground' questions : how is decided what city > > organize photowalks? > > Very similar to our model, it's volunteer based. As long as there is a > Flickr user who steps up to organize a photowalk, the photowalk will > happen. > > > is it decided only on Flickr side? > > Yes. > > > how can the local > > wikimedians found more information about this is they want to join/help > > organize? > > The discussions on Flickr end happen mostly at > https://www.flickr.com/groups/2581696@N23/discuss/72157684767493213/ . > If you know Flickr photographers in the cities you're interested in > that are up for organizing a photowalk, do direct them to that page. > If there are non-Flickr users from Wikimedia community who want to > organize photowalks and engage Flickr photographers, please let me > know and I will run this idea by our point of contacts in Flickr. My > guess is that they welcome this, but it would be good to check with > them first. (I personally support the intermingling between Wikimedia > and Flickr photographers if it works for the local communities.:) > > Best, > Lily > > > > > Cdlt, ~nicolas > > > > 2017-08-21 13:00 GMT+02:00 Lily <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Here is a status update about our collaboration with Flickr. > >> > >> * 5 cities have already signed up to organize photowalks: San > >> Francisco and Denver in the US, Berlin in Germany, Leon in Spain, and > >> Melilla. Our Flickr contacts have told us that they expect to see > >> (many) more cities join in the coming couple of weeks. At this point, > >> I see discussions about Brisbane, Australia and an invitation for > >> photowalks in Italy (Thanks, Nemo!) > >> > >> * In Wikimania, bunch of us sat together and designed a user-flow that > >> can help Flickr users identify which monuments are eligible, how to > >> contribute, and how their uploads is to be brought to Wikimedia > >> Commons. > >> > >> ** Paweł is working on a landing page that Flickr walk organizers > >> and/or photographers can go to and get information about the eligible > >> monuments. We will start testing the interface with the 5 cities > >> mentioned above in the coming days. If you are the point of contact > >> for the corresponding countries on our end, you may receive pings from > >> us with question. :) > >> > >> ** Maarten started working on the bot that will read the images on > >> Flickr and bring them to Commons. (The task is tracked at > >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173056) > >> > >> * As always, please make sure the list of definitely participating > >> countries is updated. This is especially critical now that we have > >> created external dependencies, i.e., people are organizing photowalks > >> based on the information in this table: > >> > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ > Monuments_2017/Participating_countries#Definitely_participating_countries > >> > >> That's it for now. :) Comments and questions are welcome! > >> > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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