Everyone gave me inspiration. THANK YOU! I’m on in about 20 minutes and will report back later. I get 9 minutes!!! A journalist has prepped me, so that was a relief. Talk to you all soon.
On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 09.24, Isaac Olatunde <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Karen, > > Since you have know idea of what the questions would look like. > > As someone who has talked about Wikimedia projects, Wikimedia photography > contests (WLE, WLM etc) in tens of televisions and most recently Wiki Loves > Earth on Channels TV, I can comfortably say that the questions are often > simple. > See my most recent interview on TV here: https://youtu.be/wqKbkNpaXrw > > You may likely be asked the following questions > > 1. What is Wiki Loves monuments about? > > *Answer*. Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photographic > competition held during the month of September, organised worldwide by > Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates > across the globe. Participants take pictures of local historical monuments > and heritage sites in their region, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons, a > repository of photographs. This year Denmark is one of the participating > countries and the contest is coordinated by Wikimedia Denmark. We encourage > people to highlight the heritage sites in Denmark and capture pictures of > these monuments, and put them on Wikimedia Commons under a free licence > which can then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone. > > What is Wikimedia Commons? > > *Answer. *Wikimedia Commons unlike Wikipedia, is an online repository of > free-use images, sounds, other media, and JSON files. It is a project of > the Wikimedia Foundation. Most photos in the Internet are protected by > copyright and cannot be reused without a written permission from the > copyright holder. Wikimedia Commons is a platform where images may be > reused without such written permission. > > Who is eligible to participate? > > *Answer : E*veryone is eligible to participate. It is not restricted to > professional photographers only > > What is the rule of the contest? > > *Answer * The rule of the contest is simple. > 1. Images contributed as part of this contest must be self taken and self > uploaded; > 2. Images collected must be uploaded during September 2019; > 3. During the upload process, you give permission with a CC BY-SA license > to re-use the image; > 4. The photographed object or structure must be a monument. > > You can also read more about free licenses, Denmark's copyright law, and > freedom of panorama in Denmark. > > > I hope you find this useful. > > Regards > > Isaac > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 7:51 AM Karen Mardahl <[email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am a bit nervous because a journalist wants to interview me on the >> national radio in Denmark today about WLM. What do I say?!?! >> >> I am not afraid of speaking to groups and such, but I have little >> preparation and the Wikimedia PR person just retired! Plus I am the one >> responsible for WLM so it is my duty to be the one to talk. I have no idea >> how long this will last. 3 minutes at most. Maybe 5 if I am lucky or >> unlucky! >> >> The journalist thought it was a great thing that all citizens can try and >> it involved open data, CC, and all that. Those might be the themes. >> >> What would you say and does anyone have a template (in English preferably >> - too nervous for my French) for talking about WLM to the press? >> >> Thanks so much!! >> >> Regards, Karen Mardahl, >> Vice-chair Wikimedia Denmark & WLM coordinator >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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