Fun, fascinating and simple idea that is a really good example of innovative projects that can be run :-) Thanks for sharing.
I think that this project, like the Wikimedia Norway Nobel Peace Prize announcement live-editathon a few months ago, show how Chapters and local groups can take advantage of what makes their region special. By choosing a subject that is close to everyone's daily life (especially in France!) this makes for not only an enjoyable project, but a very clever way of gaining public attention to the issue of free-knowledge. I see Wikimedia France has been retweeting some mainstream media coverage which use the fun subject of 'photos of cheese' to mention the importance of free licenses: http://ecrans.liberation.fr/ecrans/2014/11/24/les-wikipediens-en-font-tout-un-fromage_1149760 And http://www.numerama.com/magazine/31369-wikimedia-france-veut-gouter-200-fromages-et-les-documenter.html Crowdfunding it separately also helps avoid anyone complaining about whether Wikimedia donors' money was incorrectly spent on cheese-eating parties :-) Well done WM-Fr, I hope it is a success! Perhaps other Chapters and local groups can look at improving Wikimedia's coverage of their national/regional cuisine - and having a good time in the process!? -Liam On Monday, 24 November 2014, Christophe Henner <christophe.hen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good news everyone, > > Cheese articles are gonna get improved! > > As french, it was dreadful for us to see so few illustrations of cheese on > Wikipedia. This is about to change. > > A group of french Wikimedians, lead by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, designed a > project to photograph many cheeses, up to 200 for the moment. > > This project is perticular as we aim to have it found through a french > crowdfunding platform, KissKissBankBank. > > Of course Wikimedia France could have funded it itself, but we wanted to > use the project as a way to get the larger audience aware of their ability > to contribute and to give a fun image of contributing. > > The project in few words iss follow : > * 10 cheeses per session > * During the session the cheeses are photographed and their articles > improved > * During the sessions experimented wikimedian would train new editors > * At every session every participant would enjoy eating good cheese too > > If you want to read more, or even contribute, about the project you can go > on KissKissBankBank : > http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/fr/projects/wikicheese > > > If you have any questions, please feel free to shoot them on or off list. > > All the best, > > -- > Christophe > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> -- wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
