I can take that up On 16/03/2012, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi. > > Just in case it has not been discussed here yet: Is anyone in Wikimedia > Kenya interested in undertaking the coordination work to make this happen > in Kenya too? > > Asaf > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> > Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:57 PM > Subject: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate? > To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)" > <interna...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Hi all, > we're well on our way getting started with Wiki Loves Monuments 2012! (feel > free to forward) > > For those that don't know what Wiki Loves Monuments is all about, please > read this blog post [ > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/10/02/165000-photos-submitted-during-second-annual-wiki-love-monuments-photography-contest/] > on the WMF blog and this page about how the concept works [ > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Documentation#Concept]; > here's also a small introduction to the main idea of the contest and what's > awaiting us this year. > > *== Wiki Loves Monuments in a nutshell ==* > The photo competition around physical cultural heritage (buildings, > bridges, etc.) is running in September, organized in numerous countries > around the world. The contest is being organized in each country > separately, allowing to play to the local needs and wishes, but is joined > by an umbrella contest for the whole world making it all a bit more > exciting. Last year the contest was organized in 18 countries, and brought > in 165.000 images by 5000 uploaders. More importantly, 4000 of these > uploaders never uploaded anything before! > > *== Is your country participating? Helping hands are needed! ==* > For 2012 already 24 countries [ > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Participating_countries] > indicated that they will definitely participate, and 16 more say they > possibly will participate. Please take a look at the list, and see whether > your country is already there. If you would like to help organize this > contest in your country, please join the team that signed up for it (often > through a chapter or a local group) or start your own organizing group if > there is none yet! Interested countries for example include India, United > States, Chile, Sweden and Italy. > > *== So, why would you want to organize a WLM in your country? ==* > Well, of course there are the images – it is great to have good images > available of your country. But more importantly perhaps is the amount of > individuals that might participate! Hundreds, maybe thousands of people who > never contributed before can now help out with what they are best at: > making photos. They often find it fun, and might hang around a bit longer > if we receive them well. It also is a good opportunity to get in touch with > local cultural heritage institutions. > > Finally, it is a good way to try and forge a local community to organize > events together. It is an existing framework you can use, and although > there are no guarantees, working in an international context like this (the > largest collaboration between chapters and other Wikimedia organizations so > far!) helps a lot to keep people motivated and close to each other. An > international group will be helping interested groups with the basic > infrastructure and other things, and on a national level, you can focus on > the organizing of your own contest, lists and communications. > > *== Join the team and get started! ==* > If you want to know more, feel free to leave a message[ > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012] > or send us an email. But make sure to get started now if you're interested > - because some parts of the work just require quite some time since > external parties are involved. We would be delighted to help you out in any > way possible to pull off this event. > > Best, > Lodewijk > (on behalf of the international coordinating team) > > > _______________________________________________ > Internal-l mailing list > interna...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-l > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> >
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