We've got a plan for this... Stevie will no doubt elaborate if asked :-)

Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
On Dec 3, 2012 11:11 PM, "Lodewijk" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Also in the jury report we tried to bring it as neutral as possible.
> Please note that this picture also scored very high in the Argentine
> competition.
>
> The criterium is by the way not on which country's territory the monument
> is located, but strictly speaking the criterium is which country recognized
> it as a monument. Most of the time there's a 100% overlap in that, but not
> always.
>
> Anyway, fully agree with David that it *shouldn't* be a problem, but I'm
> not quite familiar with UK media.
>
> Best,
>
> Lodewijk
>
> 2012/12/3 David Gerard <[email protected]>
>
>> On 3 December 2012 21:32, Joe Filceolaire <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Just saw the results of the Wiki Loves Monuments and the photos are
>> > stunning.
>> > One of them however is of an Argentinian war grave in the Falklands but
>> the
>> > description could be interpreted as claiming the Malvinas are
>> Argentinian.
>> > Better get a spokesman lined up with a suitable statement.
>>
>>
>> I'll worry about it as and when they call.
>>
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cementerio_Argentino_de_Puerto_Darwin.jpg
>>
>> I've just added an English description (that says Falkland Islands) as
>> well as the Spanish one (that says Islas Malvinas).
>>
>> It's a stunning photo of a military cemetery, and no newspaper would
>> run a story without the picture - which will make it obvious that the
>> picture got a placing because it's a great picture.
>>
>> If we can't position this one as an example of Wikipedia's neutrality,
>> we're just not trying.
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
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