> > *I do see two other problems with WLM, which are (...) involvement of the > chapters as a precondition > *
Be organized by a Chapter is *not* a condition. The Andorra WLM is organized by Amical<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Associaci%C3%B3_Amical_Viquip%C3%A8dia>(who is not a chapter). If any country want to participate next year, you people don't want to have a chapter to organize it. _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.* On 12 September 2011 06:49, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:51:33 +0900, KIZU Naoko <aph...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Off topic alert: > > > > I haven't given a closer look to your main topic, Milos, so I cannot > > give a responsible statement in any way. But your reference to Wiki > > Loves Monuments, while I agree it's heavily Europe-focused, I strongly > > disagree with you on its decadency, as an (retired) aesthetic. While > > the determination what artworks are heavily depends on the community > > to appreciate, so partly I understand your concern, if WLM is carried > > on only by European chapter people, it can hardly of NPOV at some > > future moment, but artworks belong to the critical part of "the sum of > > human knowledge" along with the information who created them and then > > have appreciated or rejected them. > > > > Only countries which have lists of monuments compiled by the government > and having the status of the law are eligible for WLM. This is in some > sense POV but no more POV than say writing articles of members of > parliament who were elected by direct vote. If Japan has such a list (I > hope it does) next year it would be eligible to participate. My > understanding is that somehow the organizers did not expect such interest > and did not try to contact chapters outside Europe. Presumably next year > they will do. On the other hand, by the next year some of the European > countries may exhaust their monuments (in the sense that the most of the > pictures will be taken and the articles written or judged to be impossible > to write). Thus, NPOV does not seem to be a problem to me. > > I do see two other problems with WLM, which are (i) competition format, > which implicitly stimulates certain strategies we normally do not want to > stimulate; (ii) involvement of the chapters as a precondition - some > countries do not have chapters, some chapters showed no interest, some were > unable to organize anything in the end. But I am not sure such discussion > belongs to this thread. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l