Kudos for the great work!
Roel
WLM-PH
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:
Hi all,
We have seen it coming for a while, but now it is official: Wiki Loves
Monuments has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the
Worlds Largest
Congratulations everybody!
Old record: http://www.webcitation.org/6Aq4K07SO
WLM 2011: http://www.webcitation.org/6BHTQjSdu
Current record:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-6000/largest-photography-competition/
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Wiki Loves Monuments
Sweet!
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote:
Congratulations everybody!
Old record: http://www.webcitation.org/6Aq4K07SO
WLM 2011: http://www.webcitation.org/6BHTQjSdu
Current record:
I guess 2012 WLM will break the record much more 'harder' this time round
Congrats to everyone. Its been nice experience for new countries like Ghana
Cheers,
rexford
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Nicole Ebber wrote:
This is such great news! Congratulations, and keep up the good work! I
am
Awesome :) Congratulations to everyone! Now, let's break it again :D
Just a quick though: isn't there a way to give (not sure about which
would be the right verb here) the record to the Wiki Loves Monuments
Organizers (Worldwide)? While I'm very happy with it being given to WM
Nederland
Hi Racso,
This is unfortunately how Guinness World Records works. The record has to
go to an organization (legal entity) or person that actually organized it.
Wikimedia Nederlands, as the official organizer of the international part
of the competition, is the organization that comes closest to
Thanks for the answer, Lodewijk!
I'm confused. I've seen records given to the following:
- The Antartica (a continent, Where: Antartica) -
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-3000/most-sparsely-populated-continent/
- Augie (a dog, Where: USA) -
it might be that the requirements differ from category to category. The
cases you mention are indeed quite different from that, and some of them
are obviously different. They seem to be especially tough when it comes to
things that can be organized (since those need the closest certification).
In
