Hi Philip, Thanks for the note. :) We do look forward to working with you more closely for 2017 as we rethink our strategies around countries that have captured (almost;) all their monuments via photos.
Best, Lily On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Philip Kopetzky < philip.kopet...@wikimedia.at> wrote: > Hi all! > > I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the international WLM > team on a job well done and thank them for the work and energy they have > put into organising the international contest this year! :-) > > Best, > Philip > > On 15 December 2016 at 20:06, Lily <lilyofthewest.wikime...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> It's been an incredible 4 months. On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments >> international team I'd like to thank /all/ of you who made this year's >> contest possible. We have achieved a lot together. >> >> In this email, we're sharing with you the result of the contest. There >> are 15 winners in this year's contest chosen among 392 photos that made it >> to the international contest. The international jury carefully reviewed >> these photos and chose the top 15 among them. >> >> Like any other contest, there are photos and countries that have made it >> to the top 15 and those who haven't. It's important for us to remember that >> our work towards free knowledge for everyone is beyond the geographical >> borders and contests. The contest is a means to an end. This is a day that >> we all should celebrate for empowering more people to share in the sum of >> all human knowledge, for helping them bring amazing photos to Wikipedia, >> Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, Wikidata, and our other projects, and for >> helping them discover their heritage. >> >> All key metrics showed significant growth compared to last year: the >> number of participating countries (more than 30% increase), the number of >> participants (62% increase), the number of first time contributors to >> Wikimedia projects (78% increase), and the number of photos uploaded (20% >> increase). This year we also welcomed four first time participating >> countries from very different parts of the world: Bangladesh, Greece, Peru, >> and South Korea. I want to emphasize this: /you/ made all of this happen! :) >> >> Now, please sit back and enjoy the result of your efforts: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016 >> _winners#Winners >> >> You can read the blog posts about the results as well. They are: >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/winners-2016/ >> and >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/15/seventh-annual-wiki- >> loves-monuments/ >> >> Best, >> Lily, on behalf of the WLM international team >> >> -- >> User: LilyOfTheWest >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WLM-Announce mailing list >> wlm-annou...@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wlm-announce >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > -- User: LilyOfTheWest
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