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Thanks to Andrew Lih and Robert Fernandez for inviting us and making it happen. :) Best, Lily On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Lily <lilyofthewest.wikime...@gmail.com> wrote: > While Lodewijk is asleep, I chime in: > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Vira Motorko <vira.moto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think, we'll be able to share cool stories afterwards, because now I can >> think more about blood, sweat and tears :) >> >> Quick facts. >> >> WLM UA has separate prize for the biggest number of pictured monuments by a >> participant. And those monuments that did not have photos on Commons before >> this contest count as three. As a result we have several partisipants who >> spend their vacations on the go to see more places and take more photos for >> WLM, two, three years in a row. I see a dedication. >> >> We have a tradition to have last year winners in this year contest jury. >> This way, I hope, participants are more motivated, since winning seems less >> hopeless :) >> >> Was this interesting? > > These are both interesting. Thanks for sharing them. We had a prep > session a few hours ago where Stephen reminded us of something you > told us earlier (I'm paraphrasing, perhaps heavily): that in Ukraine > running Wiki Loves Monuments is a family event. You are creating an > environment where people think of Wiki Loves Monuments not as a one > time event, but as something that they can come to later and connect > with again and again. This is very beautiful (and interesting;)! :) > > btw, if you ever want to write in more details about how you run the > contest in Ukraine and especially the human and community side behind > it, please write a blog post. If your resources are limited, we're > happy to work with you and help you write one. We should talk about > these aspects more, and share them more broadly! :) > > Best, > Lily > >> -- >> Vira Motorko // Віра Моторко >> Wikimedia Ukraine nonprofit organisation // ГО «Вікімедіа Україна» >> mobile: +380667740499 | facebook: vira.motorko | wikipedia: Ата >> >> If this email is about your daily job and it reaches you outside of the >> working hours, please, feel free to answer when it's appropriate! // Якщо це >> робочий лист і Ви отримали його не в робочий час, будь ласка, відповідайте, >> коли вважаєте за потрібне! >> >> 2017-09-06 22:12 GMT+03:00 Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org>: >>> >>> hey all, >>> >>> tonight (tomorrow morning for me - yawn!), we'll be joining a special >>> episode of Wikipedia Weekly! >>> >>> It is always nice to share a bit about what you're doing in your country, >>> and for the conversation it would be nice to tap into some of those stories. >>> I know a bunch because of talking with a lot of you - but I would definitely >>> appreciate a bit more sharing. >>> >>> This is extremely short notice (about 7-8 hours to go), but if you have >>> cool stories about your country, what kind of stuff you're doing, how you're >>> reaching out to new users, how you're targeting the most important monuments >>> to you, or how you're trying to do the impossible - please share! >>> >>> I can't promise we work it into the conversation - but either way you'll >>> bring a smile on my face. And I can promise you that such a smile is always >>> welcome at 04:00 in the morning :) Thanks in advance! >>> >>> Looking forward to them, >>> >>> Lodewijk >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 -- User: LilyOfTheWest _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
