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(Alex Stinson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:30:34 -0300 > From: Alex Stinson <astin...@wikimedia.org> > To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition > <wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 ? > Message-ID: > <CAOczgRSKCQp6ypvHZ= > cpowmunn0xk6lgec4rhcb3z4v_0yj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I wanted to endorse the idea of "increasing usage of previously uploaded > photos, improving respective Wikipedia articles, working on categorization > etc." described by Anton. Wiki Loves Africa has been able to get quite a > bit of good community engagement using the ISA tool > https://tools.wmflabs.org/isa/ to bring attention to the media files and > improve their discoverability. > > Also, as I have been going through the files on Commons in my volunteer > capacity adding Structured Data, I have identified a ton of different "Wiki > Loves" imagines without categories, or other basic metadata (i.e. good > descriptions/captions of what is in the image). > > Cheers, > > Alex > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:17 AM Anton Protsiuk < > anton.prots...@wikimedia.org.ua> wrote: > > > Hi everyone > > > > Here's a quick overview of what Wiki Loves Earth has done or plans to do > > in the wake of the pandemic. Some of the measures will not be relevant > for > > WLM, of course; but maybe something will be useful. > > > > * Extending the timeframe for the international contest by one month > > (through July 30th) so as to give local teams more time to prepare & an > > opportunity to move the contest to a later date. > > * Communicating with local teams about the ban on WMF-funded public > > offline events & discussing the opportunities of moving some of the > events > > online (and extending our funding guide > > < > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/Organise#Funding > > > > for local teams). > > * Encouraging participants to dig into their archives instead of actively > > taking photos, as well as to obey all local restrictions on walking and > > travel. > > * Encouraging and incentivizing non-photographic activities, such as > > increasing usage of previously uploaded photos, improving respective > > Wikipedia articles, working on categorization etc. > > > > See also > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/COVID19_response > > > > > > Best Regards > > Anton Protsiuk > > Project Manager at Wikimedia Ukraine > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 1:25 AM Philip Kopetzky < > philip.kopet...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Given that photographers (at least in Austria) usually do not roam > around > >> in herds, we plan on doing the usual contests this year too, starting in > >> July. Of course the situation differs from country to country. > >> > >> It might make sense to emphasise uploading old/historic pictures of > >> monuments or as Lodeweijk mentioned focusing more on the data level > >> internationally. > >> > >> Best, > >> Philip > >> > >> On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 at 20:59, effe iets anders < > effeietsand...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Nicolas, all, > >>> > >>> thanks for bringing up the question, which may well be on the minds of > >>> many. I have not coordinated this response in the international team, > but > >>> this is based on my best understanding of our situation. > >>> > >>> You're entirely correct that there are many uncertainties. It's hard to > >>> look ahead more than a week or two, let alone 4 months. At this point, > I > >>> don't believe that it's wise to make assumptions where we will be in > >>> September, or make decisions based on those assumptions. Because > things may > >>> be better (we all hope!) but they may also be much worse. Over the next > >>> months, the international team will keep a close eye on the situation > and > >>> develop scenarios what we can do, and what we can't. I expect that we > will > >>> make some kind of decision by early July. > >>> > >>> I want to acknowledge that this brings an extra layer of uncertainty > for > >>> all the hundreds of volunteers involved with Wiki Loves Monuments > across > >>> the world. Unfortunately, we're currently not in a position to make a > clear > >>> cut decision. I do want to make clear that of course we would never > ask or > >>> encourage anyone to go against shelter orders or otherwise endanger > people > >>> - and I expect the national teams will feel the same about this. > >>> > >>> If you're looking for things that you can do at this time in > preparation > >>> that will be worthwhile irrespective of the outcome of WLM 2020, I > >>> encourage to take the time to reflect on your data infrastructure. How > can > >>> we improve the data quality, how can we establish better uniformity? If > >>> people are interested in that, we should spin up a separate thread, > and see > >>> how different countries can help each other on this. This kind of data > >>> structures are useful no matter when it becomes sound again to go out > and > >>> take photos. > >>> > >>> I hope everyone is safe and stays safe - no matter what the situation > in > >>> your country looks like. If there are specific concerns you have aside > from > >>> these, please do reach out. > >>> > >>> With warm regards from California, > >>> > >>> Lodewijk > >>> > >>> On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 12:27 PM Ilario valdelli <valde...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> The opening will not be "go out" for everyone and in every condition. > >>>> > >>>> Probably during summer there will be a lot of limitations too. > >>>> > >>>> KInd regards > >>>> On 11/04/2020 15:16, WereSpielChequers wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Given the timings, it is very possible that some countries will be out > >>>> of lockdown in time for a photography contest in a few months. > >>>> > >>>> But a great contest for lockdown would be a contest for scanning and > >>>> uploading ones pre digital photographs. > >>>> > >>>> ~~~~ > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 at 12:53, Nicolas VIGNERON < > >>>> vigneron.nico...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> Given the current situation, has anyone (in the international tema or > >>>>> in local team) explored how and if Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 would > happen? > >>>>> > >>>>> We start to think about it in France, there is a wish to make it > >>>>> despite the COVID. But for now, we are mainly looking at options as > there > >>>>> is a lot of uncertainties. > >>>>> > >>>>> PS: Can anyone make a script counting how many photos submitted at > WLM > >>>>> are taken before september? Our assumption is that a lot - most ? - > photos > >>>>> are taken long before september, which can be a good thing - people > have a > >>>>> "stock" of photos on their hard drive - or a bad thing - people > usually > >>>>> take photo now, but most countries are in lockdown now... So, it > depends on > >>>>> the statistics. > >>>>> > >>>>> I hope you're all well and safe. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> ~nicolas > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > >>>>> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > >>>>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing listWikiLovesMonuments > @lists.wikimedia.orghttps:// > lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonumentshttp://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Ilario Valdelli > >>>> Wikimedia CH > >>>> Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > >>>> Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre > >>>> Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera > >>>> Switzerland - 8008 Zürich > >>>> Wikipedia: Ilario > >>>> Skype: valdelli > >>>> Tel: +41764821371http://www.wikimedia.ch > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > -- > Alex Stinson > Senior Program Strategist > Wikimedia Foundation > Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads > > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other > Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikilovesmonuments/attachments/20200413/a394a06a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > WikiLovesMonuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > > > ------------------------------ > > End of WikiLovesMonuments Digest, Vol 107, Issue 5 > ************************************************** >
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