[Wiki Loves Monuments] Update: Designing Wiki Loves Monuments calendars

Tue Nov 22 12:45:38 UTC 2011

Indeed If you want the calendar to mainly be art-showing then the images should be most of the page.
Mvg, 
Bas

> From: nicole.ebber at wikimedia.de
> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:26 +0100
> To: wikilovesmonuments at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Update: Designing Wiki Loves Monuments	calendars
> 
> Thanks a lot, Charles. :)
> 
> But I thought we should have the images take most of the page, not the
> calendar. What do the others think?
> 
> Cheers
> Nicole
> 
> On 21 November 2011 15:50, charles andres <charles.andres at wikimedia.ch> wrote:
> >
> > Here the files. Basically it remains only the calendar part :-D
> >
> > The files are 0.5cm bigger than the A3 format, like this the printer cut at
> > 0.5cm and avoid any white mark at the edge.
> >
> > The size of the calendar part has been adapt to the larger pictures we had.
> >
> > When you transform the svg in pdf, black background usually became white, at
> > least with inkscape, not a problem, easy to change in Adobe acrobat after.
> >
> > I have few free time in this end of year, all the lessons I give are
> > concentrated between now and Christmas, so I could miss a message on the
> > mailing list, but feel free to contact me by direct mail.
> >
> > The original file for the calendar part can be found here:
> > http://ebookbrowse.com/bi-monthly-calendar-2012-pdf-d125676737
> >
> >
> > Charles
> >
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> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : wikilovesmonuments-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> > [mailto:wikilovesmonuments-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] De la part de Nicole
> > Ebber
> > Envoyé : lundi, 21. novembre 2011 14:45
> > À : Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
> > Objet : Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Update: Designing Wiki Loves Monuments
> > calendars
> >
> > Charles, that would be awesome!!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nicole
> >
> > On 21 November 2011 14:19, charles andres <charles.andres at wikimedia.ch>
> > wrote:
> >> Hum.... I've done one for the swiss contest, if it is useful I can send
> > the
> >> individual month pages in svg without the pictures...
> >>
> >> It is a simple one, but all the printing details have been review by a
> >> professional
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Cahrles
> >> ___________________________________________________________
> >> Charles ANDRES, Membre du Comité
> >> Wikimedia CH - Association pour l'avancement des connaissances libres
> >>
> >> Skype: charles.andres.wmch
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> >>
> >>
> >> -----Message d'origine-----
> >> De : wikilovesmonuments-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> >> [mailto:wikilovesmonuments-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] De la part de
> > Nicole
> >> Ebber
> >> Envoyé : lundi, 21. novembre 2011 13:05
> >> À : Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
> >> Objet : [Wiki Loves Monuments] Update: Designing Wiki Loves Monuments
> >> calendars
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> we are still discussing about the layout of the WLM calendar.
> >>
> >> Current status is: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/WLM-calendar
> >>
> >> I have been talking to some friends about the design of the calendars.
> >> Two things:
> >>
> >> 1. The size of the images: Is the designer allowed to cut / crop the
> > images
> >> to make them fit into the design? Of course, within reasonable margins,
> > with
> >> commons sense. I have attached an example of the lol porn calendar, which
> > I
> >> find quite nice. But since we have different formats and sizes of images
> >> (imagine one image like this on the page:
> >>
> > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/St_petersburg_4.jpg
> >> /600px-St_petersburg_4.jpg),
> >> it would anyway be difficult to have all pages look equally nice.
> >>
> >> 2. Do we really want these blank fields for handwritten notes? In my
> >> opinion, the calendar should be more like an art calendar than a
> > "practical"
> >> thing. Everyone carries around their calendars in their pockets, you don't
> >> need to "disrupt" the well and cleanly designed calendar by writing some
> >> stuff on it. The value of the calendar lies in the images, not in the
> >> calendar feature.
> >>
> >> What do you think? Add your comments to the etherpad, please.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Nicole
> >>
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> Nicole Ebber
> Projektmanagerin
> 
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
> Eisenacher Straße 2
> 10777 Berlin
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> Tel.: +49 30 219158260
> http://wikimedia.de
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> Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales
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