[Wiki Loves Monuments] monuments in cameroon, what to do if there is no "id"

[Lodewijk]

Hi Rupert,

thanks for your mail and interest in Cameroon. While I have no contacts in
Cameroon (I couldn't find any of our current international partners with
good contacts there either) I did find this ICOMOS 2002 report:
http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2002/cameroon2002.htm  which
states that there is no decent monument policy in Cameroon.

I haven't been able to idenfity any list besides the UNESCO identified list
- which is usually too small to organize a real photo contest on. The
reason we can't make up our own lists is because we want the lists to
remain on Wikipedia and that way the photos too. Having the photos on
Wikipedia is a good motivator for many people to participate. Maybe in the
case of Cameroon it would be wiser to consider other topics to photograph
than officially recognized monuments. It wouldn't be part of Wiki Loves
Monuments, but it could still learn from the lessons we presented which are
often also valid for other topics.

Lodewijk

2012/7/23 Barbara Fischer <barbara.fischer at wikimedia.de>

> Hi Rupert,
> actually I would recommend to get in touch with H. E. Mr Lejeune Mbella
> Mbella
> Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cameroon to France,
> Permanent Delegate (26/11/2007)
> http://www.unesco.org/eri/cp/cp-nav.asp?country=cm&language=E listed on
> the page you named and ask him for advice.
>
> If there is no official monument list at all it will be hard to fullfill
> the rules of the contest. Concerning the possibility that a Wikipedia ID
> number is created in lack of an official ID please check FAQ
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/FAQ#What_are_the_basic_rules.3F.
> I read it as if Your community could create their own system as long as
> there is no official system. Make sure that there is only one system
> applied.
>
> I am happy to here that You plan to participate. I thought that it would
> only happen next year.
>
> Please feel welcome!
>
> Barbara
> *
> *
> 2012/7/23 rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com>
>
>> hi,
>>
>> what would be the best authority for a monuments list in cameroon? the
>> only thing i could find was:
>> http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/cm/
>>
>> a second related question: in case there is no reliable "id", is it
>> allowed to create one for wikipedia?
>>
>> rupert.
>>
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