[Wiki Loves Monuments] Please put the mobile app banner on your country sites

[Jon Robson]

Hi Naveen
I notice lots of monuments do not have geo coordinates so I guess this
is what you mean - users should still be able to search though if they
know what they are looking for! :)

I wonder if there is a way the app could add coordinates to these
monuments where they are missing... would be a great way to crowd
source some geo data....
Jon

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Naveen
> This should be solved in the next application update (hopefully later today)
>
> I disagree with your statement that the app will not be useful - it
> has a 'find nearby monuments;' feature which should help India Wiki
> Loves Monumenteers to find monuments on their doorstep so there is no
> need for them to even use the list!
>
> Jon
>
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf at wikimedia.in> wrote:
>> Hi Philip/Mathew,
>>
>> In case of India, until monuments list as separated as statewise; it will
>> not be useful.
>> User will be unable to browse 4000+ monuments from single list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> naveenpf
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Roth <mroth at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Adding to Phil's note, I think only the International, Israeli and the
>>> U.S. sites are currently using a prominent button to encourage downloads of
>>> the Android app. If other countries want to do the same, I think it would be
>>> excellent. If you don't like the image used on the app with the lightning (I
>>> know someone found it too dark), we could do other images or no image at
>>> all. For the U.S. site, we substituted an image of the Golden Gate Bridge.
>>> http://wikilovesmonuments.us/
>>>
>>> Anyway, please discuss any concerns with the design or anything else here
>>> and let us know if we can help facilitate more promotion of the app through
>>> the national sites.
>>>
>>> Couple of other stories in the past few days that mention the app:
>>>
>>> http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/4/3291159/wiki-loves-monuments-wikipedia-photo-contest-september-global
>>>
>>> http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/29/wikipedia-launches-worlds-largest-photo-contest/
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Philip Chang <pchang at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> The contest if off to a good start but traction for the mobile app is
>>>> lagging. So far we have 300+ uploads and about 1500 installs of the app.
>>>>
>>>> In some countries, the app will broaden participation, so it is a good
>>>> idea to let your communities know the app is available. We have created a
>>>> sample banner here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_mobile_application/Marketing#Editable
>>>>
>>>> Which you can modify as desired. The text is editable so it is easy to
>>>> translate, or feel free to change the text.
>>>>
>>>> The download link is in the banner text and graphics and QR code, so
>>>> don't worry about that.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions. We can help with
>>>> re-formatting.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, we are seeing some mobile/tech press attention in the US, so
>>>> the app could help your overall PR efforts. For example:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://allthingsd.com/20120904/wikipedia-mounts-massive-monthlong-photo-competition/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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