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

[Naveen Francis]

yes Jon .
Only 20 monuments have co-ordinates out of 4300+ monuments.



On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Phil Inje Chang
> >>>> Product Manager, Mobile
> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation
> >>>> 415-812-0854 m
> >>>> 415-882-7982 x 6810
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Matthew Roth
> >>> Global Communications Manager
> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
> >>> +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635
> >>> www.wikimediafoundation.org
> >>> https://donate.wikimedia.org
> >>>
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> >
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