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

Naveen Francis naveenpf at wikimedia.in
Thu Sep 6 16:41:03 UTC 2012


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Naveen
> This should be solved in the next application update (hopefully later
> today)
>

Thanks Jon that will really helpful.

>
> 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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> >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Matthew Roth
> >> Global Communications Manager
> >> Wikimedia Foundation
> >> +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635
> >> www.wikimediafoundation.org
> >> https://donate.wikimedia.org
> >>
> >>
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