[Wiki Loves Monuments] Thinking about the future

Thu Sep 26 13:43:07 UTC 2013

I had an interesting discussion with a professional photographer of animals.

I invited him to participate to WLM and he refused because the modality to
take a photo of an animal is different from the monument one.

The monument doesn't move... so I agree that the objective has to be
changed instead of trying to enlarge the list of monuments.

Regards

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>wrote:

> As I also indicated elsewhere, I have my doubts about some of these
> conclusions. Yes, there's enthusiasm for many different initiatives (the
> session at Wikimania had a focus on improving the concept and surfacing
> innovation), but we should reconsider the picture as a whole. I'm not
> convinced that we should continue with Wiki Loves Monuments should be
> repeated in 2014, but that it would perhaps be good to pause it for one or
> two years, at the benefit of Wiki Loves Earth.
>
> I think that we should have a more in-depth discussion after Wiki Loves
> Monuments has finished (end of October), about what the path for the next
> year should be. I personally think that we can only run one major
> competition on a large scale internationally at a time - and perhaps a few
> tryouts parallel to it in individual countries. Also, I think it would be
> wise to reconsider exchanging Wiki Loves Public Art for the internationally
> more realistic Wiki Loves Art (using museums and their contents rather than
> things on the streets).
>
> In any case, thanks for publishing the notes, lets be careful with
> extrapolation enthusiasm into big picture results.
>
> Lodewijk
>
>
>
> 2013/9/25 Ganesh Paudel <gpaudel at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Beat and all,
>> Conducting Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Public Art are good to start.
>>
>> We have many media in the commons especially photographs unused in any
>> project.
>> Wiki-RIC concept is to have a photo campaign for meaningful use. That's
>> why it is considered important and rated highest in the conference.
>> Let's think this aspect of Wiki RIC positively.
>>
>>  Best,
>>
>> Ganesh K. Paudel
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Estermann Beat <beat.estermann at bfh.ch>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Today, I have transferred the documentation of the Wiki Loves Monuments
>>> Future Workshop (Wikimania 2013, Hong Kong) to the WLM portal:****
>>>
>>>
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/WLM_Future_Workshop
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Given the results of the workshop and the feedbacks received from the
>>> participants so far, it seems that we are heading for three international
>>> photo contests next year:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> **-       **Wiki Loves Monuments****
>>>
>>> **-       **Wiki Loves Earth****
>>>
>>> **-       **Wiki Loves Public Art****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> There was also a fourth proposal, “WikiRIC – Requested Image
>>> Competition” that was very highly rated by the workshop participants. – I
>>> think it would be great to see also a pilot project implementing this idea
>>> during next year. To my knowledge, no project group has formed yet. Those
>>> who signaled their interest are therefore warmly invited to coordinate the
>>> formation of a project team! (let me know if you need the contacts of the
>>> people that were interested to help implementing this approach!)****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *Suggestions for the next steps:*
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> I think it would be great if for each contest a core group for 2014
>>> would form that:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> **-       **sets up an international project page for 2014, so
>>> interested countries can sign up****
>>>
>>> **-       **sets up a mailing list for the coordination of the contest
>>> (in case this hasn’t happened yet)****
>>>
>>> **-       **follows up on the evaluation of this year’s contests and
>>> starts working on the improvements for next year (some improvements might
>>> concern the institutional setup, so it would be wise to start early)****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Furthermore, I would suggest, that the coordinators of the three
>>> thematic contests get together (online), to discuss:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> **-       **when which contest is going to take place in 2014 (this
>>> year we had an overlap between WLPA and WLE, which is probably not ideal)
>>> ****
>>>
>>> **-       **how to tackle the technical issues in 2014 (there are many
>>> potential synergies, and there is also a lot of room for improvement)***
>>> *
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Kind regards,****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Beat****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> _____________________________________________________ ****
>>>
>>> Beat Estermann
>>> Research Associate****
>>>
>>> Berne University of Applied Sciences
>>> E-Government Institute
>>> Morgartenstrasse 2a
>>> Postfach 305
>>> CH-3000 Bern 22  ****
>>>
>>> beat.estermann at bfh.ch
>>> www.e-government.bfh.ch ****
>>>
>>> Phone +41 31 848 34 30
>>> Phone (direct number) +41 31 848 34 38
>>> Fax +41 31 848 34 31 ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>
>>
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