[Wiki Loves Monuments] [Wlm2013-l] drop off in submissions, banner

Lodewijk lodewijk at effeietsanders.org
Sat Sep 28 07:49:17 UTC 2013


What about "This Monday is your last chance to... (whatever)" ?


2013/9/28 Karthik Nadar <karthikndr at wikimedia.in>

> Hiya,
>
> as the contest ends, can we change the CentralNotice banner saying
> something like this: "Wiki Loves Monuments contest ends tomorrow/the day
> after. Photograph a monument, help Wikipedia and win."
>
> This is just to alert that the contest is ending soon, and so that most
> people will hurry up!
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Karthik Nadar.
> Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in
>
> Participate in world's largest photo contest Wiki Loves Monuments:
> www.wikilovesmonuments.in
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Richard Nevell <
> richard.nevell at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, but so far there's not been much input at
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/CentralNotice
>>
>>
>> On 20 September 2013 18:51, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:
>>
>>> i don't think anyone is against it, they just advocate to try multiple
>>> angles :)
>>>
>>> Lodewijk
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/9/20 Richard Nevell <richard.nevell at wikimedia.org.uk>
>>>
>>>> Ok, it may not have much effect, but is there any harm in trying?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 20 September 2013 18:32, Maarten Dammers <maarten at mdammers.nl>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Maarten
>>>>>
>>>>> Op 20-9-2013 10:59, Maarten Deneckere schreef:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I don't think we will gain that much new contributors using a more
>>>>>> prominent sitenotice. Most people just ignore it. Just ask friends and
>>>>>> family, do they read that message?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I organised WLM both in Belgium and South Africa, and I have far
>>>>>> better experiences attracting people with a personal approach, eg. real
>>>>>> life WLM events, our mailing list, Facebook groups.
>>>>>>
>>>>> +1 to that. The central notice banner should be part of a broader
>>>>> campaign to promote Wiki Loves Monuments. Last couple of years we also had
>>>>> articles in magazines, etc. Bit too late for that now I guess...
>>>>>
>>>>> Maarten
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> Richard Nevell
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>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
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>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
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