[Wiki Loves Monuments] 'evaluation'

[Ilario Valdelli]

To specify what I am saying:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Evaluation_reports/2015/Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Outputs

In the paragraph "Content Production and Quality Improvement" it's not
mentioned any paragraph about the quality of the photos.

It's a photo contest and the photo contest gives a prize to the best photos
not to the biggest uploaders.

This is an example of divergence between the real aim of the projects and
the measures of the evaluation.

Probably there is a misunderstanding in same place.

A god shot of a professional artist doesn't cost 0.90 dollars.

To measure the success the best approach is to consider that a god shot can
costs around 50-100 dollars.

Replying to people that agree that the measure is to cover articles, I
agree with them but I also agree that there is no sense to have bad photos
even if these photos are not "descriptive".

Regards


On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Ilario Valdelli <valdelli at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lodewijk,
> it's not the fisrt time that I am saying that the measures of the
> evaluation are able to measure quantities and not qualities.
>
> If the aim of Wikimedia is to improve also the qualities, it's clear the
> direction that the movement is taking.
>
> I know that measuring quantities is easier, but it's not an evaluation,
> are simple numbers without a clear "strategy".
>
> regards
>
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> it seems that the WMF evaluation department has once again put together
>> an evaluation of Wiki Loves Monuments. Out of curiosity, were any of the
>> organizers involved in this? A quick glance suggests some factual errors,
>> and again a big focus on assuming WLM is a consistent project, that is
>> similar in each country (while in reality it is a diverse collection of
>> projects, tailored to the needs of each country, by its community) and with
>> a focus towards number crunching.
>>
>> Statements that begin with 'the average Wiki Loves Monuments
>> implementation/contest' make my eyes bleed... Did anyone make a more
>> thorough analysis of the report?
>>
>> Best,
>> Lodewijk
>>
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