[Wiki Loves Monuments] Communist monuments in Ukraine

[Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada]

2015-05-20 15:02 GMT+02:00 attolippip <attolippip at gmail.com>:

> Dear Emilio,
>
> But what exactly do you suggest?
>
> Creating lists to include the photos locally?
> Taking pictures of monuments that are going to be not monuments anymore?
> Raising awareness? Smth else?
>
> There can be solutions to look for based on your answer(s) :)
>

I suggest taking photographs of every monument in risk to be removed. In a
WLM fashion.


>
>
Best,
> antanana
>
> 2015-05-20 15:50 GMT+03:00 Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada <emijrp at gmail.com>:
>
>> 2015-05-20 14:43 GMT+02:00 attolippip <attolippip at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Yeah, there is local upload in Ukrainian Wikipedia enabled, unfortunately
>>> But one needs articles where these pictures can be used, of course
>>>
>>>
>> A list of communist monuments would fit? There is one in English
>> Wikipedia.[1] A table with the name, sculptor, location, and image.
>>
>> Also, can we upload the images to Commons and remove them later?[2] Until
>> they can be restored in the future.
>>
>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communist_monuments_in_Ukraine
>> [2]
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ukrainian_FOP_cases/deleted
>>
>>
>>
>>> Best,
>>> antanana
>>>
>>> 2015-05-20 15:28 GMT+03:00 Pierre-Selim <pierre-selim at huard.info>:
>>>
>>>> 2015-05-20 14:22 GMT+02:00 Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru>:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-05-20 14:11, Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the past years, monuments related to communism in Ukraine have been
>>>>>> damaged or destroyed. During Euromaidan protests that was increased,
>>>>>> with many examples of destroyed sculptures.[1]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have heard in the news that many more monuments are going to be
>>>>>> removed soon by law. I know that it is a controversial topic in
>>>>>> Ukraine, but probably we won't be able to take pictures of these
>>>>>> monuments anymore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is anyone interested on this topic?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> With a very few exceptions, pictures of these monuments can not be
>>>>> uploaded on Commons due to the lack of freedom of panorama in Ukraine.
>>>>> Unfortunately, most of the Ukrainin users do not understand the concept of
>>>>> freedom of panorama and upload them anyway. In such cases, the files must
>>>>> be nominated for deletion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Yaroslav
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there an exemption on the Ukrainian speaking Wikipedia (such as
>>>> Non-free content on english Wikipedia or modern building on french
>>>> Wikipedia) ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Pierre-Selim
>>>>
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