Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in the United Kingdom
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Wiki Loves Monuments (http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org) is an annual international photography contest and crowdsourcing event in which participants photograph and upload images of historic monuments to Wikimedia Commons. These images are then available for free use on Wikipedia and beyond. More details about this year's annual competition can be found at Wiki Loves Monuments 2014. The competition takes place throughout the month of September each year.
Last year, the UK contest focused on historic buildings of significant importance. This year (2014) we expect to be able to allow a greater range of heritage subjects, including scheduled ancient monuments. Everyone is welcome to get involved, whether as a participant (photographer), organizational volunteer, or both. There is no requirement for participants or volunteers to be from the UK. The UK part of the competition is volunteer-led, with significant support from Wikimedia UK.
The main competition website (for competitors) is at http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/.
About the 2014 contest[edit]
| WLM-UK 2014 links:
For organizers & helpers
For competitors |
Participants upload pictures taken by themselves of eligible UK heritage subjects and upload them to Wikimedia Commons during the month of September under a free licence. Uploaded photographs do not have to be taken during September 2014, but they must not have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons before. Participants are free to upload photographs of any eligible subject, even if Commons already has one or more photographs, but of course a new angle or a new detail is more useful to the project than simply repeating what has been done before.
For more details, see Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in the United Kingdom/Eligible subjects. Please join the discussion there about which types of heritage subjects we will allow into the competition this year.
If you would like to help organize the contest, think you might like to take part in September, or would just like to register your support, please add your name at Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in the United Kingdom/People.
Remember to subscribe to the Wiki Loves Monuments UK mailing list as well. The list admin is Katie Chan (WMUK).
Work to be done (planning)[edit]
See the main planning page at:
Top-level timeline for UK competition[edit]
For details of current work, and names of responsible volunteers, see Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in the United Kingdom/planning.
| Due time | Task | Status |
| March-April | ||
| - | start early discussions |  Done
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| - | make the final decision on running the contest this year in the UK | |
| - | set up a portal page for Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK on the English Wikipedia | |
| - | start preparing a task management system, divide the work between the people | |
| - | contact the four listing authorities | |
| - | create a page on Wikimedia Commons (see the portal page) and fill in the table for the UK | Done
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| - | have all main organizers subscribed to the global mailing list | |
| - | contact other partner organizations or institutions | |
| - | start advertising the project to local Wikimedia community | |
| - | start a discussion on defining communication channels (including outside ones) | |
| - | have the list of monuments received from the official listing authorities in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland | |
| - | have some structured lists ready | |
| - | create environment where people can report errors in the lists | |
| - | create a helpdesk (including legal questions) | Done
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| - | Seek official backing from the listing organizations | |
| - | decide on RL meeting with volunteers; identify problems & possibilities | |
| - | start working on the official (external) website | |
| - | start working on documentation | |
| - | start looking for sponsors to provide awards | |
| May | ||
| May 1 | start thinking about some promotional materials and goodies to give to the participants | |
| May 13 | set up category structure for UK monuments on Wikimedia Commons | |
| May 16 | start working on events programme | |
| May 23 | join the work on a pre-announcement to be sent to all Village Pumps | |
| May 30 | have the official website up, running and shining | |
| May 30 | have an OTRS queue set up with at least two-three people with access | |
| May 31 | have the pre-announcement posted to the Village Pump | |
| June | ||
| June 1 | partners should be ready, participating & informed about the goings-on | |
| June 2 | write an announcement asking people to submit nominations for the jury | |
| June 10 | start processing already existing pictures on Wikimedia Commons | |
| June 17 | have the promotional materials and goodies designed and at least being produced if you want to distribute them | |
| June 30 | have the rules of the contest set up and posted to the external website | |
| July 2 | have somebody join PR team to work on press releases and external outreach | |
| July 29 | sponsors should be ready & informed about the goings-on | |
| July 30 | have the main website and other materials translated into Welsh | |
| July 31 | have jury fully formed and set up judging criteria | |
| August | ||
| August 1 | start preparing Commons infrastructure (UploadWizard) and CentralNotice in Welsh | |
| August 7-11 | go to Wikimania and |
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| August 11 | finalise events programme | |
| August 12 | monuments lists should be finished; finish processing already existing photos on Wikimedia Commons | |
| August 15 | have promotional materials and goodies sent out to volunteers around the country | |
| August 16 | decide if you want to hold an awards ceremony and (if agreed on) start preparations | |
| August 19 | have PR people start working on an announcing press release | |
| August 24 | have all upload environment tested | |
| August 25 | start sending invites to Flickr users in relevant groups to join the contest | |
| August 27 | have UploadWizard and CentralNotice all ready | |
| August 28 | have the announcing press release ready; send it to the media! | |
| August 31 | have all crucial infrastructure and pages on Wikimedia Commons as well as the tools fully documented | |
| September | ||
| September 1 | start the contest! | |
| September 9 | have PR people start working on a middle-of-the-contest press release | |
| September 12 | have the middle-of-the-contest press release ready; send it to the media! | |
| September 16 | have the awards ceremony confirmed | |
| September 25 | have PR people start working on a final press release | |
| September 30 | finish the contest! | |
| October | ||
| October 1 | have the final press release ready; send it to the media! | |
| October 9 | have the participants survey ready | |
| October 31 | Hard deadline: have the final decision of the jury; send nominations to the international level | |
| October 31 | have your winners informed about the results of the UK contest | |
| November 27 | have a press release about the results of the contest ready and sent out to the media | |
| November | ||
| November 4 | send thank-you letters or e-mails to the volunteers, partners and sponsors and invite them to the awards ceremony | |
| November 11 | start working on the evaluation of the project | |
| November 18 | (if applicable) hold awards ceremony | |
| November 25 | make sure all photos are in the lists and are properly categorized on Commons | |
| November 30 | have the evaluation ready & posted to Commons/English Wikipedia/WMUK website | |
| December | ||
| December 1-31 | get some rest! well done! :-) | |
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Timeline - Progress - Tools - FAQ - Media - Sponsors - List of landing page, monuments and uploadlink - Winning photos
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