Commons talk:Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Tunisia

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Timeline[edit]

Due time Task Importance Status
January 2013
January 31 from this date you are invited to indicate that you're interested in organizing WLM in your country by sending an email to wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Status:    Done
February 2013
February 1 contact local Wikipedians (if any) to start a heritage project on your local Wikipedia Status:    Not done
February 5 analyse what information about the monuments is available in your country (e.g. full address, coordinates, unique identifiers etc.) Status:    Done
February 18 add your country to the participating countries list and set up a page with general information about your local contest Status:    Done
February 19 register your local wikilovesmonuments.TLD domain. Create a redirect to Wikimedia Commons if you have no content yet Status:    Done
February 19 create your local OTRS queue and team Status:    Not done
February 20 (if needed) create a mailing list for your local Wiki Loves Monuments Status:    Done
February 21 start preparing a task management system, divide the work between the people Status:    Done
February 22 contact your government or other responsible institution/organisation and ask for the lists of monuments Status:    Done
February 25 Add your country to this list on Wikimedia Commons and create a page for it. Also, fill in the progress table for your country Status:    Done
February 26 have all main organisers subscribed to the global mailing list Status:    Done
February 28 (if needed) create a timeline for your local Wiki Loves Monuments; feel free to use this one as a base! Status:    Done
March 2013
March 1 contact other partner organisations or institutions (cultural institutions, governmental offices in charge of heritage, etc.) Status:    Done
March 2 start advertising the project in your local Wikimedia community (if exists) Status:    Done
March 4 start a discussion on defining communication channels (including outside ones) Status:    Done
March 11 have structured list templates finished Status:    Done
March 21 have the list of monuments received from the government/other responsible institution Status:    Done
March 24 have some structured lists ready Status:    Done
March 25 create environment where people can report errors in the lists Status:    Done
March 25 create a local helpdesk (including legal questions) Status:    Done
March 31 have a landing page ready at your local wikilovesmonuments.TLD page Status:    Done
April 2013
April 1 consider asking your local Ministry of Culture or other cultural heritage institution to formally support the contest in your country Status:    Done
April 8 decide on "real life" meetings with volunteers, try to identify local problems & possibilities
(including freedom of panorama and other copyright issues)
Status:    Not done
April 15 start working on your official (external) website Status:    Done
April 16 start working on local documentation (how to locate monuments on a map using software available in your country etc.) Status:    Not done
April 30 start looking for local sponsors to provide awards Status:    in progress
May 2013
May 1 start thinking about some promotional materials and goodies to give to the participants Status:    in progress
May 13 set up category structure for your local monuments on Wikimedia Commons Status:    Done
May 16 (if possible) start working on a local events programme Status:    Done
May 23 join the work on a pre-announcement to be sent to all Village Pumps Status:    Not done
May 30 have the official website up, running and shining Status:    Done
May 30 have an OTRS queue set up with at least two-three people with access Status:    Not done
May 31 have the pre-announcement posted to your local Village Pump Status:    Done
June 2013
June 2 write an announcement asking people to submit nominations for your local jury Status:    Done
June 10 start processing already existing pictures on Wikimedia Commons Status:    Done
June 30 have the rules of the contest set up and posted to your external website (you can check out and adapt other countries' rules) Status:    Done
July 2013
July 29 local sponsors should be ready & informed about the goings-on
July 31 (if needed) set up a Flickr group (and other platforms) for an easy upload Status:    Not done
July 31 have your local jury fully formed and set up judging criteria
August 2013
August 1 start preparing Commons infrastructure (UploadWizard) and CentralNotice in your language Status:    Done
August 11 (if possible) finalise local events programme
August 31 monuments lists should be finished; finish processing already existing photos on Wikimedia Commons Status:    in progress
August 16 decide if you want to hold an awards ceremony and (if agreed on) start preparations
August 19 have local Public Relations people start working on an announcing press release
August 24 have all upload environment in your language tested
August 25 start sending invites to Flickr users in relevant groups to join the contest
August 31 have UploadWizard and CentralNotice translated to your language and ready Status:    Done
August 31 have the announcing press release ready and translated into your language; send it to the media!
August 31 have all crucial infrastructure and pages on Wikimedia Commons as well as the tools translated into your language
September 2013
September 1 start the contest!
September 9 have local Public Relations people start working on a middle-of-the-contest press release
September 12 have the middle-of-the-contest press release ready and translated into your language; send it to the media!
September 16 have the local awards ceremony confirmed
September 25 have local Public Relations people start working on a final press release
September 30 finish the contest!
October 2013
October 1 have the final press release ready and translated into your language; send it to the media!
October 9 have the participants survey ready and translated into your language
October 31 Hard deadline: have the final decision of the local jury; send your nominations to the international level
October 31 have your local winners informed about the results of the contest
November 27 have a press release about the results of your local contest ready and sent out to the media
November 2013
November 4 send thank-you letters or e-mails to the volunteers, partners and sponsors and invite them to your local awards ceremony
November 11 start working on the evaluation of the project
November 18 (if applicable) hold your local awards ceremony
November 25 make sure all photos are in the lists and are properly categorised
November 30 have the evaluation ready & posted to your local Wikipedia; translate at least the most important parts of it into English
December 2013
December 1-31 get some rest! well done! :-)