I love this. Thanks, Michael! We could link to our Bassel blog post in the comments underneath these posts—it mentions New Palmyra.
Also, do we need the all-caps hashtag? --Ed On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone (adding comms into this because this may be pertinent as > well): > > Yesterday, the #NEWPALMYRA project launched a new online community > platform and data repository dedicated to the capture, preservation, > sharing, and creative reuse of data about the ancient city of Palmyra. > Furthermore, the collected data will be released into the public domain > under a Creative Commons Zero license at NewPalmyra.org. We, along with MIT > Media Lab, EFF, Mozilla, and others are listed as supporters. > > On their landing page, you can download the Temple of Bel 3D model and it > includes a call for participation, specifically asking users to contribute > info and media about Palmyra to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. > > Thank you for reviewing and love to hear your comments. > > t: You can help preserve the ancient city of Palmyra for future > generations. Find out how. #NEWPALMYRA > http://www.newpalmyra.org/ > > t: Sharing data, code, and art for the the past, present, and future of > Palmyra. #NEWPALMYRA > http://www.newpalmyra.org/ > > f: "By honoring its memory with a virtual site of collaboration we can > build a new community and highlight the plight of the Syrian people." -- > Bassel Khartabil. > http://www.newpalmyra.org/ > > f: You can help preserve the ancient city of Palmyra for future > generations. Join in making #NewPalmyra a reality. > http://www.newpalmyra.org/ > > Wikimedia Commons Fb: You can help preserve the ancient city of Palmyra. > Join in making #NewPalmyra a reality by contributing images to Wikimedia > Commons. http://www.newpalmyra.org/ > > @wikicommons: You can help preserve the ancient city of Palmyra. Join in > making #NewPalmyra a reality by contributing images to Wikimedia Commons. > http://www.newpalmyra.org/ > > > > -- > Michael Guss > Research Analyst > Wikimediafoundation.org > [email protected] > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Associate Wikimedia Foundation
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