From Clovermoss (Link to the 2019 Wiki Loves Monuments winning photograph <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stawiszyn_Nieczynny_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Ty%C5%82_ko%C5%9Bcio%C5%82a.jpg> that was taken by User:Marian Naworksi <https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedysta:Marian_Naworski>.)
This week, I learned about Wiki Loves Monuments <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments>. The wording kind of sounded familiar at first, but I wasn't sure why. I didn't really know what Wiki Loves Monuments was and now I'm thankful that I do. A lot goes into a good photograph and really good photographs have a way of striking me with awe in a way that's hard to describe with words. There were 25 announcements for the top winners and the winner was announced on January 14th. I love the way the sunlight shines in through the windows - it seems surreal, and it's almost like I'm standing there myself. I don't know what the temperature would be like inside the church, but I felt slightly cold looking at it. I'd imagine there isn't any heating currently in the building because it's abandoned, although maybe I'm thinking too much about details like that? From User:Pine The 15th of January is the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.>, who was a civil rights <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights> leader in the United States. Every year, the first Monday after his birthday is a U.S. national holiday <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day>. English Wikiquote selected a quote from him as its Quote of the Day for 15 January 2020 <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Quote_of_the_day/January_2020>. Although my memories of this are vague, I think that my elementary school used the holiday as an occasion for students to learn about history. I am thankful for my teachers who taught us civics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civics> and the responsibilities of citizenship <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship> in a republic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic>. Closing comments What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week. Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. Thanks to Google Translate for the Polish translation. Best wishes, Clovermoss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss) and Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
