Adam, let's go with the Kobo and 2x £10 Amazon vouchers. Richard
On 21 November 2013 01:53, Adam Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Several replies here:- > > On 20 November 2013 10:37:44, Richard Nevell <richard.nevell at > wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > I like your idea of the e-reader - a Kobo seems a good choice - and > perhaps > > preferable to Amazon vouchers. If we scale down from an ereader for the > > overall winner, smaller prizes for the best of the week sounds like a > nice > > idea. I'm not sure what thiese could be though, assuming that is a > category > > which goes ahead. > > I've reduced the whole period to a fortnight (partly because I am not > going to have time for this closer to Christmas) so that's only two weeks. > If we exempt the overall winner from winning the vouchers, that will mean > two runner-up prizes of vouchers: one for the first week and one for the > second. I'm not sure what value of voucher would be best but, say, £10 > each? > > > Can I go ahead and announce that WMUK will provide a Kobo and two Amazon > vouchers? (About £70 worth of prizes in total.) > > > There's only a few days left now. If we do this again, I will sort this > out properly with much more notice. > > > On 20 November 2013 11:37:32, Craig Franklin <cfranklin at > wikimedia.org.au> wrote: > > > But, I'm still not seeing any strategy for promoting this to the wider > > community. As it is, as far as I can tell the only entrants will be > > Wikisource regulars and maybe curious people poached from other WM > > projects. If there was a strategy for pitching this to the general > public > > as a recruitment drive I could see a link to movement goals which might > > justify spending money, but I don't see that this is a focus. The > > excitement of the tenth anniversary shouldn't lead to us spending money > > without first having a good business plan and justification. > > I would like it to draw in new people, and I've tried to find texts that > should be easy to proofread over a range of different types and subjects to > facilitate that at one end. > > The contest will also be a useful learning experience. I don't know about > anything similar on Wikisource. The English subdomain 10th anniversary is > in 2015 and a Welsh contest might be practical in the near future too. > > Of course, people can't take part if they don't know about it. I don't > have many ways to promote this outside Wikisource but... > > > On 20 November 2013 12:51:42, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews at > ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > As far as drawing people in is concerned, a central notice for Wiki > Loves > > > Monuments worked well and involved a lot of people who had never > uploaded > > > photos before. Would that be worth considering here? > > > > Yes: given the "I would never have considered looking on Wikisource" > > comment which is fairly standard, on other sister projects, it would make > > sense. > > I agree, this would help a lot. > > I believe the instigators of this contest are going to try to advertise > this as well. I will do what I can. > > - Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > -- Richard Nevell Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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