Greetings All, As the national winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 are coming in, the international team is working on putting together a good jury for this year's international round. We will need 7-9 members to complete the set.
As in the past years, it is important to aim once again for a jury that, as a whole, is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means ideally:
1. A mix of photography experts, heritage experts, and Wikimedia experts (aiming at a total size of 7-9) 2. Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the same country. 3. Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can never assure a balance in all aspects) 4. The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM 2025. 5. At the same time, there are some practical considerations: - Jury members must be able to understand English. 6. Able to commit to judging 200-500 photos in three rounds over a period of 3 weeks in December, as a volunteer.
While jury members can participate in a local competition, their photos cannot participate in the international finale. It would be helpful if the juror were willing to share their real name for the jury report.
Are you interested or know someone who would make a good juror? Please *contact me* or my colleague (via *wikigrapher@gmail.com wikigrapher@gmail.com*) with suggestions.
Please reach out along with the potential juror contact details, and a couple of lines on why they would make a good juror for WLM before* 20th November*.
All national winning photos must be submitted by local organisers by *1 December* so the international jury can start on time.
Regards,
*WLM International Jury coordination team * *Ndahiro Derrick Alter* *Gender & Development practitioner * *Founder & Executive Director* *Wikimedia Rwanda https://wikimedia.rw//Open Source Knowledge Rwanda*
*''Reshaping Rwanda's Narrative''.* *Mobile:(+250) 789 162 <%2B250%20782%20701%20830>892 |* * Town Center Building, 4th Floor, Nyarugenge, Kigali city,Rwanda https://maps.app.goo.gl/m68DuTyiv4KZj5xR6* *website: https://wikimedia.rw/ https://wikimedia.rw/*
Dear All,
We’d like to start by sincerely thanking the more than 15 individuals who expressed interest in joining the international jury. We assure you that the selected candidates will be contacted very soon.
As a friendly reminder, national winning photos must be submitted via the following emails : ndahiroderric@gmail.com and *wikigrapher@gmail.com wikigrapher@gmail.com* by the local organizers no later than December 1st so that the international jury can begin its work on schedule.
Best regards *WLM International Jury coordination team*
On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 17:46 Ndahiro Derrick Alter ndahiroderric@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings All, As the national winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 are coming in, the international team is working on putting together a good jury for this year's international round. We will need 7-9 members to complete the set.
As in the past years, it is important to aim once again for a jury that, as a whole, is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means ideally:
- A mix of photography experts, heritage experts, and Wikimedia
experts (aiming at a total size of 7-9) 2. Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the same country. 3. Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can never assure a balance in all aspects) 4. The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM 2025. 5. At the same time, there are some practical considerations: - Jury members must be able to understand English. 6. Able to commit to judging 200-500 photos in three rounds over a period of 3 weeks in December, as a volunteer.
While jury members can participate in a local competition, their photos cannot participate in the international finale. It would be helpful if the juror were willing to share their real name for the jury report.
Are you interested or know someone who would make a good juror? Please *contact me* or my colleague (via *wikigrapher@gmail.com wikigrapher@gmail.com*) with suggestions.
Please reach out along with the potential juror contact details, and a couple of lines on why they would make a good juror for WLM before* 20th November*.
All national winning photos must be submitted by local organisers by *1 December* so the international jury can start on time.
Regards,
*WLM International Jury coordination team * *Ndahiro Derrick Alter* *Gender & Development practitioner * *Founder & Executive Director* *Wikimedia Rwanda https://wikimedia.rw//Open Source Knowledge Rwanda*
*''Reshaping Rwanda's Narrative''.* *Mobile:(+250) 789 162 <%2B250%20782%20701%20830>892 |*
- Town Center Building, 4th Floor, Nyarugenge, Kigali city,Rwanda
https://maps.app.goo.gl/m68DuTyiv4KZj5xR6* *website: https://wikimedia.rw/ https://wikimedia.rw/*
Acknowledged.
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 at 4:23 pm, Ndahiro Derrick Alterndahiroderric@gmail.com wrote: _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list -- african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to african-wikimedians-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Submitting your top 10 for the international round can be done in two ways:
- By publicly announcing the 10 winners on the *Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 winners https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2025_winners* metapage *before the deadline, or * - By sending the 10 winning photos directly to the WLM-i jury coordinator https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ndahiro_derricks ( ndahiroderric@gmail.com and *wikigrapher@gmail.com wikigrapher@gmail.com*), for instance, in cases where the national winners will be announced in a prize ceremony or a press release that will happen after the deadline mentioned. If you wish to keep the 10 winning photos secret a little while longer, please send the 10 winning photos to the jury coordinator with the date by which they will be published.
Please also don't forget to publish the names of your jury members on Commons: Wiki Loves Monuments 2025/Juries https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2025/Juries .
For more information, please visit our page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2025/Winners
*Ndahiro Derrick Alter* *Gender & Development practitioner * *Founder & Executive Director* *Wikimedia Rwanda https://wikimedia.rw//Open Source Knowledge Rwanda*
*''Reshaping Rwanda's Narrative''.* *Mobile:(+250) 789 162 <%2B250%20782%20701%20830>892 |* * Town Center Building, 4th Floor, Nyarugenge, Kigali city,Rwanda https://maps.app.goo.gl/m68DuTyiv4KZj5xR6* *website: https://wikimedia.rw/ https://wikimedia.rw/*
On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 at 17:22, Ndahiro Derrick Alter ndahiroderric@gmail.com wrote:
Dear All,
We’d like to start by sincerely thanking the more than 15 individuals who expressed interest in joining the international jury. We assure you that the selected candidates will be contacted very soon.
As a friendly reminder, national winning photos must be submitted via the following emails : ndahiroderric@gmail.com and *wikigrapher@gmail.com wikigrapher@gmail.com* by the local organizers no later than December 1st so that the international jury can begin its work on schedule.
Best regards *WLM International Jury coordination team*
On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 17:46 Ndahiro Derrick Alter ndahiroderric@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings All, As the national winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 are coming in, the international team is working on putting together a good jury for this year's international round. We will need 7-9 members to complete the set.
As in the past years, it is important to aim once again for a jury that, as a whole, is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means ideally:
- A mix of photography experts, heritage experts, and Wikimedia
experts (aiming at a total size of 7-9) 2. Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the same country. 3. Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can never assure a balance in all aspects) 4. The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM 2025. 5. At the same time, there are some practical considerations: - Jury members must be able to understand English. 6. Able to commit to judging 200-500 photos in three rounds over a period of 3 weeks in December, as a volunteer.
While jury members can participate in a local competition, their photos cannot participate in the international finale. It would be helpful if the juror were willing to share their real name for the jury report.
Are you interested or know someone who would make a good juror? Please *contact me* or my colleague (via *wikigrapher@gmail.com wikigrapher@gmail.com*) with suggestions.
Please reach out along with the potential juror contact details, and a couple of lines on why they would make a good juror for WLM before* 20th November*.
All national winning photos must be submitted by local organisers by *1 December* so the international jury can start on time.
Regards,
*WLM International Jury coordination team * *Ndahiro Derrick Alter* *Gender & Development practitioner * *Founder & Executive Director* *Wikimedia Rwanda https://wikimedia.rw//Open Source Knowledge Rwanda*
*''Reshaping Rwanda's Narrative''.* *Mobile:(+250) 789 162 <%2B250%20782%20701%20830>892 |*
- Town Center Building, 4th Floor, Nyarugenge, Kigali city,Rwanda
https://maps.app.goo.gl/m68DuTyiv4KZj5xR6* *website: https://wikimedia.rw/ https://wikimedia.rw/*
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