Dear Friends,
Thank you for a successful upload phase of the contest!!🙏
This is a call for volunteer Wikimedians who wish to be involved in the
first review of images that were submitted to the global competition - Wiki
Loves Africa in 2024.
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024>
The theme for the competition was Africa Creates with a call for images
that depict the creation, manufacture, and/or production of items, objects,
commodities, and products by Africans across the continent. Read more about
the theme here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024/Theme>.
If you click this link below:
https://bit.ly/42Volunteer
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer4V-lQ9tRYYQmBy5sKfLTQ3pw8HEnlDh…>
;
to review the guideline and proceed to fill out the form,* you will be
volunteering to participate in the first yes (keep) /no (do not include)
round.*
Volunteer reviewers will be asked to nominate yes (to keep) or no (to not
include) each image in their assigned group.
The first review will take place from the *23 May **- 6 June 2024*. We will
be using the Montage tool and the process will last for about 4hours max.
The deadline to apply for this review group is 2*0th May 2024*.
(Once we have the group in place, we will share more detail with successful
reviewers via email.)
Hi everyone,
It’s time for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award!! 🎉
Tools play an essential role at Wikimedia, and so do the many volunteer
developers who experiment with new ideas, develop & maintain local & global
solutions, and enhance the experience for Wikimedia communities.
We’d like to invite you all to nominate your favourite & most used tools
and help us celebrate the people who create them!
To nominate your favourite tools, simply follow this link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2024.
Feel free to submit multiple nominations by completing the form as many
times as you'd like. The deadline for Nomination is* May 10th 2024.*
For further details on the nomination and selection process, the Coolest
Tool Award Academy, and the upcoming award ceremony, please visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award.
The award is organized & selected by the Coolest Tool Academy. We plan to
award the coolest tools in a variety of categories (see last year’s
categories for an example). Excitingly, we're returning to an in-person
event for the first time since 2019, with winners set to be unveiled at
Wikimania 2024.
Thank you immensely for your participation and recommendations. Together,
let's celebrate innovation and collaboration within the Wikimedia community!
Regards,
On behalf of the Coolest Tool Academy 2024