Absolutely correct. We can revisit.
For example, our best theme ever was "People at Work" (second best was
Play).
"African industries and commercial activities" suggested by Clementine is
in that vein.
Another element is that in the past couple of years, we have put some
energy in getting the contest not only about photos, but also about
graphics, audios and videos. Graphics has been a total failure so far, but
the videos are raising interest :)
Flo
Le 05/09/2023 à 17:08, Gnangarra a écrit :
Flo makes a very good point about themes and overlapping or conflicting
purposes. Is there a reason to find a new theme its 10 years since Wiki
Loves Africa began why not revisit an earlier theme its not like
technology has stood still, nor is the community the same people, and
even the audience is changing as a new generation of contributors are
discovering us for the first time.
Communities dont have to come up with something new every year, the aim is
about making it appealing to a new audience
On Tue, 5 Sept 2023 at 22:30, Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello
I am going to comment on this one for I think it provides the opportunity
to reflect on our global campaigns and collaborations-at-large.
It is an excellent theme obviously. But one I would oppose we choose.
There are several reasons.
First, the initial reason why we decided to launch WLA in 2014. We had
noticed that participation from the African continent at that time was
terribly low. When awareness studies were made, it showed that the
Wikimedia projects were yet very poorly known from the public (even the
online connect public). We knew our first participants would be largely new
to the wiki world. Our goal was to promote awareness of wikimedia through a
regular, easy to grasp project, easy to participate drive. We also wanted a
drive where anyone could participate regardless of whether there was a
local team in their country or not. There were very few images from the
african continent, so any theme would bring in content that would be an
improvement. And choice of theme had to be a theme behind which a small
team could cluster, regardless of political, religious etc. opinions. Our
goal was not to simply "get images on Commons", but also to raise awareness
on the continent, and to give the opportunity to small local clusters to
start organizing something together and later become a usergroup, become
integrated in the larger community etc.
This is why the themes we chose so far were purposefully as inclusive as
possible, easy to understand, could be joined by anyone. I do not believe
"Living Heritage" fits into that category so well. If you ask the standard
person in the street what "living heritage" is... chance is you'll get a
puzzled look.
9 years later, an additional layer of complexity is that more photography
contests born (such as Wiki Loves Folklore) or more "larger approach
drives" such as "Wiki Loves Living Heritage".
It already took us a few years to "make all photo drives" fit in the
calendar (eg, Wiki Loves Africa changed its implementation months three
times to accomodate other photo contests).
I do not think it would be helpful to overlap with the other contests
focus. In particular when Wiki Loves Folklore is already overlapping a
couple of weeks with Wiki Loves Africa in the calendar.
- First it would bring confusion to participants (so... what's the
difference between x and y ?)
- Second, it could bring tensions between the organizers of the two
drives, such as on communications, banners... (been there, done that...)
- Third, local teams would probably NOT "do more" or "do better".
They
would implement activities that would be attributed to both drives. You
would end up with pictures taggued with both categories. It already happens.
We would certainly "reach" some different people. Not all participants
would be overlapping, nor activities.
But would the overlapping and the tensions be worth the effort ? Would
that be a good use of our collective time ? Would that be a good use of our
shared funds ? I do not think so.
Which is why... we try... every year... to choose a theme that tries not
to overlap too badly with the other photo contest themes. This is in
particular true to anything related to "folklore and heritage" (= Wiki
Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves Heritage) and true to anything related to
"awesome landscapes and nature" (=Wiki Loves Earth).
We gotta be smart, share the space-fund-energy-time, and collaborate when
it makes sense to collaborate, but always keeping in mind to preserve or
enhance the other great initiatives.
Flo
Le 05/09/2023 à 09:31, Gnangarra a écrit :
What about "Wiki Loves Africa's Living Heritage"
On Tue, 5 Sept 2023 at 05:16, Wilson Oluoha <wilson(a)wikiinafrica.org>
wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The search for a theme for the *2024 Wiki Loves Africa* contest is
still ongoing.
Please click the link below to share your thoughts on what you think the
next Wiki Loves Africa theme should be:
WLA 2024 Theme Suggestions
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW6Ld6EDJP7PZRON01jx8kiqFmobBX34xac0_kG60FTEr6dA/viewform?usp=pp_url>
Kindly recall that Wiki Loves Africa
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa> (
www.wikilovesafrica.net) is an annual photography competition that
takes place across Africa. It was designed to take back the visual
narrative by re-imaging contemporary society and cultural heritage across
Africa through the eyes of Africa’s photographers.
Wiki Loves Africa images have collectively - since metrics began in 2016
- been viewed 1 billion times.
Started in 2014, the 9 editions so far have resulted in the contribution
of 102,068 images to Wikipedia's media library, Wikimedia Commons, by over
10,380 photographers from 55 countries across the continent. The images
have a life beyond the competition, with these images being placed in
articles on Wikipedia, and thus being viewed by over 1 billion times since
the impact began being monitored from 2016; with 25 million views in May
2022 alone.
- 2014 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2014>:
*Cuisine*
- 2015 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015>: *Cultural
Fashion and Adornment*
- 2016 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016>: *Music
and Dance*
- 2017 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017>: *People
at Work*
- 2019 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2019>:
*Play!*
- 2020 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2020>: *Africa
on the Move*
- 2021 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021>: *Health
+ Wellness*
- 2022 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2022>: *Home
+ Habitat*
- 2023 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023>
: *Climate and Weather*
- *2024**: **???*
Warm Regards
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chers Wikimédiens,
La recherche d'un thème pour le concours* Wiki Loves Africa 2024* est
toujours en cours.
Veuillez cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous pour partager vos idées sur ce
que vous pensez être le prochain thème de Wiki Loves Africa:
WLA thème proposé pour 2024
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW6Ld6EDJP7PZRON01jx8kiqFmobBX34xac0_kG60FTEr6dA/viewform?usp=pp_url>
Wiki Loves Africa
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa>;(
www.wikilovesafrica.net) est un concours annuel de photographie qui se
déroule dans toute l'Afrique. Il a été conçu pour reprendre le récit visuel
en réimaginant la société contemporaine et le patrimoine culturel à travers
l'Afrique à travers les yeux des photographes africains.
Les images de Wiki Loves Africa ont collectivement - depuis le début des
mesures en 2016 - été vues 1 milliard de fois.
Démarrés en 2014, les 9 éditions à ce jour ont abouti à la contribution
de 102 068 images à la médiathèque de Wikipédia, Wikimedia Commons, par
plus de 10 380 photographes de 55 pays à travers le continent. Les images
ont une vie au-delà du concours, puisqu'elles sont placées dans des
articles de Wikipédia et ont donc été vues plus d'un milliard de fois
depuis que l'impact a commencé à être surveillé à partir de 2016 ; avec 25
millions de vues pour le seul mois de mai 2022.
- 2014 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2014>:
*Cuisine*
- 2015 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015>: *Mode
et parure culturelle*
- 2016 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016>: *Musique
et danse*
- 2017 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017>: *Les
gens au travail*
- 2019 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2019>:
*Jouez!*
- 2020 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2020>:
*L'Afrique
en mouvement*
- 2021 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021>: *Santé
+ Bien-être*
- 2022 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2022>: *Home
+ Habitat*
- 2023 WLA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023>
: *Climat et météo*
Très cordialement
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