Dear all,
Wiki Loves Earth photo contest is aimed at creating the biggest database of
free photos of protected natural sites on Wikipedia and Wikimedia
Commons. Lists
of nature monuments help to make the process of collecting photos and
uploading them easier and more convenient.
But how to structure them? What items are important to add?
Find out in our video — a recording of the training session for WLE
Community held on May 30th, 2020 —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LcLPh68LA0.
Speaker: Mykola Kozlenko (user NickK), member of the international
organizing team.
Join Wiki Loves Earth to draw attention to protected areas and help to
illustrate wikiprojects:
Take part — w.wiki/Lh2.
Organize — w.wiki/KYA.
If you have any questions, please, don't hesitate to write to us at
wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua.
Best regards,
Anastasiia Petrova
Project Manager for International Wiki Loves Earth 2020
on behalf of the international organizing team
Dear all,
Jury members who grade images of protected sites from all over the world
and help us to choose winners are crucial for organising Wiki Loves Earth.
We are now looking for jury for both the international round and local
ones. Candidates should have a background in nature photography,
environment, ecology etc. *and/or* be experienced Wikimedians. Please
consider applying yourself or spread the word among your friends who might
be interested.
*== Local jury ==*
Different local teams might need help with evaluating their submissions,
and we are looking to create a network of people willing to put some time
in helping evaluate photos from different countries.
Evaluation itself will happen in June-August, dependent on the country.
There are no strict rules, just fill out the form (see the link below) so
we can recommend you to one or several local teams, dependent on your
availability. The international team does not run evaluation of local
contests, we are just trying to connect people willing to help with local
teams.
*== International jury ==*
International jury is the team which evaluates the pool of local winners
and determines top photos of the international contest.
The evaluation will take place in September-October this year.
*Important:* international jury members should not come from or reside in
countries which participate in this year’s contest or be part of organizing
or local jury teams. You can check the list of participating countries *here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/Participat…>*
.
*== How to apply ==*
Please, fill out this short form, and we will contact you —
https://forms.gle/K6UCfUSrCDT86wFF8.
Again, please help spread this message even you cannot apply personally!
If you have any questions or have ideas whom the international team can
contact, reach out to us at wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua.
Best regards,
Anastasiia Petrova
Project Manager for International Wiki Loves Earth 2020
on behalf of the international organizing team
Dear all,
Wiki Loves Earth contest is aimed at creating the biggest database of free
photos of protected natural sites. WLE photos help to illustrate wiki
projects, but still, many articles are lacking such images.
How to improve this process? One of ways is encouraging participants that
have uploaded their photos to add them to the relevant articles and lists.
To do that, we have changed the text in the Upload campaign template to the
"call to action". Please, take a look at the *English version*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_use_Wiki_Loves_…>
.
And we need exactly your help to translate this message into your
language(s). Please, check the list of templates *here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_use_Wiki_Loves_…>*
and help
to illustrate Wikipedia!
Thank you!
Best regards,
Anastasiia Petrova
Project Manager for International Wiki Loves Earth 2020
on behalf of the international organizing team
Dear all,
The first month of Wiki Loves Earth contest *— *the biggest international
photo contest devoted to nature heritage *— *has passed!
We are excited about the results of this May:
— 32 countries declared their participation in WLE this year (and we are
looking forward to welcoming more organizers!);
— 37K photos have been uploaded (check them out by *countries*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/Participat…>
);
— and much more to come in June and July!
How to join Wiki Loves Earth?
— You can still organize your local contest! Find out more about the
process in our *detailed guidelines*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/Organise>.
— Go through your photo archives and take part in WLE 2020! Please, review
our *Rules
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/Rules>* for
your submissions.
Do you have any exciting WLE story to share?
Please, reach out to us at wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua and let's spread the
word about the contest together!
Follow our social media pages to stay updated: Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/interwle>, Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesearth/>, Twitter
<https://twitter.com/WikiLovesEarth>.
Stay safe and healthy.
Best regards,
Anastasiia Petrova
Project Manager for International Wiki Loves Earth 2020
on behalf of the international organizing team