Hi Folks,
We encourage each and everyone of you to create a program submission. You can submit an interactive workshop or panel, a lecture, a short lighting talk or a poster for our dedicated poster session. Submissions are catered to both onsite and online (live or pre-recorded) or a hybrid combination. We at the Core Organizing Team would like to see a program submission related to community initiatives such as Wiki Loves Earth.
The theme for this year's Wikimania is Diversity, Collaboration, Future. Topics that strengthen collaboration on online campaigns and initiatives are topics we like to see this year. There are also photography outreach (photo walks, teaching participants on Nature Photography). Singapore is one of a few countries where nature reserves and parks are at close proximity. It is great way to collaborate with each other. There is also a spacious Wikimania Expo space where achievements on Commons like Wiki Loves campaigns can be exhibited.
For participants joining virtually, we also have allocated online hours for you too to allow you to participate & present.
Session submissions for Wikimania 2023 are open until 28 March.
Visit the following links for further info:
Wiki page: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions
Diff post: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/28/be-part-of-the-wikimania-2023-program/
Program Submission Form: https://pretalx.com/wm2023/cfp
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
Chair, Program Subcommittee
Event lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
Dear WLE community! Something exciting is coming!🥳
The 11th edition of the Wiki Loves Earth 2023
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2023> photo
contest is on its way!
Wiki Loves Earth is an annual international photographic competition.
Participants take pictures of local natural heritage in their countries and
upload them to Wikimedia Commons, a sister project of Wikipedia. For all
participating countries there are separate competitions organized by local
teams.
⏰When?
This year WLE will take place between 1st May and 31st July. We have a
flexible approach regarding local dates, and local organizers decide when
exactly to hold their contest within the international timeframe.
🌍How you can join a contest this year as an organizer?
For that you need:
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Team of volunteers with clear roles and timelines;
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Defining eligible natural sites (must be officially protected);
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Preparing a landing page for the local contest;
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Promotion for the contest in social networks;
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Jury to evaluate the photos (select top-15 local winners for an
international contest);
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Awards for your winners.
The rules of the international contest are mostly the same as the previous
year, but we made one minor change — on the international level no more
than two photos from one author will be selected in the top 20. As our goal
is to diversify the winning images and showcase more natural monuments from
various regions and authors, this year we put this limit.
Find out more about the process in our detailed guidelines
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2023/Organise>
for the local teams.
Follow our channels for local organizers to be first updated about the main
news:
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Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wlecommunity/>;
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Telegram chat: @WLE organizers 2022;
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A mailing list for local organizers: wikilovesearth(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
Also, subscribe on our social media channels:
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Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesearth/>;
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Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/interwle>;
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Twitter <https://twitter.com/WikiLovesEarth>;
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Website <https://wikilovesearth.org/>.
If you have any questions, please contact the international team at
wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua. We are always happy to answer your questions!
Take time for the preparation and stay tuned for Wiki Loves Earth 2023!🌳
*Find Spanish and Arabic translations here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2023/Announceme…>
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Best regards,
Olesia Lukaniuk
Project Manager for Wiki Loves Earth