Dear WLE community!
Great news! *Wiki Loves Earth 2023* international photo contest has
started![image:
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*13 countries *started their local competitions 6 days ago and we have the
first uploads!
[image: 👉]You can check participating countries here:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/.../Participating_countries
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.m.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki…>
.
[image: 👉]And check out uploaded images so far:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/.../Category:Images_from...
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.m.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki…>.
And also we are announcing the *special nomination “Human rights and
environment”*![image: 🌍]
In 2023, Wiki Loves Earth international photo contest again supports the
initiative WikiForHumanRights, which partners with the Wikimedia Foundation
(WMF) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Its
goal is to raise awareness of nature protection and human impacts on
nature. When we protect the environment, we also protect the fundamental
human rights we all have — rights to water, life, food, housing, and other
fundamental rights that rely on a clean, healthy environment.
📸And this year, we accept photos not only from the countries where the
main contest is going but also from *the whole world*!
Technically, participants would be able to upload images through the
“wle-special” campaign.
Check out this page for more detailed information such as criteria for
images, examples of images, important notes, how to upload, etc: [image: 👉]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../Human_rights_and...
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2023/Human_righ…>
.
Also, you can check the winners of the previous year’s special nomination
here: [image: 👉]https://diff.wikimedia.org/.../wiki-loves-earth-2022.../
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdiff.wikimedia.org%2F2023%2F01…>
.
Good luck to each local team and each participant!
Let’s love Earth together[image: 💚]
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Best regards,
Olesia Lukaniuk
Project Manager for Wiki Loves Earth
Dear WLE 2023 organizer!
Are you in process of preparing your local contest, which is starting soon?
Or you are just thinking about joining or not joining?🤔
You still have time! Already 32 countries are in the active stage of the
preparation and you can be the next one!
Don’t hesitate and come to our Wiki Loves Earth 2023 Webinar for local
teams!
Meet the community, listen about preparation, reminders, and upcoming
announcements, ask your questions, and share!
When? 26.04.23, 3 PM CET.
Where? https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82789497855
For whom? For those, who are organizing or just planning to organize WLE
2023.
Waiting for you all and make your unique contribution to the Earth’s
heritage!🌳
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Best regards,
Olesia Lukaniuk
Project Manager for Wiki Loves Earth
Dear WLE community!
This year in order to help our contest be more shared and inclusive for
everyone, we're inviting experienced WLE volunteers to become *regional
ambassadors* to help out the international organizing team.
The main responsibilities of the ambassadors are the help with translations
and communications in order to reach out to more regions, where English is
not so widespread.
So, meet some of our ambassadors!
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Georges Fodouop (French-speaking region) — is an ambassador of the
Wikimedia Foundation's product team for francophone communities, also a
member of the MCDC (Movement Charter Drafting Committee), and secretary of
WikiFranca. He has worked on various Wikimedia projects across borders and
is a co-founder of the Wikimedians of Cameroon user group. He was
Wikimedian-in-Residence for the Wiki Loves Women project and has
coordinated international projects such as Wiki Loves Earth, and Wiki Loves
Africa and has facilitated French language training for numerous campaigns
including #1Lib1Ref, AWiM.
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Mohammed Bachounda (Arabic-speaking region) — a volunteer on Wikipedia,
organizes many activities for the Arab Wikimedia community, such as photo
contests locally and in the Arab world, and the Wikipedia education program
in Algeria. With a group of Algerians and Arabs, launched a wiki MOOC, to
teach Wikipedia editing in Arabic, which 10,000 people have registered for.
Organizer of the WikiArabia conference.
Also, we have other great people helping us with engagement across the
globe and we would be glad to see more people from other regions! You are
welcome to apply to represent your region and make your unique contribution
to Wiki Loves Earth 2023! Feel free to contact us at *wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua
<wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua>*. Here you can check the full international
organizing team:
*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2023/Organizers
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2023/Organizers>.*
If you have any questions regarding this, feel free to approach us.
Thank you and stay tuned for the WLE 2023 and upcoming updates!
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Best regards,
Olesia Lukaniuk
Project Manager for Wiki Loves Earth
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
🌳 The most awaited moment of *Wiki Loves Earth 2022*, the largest
international photo contest devoted to natural heritage has come! Finally,
we are ready to reveal the international winners — *20* of the best nature
photos from across 39 participating countries!
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The international winners represent two categories —* landscapes *and
*macro/close-up* (animals, plants, fungi).
You can check out the complete list of winners here 👉 *https://bit.ly/3Bc8iNx
<https://bit.ly/3Bc8iNx>, https://bit.ly/3F3GFHM <https://bit.ly/3F3GFHM>*.â €
We happily congratulate the winners and thank each participant for their
contribution to highlighting nature heritage and illustrating Wikipedia and
local teams for their hard work to make this contest happen!
Also, follow our social media channels to be first updated about Wiki Loves
Earth:
🟢Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesearth/
🟢Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/interwle
🟢Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/WikiLovesEarth
🟢Website: https://wikilovesearth.org/
Stay tuned for next year's competition!
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Best regards,
Olesia Lukaniuk
Project Manager for Wiki Loves Earth
Almost all local winners are chosen, and the international team is
preparing to start the evaluation on the international level!
So, for this, we are gathering a fantastic team of the* international jury*
— Wikimedians, experts, and photographers — to evaluate photos and choose
winners. *But jury members mustn't come from the country participating in
the contest this year*[image: ❗️]
Do you have a desire to get a unique experience, or maybe you know someone
who has an interest in joining?
Please share this message or fill out this form to let us know if you're
interested in joining, and we'll contact you with details: [image: 👉]
https://bit.ly/3De3HfN.
Deadline for registration: *15.09.22*[image: ❗️]
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Best regards,
Olesia Lukaniuk
Project Manager for Wiki Loves Earth