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; -
Defining eligible natural sites (must be officially protected); -
Preparing a landing page for the local contest; -
Promotion for the contest in social networks; -
Jury to evaluate the photos (select top-15 local winners for an international contest); -
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/; -
Telegram chat: @WLE organizers 2022; -
A mailing list for local organizers: wikilovesearth@lists.wikimedia.org.
Also, subscribe on our social media channels:
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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesearth/; -
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/interwle; -
Twitter https://twitter.com/WikiLovesEarth; -
Website https://wikilovesearth.org/.
If you have any questions, please contact the international team at wle-team@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/Announcement *