page banner competition within WLE - Wikilovesearth

25 Apr 2017

Dear All,

As some of you may know, Wikivoyage uses page banners, the 7:1 panoramic 
images placed at the top of each page. We are always short of such 
images in general and of good banners with natural objects in 
particular. This prompted us to organize the competition of page banners 
as a satellite event during WLE. Last year we were running such a 
competition for Russian destinations. It was quite successful delivering 
88 excellent banners, many of them used nowadays across 17 language 
editions of Wikivoyage. This year we extend the banner competition 
worldwide:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2017/banners

The idea is very simple: take your WLE photo, crop it to the 7:1 format, 
and upload it separately as a page banner specifying the destination 
where it goes. Our (Wikivoyage-based) jury will grade the uploads and 
choose the winner who will receive a small prize.

We would be grateful if you disseminate information about this 
competition among the participants. Posting short information with the 
upload link on the page of your national competition would be great. 
Having good page banners from your country not only improves its 
coverage on Wikivoyage, but also draws more readers and editors, who may 
eventually choose your country for their next trip.

We would also be grateful if the international team finds a way to 
advertise this banner competition on the main WLE page and in the media.

Questions and comments are welcome. We look forward to receiving 
excellent page banners this year!

Sincerely,
Alexander