hello there!
has anyone tried locally to organise something around outreach to
photographers whose pictures were made on photographic films?
we have not had such a campaign in Ukraine before, just individual efforts,
like when a Wikipedian convinced an old photographer to upload his pictures
of lost heritage to Commons, they had to scan his films to do that:
https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/photos-of-destroyed-heritage/
as this year (to make sure people are not roaming around taking pictures
for their own safety) for the Ukrainian part of the contest we decided to
accept only pictures taken before February 24, 2022, we thought of maybe
looking for ways to reach this audience -- photographers whose pictures are
on films, so most probably old enough... but maybe there are some
tips/things to be aware of when dealing with scanned films, and somebody on
the list has travelled down this path already, and can share useful
information?
(sorry for crossposting, i have also asked about this on the telegram
channel)
З повагою / Best regards,
antanana
Wiki Loves Monuments Ukraine
Disclaimer: This letter is sent in my Wikimedia volunteer capacity, not as
a Board member of Wikimedia Foundation
Hi everyone!
So far, we have received correct submissions for 15 countries.
That means the following countries are still missing: Armenia, Austria,
Bangladesh, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Latvia, Malaysia, Nigeria,
Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda,
South Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE and United Kingdom.
For most of these countries, we have not heard back yet at all. Please make
sure that your jury coordinator is at least in active contact with either
myself or Krishna!
The deadline is 5 December 2022. After this date, we may not be able to
still accept the nominees. If you have any doubts that your country may
meet the deadline, let us know as soon as possible.
Looking forward to many thrilling nominees,
Rubén Ojeda
International jury coordinator, Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
Dear all,
a doubt:
is Instagram compatible with Creative Commons?
Can I upload *my* Instagram pics on Commons (so could it be used for WLM)?
Please consider that I'm not suggesting Instagram pics are good for WLM
(they are filtered and all, probably not very suitable for illustrating
monuments on Wikipedia)
but is a legal matter.
Aubrey
Hi everyone,
Our researcher for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Wiki Loves Monuments
has completed her report, which is now available on Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/DEI_researc…>
and besides in English also available in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia,
Brazilian-Portuguese, Chinese Mandarin, French, Hausa, Hindi, Spanish,
Urdu, and isiZulu.
A blogpost on the topic has been published on our own website
wikilovesmonuments.org
<https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/inclusive-storytelling-through-photograp…>
and also on the WMF blog site Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/11/10/inclusive-storytelling-through-photog…>.
The research is now finished. The international team will use these
outcomes to improve DEI in our photo competition in general, and as one of
the tools to develop a multi-year strategy for WLM in the upcoming year.
A big thank you for the ones who were willing to take the time to talk to
Mesha, to proofread the reports, and to provide overall input for the
research.
Best,
Ciell
[This email contains important information on how you can submit the
10 nominees of your country to the international finale and the
deadlines. Please forward this to your coordinators if need be.]
Dear national coordinators, jury coordinators,
Thank you for an amazing job in the past weeks and months in
organizing what seems to have been yet again an amazing competition in
almost 40 countries! It's great to see all the beautiful images that
have been submitted.
As you know, the international Wiki Loves Monuments competition is
based on a federalized model: there's a national competition in each
country, with a national organizing team, a national jury and national
winners. The national jury determines up to (maximum) 10 images that
will be submitted to the international finale.
These ten images should be submitted via email to the international
jury coordinator before the deadline: rodelarwiki(a)gmail.com. Unless
you have agreed a different deadline with Krishna Chaitanya (in cc),
this deadline is 30 November, 23:59 UTC. But if you like me, please
send them at least a few days before that time. *Submissions after
this deadline are not guaranteed to be included in the finale. When
submitting your finalists, please take these instructions into
account*:
* Submit no more than ten images per (national) competition. It is OK
to submit less images, for example if you don't find enough images of
high quality.
* Submit the images to: rodelarwiki(a)gmail.com, and include in the CC
at least one (additional) jury member besides yourself. Please also
include Krishna Chaitanya in the cc.
* If the results are still not public (if you plan to announce them
later publicly), please add the planned announcement date. Please note
that we will announce the international winners in January, and will
not wait for national announcements.
* Submit for each image: URL, File name on Wikimedia Commons and Author username
* Check basic information about the images. It is NOT possible to
replace finalists after the deadline!
** that the author has activated their email function on Wikimedia
Commons. If we cannot email the user there, they may automatically
forfeit any prize. You can help them by posting a message on their
talk page, or tracking them down through social media.
** that the monument on the image is identified (preferably also
described in English)
** that the image is freely licensed
If you want, there are opportunities to share your national winners
also on the international blog. Please get in touch with either of us
about this - more information about this soon.
Thanks a lot for your cooperation. After all nominees have been
received, this will result in a pool of some 350-430 images for the
international jury to consider. The jury will first rate all images
with 1-5 stars, from which a top-40/60 will be considered. Then, the
jurors will have the opportunity to remove images from the selection,
which they consider unfit. Finally, they are asked to rank their
top-25 images, and share their reasoning. We will create a jury report
based on this information. We expect to announce the results in
January.
We're looking forward to the judging process!
With warm regards,
Rubén Ojeda
International jury coordinator, Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
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