I'm reading the conversations and the only thing I'm able to think is how one would ensure the privacy of the photographers participating? An organizer should declare the governance and data protection setup of the nationality/place of living information of the photographers. Who would have access, for how long that information would be registered and where? The risk of doxxing otherwise is very high in my opinion.

In Brazil, the judgment process do not explicit provide the username of the photographers for the jury.

For the main category, only the 5 first images receive prizes. In the 4^th round the jury have access to the photographers usernames and their task then is to ensure these 5 images are from 5 distinct photographers. We try to diversify who is selected to places 6 to 10, but that is not always possible (or desired). We have other categories of prizes that are more likely to be won by local photographers, although we don't ensure this due to our almost blind judgement process and our practice of not requiring any personal information. We only contact the photographers once the judgement is done and announced.

Cheers,

Éder Porto | Ederporto | EPorto (WMB)

Organizer of Wiki Loves Monuments in Brazil