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