2012/11/4 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org:
The thought I definitely do like is the idea to have multiple contests. I don't think we should immediately run these internationally though, but rather try them out nationally, and build from that - similarly as we did with Wiki Loves Monuments. I would suggest though to move a bit away from the buildings and make it clearly distinct. Keep the success factors in mind though (easy access, fun, helping Wikipedia etc.).
Yes.. the focusing on the specific goal is IMHO quite important - otherwise people can go and photograph everything and it might be deleted from Commons as out of scope. I guess it should be a well defined objects which are for sure encyclopedic and anyone can safely photograph. The best thing would be to check what is missing in Commons and then make a contest about photographing these specific objects. For example - I can imagine photographing railway stations, mountains, rivers, bridges, various natural species etc. Or for example - at least in Polish Wikipedia - there is a "photo wishlist" - so the contest might be based on this list - the winner is the person who uploaded the highest number of photos from the wishilist...