Good evening everyone
Another day... another announcement :)
We closed yesterday the last vote session for winning pictures of Wiki
Loves Africa 2015.
We are happy to announce our winners
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015/Winners
First picture is a very relaxing sight of two beautiful ladies having
fun together on a sunny afternoon, from a Kenyan photograph. The picture
is considered a Quality Image on Commons and is currently used to
illustrate one article : friendship.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitié
Second picture was actually taken by a French citizen, and features a
fashion designer in Senegal.
It currently illustrates one article about fashion :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_(habillement)
The third picture represent a lady in Ghana, also by a photograph (I
found his site and facebook page, but got no answer from him...)
We actually used that picture to illustrate our Wiki Loves Women writing
contest :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Wiki_Loves_Women/Concours_d%27écriture
The 4th picture is from Algeria and features a beautiful woman wearing
an haik. This image has a featured status on Commons. It currently
illustrate the article on veil :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil
The first 3 pictures have been selected by a mixed jury of wikipedians
and non wikipedians (including photographers, developer, chemical
engineer, fashion blogger, and fashion designer).
Jury composition available here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015/FAQ#What_…
The 4th picture was chosen by the community.
Tunisia is the country who made it first in terms of number of images,
followed closely by Côte d'Ivoire, our leader in 2014.
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Whilst this was the continental contest, other winners were identified
locally.
For example, check out winners in Algeria
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015_in_Algeri…
As you may notice, several of their images made it Quality Images or
Featured Images status. And more prizes were delivered :)
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In other countries, images have been celebrated differently.
For example, in Cameroon, a show of the best images have been set up at
the Institut Français. Check out a few first pictures here :
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.500234113496441.1073741904.365857…
The show room is open till 27th of February.
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More details will be featured in a couple of weeks on Commons in a
project report.
Florence