Commons:IG Commons Hub/Projects/Wiki Loves Africa 2023
Wiki Loves Africa is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute media that relates to that year's theme to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes. Each year's theme is chosen by the community to be a universal, visually-rich and culturally-specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).
You are encouraged to submit any photos of Climate and Weather in Nigeria between 1st March and 20 April 2023. By submitting your photos to the competition, you share images of weather and climate themes in Nigeria with the world through Wikimedia Commons.
To Participate
Whatever part of Nigeria you find yourself in, simply find climate and weather features, take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons:
Events
- March 1st 2023: launch of international contest
- Local launch date to be announced soon
Team members
- Ceslause - Project Lead Campus Fest
- OtuNwachinemere - Project Lead IG Wikimedians
Prizes
There are several prizes up for grabs, both nationally and internationally.
The international level prizes are listed here
Igbo Wikimedians prizes are
- 1st National Prize - ₦91,873 gift voucher
- 2nd National Prize - ₦68,904 gift voucher
- 3rd National Prize - ₦45,936 gift voucher
- Prize for artwork/illustration on effect of climate change - ₦45,936 gift voucher
- Prize for best quality video portraying climate change - ₦45,936 gift voucher
Campus Photo Fest prizes are
- 1st National Prize - ₦91,873 gift voucher
- 2nd National Prize - ₦68,904 gift voucher
- 3rd National Prize - ₦45,936 gift voucher
- Prize for artwork/illustration on effect of climate change - ₦45,936 gift voucher
- Prize for best quality video portraying climate change - ₦45,936 gift voucher
Jury
At the end of the contest, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the best 10 pictures submitted to represent in the international finale. The international jury will then announce the international winners in June 2023.
Members of the jury
Judging criteria
The jury will determine the winners of the international contest taking into consideration the following criteria (in no particular order):
- Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.);
- Originality;
- Usefulness of the image for Wikipedia.
Winning Photos
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Best Artwork Submission - Umbrellas on a mission
Artist : User:Albertoblaq
Images that reach a top ranking of the international finale, will typically at least fulfil the technical criteria of the ‘Featured Image’ process at Wikimedia Commons. But feel free to submit many images, and let the jury be concerned if they are good enough.
Participants
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