Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2023 in Zimbabwe
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 Zimbabwe between 1st March and 30 April 2023. By submitting your photos to the competition, you share images of climate and weather themes in Zimbabwe with the world through Wikimedia Commons.
To Participate
Whether you are in Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Masvingo, Gwanda, Chinhoyi, Harondera, Bindura, Hwange, Beitbridge or anywhere else in Zimbabwe, 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
- ChabbieCee - Project Lead northern Region
- Sichelesile - Project Lead Sourthern Region
- Macdonald|Nhakura - Communications and Marketing
- Beatrice Kaseke - Facilitator
- Merjury Chiwedza - Facilitator
- Bruce Nyabadza -Facilitator
- Phephile N Tshabangu-Facilitator
- Kwanisai Mukwerete-Facilitator
Prizes
There are several prizes up for grabs, both nationally and internationally.
The international level prizes are listed here
- Prize 1...
National level prizes are
- 1st National Prize - $150.00
- 2nd National Prize - $70.00
- 3rd National Prize - $30.00
- To encourage participation from the districts best photos from the participating districts namely Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Marondera will be awarded
- prizes of $50.00 each.
Jury members
At the end of the contest, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the best 10 pictures of the homes and habitats in Zimbabwe to submit to represent in the international finale. The international jury will then announce the international winners in August 2023.
Members of the jury
- to be announced
- to be announced
- to be announced
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.
Images that reach a top ranking of the international finale, will typically at least fulfill 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.
Workshops and photowalks
Pictures of the 2022 events may be found in this category
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