Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2023 in Cameroon

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Welcome to Wiki Loves Earth 2023 in Cameroon which takes place from 1 to 30 June 2023

Introduction

Wiki Loves Earth 2023 is an international photography contest. Its main goal is to encourage the valorization of natural protected areas through Wikimedia projects (mainly the Wikipedia encyclopedia and its media library Wikimedia Commons).

This is the fifth time that Cameroon organise this competition, which runs from 1 to 30 June 2023. You are all invited to participate, whether as a participant (professional or non-professional photographer), as a volunteer of the organisation or both. Anyone can participate. It is also a good opportunity to raise public awareness of nature and biodiversity, and to remind people of the issues involved in preserving it.

There are many natural sites to be photographed: the competition will cover all areas in all regions of Cameroon, from national parks to regional nature reserves. You can import as many photographs of these natural areas as you wish.

These photos may have been taken at any time, but the upload must be made between 1 and 30 June 2023.

These photos must be placed under a Free license.

At the end of the competition, the local jury will award prizes to the three best photos and a prize will be offered to the three best images out of the ten selected.

After the local selections, the international jury will choose the best photos (of all the photos in the competition) from which 10 Cameroonian photos will make the list.

Competition Rules

The rules to be observed by each participant in order for each image to be taken into account in this competition in Cameroon are :

1 All entries must be your own work; do not manipulate the original images and ensure that there are no visible watermarks.

2 All photos must be uploaded between 1st and 30th June 2023 to be eligible.

3 During the upload process, you allow the image to be licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-SA (or equivalent) licence to allow reuse.

4 You must have specified a contact email address in your Wikimedia Commons account settings.

5 Download photos of natural areas in Cameroon.

6 Captions and description are mandatory.

7 Don't forget to add categories to your photo, it will be useful to anyone looking for your photo.

8 Make sure you do not upload duplicate images.

9 If the photo is deleted for any reason, it is automatically excluded from the competition. You are legally responsible for taking and uploading photos.

Besides that, there are some practical rules:

1 Log in or create a new account on Wikimedia Commons ;

2 Name your photos well;

3 Use our upload button at the bottom of step 5 in the "how to participate" section to upload images;

4 Share your download success on social networks with our hashtags: #WLECameroon #WLE2023 ;

5 And wait patiently for the results! Good luck!

Awards

National awards

The winners of the awards at the Cameroon level will receive the following prizes : 

1 A gift voucher worth 150,000 CFA francs;
2 A gift voucher worth 100,000 CFA francs;
3 A gift voucher worth 75,000 CFA francs;

Additional awards

  • The two (02) persons who will have put in more images in quantity and quality will each receive a gift voucher worth 15,000 CFA francs for the first and 10,000 CFA francs for the second.
  • The person who has contributed to Wikipedia (writing and improving Wikipedia articles related to protected areas in Cameroon) will receive a gift voucher worth 15,000 CFA francs.

International awards

All information about the international competition awards can be found directly on the dedicated Commons page.

National Calendar

1 Start date: 1 June 2023
2 End date: 30 June 2023
3 Decision on local results: early August 2023

How can I participate?

Step 1: Find protected areas to photograph near you!

Step 2: "Take pictures of them! Make as many pictures as you can, try different angles. Even if the photo doesn't win a prize, it can help improve Wikipedia!

Step 3: Make a description of what you have photographed. Include the name of the site and the date of the photo.

Step 4: Sign in. Don't have an account on Wikimedia Commons yet? Create an account - just takes a few moments! Make sure your email address is confirmed.

Step 5: publish your photos from 1 to 30 June 2023.

Selection Criteria

From 1 to 30 June 2023, you can upload photos (old or new) as you wish from the list of natural protected areas you have visited. At the end of the competition, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the ten best different photographs of Cameroon's protected areas to be ranked in order of preference. Voting will take place in July 2023 to submit for representation in the international final.

The criteria for selecting the winners are as follows:

  • the technical quality of the shot
  • the originality of the approach
  • the descriptive, educational and artistic value.

The top-ranked images in the international ranking will at least meet the technical criteria of the Wikimedia Commons' "Featured picture candidates" process.

Jury members

  • Daniel Beloumou, photographe professionnel ;
  • Hako Hankson, Artiste peintre, plasticien ;
  • Max Mbakop, photographe professionnel.

Organisers

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