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Wiki Science Competition is an international photo contest for the sciences hosted by Wikimedia
Submission period: 15 November – 15 December 2021

This webpage in Thai/หน้าเว็บนี้ในภาษาไทย: Wiki Science Competition 2021 in Thailand

About

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Looking for great images. Photo by Mati Kose. Estonian Science Photo Competition 2013. CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Wiki Science Competition (WSC) is an international photo competition for sciences, organized by Wikimedians in Thailand aiming to promote and engage people with science in Thailand and beyond. It will take place between 15 November – 15 December 2021. This competition was first organized in Estonia. In 2015, the contest was expanded to all of Europe. European Science Photo Competition resulted in almost 10,000 freely licensed images attracting over 2,200 contesters. This year is the first time it will be organized globally.

This competition was brought to Wikipedia because Wikipedia is an active platform dedicated to collecting and sharing educational content freely to everyone. Being open access, and 7th most accessed website in the world are just some of the features of Wikipedia that make it an excellent platform for science and science photos in particular. Science photo competition is a motivational framework for catalyzing the formation of sustainable relationship between the scientists and Wikimedia community.

Wiki Science Competition consists of two levels: there is a local competition in each participating country and the local organizing team will forward chosen pictures to the international competition.

Rules

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Submissions must be made between 15 November – 15 December 2021 with an e-mail registered Wikimedia account.

There is no limit to the number of images one can upload. If you upload more than one image, only one highest prize is eligible. The rest shall be awarded to the next highest scoring entrant.

The image must be published under a free use license or as public domain. The possible licenses are CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC-BY 4.0, CC0 1.0, and similar.

Images entered into the competition must be taken or authored by submitter of the image. In case of multiple authors, all the co-authors’ names must be provided. In case of institutional uploads, submission can be made by a representative of the organization.

The image needs to have a good scientific description. Description in English is required for every submitted image, although descriptions in other languages are also welcomed.

Upload the highest resolution possible. The image size should be at least 2 megapixels, unless the technology used does not allow it. The image must not contain water mark, logo, additional text, graphics, or insets.

How to participate

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Submission is now closed.

Awarded national finalists

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The awarded national finalists were contacted through their Talk page in January 2022.

People in Science

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National finalist 1 National finalist 2
Thailand has a plan to use floating solar farm that’s equivalent to about 70 football fields in size has begun generating power in Ubon Ratchatani, reflecting the country’s push to achieve carbon-neutral status by 2050. These people trying to test a solar farm before using it at Sirindhorn Dam.
Joe628
1st national finalist
A frog dissection in a biology class at school.
Tonkaoo
2nd national finalist


Microscopy images

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National finalist 1 National finalist 2
A549 cells isolated from the lung tissue of a 58-year-old Caucasian male with lung cancer.
Pinyapat Prisananuntakul
1st national finalist
Biology is the most powerful technology ever created.
Peanutbutter15
2nd national finalist


Non-photographic media

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National finalist 1
Siamosaurus suteethorni gazing off into the sunset. Siamosaurus is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur from Thailand, known only from tooth fossils. It is the first spinosaurid reported in Asia and the name honors Thai palaeontologist Varavudh Suteethorn. The reconstruction is based on the closely related Ichthyovenator laosensis and a sail fossil from Khok Kruat Formation that could possibly be from Siamosaurus.
DinoThaiThai Chatchy
1st national finalist


Image sets

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National finalist 1
Our planet Earth, our home, is the only planet in the universe where we've ever identified living organisms. The image set shows the colorful nature of our Earth and some of man-made structures.
Joe628
1st national finalist


Wildlife & nature

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National finalist 1 National finalist 2
Black Kites in Nakhon Nayok.
Chainfoto
1st national finalist
Ladybugs foraging on Chinese cap mushrooms in Phetchaburi.
Chainfoto
2nd national finalist


Astronomy

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National finalist 1 National finalist 2
A beautiful landscape of paddy fields under the Milky Way at Pa Pong Pieng village in Mae Chaem, Chiang Mai.
Chainfoto
1st national finalist
A crescent Moon and Venus at greatest brilliancy on December 7, 2021, as seen from near Phra Pathom Chedi, Nakhon Pathom.
Paul-shy
2nd national finalist


General category

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National finalist 1 National finalist 2
When zooming inside Thai Vanda spp., the petals, lip and column are shown which can be concluded to be "Amazing". !
Chanokpat.kijkar
1st national finalist
An ant can lift an object that weighs more than 50 times its own weight.
Tonkhaosamon
2nd national finalist

Judging

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Image categories

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People in Science – Scientists in their natural habitat.


Microscopy images – Optical, electron, and scanning probe microscopy images all fall under this category.


Non-photographic media – Audio and video files, computer-generated imagery, etc.


Image sets – Thematically linked images, that can be viewed as one set. Image set could be made up from up to 10 separate images.


Wildlife & nature – Organisms who grow or live wild in an area. Macro photography also falls under this category.


Astronomy – That collects all images related to astronomy. May it be the images of stars, people viewing them or the equipment used for it.


General category – Everything else goes into this category, from archaeology to volcanology.

Awards

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The national finalists will proceed to the international round which has separate awards. Visit https://www.wikisciencecompetition.org/ for more information.

The national finalists of WSC 2021 in Thailand will receive the following prizes

  • Central Gift Card valued 1,000 Baht (10 prizes in total)
  • Special prizes exclusive to Wikimedia Thailand
    • 3 fold automatic umbrella (22 inch diameter, 8 ribs, rain and UV protection)
    • Wikimedia Thailand desk calendar (displays photos from previous Wiki Loves Earth in Thailand and Wiki Loves Monuments in Thailand photo contests)
    • 500 ml vacuum stainless steel water bottle (heat and cold insulation)
    • Wikipedia T-shirt

*Note: The organizer reserves the right to distribute one prize per one finalist.

Wikimedia Thailand water bottle
Wikimedia Thailand umbrella
Wikimedia Thailand t-shirt

Jury

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The jury comprises of specialists across scientific disciplines:

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jessada Denduangboripant, Chulalongkorn University (Life sciences)
  • Mr. Visanu Euarchukiati, Siam Society, Thai Astronomical Society and a committee member for Astronomy Vocabulary Dictionary of the Thai Royal Society
  • Dr. Sawang Petvises, Thammasat University (Life sciences)

Local sponsors

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National Science and Technology Development Agency
(NSTDA)
www.nstda.or.th/

www.wikimedia.org
Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology
(IPST)
www.ipst.ac.th/


Organizer

Volunteering Wikimedians in Thailand

Volunteers
Organizing team: Karto1, Tanapatjms, Teetee_taw
Supporting team: Athikhun.suw, taweetham