Hello everyone
Wiki Loves Africa 2016 is now closed ! Congratulations everyone !
I think a couple of people went to bed with blurry eyes from final
uploads and I hope Georges recovered a decent internet connexion to
finish his uploads today.
Christine and I finished fixing the tagging issue I discussed with some
of you yesterday by email (we'll talk more of this later to see how to
better deal with tagging next year).
So... in short... current grand total is 7817 pictures.
* Ivory Coast 1147
* Cameroun 852
* Nigeria 765
* Tunisia 731
* Ghana 638
* Ouganda 526
* Egypt 615
* Kenya 385
* Morroco 317
* South Africa 315
* Algeria 281
* Tanzania 190
It is to note that Morroco and South Africa were not specifically
supported within the WLA framework, and it is lovely to see those
figures for them.
Beyond figures... I am pleased to say that the quality of the pictures
is clearly on the rise.
- Increase of skills within the local teams ?
- Better photographic material ?
- More deals with professional photographers ?
- Better visibility of the contest bringing in more diverse participants ?
- More partnerships bringing in pictures ?
There are clearly several reasons to explain that.
But in any cases... great job.
I enjoyed seeing pictures from partners who emerged from the WLW
project, such as https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gogeafrica
Or a winner of last year contest still around :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mustapha_BRAHIM_DJELLOUL
So really... awesome job everyone !
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What's next ?
1. Voting... jury...
will be managed this year by Isla. If you want to help in setting up the
jury tool, the wiki pages for the community vote etc. get in touch with
her !
2. Reuse and categorization of images
Some teams have planned events to categorize and integrate images in
Wikipedia articles (great).
If it is not the case of your local team... please consider doing some
of it all by yourself. It is NOT hard.
To get the ball rolling... I made Asaf dream come true... the Dance
article did not really have any dance video featured. He was using that
example when talking to audience to illustrate the fact there was still
a LOT to do on Wikipedia.
Well... he will not be able to use that argument anymore... the Dance
article now has a dance video.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance&diff=prev&oldid=763008886
And the Kuduro article is illustrated : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuduro
So what about you ? What about going through a category of images
uploaded during WLAf and making sure to illustrate... 5 articles ? 10
articles ? More ?
Asaf probably still think there is a lot to do...
(but he probably needs to explain more about how to use Glamify... uh)
3. Quality
Please consider doing as Tunisian and Algerian teams do and work toward
having your best pictures recognised as quality pictures.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quality_images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016
In particular those teams who complained during WikiIndaba that Africa
UserGroups did not enjoy international recognition. Just do it :) Right
Shola ?
In particular as well those teams who would like to see one of their
photographer be added to the Best Photographers on Commons pool in the
future. Poke Georges...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Meet_our_photographers
4. Documentation
Please do remember to send your documentation for expenses to Elisabeth
5. Brainstorm from WikiIndaba
I reported the notes here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016#Notes_from_WikiIndaba_2017
Please feel free to add any further comments over there.
Cheers
Anthere
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