Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food contest extended till May 7, 2015

[Sudhanwa Jogalekar]

Hi,

Looks like extending the date has not much impact on the number and
quality of pictures.

There are about 440 pictures uploaded and many of them are just fruit,
vegetable pictures. Could not understand what is "aesthetic" in those
pictures.

Considering the quantity as well as quality of pictures, my opinion is
not to go ahead with the contest further. Also, all of them are not
worth those thousands of rupees prize money.

I am curious to know the statistics of images posted by general public
and nominated people.


Regards
-Sudhanwa




On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Based on community feedback, phase 1 (pilot) of Wiki Loves Food contest is
> extended till May 7, 2015.
>
> There are few slots and community nominations available still .
>
> You can register at
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food#Phase_1:_April_15_-_April_30_extended_till_May_7
>
> Phase 2 will start from May 15, 2015.
>
> Please help us spread this update and encourage food photographers and
> bloggers you know to participate.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ravi
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food contest extended till May 7, 2015

[Ravishankar]

Hi Sudhanwa,

Phase 1 of contest is a pilot conducted to understand the dynamics of
Commons community. It has helped us refine various aspects in Phase 2.

I agree that there are certain things that could have been done better in
the pilot phase. But, as far as we know, this is the first time any one has
conducted a pilot for a photo contest. So, we do have lot of learnings from
conducting this pilot which will be documented in our upcoming progress
report.

Phase 2 progress can be tracked at

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:wlf

In the last few days, we are getting around 500+ images uploaded every day
and most of them represent the diverse cuisine of Indian sub-continent.

1560 contestants have registered so far.

Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food
 has been viewed
128309 times in the last 30 days and we are trying various channels to
reach more people.

Based on GLAMorous tool
,
24.96% of uploaded images in Phase 1 are already being used in various
Wikimedia projects.

We request more volunteers to sign up at

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food/Volunteers

to help us organize the images uploaded in Phase 2.

We will provide more stats once the contest is over.

Thanks,

Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food contest extended till May 7, 2015

[Sudhanwa Jogalekar]

Looks like the pictures in this phase a slightly better.
I am still not convinced about the whole contest process and the prizes.

Just have a look at the food pictures here:
http://finedinelove.com/art-of-food-loving-food-through-photographs/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=discovery&utm_campaign=Finedinelove

A single good food picture takes about at least 3-4 hours in a
professional studio.
Of course I am not expecting all the pictures of that quality but see
these clicks from the contest as examples of bad pictures:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/ABSOLUTELY_TRADITIONAL_ODIYA_DISH-FROM_STATE_ODISHA-INDIA.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Appe.jpg/1280px-Appe.jpg

-Sudhanwa


On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Based on community feedback, phase 1 (pilot) of Wiki Loves Food contest is
> extended till May 7, 2015.
>
> There are few slots and community nominations available still .
>
> You can register at
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food#Phase_1:_April_15_-_April_30_extended_till_May_7
>
> Phase 2 will start from May 15, 2015.
>
> Please help us spread this update and encourage food photographers and
> bloggers you know to participate.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ravi
>
> --
> Disclaimer: The Wikimedia India Chapter (WMIN) is an autonomous entity with
> no direct control over the Wikipedia project and other websites hosted by
> the Wikimedia Foundation, USA.
>
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> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.



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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food contest extended till May 7, 2015

[Ravishankar]

Sudhanwa,

Here are few examples of professionally shot images received in Phase 1:

* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kesari_bhath.jpg

* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salt_lassi.jpg

Please follow our social media channels where we will publish more such
pictures in  the coming days:

* https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesFood

* https://twitter.com/WikiLovesFood

* http://wikilovesfood.org/

Any public facing contest will receive contributions from professionals and
amateurs alike. The dynamics of Commons community will ensure that only
pictures within the scope of Wikimedia projects will be retained.

For example, the picture you pointed out has already been identified and
nominated for deletion.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ABSOLUTELY_TRADITIONAL_ODIYA_DISH-FROM_STATE_ODISHA-INDIA.jpg

We are also identifying possible copyright violations. For example, please
see

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_uploaded_by_Adichourasiya

Maintenance and cleanup work like these is also a part of our work and will
continue even after the contest is over.

Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food contest extended till May 7, 2015

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

Hi,

Voting for Wiki Loves Food Phase 1 Community award is open now at

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food/Phase_1/Community_Award

Please participate and help us share the best picture for community award.

Thanks,

Ravi
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