Congratulations everyone who organized this year! These images and videos are fantastic and relevant: it's so cool to see such good (and creative) documentation of the climate crises, other weather events and the environment of Africa!
Cheers, Alex On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 10:38 AM Wilson Oluoha <wil...@wikiinafrica.org> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > > I hope this email finds you well. > > I am excited to share with you the amazing results and statistics of the > 2023 Wiki Loves Africa contest. Wiki Loves Africa > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023> aims > to celebrate the richness, diversity and beauty of Africa by encouraging > participants and contributors to upload their media to Wikimedia Commons > for subsequent use on Wikipedia. > > > The 2023 iteration of the project, which ran from 1st March to 30th April > with the theme *Climate & Weather*, received an overwhelming response, > with a total > <https://ptools.toolforge.org/uploadersincat.php?category=Images+from+Wiki+Loves+Africa+2023> > of *13,385* submissions from* 785* uploaders representing *53 African > countries > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023>*. > It's been truly inspiring to witness the continental response to the > concept of climate and weather as it concerns Africa through this > initiative. > > > Today, we are excited to announce the *winning media entries > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023/Winners>*, > which were selected by our esteemed panel of judges. Also, this year, we > introduced a Video jury (first ever in the Wikimedia space) to help us > select the winning uploads for the various video categories. > > > > *The International prizes:* > > *Photography:* > *1st prize:* US$2000 - Auyo village flood by Sani Maikatanga > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auyo_village_flood_06.jpg> > (Nigeria) > *2nd prize:* US$1500 - Stormy day in somalia by Mohamed Nasr > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stormy_day_in_somalia.jpg> > (Somalia) > *3rd prize:* US$1000 - Kids and the river by Mohammed Osman > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kids_and_the_river.jpg> (Sudan) > > > > > *Media (Video, Audio, Graphics, Photo Essays):* > *Best audio :* US$ 750 - Change Immersion by Abdullahi Tanimu Abubakar > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Change-immersion.ogg> (Nigeria) > *Best video prize :* US$ 1,000 - GOOD YESTERDAYS WIKI LOVES AFRICA 2023 > by Green Wilfred Somoni > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GOOD_YESTERDAYS_WIKI_LOVES_AFRICA_2023_By_Green_Wilfred_Somoni.webm> > (Nigeria) > *Africa Environment Video Prize* (Best video representation of the impact > of climate change) : US$ 2,000 - Last Stand by Alamin Mohammed > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Last_Stand.webm> > *Africa Environment Special Collection Prize:* Collection of 13 videos by > Wiki Loves Africa Fan Club Cote d'Ivoire > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire_Fan_Club> > > > > *Useful links:* > > > Click to see best photos from the contest > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Best_images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023> > . > > > Click to view Quality photos from the contest > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quality_images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023> > . > > > Click to see the Top 20 photo considerations from the contest. > <https://youtu.be/njrJyQwLeBI?feature=shared> > > > Click to view the National winners from several local contests. > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023/National_winners> > > > > On a final note, we would like to acknowledge the support of all our > partners, jury, organizers and volunteers whose tireless efforts, > assistance and contributions made this year's contest a success. We are > immensely grateful for your dedication and passion to supporting Wiki Loves > Africa. We look forward to your continued participation in future endeavors. > > > If you have any questions or would like further information, please do not > hesitate to reach out via wil...@wikiinafrica.org. Thank you once again > for your interest and support. > > > > Warm regards, > > > *Wilson* > > On behalf of the International team Wiki Loves Africa > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list -- common...@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to commons-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > -- Alex Stinson Lead Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns
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