amazing! Best, Lodewijk
2012/10/29 Sophie Österberg <sophie.osterb...@wikimedia.se> > Wow Deror! I am amazed by all your effort into making WLM such a big and > joyous event, great! > > / Sophie > Wikimedia Sverige > > Jag ber om ursäkt om jag är kort. Detta skickas från min mobil / Sophie > Den 29 okt 2012 20:36 skrev "Deror Avi" <deror_...@yahoo.com>: > >> Dear all, >> >> I wish to update regarding WLM in Israel. >> >> The competition took place during the month of Tishrei (mid September to >> mid October) , during which 6,097 images were uploaded to the commons. >> >> The most photographed monuments were, as expected, the Bahai Gardens in >> Haifa, the Tower of David in Jerusalem, and Jaffa Port. >> >> During the month of the competition we also held 20 events including two >> photography workshops (sponsored by the Galitz school of photography), 18 >> guided tours (sponsored by the Council for Heritage Sites in Israel), and >> two tours at the Israel Museum (the museum allowed free entrance to the >> participants). about 400 people participated in the events. Our volunteers >> chaperoned the tours ready to answer all questions about the competition. >> >> 500 people visited our both at a photography fare, 800 people wrote to >> us requesting information about the tours, 600 joined our mailing lists. >> >> We also had 20 newspaper articles (some of which internet newspapers and >> some printed), participated in 6 radio shows and 2 television programs, >> talking about the competition. >> >> Following the competition a Portal was created in Hebrew Wikipedia to >> host the lists of sites, and the best images taken. >> >> As to the judging - our volunteers shifted through the 6,000 uploads >> choosing 250 photographs for the 9 judges (three professional >> photographers, two of which from the Galitz School, two professional site >> conservation experts from the National council, and four Wikipedians). The >> judges rated the photographs choosing 30, and then from those chose the top >> 10. The three images that got the highest points will receive monetary >> prices (NIS 5,000 (about $1,250), NIS 3,000 and NIS 2,000). The Israeli >> Internet Association conducted its own judging allowing the general public >> to vote on its most favorite image, which will receive NIS 2,000. >> >> The results will be published at our awards ceremony which will take >> place on 7th November and will include a tour of old Jaffa, a cocktail and >> an exhibition of the 10 winning photographs and the people's choice. >> >> Following the awards ceremony, the exhibition will be hung at the gallery >> of the Diezengoff Centre shopping mall in Tel Aviv until 1st December. >> >> We wish to thank our volunteers who helped with the tours, and with >> creating the lists of monuments (as you may recall we had to create the >> lists for the competition - none exited before it). We especially want to >> thank Yan who has created the judging system used by us and other >> countries. >> >> We further wish to thank the international competition team for their >> support and assistance, and their patience with our many questions. >> >> Regards, >> >> Deror >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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