Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in South Africa
Wiki Loves Africa is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute media that relates to that year's theme to Wikimedia Commons) for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes. Each year's theme is chosen by the community to be a universal, visually-rich and culturally-specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).
You are encouraged to submit any photos of Home and Habitats in South Africa between 15th February and 15h April 2022. By submitting your photos to the competition, you share homes and habitats in Kenya with the rest of the world to enjoy through the internet and allow visibility of your shots and your country.
Participate
Find home and habitats in South Africa, take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons:
Find home and habitats in South Africa
There are plenty of homes and habitats in South Africa. Take images of homes and habitats around you.
Take photos
Make as many and as good photos as you can, try different angles. Even if the photo doesn't win you a prize, it may help Wikipedia!
Describe them
Write down what you photographed. Record the name, description, and date of photo.
Upload to Commons
Upload your images to Wikimedia Commons between 15th of February and 15th of April 2022. Create an account, if you don't have one already.Contact us!
You may contact the Wikimedia Community User Group South Africa or follow them here:
- Twitterː Wikimedia_ZA
- Facebook: [1]
- Email : shupai@wikimedia.org.za
Jury members
At the end of the month, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the best pictures of the homes and habitats in South Africa to submit to represent in the international finale. The international jury will then announce the international winners in June 2022.
Members of the jury
- Bobby Shabangu
- Sincerity Lawrence
- to be announced
- Judging criteria
The jury will determine the winners of the international contest taking into consideration the following criteria (in no particular order):
- Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.);
- Originality;
- Usefulness of the image for Wikipedia.
Images that reach a top ranking of the international finale, will typically at least fulfill the technical criteria of the ‘Featured Image’ process at Wikimedia Commons. But feel free to submit many images, and let the jury be concerned if they are good enough.
Prizes
There are several prizes up for grabs, both nationally and internationally.
At the international level, there are 5 main prizes for Wiki Loves Africa.
- 1st prize: US$2000
- 2nd prize: US$1500
- 3rd prize: US$1000
- Culturally specific or traditional representations of home : US$750
- Prize for best quality video : US$1000
- Special Collection: US$750
(Disclaimer: Prizes to be dispersed in a gift card or voucher format. Each winner will also receive a pack of goodies)
At the national level you stand a chance to win
- 1st National Prize: R1500
- 2nd National Prize: R800
- 3rd National Prize: R1500
The events
* February 15th : Launch of Wiki Loves Africa 2022
Photo Contest Highlights
Category: Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2021 in South Africa
- Highlights from the photo contest
Top picks from South Africa
- 2021 National Winners in South Africa photo contest
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