Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2014/Participate

Wiki Loves Africa is a photo competition to share on Wikipedia the daily practices of people across the continent with each other and the rest of the world.
In 2014, we are going to focus on the pride we have in the food we eat, how it is prepared, what it looks like, how it differs from another type of food, and how that food reflects our diverse culture.

Why should you get involved?
Of all of the millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia, subjects relating to Africa have the least coverage. This is because of a number of reasons, but mostly because many people do not know that they can donate their images, videos and audio. We need your help to show how rich, different and delicious Africa is. Submit your images of Africa's many different processes, spices and rituals that food involves to illustrate articles on Africa's cuisine.

How to join Wiki Loves Africa?

Entering Wiki Loves Africa Cuisine is easy! Follow the 4 steps outlined below.

Step 1: Take some photos

This is the fun part! You can find a list of the types of photos that can be entered here. On this page you will also find tips on how to take the best pictures, videos or audio.

Step 2: Select the best

Your media (photo, video clip or audio clip) might go onto Wikipedia to illustrate an article. So choose the photos that would enhance an article about the subject of your media. Select the best of your photos and media where the subject matter is clear and in focus. The best photos are often those that have the most interesting angle or an unusual food, but remember some pictures

Step 3: Register on Commons to take part

You have to be registered on Wikimedia Commons in order to enter the competition. Register here.

Step 4: Use the Upload Wizard to enter your photographs.

What happens to the photos when they are uploaded?

All images that are used on Wikipedia are uploaded to a website called Commons. This is a large and wonderful database of images, audio, and video files. All those media files are published under free licences – this means that they are free to be re-used by anyone as long as they say who authored the photograph and keep them free (under the same licence). For more information on Wikimedia Commons licence policy, read here.

Competition rules

Images submitted to the Wiki Loves Africa contest may win prizes! There are a few rules to respect for the images to be eligible.

Rule 1: All photos must be taken by the person submitting them. They can be either self-uploaded or uploaded during a registered mass upload session.
Rule 2: Upload is done in October and November 2014 only. But you can enter media that was taken at any time, even historical photographs, as long as you own the copyright on these photographs.
Rule 3: All entries will have the following licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0). Read more about the cc-by-sa here.
Rule 4: All eligible pictures will be categorised under Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2014, this will be automatically assigned during the upload process.
Rule 5: Participants should enable e-mail on Wikimedia Commons to be eligible for prizes.

Further eligibility and other criteria

You may submit: Images of foods, dishes, crops and husbandry (or more generally, growth of ingredients), traditions and rituals around food, cooking methods and processing, utensils, food markets as well as supermarkets or "informal traders, food festivals, culinary events, culinary art, famine food and any other issues related to cuisine on the African continent...whatever you think is relevant … (within reason).

For more information on the types of themes for the photographs:

Some examples of pictures you may propose...

Nando's Restaurant in South Africa
A Malawian woman husks corn with a group of women in her village on the outskirts of Lilongwe, Malawi
Spécialité de la Côte d'Ivoire composé de tranches de banane plantain frites accompagnées de poissons frits

Spécialité de la Côte d'Ivoire composé de tranches de banane plantain frites accompagnées de poissons frits
Gatsby sandwich filled with calamari and chips for sale at The Fish Stop stall at Root44 Market, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Saville's Eastern Delights stall at Root44 Market, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Cauliflowers in Egypt
Kororima. The dried fruits have been pulverized so that the seeds may be removed. The ground seed is used as an ingredient in berbere. (Shashamane, Ethiopia)
Cooking equipment in ceramics, bamboo. Production Cameroon. Self-initiative with institutional grants.
Attiéké, couscous of cassava. Culinary speciality from Côte d'Ivoire
Pottery to contain olive oil exposed in Lamta Ribat, Tunisia
Local pottery in Guellala shop in Tunisia
Coffee Bean Roasting, Ethiopia
Ethiopian coffee ceremony
Chips of Cassava tuber (Manihot esculenta) at Sawla market in Ghana's Northern Region.
Pineapple field in Ghana
Tea plantation and harvest near Mulanje Plateau, Malawi
Tajine
Etape de la réalisation de la pastilla
Marché à Praia, la capitale du Cap-Vert
Arta Culinary School student washes dishes after the exchange of homemade recipes. Arta, Djibouti
« Liboke » type de cuisson congolaise : la nourriture (le plus souvent du poisson) est cuite sur des braises à l'étouffée à l'intérieur de larges feuilles de bananier ou de citronnier liées par le haut.
Aloegrove Dining Room. Namibia
Festival culinaire en Tunisie.