Commons:Wikimedia Switzerland
Wikimedia Switzerland is a Wikimedia chapter.
Among other activities, Wikimedia Switzerland supports the Wikimedia Commons project and community in several ways. The results are available in Category:Supported by Wikimedia CH.
Facilitating access
Media accreditations
The chapter helps in getting accredited for various events:
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Cristiano Ronaldo during a friendly Portugal-Argentina match in Geneva -
Keziah Jones at the Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011 -
Pierre Péan at the Salon du Livre 2011 in Geneva
Privileged access
The chapter negotiates privileged access for photographers to special places and collections, especially related to cultural institutions:
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Eugène Penard collection -
Beyer cryptographic watch -
Portrait of Pierre Révoil by Jean Michel Grobon
Lending equipment
The chapter has purchased photographic equipment which can be freely borrowed by contributors:
- a photo studio − see Category:Media supported by Wikimedia CH - Photo studio
- lights - see Category:Media supported by Wikimedia CH - Lights
- a media recorder − see Category:Media supported by Wikimedia CH - Media recorder
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Konica Autoreflex T3 -
Norwegian Forest Cat -
Triple Chimay
Encouraging participation
Every year, the chapter encourages participation to the Wikimedia projects, organising contests like Wiki Loves Monuments.
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Uster railway station -
Water tower in Luzern -
Hammetschwand elevator
Opening and sharing public domain material
The chapter strives to create partnerships with cultural institutions, aiming among other things to help them open and share their public domain collections:
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Cystopteris alpina -
Merckliche Beschreibung sampt eygenlicher Abbildung eynes frembden unbekanten Volcks -
The marketplace of Solothurn, where, in addition to a powerful cannon, artillery troops are watching on foot and on horseback
A few figures
Wikimedia Switzerland has already supported the creation of 360,427 media. Among those:
34 are featured pictures
865 are quality images
6 are valued images