Commons:Викимедиа Франция

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Wikimédia France is a Wikimedia chapter.

Among other activities − detailed on Meta − Wikimédia France supports the Wikimedia Commons project and community in several ways. The entire support results are available on Category:Supported by Wikimedia France.

Facilitating access

Аккредитация прессы

The chapter helps in getting accredited for various events:

Final of the Challenge Réseau Ferré de France–Trophée Monal 2012 (épée world cup tournament in Paris)
Reina Tanaka of Morning Musume during autograph session at Japan Expo
Citroën C4 WRC 2010, Mondial de l'automobile

Привилегированный доступ

The chapter negotiates privileged access for photographers to special places and collections, especially related to cultural institutions:

Muséum de Toulouse with the Projet Phoebus
Château de Versailles
Various venues like the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève or the École Nationale des Chartes

Dynamine postverta postverta (Cramer, 1780)
Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
Reading room of Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris.

Lending equipment

The chapter has purchased photographic equipment which can be freely borrowed by contributors: DLSR cameras, lenses, photo studios.

Tomb of Pierre Gareau at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris (France).
Planetary gearing of a pencil sharpener
Procession des saints de Bretagne, fresco in the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes (France)

Encouraging participation

The chapter encourages participation to the Wikimedia projects, through the organisation of photographic rallies or contests like Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth or été des régions:

Central part of the ceiling of the Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles.
Great gallery of Château de Maintenon - Eure-et-Loir, France
The Genoese tower in Porto at sunset - Corsica, France.

Opening and sharing public domain material

The chapter strives to create partnerships with cultural institutions, aiming among other thing to help them opening and sharing their public domain collections.