User:TiagoPereira/Wikiproject ESPD media contest (concept)
WikiProject ESPD media contest is a WikiProject associated with European Solar Physics Division (ESPD) and dedicated to promote the upload of high-quality media related to the Sun to Wikimedia Commons. Every calendar month, the ESPD board will choose a winning entry (see rules below). The winning entries will be announced on Commons and advertised through the media channels of the ESPD.
Contest and rules edit
To enter the contest, simply upload your image or media to Commons and add the category ESPD Media of the Month Contest to your file. In addition, there are a few more rules to follow:
- The image or media file you upload must be of the Sun, or related to the study of the Sun. You will need to add it to Category:Sun or, ideally, to a more specific subcategory of Sun.
- You must provide a clear description of what the work is about, and when applicable which instruments were used to capture the image.
- Your file must follow the usual Commons rules on allowable file types, copyright, must be useful for an educational purpose, and must not be a close derivative of an existing file on Commons.
The ESPD board will vote to select a winning file every calendar month, with the file and author being advertised on its website and through its media presence. Winners will be picked from all eligible files with Category:ESPD Media of the Month Contest, not just the files uploaded in the relevant calendar month. Winners will be categorised under a yearly subcategory of Category:ESPD_Media_of_the_Month_Winners.
Files uploaded by serving ESPD board members are ineligible to participate while the respective board member(s) are on the ESPD board (but can be considered when/if the member is no longer in the board).
Anyone can join this WikiProject by simply adding their name under "Members" below, although membership of the project is not required to submit media to the contest.
New to Commons? edit
There are a number of excellent training materials to help you upload your files. Use the 'Upload file' button, just below the Wikimedia Commons icon. That will allow you to use the Upload Wizard. For further help on using this tool, see: Commons:Upload Wizard FAQ or take a look at a few videos here.
Frequently Asked Questions edit
What files can I submit? edit
You can submit images, movies, or diagrams that are of the Sun, or related to the Sun or Heliophysics (e.g. images of solar telescopes or observatories are also good). Files are limited to 100 MB.
Who can submit files to the contest? edit
Anyone can enter the context. You don't need to be working at a research institute or university. You will need to create a user in Commons before you can upload files.
Can I submit work that is not my own? edit
Yes, but you need to get permission from the author, who needs to release the rights to the work (see Commons:OTRS#Licensing_images:_when_do_I_contact_OTRS?). Generally speaking, it is much slower and more complicated to submit work from others, so the recommended approach is for the author to upload the files. Note that in case of winning entries, it is the author who gets the credit, not the uploader.
Can I submit images from solar telescopes taken by others? edit
Yes, and this is encouraged. Solar observations are often done by teams. It is not always clear who was the person that "acquired" the image, and in some cases the person working with the data is not the person that acquired the image. As long as you have permission to use the data, and have yourself created the image or movie file from the observed data, it should be fine. Multiple authors can also be added, and if you are using data that was not created but acquired, reduced, or processsed by others, it is a good idea to credit them in the description.
What categories must I use? edit
You need to use Category:ESPD Media of the Month Contest so that your entry is visible to the contest judges. In addition, you should use Category:Sun or one of its subcategories. If your file fits better under one of the subcategories of Sun, this is preferred per the Commons categorisation policy. Examples are Category:Chromosphere, Category:Solar_Dynamics_Observatory_images, Category:Solar_corona.
What license shall I use? edit
To upload a file to Commons you must use a free license. By default, this will be a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license, but other Creative Commons licenses are also available, such as Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY). Note that if you license your file with CC-BY-SA, others may not be able to post that file on Facebook, see meta:Legal/CC_BY-SA_on_Facebook.
Why is this competition on Commons, and why must I license my work freely? edit
The aim of this project is to help Commons build a high-quality database of solar images that can be used to educate and promote solar physics. Such a comprehensive database of solar physics images is currently lacking. Commons only accepts free content that is not restricted by copyright, so that it can be used by anyone, anytime, for any purpose.
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