Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in Tanzania
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 topic (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 Tanzania between 15th February and 15h April 2022. By submitting your photos to the competition, you share homes and habitats in Tanzania 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 Tanzania, take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons:
Take photos
Describe them
Upload to Commons
Contact us!
You may contact the Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania or follow them here:
Team members
- Antoni Mtavangu - Project Lead
- Eid John - Photography Training and Mentorship
- Paul Mandele - Venue and Photo hunts
- Clement Makangabila - Online events Coordinator
- Anold - Media and Documentation
- Ally Kiliwasha-Community engagement and Facilitator
- Alex Method-Community engagement and Facilitator
- Aris Maro- Creative Commons Licenses trainer
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 Tanzania to submit to represent in the international finale. The international jury will then announce the international winners in June 2022.
Members of the jury
- to be announced
- to be announced
- 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: $200
- 2nd National Prize: $100
- 3rd National Prize: $50
- Special Prizes: $75
The events
* February 15th : Launch of Wiki Loves Africa 2022