Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Call for suggestions for the international jury

2016-09-22 Thread Lodewijk 
(and for the record: I'll need suggestions ideally in the nxt 24 hours :)
After that, I'll start inviting some more people again, but suggestions
remain welcome - I will definitely keep them for next year if I don't use
them this time! -- Lodewijk)

2016-09-22 13:33 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk :

> Hi all,
>
> As I'm working on finalizing the international jury for this year (more
> details below, that I shared before), there are some specific
> characteristics that I would especially appreciate suggestions for (keeping
> the mentioned constraints in mind):
>
> - Wikimedia Commons uploaders with a lot of features/good quality images
> - A Wikipedian that is very active in the heritage articles field (and
> also has a sense for quality images)
> - Someone with a background in countries in Asia, Africa, North America
> and/or Eastern Europe.
> - A professional prize winning photographer
>
> Or a combination of those, of course! Please get in touch with me directly
> if you have suggestions.
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> 2016-08-18 11:18 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk :
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Like every year, we need to put together a good jury for Wiki Loves
>> Monuments 2016. It is a complicated and delicate process to come to a
>> balanced jury, and I would like to outline the criteria here, and to ask
>> for your input. I have agreed to take the lead on this process - but would
>> definitely welcome your input, and help.
>>
>> As in the past years, I think it is important to aim once again for a
>> jury that as a whole is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means
>> ideally:
>> * A mix of photography experts, heritage experts and Wikimedia experts
>> (aiming at a total size of 7-9)
>> * Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the same
>> country.
>> * Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can
>> never assure a balance in all aspects)
>> * The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM
>>
>> At the same time, there are some practical considerations:
>> * Jury members must be able to write and read English
>> * They must have the time to commit to judge 200-500 photos in three
>> rounds over a period of 3 weeks in November
>> * While jury members can participate in a local competition, their
>> photos cannot participate in the international finale
>> * Jury members should not participate in any national jury for 2016
>> (previous years is OK)
>> * It would be helpful if the juror would be willing to share their real
>> name for the jury report.
>> * Jury work is in a volunteer capacity.
>>
>> Do you know someone who would make a good juror, please contact me
>> privately with the suggestion. At least let me know who the juror is, how I
>> could contact him/her and why they would make a good jurymember (and
>> whether you have reason to believe they would accept the nomination, if
>> asked).
>>
>> I will do my best to put together once again a qualified and diverse jury,
>> with your help!
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> Best,
>> Lodewijk
>> (international jury coordinator, WLM 2016)
>>
>
>
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Call for suggestions for the international jury

2016-09-22 Thread Lodewijk 
Hi all,

As I'm working on finalizing the international jury for this year (more
details below, that I shared before), there are some specific
characteristics that I would especially appreciate suggestions for (keeping
the mentioned constraints in mind):

- Wikimedia Commons uploaders with a lot of features/good quality images
- A Wikipedian that is very active in the heritage articles field (and also
has a sense for quality images)
- Someone with a background in countries in Asia, Africa, North America
and/or Eastern Europe.
- A professional prize winning photographer

Or a combination of those, of course! Please get in touch with me directly
if you have suggestions.

Best,
Lodewijk

2016-08-18 11:18 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk :

> Hi all,
>
> Like every year, we need to put together a good jury for Wiki Loves
> Monuments 2016. It is a complicated and delicate process to come to a
> balanced jury, and I would like to outline the criteria here, and to ask
> for your input. I have agreed to take the lead on this process - but would
> definitely welcome your input, and help.
>
> As in the past years, I think it is important to aim once again for a jury 
> that
> as a whole is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means ideally:
> * A mix of photography experts, heritage experts and Wikimedia experts
> (aiming at a total size of 7-9)
> * Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the same
> country.
> * Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can
> never assure a balance in all aspects)
> * The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM
>
> At the same time, there are some practical considerations:
> * Jury members must be able to write and read English
> * They must have the time to commit to judge 200-500 photos in three
> rounds over a period of 3 weeks in November
> * While jury members can participate in a local competition, their photos
> cannot participate in the international finale
> * Jury members should not participate in any national jury for 2016
> (previous years is OK)
> * It would be helpful if the juror would be willing to share their real
> name for the jury report.
> * Jury work is in a volunteer capacity.
>
> Do you know someone who would make a good juror, please contact me
> privately with the suggestion. At least let me know who the juror is, how I
> could contact him/her and why they would make a good jurymember (and
> whether you have reason to believe they would accept the nomination, if
> asked).
>
> I will do my best to put together once again a qualified and diverse jury,
> with your help!
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
> (international jury coordinator, WLM 2016)
>
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Call for suggestions for the international jury

2016-08-18 Thread john cummings 
Hi Lodewijk

Great, thanks very much, really helpful

John

On 18 August 2016 at 12:10, Lodewijk  wrote:

> Hey John,
>
>
>
> 2016-08-18 12:02 GMT+02:00 john cummings :
>
>> Hi Lodewijk
>>
>> Some questions:
>>
>>1. What is the time period for judging? I assume October some time?
>>
>> October is the time period for the national organisers. The plan is to
> have judging take place 'over a period of 3 weeks in November'.
>
>>
>>1. Based on previous experience how many hours work do you think the
>>juror would need to take part? It would be very useful when asking people
>>to give them an estimate of the number of hours you are asking them to 
>> work
>>on this.
>>
>> It's reviewing 200-500 photos over three rounds in a rating system. It
> highly depends on the person how much time they would spend on it, but I
> would be surprised if they would spend more than 8-10 hours on it. It also
> includes a little reading up, explaining and discussing the edge cases.
>
>>
>>1. Is an international jury member required to put a rating and
>>comment by all the 300-500 images or could they for instance add a rating
>>to their favorite 50 images?
>>
>> There is a three round system. First they are asked to rate all pictures,
> 1-5 stars. Then we allow jury members to 'veto' an image (say it's
> unworthy) and if a few members agree, we remove it from the selection. Then
> we have a bit of discussions about the top-40/50, and from that top
> selection, they are asked to rank their favorite 25 and add a comment.
>
>>
>>1. I know that WLM held the Guinness World Record for largest
>>photography competition in the world, is this still true? This would be a
>>helpful fact to bring up when encouraging people to be judges.
>>
>> Yes, it is still recognised
> 
> as the world's largest photography contest by GWR.
>
> Hope that clarifies!
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
>
>> Thanks very much
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On 18 August 2016 at 11:18, Lodewijk  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Like every year, we need to put together a good jury for Wiki Loves
>>> Monuments 2016. It is a complicated and delicate process to come to a
>>> balanced jury, and I would like to outline the criteria here, and to
>>> ask for your input. I have agreed to take the lead on this process - but
>>> would definitely welcome your input, and help.
>>>
>>> As in the past years, I think it is important to aim once again for a
>>> jury that as a whole is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means
>>> ideally:
>>> * A mix of photography experts, heritage experts and Wikimedia experts
>>> (aiming at a total size of 7-9)
>>> * Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the
>>> same country.
>>> * Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can
>>> never assure a balance in all aspects)
>>> * The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM
>>>
>>> At the same time, there are some practical considerations:
>>> * Jury members must be able to write and read English
>>> * They must have the time to commit to judge 200-500 photos in three
>>> rounds over a period of 3 weeks in November
>>> * While jury members can participate in a local competition, their
>>> photos cannot participate in the international finale
>>> * Jury members should not participate in any national jury for 2016
>>> (previous years is OK)
>>> * It would be helpful if the juror would be willing to share their real
>>> name for the jury report.
>>> * Jury work is in a volunteer capacity.
>>>
>>> Do you know someone who would make a good juror, please contact me
>>> privately with the suggestion. At least let me know who the juror is, how I
>>> could contact him/her and why they would make a good jurymember (and
>>> whether you have reason to believe they would accept the nomination, if
>>> asked).
>>>
>>> I will do my best to put together once again a qualified and diverse
>>> jury, with your help!
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Lodewijk
>>> (international jury coordinator, WLM 2016)
>>>
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>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments
>>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
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>>
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Call for suggestions for the international jury

2016-08-18 Thread Lodewijk 
Hey John,



2016-08-18 12:02 GMT+02:00 john cummings :

> Hi Lodewijk
>
> Some questions:
>
>1. What is the time period for judging? I assume October some time?
>
> October is the time period for the national organisers. The plan is to
have judging take place 'over a period of 3 weeks in November'.

>
>1. Based on previous experience how many hours work do you think the
>juror would need to take part? It would be very useful when asking people
>to give them an estimate of the number of hours you are asking them to work
>on this.
>
> It's reviewing 200-500 photos over three rounds in a rating system. It
highly depends on the person how much time they would spend on it, but I
would be surprised if they would spend more than 8-10 hours on it. It also
includes a little reading up, explaining and discussing the edge cases.

>
>1. Is an international jury member required to put a rating and
>comment by all the 300-500 images or could they for instance add a rating
>to their favorite 50 images?
>
> There is a three round system. First they are asked to rate all pictures,
1-5 stars. Then we allow jury members to 'veto' an image (say it's
unworthy) and if a few members agree, we remove it from the selection. Then
we have a bit of discussions about the top-40/50, and from that top
selection, they are asked to rank their favorite 25 and add a comment.

>
>1. I know that WLM held the Guinness World Record for largest
>photography competition in the world, is this still true? This would be a
>helpful fact to bring up when encouraging people to be judges.
>
> Yes, it is still recognised

as the world's largest photography contest by GWR.

Hope that clarifies!

Best,
Lodewijk


> Thanks very much
>
> John
>
>
> On 18 August 2016 at 11:18, Lodewijk  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Like every year, we need to put together a good jury for Wiki Loves
>> Monuments 2016. It is a complicated and delicate process to come to a
>> balanced jury, and I would like to outline the criteria here, and to ask
>> for your input. I have agreed to take the lead on this process - but would
>> definitely welcome your input, and help.
>>
>> As in the past years, I think it is important to aim once again for a
>> jury that as a whole is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means
>> ideally:
>> * A mix of photography experts, heritage experts and Wikimedia experts
>> (aiming at a total size of 7-9)
>> * Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the same
>> country.
>> * Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can
>> never assure a balance in all aspects)
>> * The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM
>>
>> At the same time, there are some practical considerations:
>> * Jury members must be able to write and read English
>> * They must have the time to commit to judge 200-500 photos in three
>> rounds over a period of 3 weeks in November
>> * While jury members can participate in a local competition, their
>> photos cannot participate in the international finale
>> * Jury members should not participate in any national jury for 2016
>> (previous years is OK)
>> * It would be helpful if the juror would be willing to share their real
>> name for the jury report.
>> * Jury work is in a volunteer capacity.
>>
>> Do you know someone who would make a good juror, please contact me
>> privately with the suggestion. At least let me know who the juror is, how I
>> could contact him/her and why they would make a good jurymember (and
>> whether you have reason to believe they would accept the nomination, if
>> asked).
>>
>> I will do my best to put together once again a qualified and diverse jury,
>> with your help!
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> Best,
>> Lodewijk
>> (international jury coordinator, WLM 2016)
>>
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Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Call for suggestions for the international jury

2016-08-18 Thread john cummings 
Hi Lodewijk

Some questions:

   1. What is the time period for judging? I assume October some time?
   2. Based on previous experience how many hours work do you think the
   juror would need to take part? It would be very useful when asking people
   to give them an estimate of the number of hours you are asking them to work
   on this.
   3. Is an international jury member required to put a rating and comment
   by all the 300-500 images or could they for instance add a rating to their
   favorite 50 images?
   4. I know that WLM held the Guinness World Record for largest
   photography competition in the world, is this still true? This would be a
   helpful fact to bring up when encouraging people to be judges.

Thanks very much

John


On 18 August 2016 at 11:18, Lodewijk  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Like every year, we need to put together a good jury for Wiki Loves
> Monuments 2016. It is a complicated and delicate process to come to a
> balanced jury, and I would like to outline the criteria here, and to ask
> for your input. I have agreed to take the lead on this process - but would
> definitely welcome your input, and help.
>
> As in the past years, I think it is important to aim once again for a jury 
> that
> as a whole is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means ideally:
> * A mix of photography experts, heritage experts and Wikimedia experts
> (aiming at a total size of 7-9)
> * Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the same
> country.
> * Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can
> never assure a balance in all aspects)
> * The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM
>
> At the same time, there are some practical considerations:
> * Jury members must be able to write and read English
> * They must have the time to commit to judge 200-500 photos in three
> rounds over a period of 3 weeks in November
> * While jury members can participate in a local competition, their photos
> cannot participate in the international finale
> * Jury members should not participate in any national jury for 2016
> (previous years is OK)
> * It would be helpful if the juror would be willing to share their real
> name for the jury report.
> * Jury work is in a volunteer capacity.
>
> Do you know someone who would make a good juror, please contact me
> privately with the suggestion. At least let me know who the juror is, how I
> could contact him/her and why they would make a good jurymember (and
> whether you have reason to believe they would accept the nomination, if
> asked).
>
> I will do my best to put together once again a qualified and diverse jury,
> with your help!
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
> (international jury coordinator, WLM 2016)
>
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