Привет. Пришло письмо от эстонского чаптера, форвардю:
22.01.2015 23:02 - Ivo Kruusamägi написал(а): > Hello! > > Would Russia be interested to participate, if there would be European > Science Photo Competition in the coming autumn? > > With regards > Ivo Kruusamägi > > --------------------------- > *Background info:* > > Estonian_Science_Photo_Competition > < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject:Estonian_Science_Photo_Competition > > has > been held in Wikipedia between 2011--2013 and I plan to do it once again in > 2015. Then again, why not to make it bit bigger this year? Why not to cover > all Europe? For that I'd like to know what countries would be interested in > such a thing. > > *Why to have it?* > Well, I have organized it mainly for 3 reasons: > * there aren't any (other) science photo competitions in Estonia, but there > should be at least one; > * I have felt the need to bring universities and Wikipedia a bit closer (this > isn't a topic I take lightly > < http://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Countries/Estonia> > ); > * and as nearly all participants are non-wikipedians, then that gives a > higher chance of getting new people / content, that we wouldn't had in any > other way (wikipedians would take images anyway, with or without > competitions). > > + what really makes photos scientific is the description and that really > brings scientific community closer to Wikimedia. Information behind the > images is just as important to us. > > *What is needed?* > One or more local activists interested in science and/or outreach. Let him > or her contact me asap so we could put together some plans for 2015. > > Money or lack of it isn't a problem. Science popularization is on rise and > that makes it rather easy to sell the idea and get the sponsors behind it > if needed. > > This competition has been held in Estonia with just one-man-team. So it is > perfectly possible to do it without a big group of people, even thou having > some more could help a lot. (But as you already know, Estonia looks > something like this > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarvasj%C3%B5gi.jpg>, as we really > don't have much people around). > > *What to be ready for?* > It is important to notice that it is still a rather specialized topic and > therefor it will never bring as many images as WLM or WLE. That is: number > of images per contributor will be significantly smaller. > > It also asks for a lot of communication. So you got to be willing to talk > with different universities and institutions, as the main target group > aren't wikipedians (with just aiming for wikipedia users, then you don't > even need to give away prizes or worry if newspapers would cover it, as > you'll get the images anyway -- I have even targeted nonwikipedians in this > way: zero-cost-no-prizes campaign works just fine > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_HELP>). > > Excluding the exhibition of best images (that I have gotten money from > Estonian Research Council), the cost for it in Estonia has been ca 100 € > per year. Even that could be smaller (first year ended with 20€ profit), > but then it is hard to say that local chapter contributes to it :) So it > should be totally possible to do it with very low cost or even profitably. > > So, not much is needed beside interest. Are you interested? >
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