Hi, Geograph is not a contest (it is a project, but you can't win something with it afaik), so we don't have to worry about that. The Guinness Book of World Records has a number in the 120k as the largest - we definitely beat that. We had 168k by the way, not 188k. The only contest that I know that comes close is the Metro Photo Challenge. (from the international news paper)
Best, Lodewijk 2012/8/30 WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> > Hi, > > Has anyone worked out how many images we need for this to be the world's > largest photography contest? I know we got 188,000 last year, and the > Geograph is now over 3 million, but I don't know whether there are any > contests larger than the Geograph. > > I think we have a good chance of it being the largest competition of one > month's duration, and it would be interesting to know what is currently the > most multinational contest. > > WSC > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: 29 August 2012 20:30 > Subject: WikimediaAnnounce-l Digest, Vol 29, Issue 12 > To: [email protected] > > > Send WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaAnnounce-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Participants in world?s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves > Monuments 2012 -- will upload images under free license for use > on Wikipedia. (Jay Walsh) > 2. (press release) Participants in world?s largest photo contest > -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- will upload images under free > license for use on Wikipedia. (Jay Walsh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:46:13 -0700 > From: Jay Walsh <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Participants in world?s largest > photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- will upload images > under > free license for use on Wikipedia. > Message-ID: > < > cadmskuekvbwtk_fdk_ytn2a9uspjqotqg+njyyohavystug...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > (This release is also posted on the Wikimedia Foundation's wiki at: > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WLM_photo_contest_launches_August_2012 > ) > > *Participants in world?s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 > -- will upload images under free license for use on Wikipedia.* > > *U.S. participants join Wikipedians in more than 30 countries to document > historic sites, monuments, and cultural heritage.* > > San Francisco -- August 29, 2012 -- Wikipedians around the world will > participate in the world?s largest photo contest, Wiki Loves Monuments > 2012, from September 1st through 30th. Thousands of volunteers in more than > 30 countries will upload photos of historic sites throughout the month, > making hundreds of thousands of photos available under a free license on > Wikipedia?s image database, Wikimedia Commons ( > http://commons.wikimedia.org > ). > > In last year?s contest, 5,000 photographers from 18 European countries > uploaded more than 168,000 photos. This year?s contest will have > significantly greater participation, including the United States and many > non-European countries for the first time. Volunteer Wikipedians organize > the contest in each country, with the winning photos from national contests > considered by an international jury in late October. The international jury > will announce the top-ten international photos and the overall best picture > winner in early December. > > ?There are millions of historically and culturally significant monuments > and buildings around the world, though most of them still have no > freely-available images on the Internet,? said Lodewijk Gelauff, one of the > founders of the first Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest in 2010. ?Wiki > Loves Monuments is an important way for volunteers around the world to > showcase the cultural heritage in their countries and share these images > with everyone through Wikipedia.? > > The photos will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under a free license, so > they can be used by anybody, for any purpose, as long as the photographer > is credited. Many of the photos will appear in Wikipedia, the world?s > largest encyclopedia, and all will be available to download at no cost. > > ?In the U.S., anybody can photograph any of the 87,000 sites on the > National Register of Historic Places for this contest,? said Peter Ekman, > national coordinator for the U.S. part of the contest. ?By uploading your > photos you are sharing our national heritage with everybody in America and > in the rest of the world. The photos will be free to use, and free of cost, > forever.? > > *The Wiki loves Monuments App* > In conjunction with the contest this year, the Wikimedia Foundation, the > nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, has also developed a free Wiki Loves > Monuments mobile application for Android smartphones, available in the > Google app store. With this app, Wikipedians for the first time will be > able to upload photos to Wikimedia sites through their mobile devices. The > app displays nearby historic sites automatically, allows users to upload > directly through their Wikimedia accounts, and is available in many > different languages. The final version of the app will release on September > 1, 2012 and will be available at > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.wlm > > *U.S. Jury* > For full bios, see http://wikilovesmonuments.us/judging/ > ? *Carol M. Highsmith* specializes in capturing America with her > camera. Her collection at the Library of Congress has over 20,000 photos > that she has donated to the public domain. > ? *Heather Moran* is the photographer and archivist of the San > Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) where she photographs and > works to digitize the Muni collection. > ? *Rick Prelinger* is an archivist, teacher, writer, lecturer and > filmmaker. He is the founder and President of Prelinger Archives, > co-founder of the Prelinger Library in San Francisco, and Board President > of the Internet Archive. > ? *Daniel Case* has been a Wikipedia editor since 2005, and is now > an Administrator. He has focused on WikiProject:National Register of > Historic Places > ? *Howard Cheng* is an administrator at both Wikipedia and Wikimedia > Commons who works on the ?Picture of the Day,? and ?On this Day?? features > on Wikipedia?s main page. > ? *Daniel Schwen* is an administrator on Wikimedia Commons and > contributor of numerous Featured Pictures. > ? *David Shankbone* is one of Wikipedia?s most influential > photographers, whose photos appear in over 5,000 Wikipedia articles in 200 > languages. > > *Grand Prize: photo tour to Hong Kong* > The top 10 photos and grand prize winner of the international Wiki Loves > Monuments contest will be announced in beginning of December. The grand > prize winner will be invited to a photo tour in Hong Kong for the annual > meeting of Wikipedia editors, photographers, and collaborators: Wikimania > 2013. > > *More information* > International contest: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > U.S. contest: http://wikilovesmonuments.us > > *Media contacts for international contest:* > Lodewijk Gelauff and Barbara Fischer > Phone:+49 (0) 30 219 158 26 18 > Email: [email protected] or [email protected] > > *Media contact in the United States* > Peter Ekman > Phone: (484) 238-3489 > Email: [email protected] > > *About Wikipedia* > Wikipedia and the related sites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation > receive more than 460 million unique visitors per month, making them the > 5th most popular web property world-wide (July 2012). Available in more > than 280 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 23 million articles > contributed by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/attachments/20120829/72fae19c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:42:10 -0700 > From: Jay Walsh <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Participants in > world?s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- will > upload images under free license for use on Wikipedia. > Message-ID: > <CADmSKuEB8vp24z1WZfSC= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > (This release is also posted on the Wikimedia Foundation's wiki at: > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WLM_photo_contest_launches_August_2012 > ) > > *Participants in world?s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 > -- will upload images under free license for use on Wikipedia.* > > *U.S. participants join Wikipedians in more than 30 countries to document > historic sites, monuments, and cultural heritage.* > > San Francisco -- August 29, 2012 -- Wikipedians around the world will > participate in the world?s largest photo contest, Wiki Loves Monuments > 2012, from September 1st through 30th. Thousands of volunteers in more than > 30 countries will upload photos of historic sites throughout the month, > making hundreds of thousands of photos available under a free license on > Wikipedia?s image database, Wikimedia Commons ( > http://commons.wikimedia.org > ). > > In last year?s contest, 5,000 photographers from 18 European countries > uploaded more than 168,000 photos. This year?s contest will have > significantly greater participation, including the United States and many > non-European countries for the first time. Volunteer Wikipedians organize > the contest in each country, with the winning photos from national contests > considered by an international jury in late October. The international jury > will announce the top-ten international photos and the overall best picture > winner in early December. > > ?There are millions of historically and culturally significant monuments > and buildings around the world, though most of them still have no > freely-available images on the Internet,? said Lodewijk Gelauff, one of the > founders of the first Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest in 2010. ?Wiki > Loves Monuments is an important way for volunteers around the world to > showcase the cultural heritage in their countries and share these images > with everyone through Wikipedia.? > > The photos will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under a free license, so > they can be used by anybody, for any purpose, as long as the photographer > is credited. Many of the photos will appear in Wikipedia, the world?s > largest encyclopedia, and all will be available to download at no cost. > > ?In the U.S., anybody can photograph any of the 87,000 sites on the > National Register of Historic Places for this contest,? said Peter Ekman, > national coordinator for the U.S. part of the contest. ?By uploading your > photos you are sharing our national heritage with everybody in America and > in the rest of the world. The photos will be free to use, and free of cost, > forever.? > > *The Wiki loves Monuments App* > In conjunction with the contest this year, the Wikimedia Foundation, the > nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, has also developed a free Wiki Loves > Monuments mobile application for Android smartphones, available in the > Google app store. With this app, Wikipedians for the first time will be > able to upload photos to Wikimedia sites through their mobile devices. The > app displays nearby historic sites automatically, allows users to upload > directly through their Wikimedia accounts, and is available in many > different languages. The final version of the app will release on September > 1, 2012 and will be available at > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.wlm > > *U.S. Jury* > For full bios, see http://wikilovesmonuments.us/judging/ > ? *Carol M. Highsmith* specializes in capturing America with her > camera. Her collection at the Library of Congress has over 20,000 photos > that she has donated to the public domain. > ? *Heather Moran* is the photographer and archivist of the San > Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) where she photographs and > works to digitize the Muni collection. > ? *Rick Prelinger* is an archivist, teacher, writer, lecturer and > filmmaker. He is the founder and President of Prelinger Archives, > co-founder of the Prelinger Library in San Francisco, and Board President > of the Internet Archive. > ? *Daniel Case* has been a Wikipedia editor since 2005, and is now > an Administrator. He has focused on WikiProject:National Register of > Historic Places > ? *Howard Cheng* is an administrator at both Wikipedia and Wikimedia > Commons who works on the ?Picture of the Day,? and ?On this Day?? features > on Wikipedia?s main page. > ? *Daniel Schwen* is an administrator on Wikimedia Commons and > contributor of numerous Featured Pictures. > ? *David Shankbone* is one of Wikipedia?s most influential > photographers, whose photos appear in over 5,000 Wikipedia articles in 200 > languages. > > *Grand Prize: photo tour to Hong Kong* > The top 10 photos and grand prize winner of the international Wiki Loves > Monuments contest will be announced in beginning of December. The grand > prize winner will be invited to a photo tour in Hong Kong for the annual > meeting of Wikipedia editors, photographers, and collaborators: Wikimania > 2013. > > *More information* > International contest: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > U.S. contest: http://wikilovesmonuments.us > > *Media contacts for international contest:* > Lodewijk Gelauff and Barbara Fischer > Phone:+49 (0) 30 219 158 26 18 > Email: [email protected] or [email protected] > > *Media contact in the United States* > Peter Ekman > Phone: (484) 238-3489 > Email: [email protected] > > *About Wikipedia* > Wikipedia and the related sites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation > receive more than 460 million unique visitors per month, making them the > 5th most popular web property world-wide (July 2012). 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