Wow Deror! I am amazed by all your effort into making WLM such a big and joyous event, great!
/ Sophie Wikimedia Sverige Jag ber om ursäkt om jag är kort. Detta skickas från min mobil / Sophie Den 29 okt 2012 20:36 skrev "Deror Avi" <[email protected]>: > Dear all, > > I wish to update regarding WLM in Israel. > > The competition took place during the month of Tishrei (mid September to > mid October) , during which 6,097 images were uploaded to the commons. > > The most photographed monuments were, as expected, the Bahai Gardens in > Haifa, the Tower of David in Jerusalem, and Jaffa Port. > > During the month of the competition we also held 20 events including two > photography workshops (sponsored by the Galitz school of photography), 18 > guided tours (sponsored by the Council for Heritage Sites in Israel), and > two tours at the Israel Museum (the museum allowed free entrance to the > participants). about 400 people participated in the events. Our volunteers > chaperoned the tours ready to answer all questions about the competition. > > 500 people visited our both at a photography fare, 800 people wrote to us > requesting information about the tours, 600 joined our mailing lists. > > We also had 20 newspaper articles (some of which internet newspapers and > some printed), participated in 6 radio shows and 2 television programs, > talking about the competition. > > Following the competition a Portal was created in Hebrew Wikipedia to host > the lists of sites, and the best images taken. > > As to the judging - our volunteers shifted through the 6,000 uploads > choosing 250 photographs for the 9 judges (three professional > photographers, two of which from the Galitz School, two professional site > conservation experts from the National council, and four Wikipedians). The > judges rated the photographs choosing 30, and then from those chose the top > 10. The three images that got the highest points will receive monetary > prices (NIS 5,000 (about $1,250), NIS 3,000 and NIS 2,000). The Israeli > Internet Association conducted its own judging allowing the general public > to vote on its most favorite image, which will receive NIS 2,000. > > The results will be published at our awards ceremony which will take place > on 7th November and will include a tour of old Jaffa, a cocktail and an > exhibition of the 10 winning photographs and the people's choice. > > Following the awards ceremony, the exhibition will be hung at the gallery > of the Diezengoff Centre shopping mall in Tel Aviv until 1st December. > > We wish to thank our volunteers who helped with the tours, and with > creating the lists of monuments (as you may recall we had to create the > lists for the competition - none exited before it). We especially want to > thank Yan who has created the judging system used by us and other > countries. > > We further wish to thank the international competition team for their > support and assistance, and their patience with our many questions. > > Regards, > > Deror > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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