Do any Swedish Wikimedians have contacts with MTG or Metro International? This does sound like a great opportunity for partnership in future years.
Sam. On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess that until our 2012 record was recognized, they just assumed that > their 250k photos was above the record, so they were fine. > > However, their competition might not fit the GWR definition of competition - > so that might be a reason they never tried to get recognized. > > Lodewijk > > > 2013/9/4 Ole Palnatoke Andersen <[email protected]> >> >> So a "bigger" competition has more participants, while a "larger" >> competition has more photos? >> >> The English language has fine nuances. :-) >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> You retain copyright but grant them a pretty wide license for the next >>> five years: >>> >>> http://metrophotochallenge.com/about/ >>> >>> Last year was claimed as 80,000 people contributing 225,000 images, so >>> they are technically larger in terms of participants if not of results. >>> >>> A. >>> >>> >>> On 4 September 2013 09:19, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Does someone know this challenge? I saw it quite prominently advertised >>>> on Metro this Monday. >>>> «The Metro Photo Challenge, the world’s biggest photography >>>> competition, officially launched on Tuesday», «2013 will mark the seventh >>>> Metro Photo Challenge [...] we’re going to ask you to capture more of a >>>> process than a thing [...] sensing the world around you». >>>> >>>> <http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/09/02/what-inspires-your-senses-enter-the-2013-metro-photo-challenge/> >>>> http://metrophotochallenge.com/ >>>> Are they the previous holders of the Guinness world record >>>> ("forgetting" to update their claims) or are they just making it up? I >>>> didn't actually try to register but I can't find any information on >>>> licensing; interesting that they felt compelled to add a "we'll donate to a >>>> charity" incentive. They have 5200 photos and and 2700 uploaders so far. >>>> >>>> Nemo >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - Andrew Gray >>> [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
