Hi Lodewijk Great, thanks very much, really helpful
John On 18 August 2016 at 12:10, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey John, > > > > 2016-08-18 12:02 GMT+02:00 john cummings <[email protected]>: > >> 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 > <http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-photography-competition/> > 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 <[email protected]> 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) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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