Hi Leila, Ukraine will not be able to submit photographs by October 25. We need a month for jury work till November 1.
Regards, Ilya, on behalf of the WLM Ukraine organizing committee On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Lily <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > If you are a WLM organizer, jury coordinator in the national level, or a > jury member, this email can contain crucial information for you. Everyone > else, you can safely stop here. :) > > This email contains some best practices on how to run your local jury > process with regards to criteria, jury membership and process. Finally, it > includes some instructions on how to choose your jury tool. > > > > Timeline > > You should plan to start the jury process as soon as the competition ends > in your country, this is October 1 for many of you. :) The international > team expects to receive the top 10 photos of your country no later than > October 25. > > Judging criteria > > While every national competition can choose the judging criteria based on > the specific needs of the country, the international team recommends the > following three judging criteria to be considered in the country-level jury > processes: technical quality, originality, and usefulness of the photo for > Wikipedia. If you are interested to learn more about these criteria, please > read more about the judging criteria > <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/judging-criteria/> that the > international jury will be using as explained in this blogpost by Lodewijk. > > Local jury set-up > > National competitions typically have a jury with at least 3 members (the > more photos, the more jury members). The local jury set-up is usually > defined based on the judging criteria you will choose to go with. The > international team recommends that, depending on the number of photos you > expect to have by the end of the contest, you have 1-3 Wikimedians (maybe > those with quality/featured images on Commons), 1-3 people who are familiar > or are experts in the heritage of your country (especially the monuments), > and 1-3 people who are professional or (quality) amateur photographers. Of > course, all jury members should be excluded from winning prizes awarded by > the jury. The national jury can then nominate maximum 10 photos per > country for the international finale. > > Jury process > > The jury process on the national level is defined by each country. The > international team recommends the following process: > > Round 1: Yes/No or rating > > The goal of this round is to lower the number of competing photos to > 400-700. If your total number of pictures is less than 500, you can skip > this round. > > Jury members are asked to vote yes/no for each photo they are shown and > are requested to stick to a maximum number of ‘yes’ votes (for example, > 500). Based on these votes, a set of 400-700 photos is selected for the > next round. If you have many photos, you may have to do this round in two > steps. > > Round 2: Rating > > The goal of this round is to come to a selection of the top-50 images. > Jury members are asked to rate/score each image with 1-5 stars. Based on > the average from their votes, the top-50 is selected for the next round. If > there are many pictures with similar scores, the coordinator can choose to > select a top-40, top-60, etc. > > Round 3: Live meeting or ranking > > The goal of this round is to arrive at a final ranking and winning > pictures. If geographically feasible, the jury can meet in person. The jury > tool supports an alternative method: ranking. Each jury member is asked to > rank their favorite 20 photos in order. Based on this ranking, points are > awarded to each photo (20 for the number 1, 19 for number 2, etc). The > total number of points determines the final result. Jury members are also > asked to give a reason for selecting their top images. You can use this > latter information to explain explain why the winner was selected, an > information that can be useful for your jury report and press releases. > > Jury tool > > Unless you have a very small number of submissions (less than 100), it's > usually efficient for your jury to use one of the available tools > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Jury_tools> for judging the > photos. The international team would like to bring your attention to two > tools: ‘Montage’ and ‘WLX’. Below you can find more information about > these two tools. We suggest that you look into these tools now, and make > your choice soon. > > Montage > > Montage is the new tool that has been developed this year by volunteers > and per the request by the WLM international team. There are two features > of the tool that are worth pointing out: The tool is designed and developed > in a way that can accommodate the recommended jury process explained above > (yes/no, rating, ranking features are supported). The developer team will > also guarantee to provide timely support (within 24 hours) starting October > 1. > > If you're a national jury coordinator or a jury member and want to test > the current version of the tool, please leave a note on the tool’s > discussion page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Montage>. > If you want to have a 1:1 conversation with one of the developers, please > leave a message using the same link. You should feel free to leave > questions/comments about the tool in the same page. If you are familiar > with GitHub, you can also create issues on GitHub > <https://github.com/hatnote/montage/issues>. Please note that the > developers will continue adding features and smoothing the workflow until > October 1, what you will test now will give you a sense of the basics you > should expect. :) > > > What is essential for you to be able to start the jury process on October > 1 using Montage is the Wikimedia usernames of your jury members (if they > don't have an account, please ask them to open one). If you decide to go > with Montage, please gather this information sooner rather than later. > > WLX > > You can learn more about the tool here > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WLX_Jury_Tool>. The tool has > been used by many countries as part of WLM and WLE contests in the past > years. If you're interested to use WLX, please contact Ilya (WLX's tool > developer) in the tool's talk page > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:WLX_Jury_Tool>. > > If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to ask them > here or off-list. > > Best, > > Leila > > -- > User: LilyOfTheWest >
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