Month: February 2024

Dear WLE community, we have prepared some exciting news for you!

The Wiki Loves Earth 2024 is on its way!

Wiki Loves Earth is an annual international photographic competition. Participants take pictures of local natural heritage in their countries and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. For all participating countries, there are separate competitions organized by local teams.

When? 

This year, WLE also will take place between the 1st of May and the 31st of July. We have a flexible approach regarding local dates, and local organizers decide when exactly to hold their contest within the international timeframe.

How can you join the contest this year as an organizer?

For that, you need the following:

• Team of volunteers with clear roles and timelines;
• Defining eligible natural sites (must be officially protected);
• Preparing a landing page for the local contest;
• Promotion for the contest in social networks;
• Jury to evaluate the photos (select top-15 local winners for an international contest);
• Awards for your winners.

Find out more about the process in our detailed guidelines for the local teams.

This year, we also continue to raise awareness about environmental problems so that we will launch our special nomination “Human Rights and Environment” for the 4th time.

And one more new special nomination, which can represent natural heritage in a wider way!

Stay tuned for the announcements soon!

Follow our channels for local organizers to receive the most important information:

• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wlecommunity/
• Telegram chat: https://t.me/+jtPfBWQVCGkzMmIy
• A mailing list for local organizers: wikilovesearth@lists.wikimedia.org

Also, subscribe on our social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

If you have any questions or need any help, please contact the international team at wle-team@wikimedia.org.ua

Stay tuned for the Wiki Loves Earth 2024, and don’t hesitate to participate!

*Find translations here*

We are ready to close the last milestone of the Wiki Loves Earth 2023!

Presenting you the final report of the previous year’s contest, where you can find a detailed sum-up of all the activities that were done, an analysis of the contest, and the main results.

Here is the link to the Commons page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Commons:Wiki…/Report.

Feel free to check it out and leave your questions and inputs in the comments.

And stay tuned for WLE 2024!

For this year’s Wiki Loves Earth 2024 edition, we are looking for people who would like to join the volunteer team and contribute more to the contest.

Who are we looking for?

– A proactive Wikimedian or someone eager to get more involved in the processes of the photo competition (or has experience in this);

– Someone fluent in English (also, preferably in one of these languages: French, Spanish, or Arabic).

What do we need help with?

– Translations of instructions and announcements (from English to preferably French, Spanish, and Arabic);

– Reviewing images (mostly for the special nomination);

– Generating ideas for the content for social media channels and creating it (partly);

– Wiki expertise and technical support on Commons;

– Any other ongoing small requests.

The responsibilities shouldn’t take up a lot of time. The main involvement will be in February-March and later on demand.

It’s a voluntary responsibility, but you’ll receive WLE-branded souvenirs as a reward.

If you feel like you can be useful in some of those points, or you have a desire to join the project from the processes side, don’t hesitate and apply by the 9th of February: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeYAxNvfTtLrL…/viewform.

And let’s contribute to WLE 2024 together!

We are delighted to present you the International Jury Report of Wiki Loves Earth 2023!

Check it out here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/File:International_Jury…

There, you can find a detailed sum-up of each image, the jurors, and the judging process of WLE 2023 and its main and special nominations.

Enjoy it, and stay tuned for the final Wiki Loves Earth report, where you can find an answer to many of your questions!

On 18th December 2023, we organized an International online Award ceremony for Wiki Loves Earth 2023

International and local organizers, winners, jurors, and people connected to the contest joined a Zoom call.

We presented the main results of the WLE 2023 and talked about the contest in general.

Then, we moved to the most awaited part of reviewing the winners, where each of the winners could tell us more about the image and their experience.

In the end, we had a sharing space where everyone could express their excitement or gratitude.

You can check the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScmTi1_gzfU…

And thanks to everyone who joined and was part of Wiki Loves Earth this year!