Absolutely correct. We can revisit.
For example, our best theme ever was "People at Work" (second best was
Play).
"African industries and commercial activities" suggested by Clementine
is in that vein.
Another element is that in the past couple of years, we have put some
energy in getting the contest not only about photos, but also about
graphics, audios and videos. Graphics has been a total failure so far,
but the videos are raising interest :)
Flo
Le 05/09/2023 à 17:08, Gnangarra a écrit :
Flo makes a very good point about themes and overlapping or
conflicting purposes. Is there a reason to find a new theme its 10
years since Wiki Loves Africa began why not revisit an earlier theme
itsnot like technology has stood still, nor is the community the same
people, and even the audience is changing as a new generation of
contributors are discovering us for the first time.
Communities dont have to come up with something new every year, the
aim is about making it appealing to a new audience
On Tue, 5 Sept 2023 at 22:30, Florence Devouard <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello
I am going to comment on this one for I think it provides the
opportunity to reflect on our global campaigns and
collaborations-at-large.
It is an excellent theme obviously. But one I would oppose we
choose. There are several reasons.
First, the initial reason why we decided to launch WLA in 2014. We
had noticed that participation from the African continent at that
time was terribly low. When awareness studies were made, it showed
that the Wikimedia projects were yet very poorly known from the
public (even the online connect public). We knew our first
participants would be largely new to the wiki world. Our goal was
to promote awareness of wikimedia through a regular, easy to grasp
project, easy to participate drive. We also wanted a drive where
anyone could participate regardless of whether there was a local
team in their country or not. There were very few images from the
african continent, so any theme would bring in content that would
be an improvement. And choice of theme had to be a theme behind
which a small team could cluster, regardless of political,
religious etc. opinions. Our goal was not to simply "get images on
Commons", but also to raise awareness on the continent, and to
give the opportunity to small local clusters to start organizing
something together and later become a usergroup, become integrated
in the larger community etc.
This is why the themes we chose so far were purposefully as
inclusive as possible, easy to understand, could be joined by
anyone. I do not believe "Living Heritage" fits into that category
so well. If you ask the standard person in the street what "living
heritage" is... chance is you'll get a puzzled look.
9 years later, an additional layer of complexity is that more
photography contests born (such as Wiki Loves Folklore) or more
"larger approach drives" such as "Wiki Loves Living Heritage".
It already took us a few years to "make all photo drives" fit in
the calendar (eg, Wiki Loves Africa changed its implementation
months three times to accomodate other photo contests).
I do not think it would be helpful to overlap with the other
contests focus. In particular when Wiki Loves Folklore is already
overlapping a couple of weeks with Wiki Loves Africa in the calendar.
- First it would bring confusion to participants (so... what's the
difference between x and y ?)
- Second, it could bring tensions between the organizers of the
two drives, such as on communications, banners... (been there,
done that...)
- Third, local teams would probably NOT "do more" or "do better".
They would implement activities that would be attributed to both
drives. You would end up with pictures taggued with both
categories. It already happens.
We would certainly "reach" some different people. Not all
participants would be overlapping, nor activities.
But would the overlapping and the tensions be worth the effort ?
Would that be a good use of our collective time ? Would that be a
good use of our shared funds ? I do not think so.
Which is why... we try... every year... to choose a theme that
tries not to overlap too badly with the other photo contest
themes. This is in particular true to anything related to
"folklore and heritage" (= Wiki Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves
Heritage) and true to anything related to "awesome landscapes and
nature" (=Wiki Loves Earth).
We gotta be smart, share the space-fund-energy-time, and
collaborate when it makes sense to collaborate, but always keeping
in mind to preserve or enhance the other great initiatives.
Flo
Le 05/09/2023 à 09:31, Gnangarra a écrit :
What about "Wiki Loves Africa's Living Heritage"
On Tue, 5 Sept 2023 at 05:16, Wilson Oluoha
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The search for a theme for the *2024 Wiki Loves
Africa* contest is still ongoing.
Please click the link below to share your thoughts on what
you think the next Wiki Loves Africa theme should be:
WLA 2024 Theme Suggestions
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW6Ld6EDJP7PZRON01jx8kiqFmobBX34xac0_kG60FTEr6dA/viewform?usp=pp_url>
Kindly recall that Wiki Loves Africa
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa>
(www.wikilovesafrica.net
<http://www.wikilovesafrica.net/>) is an annual photography
competition that takes place across Africa. It was designed
to take back the visual narrative by re-imaging contemporary
society and cultural heritage across Africa through the eyes
of Africa’s photographers.
Wiki Loves Africa images have collectively - since metrics
began in 2016 - been viewed 1 billion times.
Started in 2014, the 9 editions so far have resulted in the
contribution of 102,068 images to Wikipedia's media library,
Wikimedia Commons, by over 10,380 photographers from 55
countries across the continent. The images have a life beyond
the competition, with these images being placed in articles
on Wikipedia, and thus being viewed by over 1 billion times
since the impact began being monitored from 2016; with 25
million views in May 2022 alone.
* 2014 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2014>:
/Cuisine/
* 2015 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015>:
/Cultural Fashion and Adornment/
* 2016 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016>:
/Music and Dance/
* 2017 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017>:
/People at Work/
* 2019 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2019>:
/Play!/
* 2020 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2020>:
/Africa on the Move/
* 2021 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021>:
/Health + Wellness/
* 2022 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2022>:
/Home + Habitat/
* 2023 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023> :
/Climate and Weather/
* *2024*/: /*???*
Warm Regards
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chers Wikimédiens,
La recherche d'un thème pour le concours*Wiki Loves Africa
2024* est toujours en cours.
Veuillez cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous pour partager vos
idées sur ce que vous pensez être le prochain thème de Wiki
Loves Africa:
WLA thème proposé pour 2024
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW6Ld6EDJP7PZRON01jx8kiqFmobBX34xac0_kG60FTEr6dA/viewform?usp=pp_url>
Wiki Loves Africa
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa>;(www.wikilovesafrica.net
<http://www.wikilovesafrica.net/>) est un concours annuel de
photographie qui se déroule dans toute l'Afrique. Il a été
conçu pour reprendre le récit visuel en réimaginant la
société contemporaine et le patrimoine culturel à travers
l'Afrique à travers les yeux des photographes africains.
Les images de Wiki Loves Africa ont collectivement - depuis
le début des mesures en 2016 - été vues 1 milliard de fois.
Démarrés en 2014, les 9 éditions à ce jour ont abouti à la
contribution de 102 068 images à la médiathèque de Wikipédia,
Wikimedia Commons, par plus de 10 380 photographes de 55 pays
à travers le continent. Les images ont une vie au-delà du
concours, puisqu'elles sont placées dans des articles de
Wikipédia et ont donc été vues plus d'un milliard de fois
depuis que l'impact a commencé à être surveillé à partir de
2016 ; avec 25 millions de vues pour le seul mois de mai 2022.
* 2014 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2014>:
/Cuisine/
* 2015 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2015>:
/Mode et parure culturelle/
* 2016 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016>:
/Musique et danse/
* 2017 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017>:
/Les gens au travail/
* 2019 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2019>:
/Jouez!/
* 2020 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2020>:
/L'Afrique en mouvement/
* 2021 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021>:
/Santé + Bien-être/
* 2022 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2022>:
/Home + Habitat/
* 2023 WLA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2023> :
/Climat et météo/
Très cordialement
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