Grants:Project/Rapid/UG GR/Wiki Loves Monuments in Greece 2018

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UG GR/Wiki Loves Monuments 2018

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo contest about cultural heritage. Wikimedia Community User Group Greece will run the Greek leg of the competition from September 1st - September 31st, 2018. We organized WLM 2016 and 2017 in Greece with remarkable success.

targetCommons

start dateSeptember 1

end dateJanuary 31st

budget (local currency)1710 EUR

budget (USD)1,996.01 EUR

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grantee• Geraki

contact(s)• Geraki

organization (if applicable)• Wikimedia Community User Group Greece

website (if applicable)• https://www.wikimedia.gr

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Please see the sample Contest application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

1. Add or improve content (mainly photos)
2. Recruit new contributors to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia
3. Engage existing editors

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?

The overall purpose of this Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest is to increase the amount of freely-licensed material related to Greek monuments in Wikimedia Commons, and improve the quality and quantity of Wikipedia articles about them, including the illustration of the articles with the uploaded pictures. If the project is going to be successful, more people will know not only about Wikipedia, but also about Wikimedia Commons and new users will be engaged in the projects also. Additionally, the Wikimedia movement and the local user groups will gain visibility within the involved communities. We have to mention also here that this is the first Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest in Greece. Within this scope, we are asking funding to finance the cost of the prizes for the contest winners, and the cost of promotion for the contest.

2. How will you let people know about the contest?

1. Launching a website, community notification in Agora (el.wp village pump, relevant mailing lists, etc.)
2. Promoting the competition through the use of social networks (Facebook/Twitter) and photo-oriented web sites.
3. Press release announcing the competition just some days before the starting date (we will try to have press coverage also during the contest)
4. We will invite previous Wiki Loves Monuments participants to join the contest by posting invitations on their user talk pages.
5. We will also use geolocated banners to advertise the contest to local Wikipedia readers.

3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?

Our team has already organized six Wikimedia Photo Contests in Greece. First we need to make the selection of the members of the jury committee on time. The entries will be judged by a jury consisting of WMUG members, photography experts and elwiki users. We are especially happy about the jury composition in our previous contests, since we managed to include amateur and professional photographers, field experts e.t.c. Prizes will be awarded to the three best photographs. Photographers in 4th to 10th place will get a poster of their photo and a participation certificate. Selection of winners, (this date also needs to be fixed) 2017 involves usually work of organisers and active Wikimedians who will check which images are eligible on the first round. The selection of the winners will take place by the jury afterwards (second round).

4. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?

An edit-a-thon is planned after the competition and in combination to the awards ceremony. We are also going to encourage the Greek editing community to enrich existing articles related to the mounuments, to add pictures to related Wikipedia or Wikivoyage articles.

We will also generate a list of photographed monuments and photos contributed for each of them.

5. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more:

For photo contests:

• Number of participants: 100
• Number of photos uploaded: 1500
• Number of new users: 70
• 4 months after the contest, 80 or 5% of photos are used on wiki projects
• 4 months after the event, 20 of uploaded photos are categorized as valued, quality or featured
• 20 new monuments be photographed

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

Human resources:

• Members of UG
• Individual wikimedians
• Professional and amateur photographers that helped as during the previous contests
• Friendly organisations will provide visibility and we expect in-kind donations such as free venue for the award ceremony.

Our team has organized a multitude of events including Science Photo Competition 2015, Wiki Loves Earth 2016, 2017, and 2018, and Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 and 2017, with very good results.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Prizes	Gift cards for the best photographs/contributors	n/a	3	n/a	900.00	EUR	Gift cards will be awarded to the three best photographs (1st prize: €400.00, 2nd prize: €300.00, 3rd prize: €200.00.
2	Posters	posters with the logo and the awarded photographs	unit	10	23.00	230.00	EUR	Top ten winners will be awarded an A1 size poster of their photo with the official logo of the competition.
3	Venue	venue for the award ceremony	unit	1	200.00	200.00	EUR	We will try to book a downtown venue we have used before, at a very reasonable price, however we will also look at free-of-charge options.
4	Certificates	certificates for the awarded photographs and jury members	paper & printing	pack	10.00	10.00	EUR	Certificates with the names of the awarded photographers and their finishing position will be delivered during the Award ceremony. Similarly, certificates will be given to the jury members for their participation.
5	Traveling expenses	traveling expenses		n/d yet	n/a	220.00	EUR	for flying in organisers as required. TBD for top 3 winners
6	Fees, commissions, etc	Banking fees	transaction	n/a	n/a	20.00	EUR	transactions for receiving money, banking fees for payments (prizes and other).
7	Beverages/snacks	soft drinks and snacks (sweets or treats e.t.c.) for the award ceremony	n/a	n/a	n/a	30.00	EUR
8	Incidentals	expenses that are not projected in the budget but may still occur	n/a	n/a	n/a	100.00	EUR	This item will be generally used to adjust the changes in prices if they occur or to cover some of the incidental expenses that are not anticipated but may later occur as necessary.

Total cost: 1710 Euros (1,996.01 USD on July 28th, 2018)

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