Wikimedians of Nepal/Events/Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Nepal

Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Nepal is an international photographic competition to promote natural heritage sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Wikimedians of Nepal UG organized two month long international photographic competition to promote the natural heritage sites of Nepal. The photographic competition is begins on 1 May, 2020 and ended on 15 June, 2020 in Wikimedia Commons.

Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Nepal
विकी लभ्स अर्थ २०२० नेपाल
Logo of Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal
Logo WLE Nepal
Statusinactive (ended)
GenreNatural phenomena
BeginsMay 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
EndsJune 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)
FrequencyAnnually
VenueOnline
CountryNepal
Participantsall over the world mostly Nepalese
Organised byWikimedians of Nepal

Project Page edit

Team edit

S.N. Name Image Designation
01 Nirmal Dulal   Event Coordinator
02 Bijay Chaurasia   Image categorization and managing
03 Santosh Raj Pathak Jury

Activities edit

We shared information about the contest through Email and Social Media, Virtual Collaboration with professional photographers team,Tell a friend. Because of that we had 500+ participants this year.[1]

Output Metrics edit

Description Target Outcomes Remarks
1. Number of Total Participants (including core team) 50+ 554[1]
2. Number of newly registered users - 500 (90%)[1]
3. Number of total new images/media uploaded to Wikimedia Commons 500+ 2985[1]
4. Number of Photos added on Wikimedia projects 30% (150) 128 (4%)[1]
4 a. Number of Featured Images - 1
4 b. Number of Quality images - 14[2]
4 c. Number of Valued Images - 1

Winners and Finalist edit

Finalist Images edit

Winners edit

  1. First Prize Winner - Samde Sherpa
  2. Second Prize Winner - Yash Bhattarai
  3. Third Prize Winner - Babin Dulal
  4. Special Prize (Most QI, VI & FP uploads) - Babin Dulal[2]

Prizes and Certificates distribution edit

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, this year we delivered prizes and certificates to the finalists at their own location.

References edit