Submissions:2018/Five years of Common's monthly Photo Challenge

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Title

Five years of Common's monthly Photo Challenge

Theme (optional)

Editor Recruitment & Retention

Academic Peer Review option

No

Type of submission

presentation

Author

Jarek Tuszynski

E-mail address

jarek.w.tuszynskigmail.com

Wikimedia username

Jarekt

Affiliation(s) (optional)

Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

Abstract

Every month for last five years commons contributors are invited to enter competition for best newly uploaded photograph on two given topics. It is called Photo Challenge and is prominently featured on Commons main page. It is a great way to get new users and promote good quality photographs. I will present, on how the challenge works, how it is managed, and show some of the past winner photographs.

Length of presentation

15-20 min

Special requests

none

Preferred room size

small

Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?

no

If you will be incorporating a slidedeck during your presentation, do you agree to upload it to Commons before your session, with a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, including suitable attribution in the slidedeck for any images used?

yes

Will you attend WikiConference North America if your submission is not accepted?

likely

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