Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2020/Uganda

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WIKI LOVES AFRICA 2020 IN UGANDA SUMMARY PAGE

What is Wiki Loves Africa?

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Wiki Loves Africa is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute media that relates to that year's theme to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes. Each year's theme is chosen by the community to be a universal, visually-rich and culturally-specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc). The theme for the 2020 contest was Africa on the Move or Transport, which started on 15th February 2020 and closed on 15th of April 2020.

What was contributed ?

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Pictures ! audios ! videos !

Africa on the Move! encouraged the submission of visual representations of movement, migration or transportation, whether local or regional, by path, road, sea, or air, self-propelled, or by animal, natural or mechanical means. Submissions could also capture the historical or contemporary structures that have been created to facilitate movement or the transportation of people, goods, or animals.

Top 5 images in 2020

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  • Please note
    • The Usergroup is getting in touch with the top winners who have not yet been officially handed their prizes. The delays have been partly due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
    • If the winners contacted, do not respond by 22 May 2020, their prizes will be provided to the next winning images in the queue.
      • The authors of the initial first and second winning photos were not responsive.

See as well winners in other countries : Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2020/National winners

What prizes were up for grabs?

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There are several prizes for grabs, both nationally and internationally. For international prizes, please see the international page on commons.

At the national level, there are 3 main prizes for Wiki Loves Africa 2020, and there will be two additional prize categories for photos and media.
The national prizes are:

  • 1st prize: UGX 400000
  • 2nd prize: UGX 300000
  • 3rd prize: UGX 200000

Additional categories like:

  • Prize for a community voted image from the top 10 (excluding the 3 winning photos)
  • Prize for best quality video (audio and visual quality and storytelling)

Each participant will receive a certificate of participation

Local events and activities

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Dates venue Activity Status
February
15.02.2020 Goethe-Zentrum Kampala Competition Launch ✓[OK]
20.02.2020 Kampala city Group Photo hunt ✓[OK]
29.02.2020 Goethe-Zentrum Kampala Group upload session ✓[OK]
March
14.03.2020 Goethe-Zentrum Kampala Award of Prizes (POSTPONED due to COVID-19) ✓[OK]
April
14-15.04.2020 Online Individual upload of own photos from drives, cameras, phones, flash disks, e.t.c , no gatherings ✓[OK]
16.04.2020 Online Meeting for the Jury selection criteria ✓[OK]
24-28.04.2020 Online Jury (panel) selection process ✓[OK]
May
07.05.2020 Online Selection of (national) winning photos ✓[OK]
08.05.2020 Online Award of prizes ✓[OK]
12.05.2020 Online Final meta updates and documentation ✓[OK]

Team members

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The competition was organised by volunteers from the Wikimedia Community Usergroup in Uganda

Other volunteer participants from the community in Uganda.

No Names User account
1 Brenda Mulinda Namulinda Brenda
2 Elisha Muwanguzi Elisha Muwanguzi
3 * Joshua Mirondo Joshua Mirondo
4 Joyce Nabasirye Joynabasirye
5 Kwera Faith Kyakwera
6 Mogga Moses Dima MOGGA DIMA
7 Mubiru Shafik Fiktube
8 * Sharon Arinaitwe SharonDawn
9 Tumwine Kenneth Tumwinekenneth
10** Other individual participants Users in Uganda

* Added after emerging in the top 5, and joining usergroup activities.

** Names that are not listed, did not join usergroup activities, but took part individually.

Jury
  • Akena Hillen
  • Opio Ivan
  • Hillary Musundi
  • Samson Ngumenawe
  • Ssebaggala Douglas
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