Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2017

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2017 countries

Wiki Loves Earth 2017 is an international photographic competition that will take place – with the subject natural heritage (protected areas) – in various countries. For all participating countries there are separate competitions organized by local teams, so periods, rules, prizes etc. might differ a bit.

Concept

The basic aim of the competition is to collect photos of natural heritage sites – such as nature reserves, landscape conservation areas, national parks, scenic/landscape areas, remarkable gardens, etc. – to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. Like Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM), we use official lists of protected areas, usually available from government agencies.

The focus is not only on sites of national importance, but also on those protected at the regional level, and on the widest variety of natural sites possible: forests, parks, gardens, rocks, caves, or whatever part of nature is protected in your country. This means that most users will be able to find several natural heritage sites close to them.

Participating countries 2017

If you want to take part in the contest as a photographer, please, go to the page of your country in the list below.
If your country is not in the list and you would like to organise local contest, go down the page.

Country	Commons landing page	Contest period	Page for questions	Notes	Lists of protected areas/objects	Campaign	Uploads
	WLE Azerbaijan	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+4)	contacts		List of protected natural sites	wle-az	426
	WLE Australia	1 May 2017 (UTC+10) – 31 May 2017 (UTC+8)	contacts		List of protected areas	wle-au	426
	WLE Bangladesh	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+6)	Help desk or contacts	wikiloves.org/earth,	List of protected natural sites	wle-bd	1,330
	WLE Bulgaria	1 June 2017 – 30 June 2017 (UTC+3)	ask your question here, or send us an e-mail			wle-bg	1,044
	WLE Brazil	1 May 2017 (UTC-3) – 30 June 2017 (UTC-5)	ask your question here, or send us an e-mail rodrigopadulagmail.com,		Wiki Loves Earth Brasil 2017	wle-br	12,453
	WLE Canada	1 June 2017 (UTC-2:30) – 30 June 2017 (UTC-7)	Contact	Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Canada		wle-ca	1,877
	WLE Egypt	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+2)	Contact us on our here			wle-eg	1,337
	WLE France	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+2)	contacts	wikilovesearth.fr,	List of protected areas	wle-fr	1,658
	WLE Georgia	1 June 2017 – 30 June 2017 (UTC+4)	Contacts		List of protected areas	wle-ge	860
	WLE Germany	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+2)	Contact us on our discussion page or find us on Facebook	Wiki Loves Earth 2017/Deutschland	Protected areas	per federal state: wle-de-bb, -be, -bw, -by, -hb, -he, -hh, -mv, -ni, -nw, -rp, -sh, -sl, -sn, -st, -th	24,175
	WLE Greece	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+3)	Contact us on our talk page or at [email protected]	wle.wikimedia.gr	List of protected areas	wle-gr	3,536
	WLE India	1 June 2017 – 30 June 2017 (UTC+5.30)	Ask your questions here	More info about how the project will be executed in India will be posted on this page consecutively.		wle-in	27,578
	WLE Iraq	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+3)	[[Commons talk:Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Iraq|WLE 2017 tables]],			wle-iq	562
	WLE Latvia	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+3)	Contact us on our discussion page			wle-lv	584
	WLE Libya	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+2)	Ask your questions here			wle-ly	175
	WLE Moldova	15 May 2017 – 15 June 2017 (UTC+3)	ask your question here, or find us on Facebook		List of monuments (Romanian) (also in Russian and Ukrainian)	wle-md	1,782
	WLE Morocco	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+1)	Ask your questions on our discussion page or find us on Facebook	More info about how the project will be executed in Morocco will be posted on this page consecutively.		wle-ma	752
	WLE Nepal	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+5:45)	Contact		Natural Monuments in Nepal	wle-np	4,085
	WLE Nigeria		contact us on [email protected] or olaniyanshola15gmail.com			wle-ng	709
	WLE Norway	15 May 2017 – 15 June 2017 (UTC+2)	Ask your questions here	More info about how the project will be executed in Norway will be posted on this page consecutively. Map of protected nature		wle-no	345
	WLE Pakistan	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+5)	User:Saqib			wle-pk	8,427
	WLE Russia	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+3)	ask your question here, or send us an e-mail	wikivoyage.ru	Lists of objects (списки)	wle-ru	6,911
	WLE Serbia	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+2)	Ask your questions here	wle.wikimedia.rs	List of objects	wle-rs	1,567
	WLE South Korea	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+9)	Ask your questions here		List of protected areas	wle-kr	1,051
	WLE Spain	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+2)	ask your question here	www.wikilovesearth.es	Lists of objects	wle-es	2,503
	WLE Taiwan	1 June 2017 – 30 June 2017 (UTC+8)	Ask your questions here			wle-tw	415
	WLE Tunisia	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+1)	Ask your questions here	More info about how the project will be executed in Tunisia will be posted on this page consecutively.		wle-tn	236
	WLE Ukraine	1 May 2017 – 31 May 2017 (UTC+3)	[email protected]	wikilovesearth.org.ua,	Списки	wle-ua	15,140
	WLE China	1 June 2017 – 30 June 2017 (UTC+8)	Ask your questions here			wle-cn	598

Timeline

• 1 – 31 May and 1 – 30 June: national competitions
• 31 July: deadline for submissions, e.g. to the Winners page
• 15 September: deadline for the international results

Rules

• The set of rules for the international part of the contest.

Help and FAQ

Organise local contest

If you decide to hold Wiki Loves Earth in your country you need to complete the required steps:

1. Have or create a list of relevant protected areas (on Wikipedia or Commons). – Different countries have different systems with multiple levels of protected areas (from large National Parks to individual protected trees in the middle of nowhere). All these objects are usually defined by official documents. If there isn't any such list for your country, you can create a public list of areas worth to be called natural heritage site.
2. Have or create clear recommendations for photos. – Define, what aspects photographers should focus on.
3. Have a working organization team, and name the responsible contact, e.g. by a list of helping users.
4. Organize a good jury for your country. At an early stage, please also think about possible prizes for winners.
5. Create the landing page on Commons for your country (Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in …), and take care for categories, templates etc. (Later on, you might need to ask other users for technical help e.g. for specific campaign adaptions.)

More about organising see on Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2017/Organise

Where to ask questions?

The primary place for questions or suggestions is the WLE 2017 talk page (English language preferred). For country specific issues, please use the contact pages linked in the above section "participating countries" (different languages).

Other places to get help:

• wle-teamwikimedia.org.ua
• wikilovesearthlists.wikimedia.org (subscribe)
• #wikilovesearth ^webchat
• comments on the wikilovesearth.org website

Jury tools

• See Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2017/Jury tools

Statistics

• Watchlist – list of latest uploaded images and a table with number of uploaded images per country.
• Wiki Loves Competitions Tools – a graphic and a table with number of uploaded images per country, number of used images, number of uploaders and number of uploaders registered after competition start.
• Uploaders in Cat – a tool, which counts the number of uploaders in a Commons category (e.g. WLE 2015 in Bulgaria) and outputs a list with the number of uploaded images per uploader.
• Unused files – a tool, which compiles a list of images in a category, which have not been used on any or a certain project.