[Wiki Loves Monuments] Metro Photo Challenge

[Samuel Klein]

Do any Swedish Wikimedians have contacts with MTG or Metro
International?  This does sound like a great opportunity for
partnership in future years.

Sam.

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:
> I guess that until our 2012 record was recognized, they just assumed that
> their 250k photos was above the record, so they were fine.
>
> However, their competition might not fit the GWR definition of competition -
> so that might be a reason they never tried to get recognized.
>
> Lodewijk
>
>
> 2013/9/4 Ole Palnatoke Andersen <ole at palnatoke.org>
>>
>> So a "bigger" competition has more participants, while a "larger"
>> competition has more photos?
>>
>> The English language has fine nuances. :-)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> You retain copyright but grant them a pretty wide license for the next
>>> five years:
>>>
>>> http://metrophotochallenge.com/about/
>>>
>>> Last year was claimed as 80,000 people contributing 225,000 images, so
>>> they are technically larger in terms of participants if not of results.
>>>
>>> A.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4 September 2013 09:19, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Does someone know this challenge? I saw it quite prominently advertised
>>>> on Metro this Monday.
>>>>         «The Metro Photo Challenge, the world’s biggest photography
>>>> competition, officially launched on Tuesday», «2013 will mark the seventh
>>>> Metro Photo Challenge [...] we’re going to ask you to capture more of a
>>>> process than a thing [...] sensing the world around you».
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/09/02/what-inspires-your-senses-enter-the-2013-metro-photo-challenge/>
>>>> http://metrophotochallenge.com/
>>>>         Are they the previous holders of the Guinness world record
>>>> ("forgetting" to update their claims) or are they just making it up? I
>>>> didn't actually try to register but I can't find any information on
>>>> licensing; interesting that they felt compelled to add a "we'll donate to a
>>>> charity" incentive. They have 5200 photos and and 2700 uploaders so far.
>>>>
>>>> Nemo
>>>>
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