[Wiki Loves Monuments] Metro Photo Challenge

[Jan Ainali]

No, not what I am aware of, but it is a very interesting idea. I'll look
into it.

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2013/9/5 Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>

> 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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