[Wiki Loves Monuments] Call for suggestions for the international jury

[john cummings]

Hi Lodewijk

Great, thanks very much, really helpful

John

On 18 August 2016 at 12:10, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:

> Hey John,
>
>
>
> 2016-08-18 12:02 GMT+02:00 john cummings <mrjohncummings at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi Lodewijk
>>
>> Some questions:
>>
>>    1. What is the time period for judging? I assume October some time?
>>
>> October is the time period for the national organisers. The plan is to
> have judging take place 'over a period of 3 weeks in November'.
>
>>
>>    1. Based on previous experience how many hours work do you think the
>>    juror would need to take part? It would be very useful when asking people
>>    to give them an estimate of the number of hours you are asking them to work
>>    on this.
>>
>> It's reviewing 200-500 photos over three rounds in a rating system. It
> highly depends on the person how much time they would spend on it, but I
> would be surprised if they would spend more than 8-10 hours on it. It also
> includes a little reading up, explaining and discussing the edge cases.
>
>>
>>    1. Is an international jury member required to put a rating and
>>    comment by all the 300-500 images or could they for instance add a rating
>>    to their favorite 50 images?
>>
>> There is a three round system. First they are asked to rate all pictures,
> 1-5 stars. Then we allow jury members to 'veto' an image (say it's
> unworthy) and if a few members agree, we remove it from the selection. Then
> we have a bit of discussions about the top-40/50, and from that top
> selection, they are asked to rank their favorite 25 and add a comment.
>
>>
>>    1. I know that WLM held the Guinness World Record for largest
>>    photography competition in the world, is this still true? This would be a
>>    helpful fact to bring up when encouraging people to be judges.
>>
>> Yes, it is still recognised
> <http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-photography-competition/>
> as the world's largest photography contest by GWR.
>
> Hope that clarifies!
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
>
>> Thanks very much
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On 18 August 2016 at 11:18, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Like every year, we need to put together a good jury for Wiki Loves
>>> Monuments 2016. It is a complicated and delicate process to come to a
>>> balanced jury, and I would like to outline the criteria here, and to
>>> ask for your input. I have agreed to take the lead on this process - but
>>> would definitely welcome your input, and help.
>>>
>>> As in the past years, I think it is important to aim once again for a
>>> jury that as a whole is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means
>>> ideally:
>>> * A mix of photography experts, heritage experts and Wikimedia experts
>>> (aiming at a total size of 7-9)
>>> * Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the
>>> same country.
>>> * Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one can
>>> never assure a balance in all aspects)
>>> * The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for WLM
>>>
>>> At the same time, there are some practical considerations:
>>> * Jury members must be able to write and read English
>>> * They must have the time to commit to judge 200-500 photos in three
>>> rounds over a period of 3 weeks in November
>>> * While jury members can participate in a local competition, their
>>> photos cannot participate in the international finale
>>> * Jury members should not participate in any national jury for 2016
>>> (previous years is OK)
>>> * It would be helpful if the juror would be willing to share their real
>>> name for the jury report.
>>> * Jury work is in a volunteer capacity.
>>>
>>> Do you know someone who would make a good juror, please contact me
>>> privately with the suggestion. At least let me know who the juror is, how I
>>> could contact him/her and why they would make a good jurymember (and
>>> whether you have reason to believe they would accept the nomination, if
>>> asked).
>>>
>>> I will do my best to put together once again a qualified and diverse
>>> jury, with your help!
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Lodewijk
>>> (international jury coordinator, WLM 2016)
>>>
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