Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Your City

WP:WTYC

Wikipedia Takes Your City is a one-day photo scavenger hunt and free-content photography contest where participants compete to take as many photographs as possible of sights in a particular locale for Wikipedia articles that need them. A dedicated tool for facilitating Wikipedia Takes Your City events has been developed on the toolserver^{[dead link‍]}, where additional instructions may be found.

Compiling a list

A list of articles needing photographs can be compiled from sources such as Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Manhattan, and even by manually going through articles in subcategories of Category:Manhattan.

It can also be that some articles which do have photographs need more modern photographs, or photographs of specific things at the location.

The list should be broadly organized by neighborhood, with addresses and cross-streets included.

You should also solicit fellow Wikipedians for their own suggestions.

Instruction packets

The finalized list should be printed in an instruction packet to be given out on the morning of the event, with full instructions and a code number for each of the locations.

There were two different starting points (and collection points) in New York, and this could be done in other locales too if it was found convenient.

It is important that participants take a "context photograph" of an index card with the location code written on it (held up in front of the camera and the target location), before actual photographs of the target location. This helps reconstruct which photographs are of which location.

Participants should be encouraged to compete in teams of two or three members if they want to, which increases the fun factor. Still, they should share one camera/memory card, because this also helps reconstruction.

Scores can be tallied with a point system: in New York, there were 10 points for normal locations, 5 bonus points for locations that also had interior photographs, and 30 points for locations far from the city center.

Uploading

The uploading can be held at a party in the evening, where scores are also tallied and prizes given to members of the winning teams.

The best way to do the uploads is through the Wikimedia Photo Scavenger Hunts^{[dead link‍]}} site. Alternatively, a program such as Commonist can be used, and templates similar to {{WTM}}, {{WTMid}} and {{WTMtag}}.

Events

Wikipedia Takes Montreal 2011
Roberto Rocha / The Gazette (Montreal) / 2011

2008

Wikipedia Takes Manhattan — April 4, 2008 in New York City, USA
Wikipedia Takes Nashville — May 24, 2008 in Nashville, USA
Wikipedia Takes Rennes — July 6, 2008 in Rennes, France
Wikipedia Takes Manhattan — October 4, 2008 in New York City, USA
Wikipedia Takes Angers — October 4, 2008 in Angers, France
Wikis take Berlin — October 18-19, 2008 in Berlin, Germany

2009

Wikipedia à Grenoble — January 8 & 10, 2009 in Vercors and Grenoble, France
Wikis take Amsterdam — January 17, 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Wikipedia Takes the Subway — January 19, 2009 in New York City, USA
Wikipedia Takes Redon — July 4, 2009 in Redon, France
Wikipedia Takes Lorient — August 2, 2009 in Lorient, France
Wikipedia Takes Chennai — August 16, 2009 in Chennai, India
Wikipedia Takes Philadelphia — October 4, 2009 in Philadelphia, USA
Wikis Take Manhattan — October 10, 2009 in New York City, USA
Wikipedia Takes Cognac — December 5 & 6, 2009 in Cognac, France

2010

Wikipedia Takes Morocco — January 2010 in Morocco
Wikipedia Takes Philadelphia — April 11, 2010 in Philadelphia, USA
Wikipedia takes Saint-Malo — March 28, 2010 in Saint-Malo, France
Wikipedia takes Vannes — July 4, 2010 in Vannes, France
Wiki Loves Monuments — September 2010 in the Netherlands
Wiki takes Haarlem — September 25 & 26 2010 in Haarlem
Wikipedia Takes Bangalore — 2010 in Bangalore, India

2011

Wikipedia Takes Mumbai - January 13, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Wikipedia Takes Manila — January 15, 2011 in Manila, Philippines
Wikipedia takes Saumur — February 19-20, 2011 in Saumur, France
Wikimedia takes the Château de Versailles — February 14, 2011 to August 12, 2011, in Versailles, France
Wikipedia Takes Boston — April 17, 2011
Wikis Take the Embassies — May 7/14, 2011 in Washington, DC
Wikipedia Takes Jeongdong — May 28, 2011 in Seoul, South Korea
Wiki takes Den Bosch - June 18, 2011 in Den Bosch, the Netherlands.
Wikipedia Takes Montreal — August 28, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (See video)
Wikipedia Takes Fremantle — September 17, 2011 in Perth, Australia
Wiki loves monuments 2011, September 2011: Photo competition with 165K+ pictures and 5K+ participants
- Wiki takes Leeuwarden - 3 September 2011 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands: ca 8 participants
- Wiki takes Amsterdam - 10 September 2011 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: ca 25 participants
- Wiki Loves Monuments Fürth - 10 September 2011 in Fürth, Germany
- Wiki Loves Monuments Potsdam-Mittelmark - 10 September, 2011 in Potsdam-Mittelmark, Germany
- Wiki Loves Monuments Mittelhessen - 16-25 September 2011 in Mittelhessen, Germany: two week event where Wikipedians stayed in a hotel and photographed a whole area.
- Wiki Loves Monuments Wennigsen - 11 September 2011 in Wennigsen, Germany
- Wikipedia Takes Barcelona — September 17, 2011 in Barcelona, Catalonia (local name: Viquipèdia prem Barcelona)
- Wiki takes Amersfoort - 17 September 2011 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands: ca 8 participants
- Wikipedia Takes Andorra — September 18, 2011 in Andorra (local name: Viquipèdia prem Andorra)
- Wiki takes de Zaan - 24 September 2011 in the Zaanstreek, the Netherlands: By bike, circa 5 participants.
- Wiki takes Porto, 24 September 2011 in Porto, Portugal: 14 participants
- ~~Wiki takes Göteborg/Photo safari Göteborg~~, 24 September 2011 in Göteborg, Sweden: Planned but not enough participants to take place
- Wiki Loves Monuments Köln - 25 September 2011 in Köln, Germany: Around 80 participants
- Wiki takes Lisbon, 25 September 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal: 13 participants
Wikipedia Takes Joondalup — November 26, 2011 in Perth, Australia
Wikipedia Takes Kolkata December 18, 2011, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

2015

Wikipedia @ Open House New York (Wikipedia Takes Manhattan IV) - October 17-18, New York City

2016

Wikipedia Takes Kolkata V - January 24, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Wikipedia Takes Rinconada - December 19, 2015 - January 9, 2016 in Iriga City, the 5th district of Camarines Sur, Philippines
Wikipedia Takes Columbus - April 10 - April 16, Columbus, Ohio
Photo day Eemkwartier Amersfoort (page in Dutch), April 22 2016, Amersfoort, The Netherlands (photos)
Photo day heritage Arnhem (page in Dutch), April 23 2016, Arnhem, The Netherlands (photos)
Photo day leather factories Rijen (page in Dutch), April 23 2016, Rijen, The Netherlands (photos)
Photo day heritage North-Amsterdam (page in Dutch), April 23 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (photos)
Photo day heritage South-Amsterdam (page in Dutch), May 7 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (photos)

2017

Wikipedia Takes Kolkata VI - January 29, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Wiki Takes La Manchuela 2017 - April 28 - 30, La Manchuela (Albacete), Spain
Wiki Takes La Catedral de Murcia 2017 - September 17, Murcia Cathedral, Spain
Wiki Takes Alboraia 2017 - November 12, Alboraia, Spain

2018

Wikipedia Takes Vientiane - February 11, Vientiane, Laos
Wiki Takes Cuenca 2018 - May 4 - 6, Province of Cuenca, Spain
Wiki Takes Zamora - October 5 -7, Province of Zamora, Spain
Wiki Takes Catedral de Santa María 2018 - October 28, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Ideas for events

Fotojacht 2008 — "Photohunt 2008" in the Netherlands or Belgium
There has also been discussion about a fotókonteszt ("photocontest") in Hungary
There has also been discussion about a Wikipedia Takes Paris event in France; separate discussion here
Other possibilities: UK (and Wiki Takes Liverpool), Boston, Madison, Philadelphia
A spin-off idea has been developed at Wikipedia takes the world 2008
If you want advice on holding your own event, feel free to contact User:Pharos.

Relevant discussions

External links