CentralNotice/Request/2023 Science Photo Competition Russia

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2023 Science Photo Competition Russia[edit]

Central Notice Settings
What is the campaign duration?
  • 2st April 2023 → 31th May 2023
Which projects will you be targeting?
  • Wikipedia
What languages will you be targeting?
  • Multiple Languages
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
  • Anonymous Users

What countries will your campaign target?

  • Russia

Banner/Campaign Diet:

  • 5 impression per week

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - Science Photo Competition 2023 is a Russian part of an international contest Science Photo Competition, conducted by Wikimedia movement volunteers to promote science and illustration of science-related Wikipedia articles by quality modern photography and media-files. The Russian part of the international competition will be held from April 2 to May 31, 2023. These dates are coordinated with international organizations.. Authors of 24 best photoes & multimedia files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons (3*8 nominations) will be awarded.

The contest is co-organized by Wikimedia Russia volunteers in partnership with Russian-language "Nauka" 24/7 Science TV Channel.

Metrics - New Users + Number of photoes & media files

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banner -
  • RU


Banner -


  • EN


Landing Page - RU, EN

Community notification text[edit]

  • RU: 2 апреля стартeт уже традиционный «Конкурс научных фотографий 2023». Приглашаем всех кому небезынтересна наука и кто в силах держать в руках фотоаппарат. Правила конкурса очень просты, призы имеют место быть! Коллеги, для привлечения внешних участников, мы предложили баннер конкурса через CentralNotice.
  • EN:On April 2, the «Science Photo Competition 2023» started, traditionally the photo marathon is being held jointly with the Nauka television channel, it will be interesting. We invite everyone who is interested in science and who is able to hold a camera in their hands. The rules of the contest are very simple, prizes have a place to be! Colleagues, to attract external participants, we proposed a banner of the competition through CentralNotice.

Notifications[edit]

Discussion[edit]

  • Strong support Strong support. Traditional international competition. It has been running for over 8 years. During the competition, it is possible to obtain unique and high-quality photographs that illustrate thousands of articles about various fields of science.--Ctac (talk) 08:43, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support Strong support. Best Wiki-Science Photo contest since 2015. Great result thanks to newcomers. — Niklitov (talk) 14:56, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support Strong support. More important than ever for Wikimedia Strategy. On top of the above, the banner is itself an outreach to readers from Russia, demonstrating that Russian entity partnerships with the local and international Wikimedia community is still possible and acceptable, as well as the fact that Wikimedia projects are open to and welcoming Russian citizens' engagement and contribution. --Frhdkazan (talk) 17:28, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support Strong support. More important than ever for Wikimedia Strategy. - Just (talk) 17:58, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

  • @DerHexer: No. This is a new problem. Geolocation for Russia and Belarus stopped working in 2023, and that campaign was in 2022. For example, look at the strange statistics on the number of Russian Wikipedia editors. Due to a broken geo-location, it says that supposedly no one from Russia and Belarus edits the Russian Wikipedia. However, in fact, there are 75-80% of editors from Russia and about 5-10% from Belarus. Please put a banner without geo-location at all, because it does not work for Russian IP addresses.--Ctac (talk) 19:25, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]