CentralNotice/Request/Wiki Loves Yoruba Heritage Contest

Wiki Loves Yoruba Heritage Contest

Agbalagba (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log), primary contact (Requested at 17:11, 1 July 2026 (UTC))[reply]

Central Notice Settings

What is the campaign duration?

August 1, 2026 → August 14, 2026 (14 days)

Which projects will you be targeting?

Wikipedia/Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons

What languages will you be targeting?

English and Yoruba

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?

Logged In users, and Anonymous User

What countries will your campaign target?

Nigeria

Banner/Campaign Diet:

To be determined by Central Notice admin

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

Description - Wiki Loves Yoruba Heritage is a national photography contest that aims to document, preserve, and celebrate the rich cultural, historical, and natural heritage of the Yoruba people in Nigeria. The contest invites photographers, photography enthusiasts, and members of the public to capture and share high-quality, freely licensed photographs that showcase the beauty, diversity, and living heritage of the Yoruba people.

Participants are encouraged to photograph historical landmarks, traditional architecture, festivals, arts and crafts, cuisine, traditional attire, music and dance performances, traditional occupations, sacred sites, markets, cultural landscapes, and other tangible and intangible expressions of Yoruba heritage.

Metrics - 5,000 photos and 45 participants

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

Banners -

From Culture to Camera: Join the Yorùbá Heritage Photo Contest 2026 and Win Prizes!

Landing Page - Commons:Wiki Loves Yoruba Heritage

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link

Type of grant - General Support Fund

Link to grant - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/General_Support_Fund/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_Annual_Grant_2026-2027

Discussion

Central Notice admin comments

@Agbalagba: Please read the m:CNUG, especially about the maximum length of the campaign and community notifications before, and adapt the campaign accordingly. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 23:01, 3 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Done as recommended. Thank you, DerHexer. Agbalagba (YWUG)^T★C 11:24, 4 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Agbalagba: I have created the campaign and banner (preview). However, there are still a few things to do before the campaign can be enabled:
- Please provide a translation of the banner text into Yoruba as this needed because you also target Yoruba Wikipedia.
- The landing page should ideally be translated into Yoruba, too. I can understand that marking them for translation might be a bit tricky. Two solutions come to my mind: Create another page in Yoruba that I can link in a banner, or add a summary in Yoruba to your English landing page so that native speakers also understand the process.
- The logo has a white background that should be transparent. For that reason I changed the background from light grey into white. But that does only work in light mode, not dark mode. A dark mode solution should be found (I prefer the transparent logo, but there are other solutions like a second logo that I could show whenever dark mode is used).
As soon as everything is implemented, please check it, approve it and ping me so that I can enable the campaign. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 15:36, 8 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]