Wikimedia Ukraine has been organising Wiki Loves photo contests for over 10 years. Our goal is to keep participants interested and involved, and maintain a good balance between retaining veteran Wiki Loves contributors and keep the contest relevant and accessible for newcomers.
We will discuss different approaches that worked in Ukraine, share ideas on how to improve different areas of Wiki Loves contests, and also hear the ideas and experiences from the audience. We want to discuss a number of problems and solutions to them, such as: building a monuments database, biases in heritage lists, getting more diverse photos, community building, attracting new participants, increasing use of images, evaluating large numbers of upload, and others.
This session will be beneficial for current or prospective organisers of Wiki Loves photo competitions all over the world.