Commons:Wikimédia France
Wikimédia France is a Wikimedia chapter.
Among other activities − detailed on Meta − Wikimédia France supports the Wikimedia Commons project and community in several ways. The entire support results are available on Category:Supported by Wikimedia France.
Facilitating access[edit]
Media accreditations[edit]
The chapter helps in getting accredited for various events:
Privileged access[edit]
The chapter negotiates privileged access for photographers to special places and collections, especially related to cultural institutions:
- Muséum de Toulouse with the Projet Phoebus
- Château de Versailles
- Various venues like the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève or the École Nationale des Chartes
Lending equipment[edit]
The chapter has purchased photographic equipment which can be freely borrowed by contributors: DLSR cameras, lenses, photo studios.
Encouraging participation[edit]
The chapter encourages participation to the Wikimedia projects, through the organisation of photographic rallies or contests like Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth or été des régions:
- Nanterre photo rush
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2011
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2013
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2014
- Wiki Loves Earth 2015
- Été des villes 2015
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2015
- Wiki Loves Earth 2016
- été des régions 2016
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2016
- Wiki Loves Earth 2017
- été des régions 2017
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2017
Central part of the ceiling of the Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles.
Great gallery of Château de Maintenon - Eure-et-Loir, France
The Genoese tower in Porto at sunset - Corsica, France.
Opening and sharing public domain material[edit]
The chapter strives to create partnerships with cultural institutions, aiming among other thing to help them opening and sharing their public domain collections.
- École nationale vétérinaire de Toulouse
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Archives municipales de Toulouse
- Archives nationales
- Musée des Augustins
Buying documentation[edit]
The chapter can help contributors to buy reference books to help describe pictures:
- Files documented with Saint-Sernin de Toulouse - De Saturnin au chef-d'œuvre de l'art roman
- Exhibition documented with the catalogue
Training people[edit]
The chapter organizes training sessions to help contributors develop their skills.
- 14 June 2015: Atelier de traitement de l'image (DxO, LightRoom, etc.)
- 27 & 28 juin 2015: Weekend de formation photo, Hérault (34)
A few figures[edit]
Wikimédia France has already supported the creation of 197,544 media. Among those:
188 are featured pictures
4,014 are valued images
2,849 are quality images