Wikimedians of Nepal/Events/Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Nepal

Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Nepal is an international photographic competition to promote natural heritage sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Wikimedians of Nepal UG organized two month long international photographic competition to promote the natural heritage sites of Nepal. The photographic competition is begins on 1 May, 2020 and ended on 15 June, 2020 in Wikimedia Commons.

Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Nepal विकी लभ्स अर्थ २०२० नेपाल
Logo WLE Nepal
Status	inactive (ended)
Genre	Natural phenomena
Begins	May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
Ends	June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)
Frequency	Annually
Venue	Online
Country	Nepal
Participants	all over the world mostly Nepalese
Organised by	Wikimedians of Nepal

Project Page

• Project Page in Wikimedia Commons

Team

S.N.	Name	Image	Designation
01	Nirmal Dulal		Event Coordinator
02	Bijay Chaurasia		Image categorization and managing
03	Santosh Raj Pathak		Jury

Activities

We shared information about the contest through Email and Social Media, Virtual Collaboration with professional photographers team,Tell a friend. Because of that we had 500+ participants this year.

Output Metrics

Description	Target	Outcomes	Remarks
1. Number of Total Participants (including core team)	50+	554
2. Number of newly registered users	-	500 (90%)
3. Number of total new images/media uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	500+	2985
4. Number of Photos added on Wikimedia projects	30% (150)	128 (4%)
4 a. Number of Featured Images	-	1
4 b. Number of Quality images	-	14
4 c. Number of Valued Images	-	1

Winners and Finalist

Finalist Images

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  Manaslu range and its reflection as seen from Bhimtang.
  Photograph: Samdesherpa
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  Cholatse mountain range, Ngozumpa Glacier, Gokyo Lake and a sea of clouds.
  Photograph: Yash Bhattarai
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  Amazing Sunset of Pheriche.
  Photograph: Babin Dulal
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  Greater one-horned rhinoceros at Chitwan.
  Photograph: Aditya Pal
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  Phalacrocorax carbo with other species at Taudaha Lake.
  Photograph: Prasan Shrestha
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  Chital at Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
  Photograph: Aditya Pal
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  Sunset on amadablam from Dingboche.
  Photograph: Niroj Sedhai
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  The reflection of Langtang Lirung in a pond in a moonlit night.
  Photograph: Ummid Shakya
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  A man facing heavy snowfall at Gosaikunda area.
  Photograph: Babin Dulal
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  Peak of Mount Machhapuchhre.
  Photograph: Nrik kiran

Winners

1. First Prize Winner - Samde Sherpa
2. Second Prize Winner - Yash Bhattarai
3. Third Prize Winner - Babin Dulal
4. Special Prize (Most QI, VI & FP uploads) - Babin Dulal

Prizes and Certificates distribution

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, this year we delivered prizes and certificates to the finalists at their own location.

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