Commons:Wikimedia Österreich

Wikimedia Österreich is a Wikimedia chapter primarily supporting Wikimedians in Austria.

Among other activities Wikimedia Austria supports the Wikimedia Commons project and community in several ways. The entire support results are available on Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich.

Media accreditations

The chapter helps in getting accredited for various events, such as political rallies, sports events and concerts, festivals or fairs.

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  VIS Festival 2016
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  Linz Athletics Gala 2016
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  World DanceSport Championship Latin 2015

Lending equipment

The chapter has purchased photographic equipment which can be borrowed by contributors. Please find a list of loanable equipment in our members wiki and contact us if you want to borrow some of these.

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  Our Nikon D300s with lens
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  Our Nikon AF-S 85/1,4 G lens
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  Canon EF 400 2.8

Opening and sharing public domain material

The chapter strives to create partnerships with cultural institutions, aiming among other things, to help them opening and sharing their public domain collections.

• Book-Scanner project at the federal monuments office
• Wikipedian in residence at the Austrian Constitutional Court
• Wikipedian in Residence (WiR): Vorarlberg State Archive

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Encouraging participation

The chapter encourages participation to the Wikimedia projects, through the organisation of photographic rallies or contests like Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Public Art:

• Wiki Loves Monuments 2011
• Wiki Loves Monuments 2012
• Wiki Loves Public Art 2013
• Wiki Loves Monuments 2013
• Wiki Loves Earth 2014
• Wiki Loves Monuments 2014
• Wiki Loves Earth 2015
• Wiki Loves Monuments 2015
• Wiki Loves Earth 2016
• WikiDaheim 2017
• WikiDaheim 2018
• WikiDaheim 2019

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  4^th place WLM 2015
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  2^nd place WLE 2016
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  1^st place WLM special award 2015