Commons:Wikimédia France
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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:
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Final of the Challenge Réseau Ferré de France–Trophée Monal 2012 (épée world cup tournament in Paris)
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Reina Tanaka of Morning Musume during autograph session at Japan Expo
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Citroën C4 WRC 2010, Mondial de l'automobile
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
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Dynamine postverta postverta (Cramer, 1780)
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Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
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Reading room of Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris.
Lending equipment
[edit]The chapter has purchased photographic equipment which can be freely borrowed by contributors: DLSR cameras, lenses, photo studios.
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Tomb of Pierre Gareau at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris (France).
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Planetary gearing of a pencil sharpener
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Procession des saints de Bretagne, fresco in the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes (France)
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
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Central part of the ceiling of the Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles.
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Great gallery of Château de Maintenon - Eure-et-Loir, France
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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
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Scan of Histoire générale du mouvement janséniste (1924) by Augustin Gazier
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Self-portrait by Eugène Trutat (1860)
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Lithography of St. Bertrand de Comminges, near Luchon (19th century)
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
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Tympanum of Miègeville's gate in Basilica St. Sernin in Toulouse
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Portrait of Nicolas 1er (détail)
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 207,404 media. Among those:
182 are featured pictures
4,269 are valued images
3,031 are quality images