Wikipedia Takes Coventry

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When	Sat. 1 September 2012
Where	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry Jordan Well
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Link	bit.ly/WikiTakesCov
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Wikipedia Takes Coventry is a one day photo scavenger hunt, held in the city of Coventry, England on September 1 2012. Anyone can participate in the day, there is no need to be a Wikimedian or a member of Wikimedia UK.

Wikipedia Takes Coventry - In a nutshell Where?: Starting at: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP When?: Saturday, 1 September 2012 (time TBC) Point of contact: Harry Mitchell or Rock drum (or email us) How do I sign up?: Press the Registration Form button in the box on the right

Useful information

What to bring

• Your camera
• Your laptop (don't worry if you can't bring one, we hope to have a few available for attendees to use)
• Your GPSr (targets will be listed with co-ordinates and we hope to have a .gpx file of targets available for download on the day)

On the day

Participants will meet at The Herbert at a time yet to be decided. Those who have not registered online will register here. If you don't already have a team, we can try to put you in a group, or you can compete in twos or individually if you want. Registration will include granting permission for all photographs to be placed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License.

Register online here: Wikipedia Takes Coventry registration

However, even if you've pre-registered, you still have to show up at The Herbert to check in and receive your information packet, including the goal list and rules.

Code of conduct

• Respecting personality rights: You should not make persons on the street the focus of your photographs, without their permission. If someone is in the background, or part of a crowd, or happens to be standing in front of a building in an inconspicuous way, it's OK but you shouldn't focus on an individual.
• Respecting the rights of property owners: Property owners have the right to restrict you from taking a photograph while standing on their property. But, you can take any photograph as long as you are standing on public property. If someone asks you to stop, stop.
• Respecting the police: If the police ask you to stop, stop.

Photography advice

• Keep pictures in focus.
• Avoid shadows.
• Show the whole subject in one shot, if possible; avoid cutting off tops of buildings.

Prizes

TBA

Rules

See /Rules