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

Prizes will be handed out by the Wikimedia UK board the following weekend, at The Herbert. This will be filmed and hopefully broadcast live.

Rules

See /Rules