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NP «Wikimedia RU» is organizing various contests dedicated to writing Wikipedia articles, uploading photoes into Wikimedia Commons, writing Wikinews posts, creation of Wikivoyage guide articles etc.

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# Contest logo Contest title Date of beginning Date of completion Status Project(s) Sponsor(s) Nominations Number of prize places Prizes Prize fund Participants Articles Created Images uploaded
49. Wiki loves Earth 2018 2018-05-15 2018-06-15 Planned Commons, WikiVoyage Union of photographers of the wild nature, LLC "Vodokhod" «10 best photoes» & 3 special nominations 13 -
48. International Numismatics Club Museum Collection Coins 2018-04-01 2018-09-30 In Progress Russian Wikipedia International Numismatics Club 4 nominations 6 from 10000 to 30000 RUB 140 000 RUB
47. Article of the Year. Numismatics and Notaphily — 2018 2018-04-00 2019-02-15 Planned Wikipedia, Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons 7 Nominations
46. Discover Russia and Germany: Learn about the regions 2018-05-20 2018-10-20 Planned Wikipedia «Association of honorary citizens, mentors and talented youth» 2 Nominations
45. Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018 2018-03-21 2018-05-31 In Progress Wikipedia Wikimedia CEE, НП «Викимедиа РУ» «Maximum number of articles», Absolute winner by points Encyclopedic prizes, trip to Wikimedia conference
44.
Cities & Regions
Discover Russia. Cities and Regions of the 2018 FIFA World Cup 2018-03-14 2018-07-15 In Progress Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons 4 Nominations + 2 Special Nominations
43. WikiGap 2018 2018-03-08 2018-04-08 In Progress Wikipedia Swedish Embassy in Moscow 1 Nomination 10 Gift certificates from Swidish IKEA and H&M brand shops; Swidish Urbanears brand headphones
42. Winter Olympic Games good will marathon 2018-02-09 2018-03-18 Finalization Wikipedia Wikimedia RU Non-Profit Partnership 4 Nominations 12 Olympics related books
41. Discover Russia. Graduates and Mentors 2018-01-26 2018-05-26 In Progress Wikipedia «Association of honorary citizens, mentors and talented youth» 3 Nominations 15 from 5 to 30 thousand rubles 355 000 rubles
40. Public Domain 2018 2017-12-25 2018-06-30 In Progress Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia Wikimedia RU Non-Profit Partnership, Presidential Grants Foundation 3 Nominations 30 from 2 to 20 thousand rubles 300 000 rubles
39. Wiki Science Photography Contest - 2017 2017-11-01 2017-12-15 Completed Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia RU Non-Profit Partnership 5 Nominations: «People in Science», «Microscopy images», «Non-photographic media», «Image sets», «General category» 5 10 000 rubles for the winner in each nomination 50 000 rubles 241 1940
38. Open Library Russia Contest 2017-10-25 2018-06-30 In Progress Wikimedia Commons, FRS, own resources Wikimedia RU Non-Profit Partnership, Presidential Grants Foundation 3 Nominations 3 100 000 rubles to the winner in each nomination 300 000 rubles
37. Wiki loves monuments 2017 2017-09-01 2017-09-30 Completed Wikimedia Commons, WikiVoyage Wikimedia RU Non-Profit Partnership, Yandex Publishers «10 best photoes» & 6 special nominations: «Coverage of regions», «Cultural Heritage Coverage», «Endangered Cultural Heritage», «Art Nouveau», «Soviet Avant-garde», «Best WikiVoyage banner» 16 10000 rubles for principal, 5000 rubles for special nomination winners
36. Discover Russia. Get to know the mentors 2017-06-03 2017-10-03 Completed Russian Wikipedia «Association of honorary citizens, mentors and talented youth» 1 7 Monetary prizes to 7 winners 135 thnd rubles
35. Discover Russia. Start from Don – Round 2 2017-06-01 2017-09-1 Completed Wikipedia «Association of honorary citizens, mentors and talented youth» 2 nominations:
«New articles in any language about literary heritage of Don», «New articles about memorable places and touristic destinations of Rostov Oblast in any language except Russian»
14 Monetary prizes to 7 winners in each nomination 165 thnd rubles
34. Wiki loves Earth 2017 2017-05-01 2017-05-31 Completed Commons, WikiVoyage NP «Wikimedia RU» «10 best photoes», 3 special nominations:
«Coverage of sites», «Coverage of regions», «Best banner for Wikivoyage articles»
13 Monetary prizes + river cruise certificates 52 thnd rubles 440 6929
33. CEE Spring 2017 2017-03-21 2017-05-31 Completed Russian Wikipedia Wikimedia Fundation, NP «Wikimedia RU» «Maximum number of articles» — 5 leaders, winner by points 5 Encyclopedic prizes, trip to CEE Meeting 2017 in Poland 26 thnd rubles 18 1104
32. Discover Russia. Start from Don - Round 1 2016-12-21 2017-04-21 Completed Wikipedia, Commons «Association of honorary citizens, mentors and talented youth» 4:
«New articles in Russian», «Improved articles + articles with creation of "Memorable places" subsection», «New articles in languages other than Russian», «Images»
28 Monetary prizes to 7 winners in each nomination 310 thnd rubles 63 3202 2150
31. Culinary marathon 2016 2016-12-01 2017-01-15 Completed Wikipedia NP «Wikimedia RU» «First 20 participants creating 15 qualifying articles», «Winner by points», «Best article» 20 + special jury prize Illustrated culinary encyclopedias 12 176
30. Serbia Marathon 2016-11-07 2016-12-25 Completed Russian Wikipedia NP «Wikimedia RU» & Russian academy of Sciences Institute of Slavic studies «History, politics, society», «Geography, economy, industry, transport, communications», «Science, culture, sports», «Biographies» 13 Books about Serbia to Top-3 winners in each nomination 12 247
29. WikiUrals 2016-09-15 2017-07-01 Completed Wikipedia, Commons, WikiVoyage, Wikisource OTRS UMMC Holding, VEK Elevator Company, Urals SME Association, Moiseikin Jewellery House. «Best WLE photo», «Best WLM photo» & Wikipedia nominations: «Urals. General topics», «Economy of Urals», «Individuals in Urals» Winners get Moiseikin souvenirs of Ural gems
28. Wiki loves Monuments 2016 2016-09-01 2016-09-30 Completed Commons, WikiVoyage NP «Wikimedia RU» «10 best photoes» & 6 special nominations: «Best Industrial Architecture Photo», «Best Interiors Photo», «Endangered Cultural Heritage», «Cultural Heritage Coverage», «Coverage of regions», «Best WikiVoyage banner» 16 10000 rubles for principal, 4000 rubles for special nomination winners 124000 rubles 943 22 574
27. Summer Olympic Marathon 2016 2016-08-05 2016-09-18 Completed Russian Wikipedia, Wikinews, WikiVoyage, Commons NP «Wikimedia RU» Wikipedia — 4, Commons — 1, Wikinews — 1, WikiVoyage — 1 nomination. 21 Tourist tents for winners in each of 7 nominations. I place — tent fittin 3, II — fitting 2, III — single individual tent. 34 1486 (as well as: 25 new articles in WikiVoyage & 98 news articles in Wikinews) 2056
26. Wiki loves Earth 2016 2016-05-01 2016-05-31 Completed Commons, WikiVoyage NP «Wikimedia RU» «10 best photoes» & 3 special nominations: «Coverage of sites», «Coverage of regions», «Best WikiVoyage banner» 13 4000 rubles 49000 rubles + 100000 rubles worth of partner prizes: Russia CityPass, «Mann, Ivanov & Ferber» publishers, « Schrödinger's cat» magazine 415 - 5976
25. CEE Spring 2016 2016-03-21 2016-05-31 Completed Russian Wikipedia Wikimedia Polska «Maximum number of articles» — Top-5 winners 5+1 5+5+5+5+5+3 thnd rubles 28000 rubles 25 676
24. Public Domain 2016-01-01 2016-30-04 Completed Russian Wikipedia, Commons, Wikisource NP «Wikimedia RU», Internet-Publishers Association 2 nominations: «Subtopic Review-type articles on „Public Domain“», «Articles about oeuvres (& their authors), that came into Public Domain beginning 1 January 2016» 20 2000-20000 rubles 200000 rubles 18 674 1
21. 2015 Science Photo Contest 2015-11-01 2015-12-31 Completed Wikimedia Commons NP «Wikimedia RU», «Кот Шрёдингера» (Schrödinger's cat), «Популярная механика» (Popular mechanics), «Наука и жизнь» (Science and life) magazines, Copy General Printing Company, «Манн, Иванов и Фербер» (Mann, Ivanov and Ferber) publishers 5 categories: «People in Science», «Microscopy images», «Non-photographic media», «Image sets», «General category» 5 4000 rubles, subscription to «Кот Шрёдингера», «Популярная механика» & «Наука и жизнь» magazines, books. 20 thousand rubles 247 3208
20. Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 (in Russian) 2015-09-01 2015-09-30 Completed Wikimedia Commons «Rostelecom» «10 best photoes» and 4 special categories: «Communication», «Cultural heritage coverage», «Coverage of regions», «Best banner for Wikivoyage articles» 14 10 000 rubles 140 000 rubles 934 23758
19. Learn Moscow with Wikipedia (in Russian) 2015-03-25 2015-07-31 Completed Russian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons «Learn Moscow» portal of Moscow City Information Technologies Department 6 categories: «Places of interest», «Geography», «Organizations», «History», «Biographies» and «Illustration» 18 Notebook, tablet, smartphone 6 notebooks, 6 tablets, 6 smartphones 44 1702 2210
18. Social Entrepreneurship Contest (in Russian) 2015-04-27 2015-06-14 Completed Russian Wikipedia «Наше будущее» (Our Future) Foundation «Highest number of points» 7 From 70 000 rubles to 10 000 rubles, consolation prize of 5 000 rubles 285 000 rubles 17 450
17. Social Entrepreneurship Contest (in Bashkir) 2015-04-27 2015-06-14 Completed Bashkir Wikipedia «Наше будущее» (Our Future) Foundation «Highest number of points» 3 From 20 000 rubles to 8 000 rubles 40 000 rubles 5 221
16. Social Entrepreneurship Contest (in Ossetian) 2015-04-27 2015-06-14 Completed Ossetian Wikipedia «Наше будущее» (Our Future) Foundation «Highest number of points» 3 from 20 000 rubles to 8 000 rubles 40 000 rubles 5 37
15. Social Entrepreneurship Contest (in Sakha) 2015-04-27 2015-06-14 Completed Sakha Wikipedia «Наше будущее» (Our Future) Foundation «Highest number of points» 3 from 20 000 rubles to 8 000 rubles 40 000 rubles 8 132
14. Wiki-Spring — 2015 (in Russian) 2015-04-20 2015-05-31 Completed Russian Wikipedia NP «Wikimedia RU» «Highest number of articles» 1 Travel to CEE WikiCamp 2015 in Macedonia 19 280
13. Wiki Loves Earth 2015 (in Russian) 2015-05-01 2015-05-31 Completed Wikimedia Commons NP «Wikimedia RU», GEO magazine «10 best photoes» 10 4 000 rubles, subscription for GEO magazine 40 000 rubles 1153 8321
12. Bashkir Wikipedia is 10! (in Russian) 2014-11-01 2015-04-01 Completed Bashkir Wikipedia NP «Wikimedia RU», prizes for 3rd-5th places provided by Marat and Aygul Shayakhmetovs. 2 categories: «New editors», «Experienced editors» 20 from 4 000 rubles to 3 000 rubles (1-2 places), USB flash memory (3rd-5th places), T-shirts 14 000 rubles, 6 USB flash memory, 20 T-shirts 24 764
11. Wiki Loves Monuments - 2014 (in Russian) 2014-10-01 2014-10-31 Completed Wikimedia Commons «Rostelecom», «Бегущий город» (Running City) «10 best photoes», 3 special categories: «Communication», «Running City», «Coverage of monuments» 13 10 000 rubles 130 000 rubles 805 24003
10. Wikipedia writes about monuments (in Russian) 2014-10-15 2014-12-01 Completed Russian Wikipedia NP «Wikimedia RU» 3 categories: «Best article», «Maximum number of articles», «Maximum number of linked images» 3 8 12
9. Russian-Speaking Earthians Hall of Fame (in Russian) 2014-04-10 2014-11-30 Completed Russian Wikipedia «Ассоциация почётных граждан, наставников и талантливой молодёжи» (Association of Honorary Citizens, Mentors and Talented Youth 3 categories: «New editors», «Experienced authors», «Illustration» 20 from 20 000 rubles to 3 000 rubles 187 000 rubles 58 5925 4203
8. Soccer Marathon 2014 (in Russian) 2014-06-12 2014-07-24 Completed Russian Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikimedia Commons, Wikinews NP «Wikimedia RU» 6 categories: «Wikipedia», «Wikimedia Commons», «Wikinews», «Wikivoyage», 2 special categories from «Бизнес-журнала» (Business-magazine) 18 Official ball of the 2014 FIFA World Championship, Official Jersey of the 2014 FIFA World Champion Team, Official Jersey of the Russian National Soccer Team, from 8 to 3 000 rubles 6 balls, 12 T-shirt, 30 000 rubles 33 543 (as well as: 69 templates, 206 news posts, 5 Wikivoyage articles, 1 Wikiquote article) 642
7. What volunteers know about Emergencies? (in Russian) 2014-05-14 2014-07-14 Completed Russian Wikipedia РОУ «Гражданский корпус» (Civil corps) Russian Civilian Institution, «Связной» (Svyaznoy) company «Highest number of points» 3 20 000 to 10 000 rubles gift certificates from Svyaznoy 45 000 rubles in Svyaznoy gift certificates 5 70
6. Winter Olympic Marathon 2014 (in Russian) 2014-02-10 2014-03-16 Completed Russian Wikipedia NP «Wikimedia RU» 4 categories: «Bobsleigh, Curling, Skeleton, Luge, Snowboarding», «Speed skating, Short track speed skating, Figure skating, Hockey (Bandy, Sledge hockey)», «Biathlon (and Military patrols competitions), Alpine skiing, Nordic combined, Cross-country skiing, Ski jumping, Freestyle skiing», «Sports Arenas, Olympic Teams, Olympic Symbols» 12 24 778
5. Southern Russia and Eastern Ukraine Hall of Fame (in Russian) 2013-06-03 2013-12-01 Completed Russian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons «Ассоциация почётных граждан, наставников и талантливой молодёжи» (Association of Honorary Citizens, Mentors and the Talented Youth) 8 categories: «Geography», «Animals and Plants», «History», «Culture», «Biography», «Illustration», 2 special categories («Mentor» and «Smartest City») 21 from 20 000 rubles to 5 000 rubles 245 000 rubles 38 1690 441
4. Wiki Loves Monuments '2013 2013-09-01 2013-09-31 Completed Wikimedia Commons Nokia «10 Best Photoes» 10 Nokia Lumia phones 10 Nokia Lumia phones 912 18897
3. Russian Internet (in Russian) 2012-11-01 2012-11-10 Completed Russian Wikipedia, English Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedi, Tatar Wikipedia РАЭК 2 categories: «Best improvement of existing or best writing of a new article» and «Maximum New Articles» 10 Invitations to the Russian Internet Award Ceremony, 100 % discount for participation in i-COMference 2013, «Интернет в цифрах» (Internet in numbers) magazine subscription. 10 invitations to the Russian Internet Award Ceremony, 10 promo-codes for 100 % discount for i-COMference 2013 participation, 10 subscriptions to «Интернет в цифрах». 10 14
2. Wiki Loves Monuments — 2012 (in Russian)] 2012-09-01 2012-09-31 Completed Wikimedia Commons NP «Wikimedia RU» «10 Best Photos» 10 Photo frames 10 photo frames 1047 16717
1. Wikipedia Loves St.Petersburg (in Russian) 2011-09-01 2011-09-31 Completed Wikimedia Commons NP «Wikimedia RU» «10 Best Photos» 10 Photo frames 10 photo frames 470 4479