Wiki Takes Sueca How did the idea start? This project is an initiative of Juanjo, a friend who is neither a wikimedian nor a member of Wikimedia Spain, but has heard of us. He knows several people from Sueca and put us in contact with them so that we can organize Wiki Takes activities. One of the biggest annual events in Sueca (province of Valencia) is the Paella Valenciana International Contest. The first person with whom we contacted was Pep Cortell, a member of the organization of the contest. We met him in March and he explained us how the contest works, the Group of wikimedians at the beginning involvement of the City Council of Sueca of the day and numerous companies and organizations that allows them to have several semifinals in various parts of the world, including the United States of America or Australia. Pep gifted us a copy of the book Sueca: paisatge, cultura i medi ambient, which was very useful for the organization of this activity. He also facilitated contact with Saray Puchades, press officer of the City Council. Strategic concept Starting from Pep's comments, the content of the book and consultation of the contest website, we developed a strategy. The first step was to break the activity into two parts: Sueca, as a place, and the Paella International Contest. Sueca With 92 square kilometers and nearly thirty thousand inhabitants distributed in several towns, Sueca is not a place you can cover in a single day, so we Location of Sueca in the Ribera Baixa region had to limit the activity. We discarded the large rural areas of marsh, both extending toward the Albufera as to bordering the Júcar River, and we didn´t cover the coast and other villages, only the urban center itself. Within this, we chose many buildings for their interest, as reflected in the mentioned book, in many cases they were not properly monumental buildings, but relevant for any reason. Then we reduced the listings, necessary by the lack of time and based on the presence or absence of images on Wikimedia Commons and accessibility of places. Paella Valenciana International Contest The generally extended idea is that almost anything can be added to a paella and that there is no standard rule. That's not accurate. In fact there are accepted procedures, variants formalized in various cases and formulas and ingredients that are considered correct. The contest uses one of these formulas; it is not the only formula, but it is one of the accepted standard. The rules of the contest specify the Fire, smoke, people... and paella ingredients, fuel, tools and time to cook. The process itself does not mark limitations and each contestant works in that part to get a better result than others. So we wanted to obtain images of the ingredients, process, result and evaluation. It should be noted that many pictures on Commons classified as "paella" come rather in the concept of "rice with things." Execution Two previous visits to Sueca, apart from events of September 11, were organized. On August 29, a first recognition was made by two members. The purpose of this visit was to determine the distances, locate places and check for logistical needs. It was found that the time required to go from Valencia to Sueca was 35 to 40 minutes, less than expected. The railway station is not very marked, something to keep in mind as the contest takes place in the Passeig de l'Estació. They took the opportunity to photograph some buildings. On September 10, the eve of the contest, they went Bernat i Baldoví bust, point of to Sueca, this time to access the interior of several meeting of the Wiki Takes buildings without images, in particular the market, the Athenaeum and the town hall. In addition they talked to Saray and Pep about the press passes, which were required to attend the evaluation of paellas. Thanks to the efforts of Saray and Pep we were able to get into the reception of the contestants by the City Council. Through our initial partner, Juanjo, we could to contact the Sister Pilar, who allowed us access to the Pantheon- Asylum of Baldoví Cardona Family, and we got to photograph parts of its interior that were poorly collected (as the church) or nothing at all (like the Pantheon itself or residential buildings). On September 11 Mausoleum in Sueca. This work by we gathered near the Bernat i Baldoví Buenaventura Ferrando and its author monument on Passeig de l'Estació. We have been greatly benefited from this Wiki Takes chose the place because it is localizable in Google Maps and already had pictures Commons. From there we started a tour to photograph buildings without photo. The route had been established beforehand. With a length of three kilometers, it could be covered in the planned time (start at 10 and finish at 12). We did not include complex monuments, for example the Casa de la Vila or the church of San Pedro, but simple elements. They are the places that are numbered from 1 to 12 in the plane: 1.- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Fátima, 2.- Escoles Jardí, 3.- Chalet de Fandos, 4.- Casa de Na Ignàsia Cardona, 5.- Retablo cerámico de San Vicente, 6.- Casa Piera, 7.- Cámara Agraria, 8.- Casa de Ricard Ortí Sisternes, 9.- Edificio del Teatro Serrano, 10.- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, 11.- Restos de la muralla carlista y 12.- Passeig de l’Estació. As expected, other elements, some of which have marked with blue circles, were also photographed. Once we finished this tour, we dedicated ourselves to the contest, beginning with the distribution of ingredients and other preparations, and following its cooking to the collection of paellas for evaluation. Finally, we attended the awards ceremony. Taking pictures of the process was the most important challenge, being a dynamic environment, with reduced space, in a crowd of people -except evaluation, everything else happens to the view of people, that can surround participants from all sides- and unexpected changes: smoke, flares, sudden movements. In addition there are parts that are not normally appreciate, as the equilibration process of paellas, preparation of ingredients, some quite forgotten, such as snails. Results A total of eleven people participated in Wiki Takes Sueca. Some of them continue uploading photographs, so the figure is provisional, but on October 10 was 856. So far six photos have been considered quality images. Wikimedia Commons As noted, this activity has multiplied the images referred to Sueca, the paella, the contest (of which there was none) and other related issues and people. On September 22, 106 new categories had been created on Wikimedia Commons: 19th century wall, Sueca; 19th century wall, Sueca. Carrer del Sequial section; 19th century wall, Sueca. El Borx section; 56th Paella Contest in Sueca; 56th Paella Contest in Sueca. 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