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Wikipedia... I decided to start contributing in 2009. I grew up in Switzerland, so I started with articles relating to the country, whether directly or indirectly.

Some articles were like empty shells. I got the impression they were there a bit by default, like those on towns and villages. Only those on big cities were longer than a few sentences. But no town is boring! They all have a history, a past. I decided to go further, to start a project more ambitious than my contributions to the articles on some towns, so I contacted Wikimedia Switzerland and started the WikiCity project.

WikiCity is a competition dedicated to taking pictures of your hometown. In its first stage, it will be limited to a small area. If the project works and we get enough good feedback, it will take place again all over Switzerland. Just like in Wiki Loves Monuments, the pictures will help enrich the articles they illustrate, and will encourage the creation of new articles.

Thanks to you and your donation, this project will add to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons collection.

Gilbert

Wikipedia contributor