*DNA Blog : "Wiki Loves Monuments, do you? "*
http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/1886663/post-wiki-loves-monuments-do-you
Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is a photography competition aimed at creating a
freely licensed repository of photographs of historical monuments and
heritage sites around the globe. Held in September every year, it is the
world's largest photographic competition according to the Guinness Book of
World Records.
[Winning entry at WLM from 2012, Safdarjung's Tomb, Delhi, India, by *Pranav
Singh*]
Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is a photography competition aimed at creating a
freely licensed repository of photographs of historical monuments and
heritage sites around the globe. Held in September every year, it is the
world's largest photographic competition according to the Guinness Book of
World Records. Fifty countries including oceanic Antarctica are
participating this year in the contest, which is organised by Wikimedia
Chapters in the respective countries and various Wikimedia groups.
Started in 2010 in the Netherlands, WLM has attained lasting popularity. In
2011, 18 European countries joined the Netherlands and created a collection
of nearly 170,000 photographs, achieving the Guinness record. Thirty five
countries participated in 2012 in the contest, which received more than
350,000 photos overtaking its own record from the previous year.
*Participate*
To enter Wiki Loves Monuments, participants upload their entries to the
Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license. The Wikimedia Commons
is a media repository that serves Wikipedia and its sister projects. Like
Wikipedia, it is free and open to all. Learn more about participating in
Wiki Loves Monuments.
*WLM in India*
India has more than 7,000 historical sites spread across its 28 states and
seven union territories. In India, where WLM is in its second year, it is
supported by the Wikimedia India Chapter, a non-profit organisation. Last
year, WLM received more than 15,000 photos of Indian monuments, most of
which were those of the Taj Mahal. Over 2,000 people participated from
India, which made India rank the highest in the contest in terms of the
number of participants. A few winning photos from India went on to be a
part of the international WLM contest. Pranav Singh from Delhi won the
first prize in the international contest. Narender Kumar, also from Delhi,
ranked sixth.
*Awards*
The main for the international contest is a trip to Wikimania, the annual
international conference of the Wikimedia movement. Every country awards a
few prizes nationally as WLM is a federated contest. The highest prize in
India is Rs 25,000. Read more about Indian prizes here, and the
International ones here.
Indian website: http://wikilovesmonuments.in
International website: http://wikilovesmonuments.org
Contact details: w...@wikimedia.in
More links:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013/Media
Contact* Rohini Lakshané*: rohini at wikimedia dot in
Regards
Tinu Cherian
pr...@wikimedia.in
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news
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