Way to go India. We did it this time. Let's hope we contribute the max no of images next year!
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Pranav Curumsey <pra...@wikimedia.in>wrote: > *The Hindu : "Indians win in Wiki mega photo contest"* > > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/indians-win-in-wiki-mega-photo-contest/article4172761.ece > > http://www.twitpic.com/bjqjvm ( Print coverage) - Large coverage on rear > cover page !! > > *WLM beat its own record this year with more than 3,50,000 images > > Two photographs sent by Indians have won the first and sixth places in > what Guinness World Records has called the largest photo competition. > Called ‘Wiki Loves Monuments 2012!’ (WLM), the online competition was > organised by Wikipedians all over the world, Karthik Nadar, secretary and > Board member, Executive Committee, Wikimedia India Chapter, told The Hindu . > > Pranav Singh’s photo of Safdarjung’s tomb in New Delhi secured the first > place internationally while Narender Kumar’s photo of the Taj Mahal got the > sixth place. The two photos had been rated ninth and first respectively in > the competition held at the India level. Other Indian finalists sent photos > of the country’s tombs, temples and military forts. Narender Kumar told The > Hindu that most photos of the Taj are “touristy,” so he took an unusual > angle. “Luckily, there was foggy weather,” he said. > > A record > > While WLM had set the Guinness record for the world’s largest photo > contest with 1,68,208 images in 2011, it beat its own record this year with > more than 3,50,000 images. > > India participated for the first time in the competition this year. It > sent the highest number of participants, representing 15 per cent of the > 15,000 total contributors from around the world. Over 2,200 photographers > contributed nearly 16,000 photos, according to sources in Wikimedia India > Chapter. > > There is no free-to-use image of more than 99 per cent of monuments in > India listed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The aim of the > contest was to encourage people to contribute photos to Wikimedia Commons, > said Mr. Nadar. The Wikimedia Commons is a sister project of Wikipedia. It > is a media file repository that makes available freely licensed educational > content (such as images, sound and video clips) to everyone in the world. > It acts as a common repository for various projects of the Wikimedia > Foundation, including Wikipedia. (Wikipedia.org ) > > He said anyone could use the photos from the Commons, including for > commercial purposes provided the photographer’s name was mentioned. A > ‘Photo Walk’ was organised in Mumbai in September (when the contest was on) > during which participants took photos for the contest. > > Naveen Francis, former secretary and board member, Wikimedia India > chapter, told The Hindu that participation from India was “almost uniform” > with photos coming from contestants from across the country. The highest > participation was from Delhi, with more photos taken of the Taj Mahal and > the Qutub Minar. Mumbai followed with photos of Gateway of India. > > Mr. Francis said contestants were asked to photograph those monuments > recognised by the ASI. The focus was on structures of national and > international importance. However, some contestants sent photos of > monuments not recognised by the ASI. Those were excluded from the > competition. However, they will be used in Wiki Voyage, a new travel > website that has launched recently. > > The international jury considered 324 images from 33 participating > countries in the finale. There were 10 nominations from each participating > country for the international round. The Indian jury for the country round > had six jury members, who nominated 10 photos from 16,000. Three > professional photographers, Gauri Gill, Anup Mathew Thomas and Ryan Lobo, > made up the team along with three Wikipedians Arun Ganesh, Kiran Ravikumar, > and Sreejith K. * > > > Regards > Pranav Curumsey > Press Team, Wikimedia India Chapter > pr...@wikimedia.in > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news > > Important Note : Non-commercial reproduction for informative purposes > only. The publisher ( The Hindu ) of the above news article owns the > copyrights of the article / content. All copyrights are duly acknowledged. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Member of the Executive Committee Wikimedia Chapter [India]
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