Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Sudan
Welcome to
Wiki Loves Monuments 2018
in Sudan
A campaign to improve our coverage of Sudan historic and cultural sites
throughout the month of December.
Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photo competition where participants capture cultural heritage monuments and upload their photographs to the Wikimedia Commons under a free license for use on Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects.
Anyone is welcome to contribute to the project by uploading photos they've taken of registered or unknown cultural and historical sites throughout Sudan. Once December is over, the best photos will win cash prizes and will be submitted to the international competition!
Questions? Leave a message on our talk page or shoot us an email at wlmsudan2018@gmail.com
Contest and judging كيفيه اختيار افضل الصور
[edit]At the end of the month, a panel of judges will select their top ten best photos from Sudan competition using the criteria below. See our judging page for more information.
- Criteria
- Composition
- Technical quality
- Originality
- Potential usefulness and value of the image to the Wikimedia projects (see project scope)
Prizes الجوائز
[edit]All ten best photos will be awarded monetary prizes as follows, in addition to a certificate and t-shirt.
- 1st Place: $200.
- 2nd Place: $150.
- 3rd Place: $100.
- 4th - 10th Places: $50 each.
How to participate كيفيه الاشتراك في المسابقه
[edit]- Create Wikimedia Commons Account - takes just a few moments!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount
- Review the rules below
- Take photos of the monuments. Try different angles!
- Classify your photos. Record the site's name, the registry it's on, the monument number/ID (if applicable), description, and date of the photo.
- Upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons during the month of December.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard
- Give each photo a title that identifies the subject, and mentions the site's registration in the description. Add WMLSudan 2018 to ensure that we can identify the photos.
* Email the links to the photos uploaded to wmlsudan2018@gmail.com.
Use the upload portal to be counted towards this event!
Rules القوانين
[edit]There is no limit to the number of photos a participant can submit.
- To be counted for the contest, all photos must be your own work.
- Entries must feature a site that is identifiable and registered as a historical or cultural site by some authoritative organization (whether on the federal, state, or local levels).
- All photos must be uploaded during the month of December (starting 12 AM ET), though the photos may have been taken at any time. The contest ends at 31 December.
- All photos must be licensed under a free license.
- Be aware of the limitations of copyright and freedom of panorama in Sudan (see below).
- Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Correcting flaws and some color adjustments is generally acceptable, provided it is limited and well-done.
Organizers of this event are ineligible to win the contest. Winners of the national contest will be notified via talk page message and e-mail. If you do not have your e-mail added and/or enabled, you may do so here.
Finally, Sudan ' top ten photos will be submitted to the international Wiki Loves Monuments jury. The international jury will determine the winners of the international competition and award their prizes.We will post the photos and share it through twitter, facebook, and other social /interent media outlets.
Wiki Loves Monuments in Sudan is organized solely by volunteers. The organizers reserve the right to modify the contest rules, prizes, and eligible entrants at their discretion. None of the rules on the official contest pages create legally binding relations or contracts with the event organizers.