Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in India

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in India


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Find monuments
Navigate through our maps to search monuments.


Take photos
Click photos or search which you've previously taken.


Upload to Commons
Upload your pictures throughout September
under a free license.


Describe them
Give proper self-explanatory title and description
identifying the monument.


Participate in the world's largest photography competition.

Note

Enable e-mail, so that you can be contacted.

Follow law while clicking photographs.

Consider jury decision as final and irrevocable.

Why participate?

Help Wikipedia digitally preserve heritage.

Improve your photography skills.

Compete for national and international competitions.

Prizes

1st: INR 15,000 worth gift voucher...
2nd: INR 11,000 worth gift voucher...
3rd: INR 8,000 worth gift voucher...

...and many more for other winners...

The top-ten photos will be forwarded to the international competition.

Competition rules

self-clicked and self-uploaded

at least 8 Megapixels resolution

uploaded within 1-30 September 2024

proper title and description identifying the monument

free license to re-use the image

no watermark present

Judging criteria

Effort put into researching the subject and taking the image

Quality of description provided in any language

Value in terms of usage on any Wikimedia project

Value based on uniqueness

Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective, composition, etc.)

Grounds for rejection

suspected of copyright violation

lack of full EXIF information

excessive processing & use of unrealistic filters

lack of proper title to identify the monument

vague or unfaithful documentation

presence of watermarks

resolution below 8 megapixel.