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1 – 30 September 2024
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.
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.