Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in the Igbo Wikimedians Community

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote historic sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate.

This the second time, the Igbo Community is participating as a User Group in the Wiki Loves Monuments Photo Contest. In line with the campaign, the IWUG invites all her members to participate by going into their various communities and capturing the historic sites and monuments and upload on the Wiki Commons Page for documentation and preservation. The upload session starts 15th to 30th September, 2024. Join the DASHBOARD

Find below detailed information for participation.

Participate

Find a monument, take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons:

Upload your photos! »

Contact us!

You may contact Igbo Wikimedians User Group, the coordinator of this contest in the Igbo Community via ndewo@wikimediaigbo.org, or lucyiwuala@gmail.org. For technical or copyright related issue, contact ceslause.o@gmail.com. For urgent response, leave a note here

Find monuments/historical sites in your community

There are quite a good number of cultural heritage monuments in Nigeria. Check the list of declared monuments in Nigeria here!

Take photos

Snap as many and as good photos as you can, try different perspectives. Even if the photo doesn't win you a prize, it may help Wikipedia!

Describe them

Write down what you photographed. Record the site's name, the monument ID, description, and date of photo.

Upload to Commons

Upload your images to Wikimedia Commons between 15th - 30th September, 2024. Create an account, if you don't have one already.

Prizes

• 1st prize: $50

• 2nd prize: $30

• 3rd prize: $20

• 4th prize: $15

• 5th prize: $10

Consolation prize for 5 contributors

• 6th prize: ₦5000

• 7th prize: ₦5000

• 8th prize: ₦5000

• 9th prize: ₦5000

• 10th prize: ₦5000

See international prizes

(Disclaimer: Prizes to be dispersed in Naira equivalent gift card or voucher.)

Timeline

The timeline for the Wiki Loves Monuments in the Igbo Community

15 – 30 Sept. 2024
Online launch: 15 September 2024 05:00 pm (WAT)
Start for submissions: 16 September, 2024 00:01 (WAT)
Deadline for submissions: 30 September, 2024 23:59 (WAT)
Results Declaration: To be declared after assessment

What we won't accept

We won't accept media that are:

Out of Commons Project scope.
Which lack EXIF information.
that are excessively processed and digitally altered.
Pornographic and explicit images.
Artwork due to copyright issues, etc.

Statistics

‎550

purge – Data as of 10:59 am, 27 December 2024

Team

Iwuala Lucy - IG WLM Project Coordinator
Ogalihillary - Jury Coordinator
Nwonwu Uchechukwu P - Jury Member
Albertoblaq - Jury Member
Esther Awo-Ndubuisi - Jury Member

Winners

1st prize: Lutheran church Obot idim by User:Kuuzy
2nd prize: Statue of Queen Idia by Nwosuphayvour
3rd prize: Statue of an Ekombi dancer by Harriwillz
4th prize: IBOM Hall by Utibe Noah Silas
5th prize: Alex Ekwueme Square Awka by LevelDav
6th prize: Colonial Mansion in Yaba, Lagos by Beendy234
7th prize: Ancient wooden throne by Senator Choko
8th prize: Close shot of the International Worship Center, Uyo by Mosesumoh
9th prize: PR0F. KENETH DIKE CENRAL E-LIBRARY by Egbezomo Florence Eguono
10 prize: Unizik Tower by Adimora chidinma