Hi all,

The international jurypool is now closed, and contains 392 images from 41 national competitions (if nothing comes up as problematic during import). It was a great joy to see many of the beautiful nominated pictures. I thank everyone who has submitted their nominees with care following the outlined process.

We will be setting up the jury process now, and the international jury will soon start with its work. Their process and membership is described here http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/jury/. One final juror may be added still.

We have not checked all nominees for validity. We will soon be importing the images nominated into the jury tool. For this particular finale, we will take extra care to import the version as it was 'live' by the end of the competition in that country - and to ignore all edits made after that point. If you're aware of exceptional situations where this would be especially problematic (for example: the image was vandalized and replaced just before closing, and reverted shortly after), please get in touch with me privately.

We are planning to go through this process in a steady and thorough pace - and finish the process by the end of November. We expect to announce the winners officially in the first two weeks of December - depending on challenges with regards to the jury report, press and checks & balances for particular images.

I hope you're looking forward to the winners as much as we are!

With warm regards,

Lodewijk Gelauff international jury coordinator, Wiki Loves Monuments 2016