Hello Wikimedians!
We are excited to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
organize Wiki Loves Monuments in India
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India>
this year again during the entire month of September for the 5th
consecutive time. We have a list of news to share.
- This year, we have Amitabha Gupta
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Amitabha_Gupta> as a new member
in our organizing team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Team>.
He will be replacing Sumit Surai
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sumitsurai>, who will be busy
in his personal life during the competition and so, will not be able to
volunteer as an organizer. The rest of the team remains the same as last
year. The team members had their preparatory meeting and distributed the
responsibilities last weekend.
- Like previous years, we are interested in adding more and more data
about Indian monuments, both designated and non-designated ones, on
Wikidata because the WLM lists of monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
are fetched directly from there. If you find monuments from your locality
or district or state that are present on Wikidata but are not
reflected on our
list
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>,
please let me know, so that we can include them for the competition.
- This year, the tables of monuments will look different from the last
years. The co-ordinates will be displayed as dynamic maps and the districts
where the monuments will be located will have their locator images, if
available. An example of such a table is here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments/National_Importance/West_Bengal>.
However, many monuments still lack coordinates and you can help to add them
on respective Wikidata items.
- Unlike previous years, we are looking for Indian-only jury members
both inside and outside of the Wikimedia movement with experience in
documentary photography of monuments and heritage structures. We have felt
that this decision might bring less known Indian monuments in the
limelight. The jury members will be declared during the event,
- The national prizes will be slightly different from the previous year.
Details can be found here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Prize>
.
- We have temporarily closed the feature to upload photographs directly
from Wikidocumentaries until further notice as the site is undergoing major
maintenance.
We will be sharing more updates and news in the coming days related to the
event.
In the meantime, make your plans and get ready with your photographic
equipment.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India team)
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group