- This year, we have Amitabha Gupta as a new member in our organizing team. He will be replacing Sumit Surai, 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 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, 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. 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.
- 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