Hi all,
The international jury pool is now closed, and contains 438 images from 47
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[1]. 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,
Erina
international jury coordinator, Wiki Loves Monuments
[1]
http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/jury/