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In the previous week, Wikimedians from around the world met each other in the little mountain village of Esino Lario (Lombardy region, Italy) in northern Italy. While the town normally only holds 700 people, this week over 1000 Wikimedians joined them to discuss the hot, new and happening of Wikimedia. During this conference, a lot of […]
Lodewijk on Jul 01, 2016Only two weeks of 2016 have already passed and there are months to pass till September when Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 starts. We hope that our participants will stay tuned! Right now we continue pleasing your eyes with great images from the contest. Here are winning photos from Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Albania & […]
Vira Motorko on Jan 14, 2016International photo contest Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 has officially ended! We are proud to present you 14 winning pictures from all over the world. As you know, Wiki Loves Monuments has two noble missions: to draw wide attention to [preserving of] cultural heritage monuments and fill Wikimedia Commons with their free images, ready to use. […]
Vira Motorko on Dec 07, 2015With only a few days left in August, it is time to get your cameras, and make some amazing photos of your cultural heritage again! For 31 countries the competition has been prepared to take off in the coming days (please note in a few countries, different dates are being used), and you can once […]
Lodewijk on Aug 30, 2015The international jury for Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 announced today the 10 winning photographs from the world’s largest photo contest, which ran from September 1–30 this year. More than 9,000 photographers uploaded over 321,000 freely-licensed photographs of historic buildings, monuments and cultural heritage sites in 41 countries (39 teams) to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other free […]
Yan Nasonov on Dec 29, 2014One Million images uploaded so far to the world’s largest photo contest – Wiki Loves Monuments. So far, 100100 images under a free license from thirty-seven countries were uploaded and cumulative of 1,000,000 since the the beginning of the contest, fourth years ago. Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 is the world’s largest photo contest, aim to […]
Deror Lin on Sep 17, 2014It has been two weeks since the launch of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 photography competition and it’s time for a short update on where we are right now. So far, more than 90,000 photographs have been uploaded, by more than 3,100 participants in 36 countries. Many photos have been submitted by users from long-time […]
Deror Lin on Sep 15, 2014Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 Has Started – Good Luck to all participants and all new participating countries. Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual event which takes place across the globe every September, for the past five years. The competition is designed to bring together people who value their local historic environment with amateur and professional […]
Deror Lin on Aug 31, 2014With the 2013 Wiki Loves Monuments contest behind us, we are pleased to present an interview with Jacek Halicki, a volunteer Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons contributor whose involvement with the Wikimedia world first started during the 2012 edition of our competition.
Tomasz on Apr 28, 2014Wiki Loves Monuments is over. And after a photo competition, there should be a winner. Through the month September, photos were uploaded of monuments in more than 50 countries and in October national juries decided which pictures were the best for each of the 51 competitions. They submitted up to 10 pictures to the international […]
Lodewijk on Dec 10, 2013We are happy to announce the prize winners for the Special Award for Asia contest! With the support of Guiddoo, the personalized tour guide by a group (based in Asia) we were able to set up this special prize category to stimulate participation in those countries – the prizes are awarded for the best picture from […]
Karthik Nadar on Dec 09, 2013We are happy to announce the prize winners for the Special Award for Arabic speaking countries! With the support of Guiddoo, the personalized tour guide, we were able to set up this special prize category to stimulate participation in those countries – the prizes are awarded for the best picture from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Syria or […]
Lodewijk on Dec 09, 2013