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Wiki Loves Monuments Heritage Photography

  • 06-08-2014 1:02pm
    #1
    cue
    Registered Users Posts: 564 ✭✭✭


    Certified by the Guinness World Records for two consecutive years as the world’s largest photography contest, Ireland has never been a part of Wiki Loves Monuments until now.

    Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo contest, organised by Wikimedia, the movement behind Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – a global collaboration authored by volunteers. This year, the Wikimedia Ireland Community are running the competition for the very first time in Ireland.

    The contest is inspired by the successful 2010 pilot in the Netherlands which resulted in 12,500 freely licensed images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. It has grown substantially since its inception; in 2013 369,589 photographs were submitted by 11,943 participants from over 50 countries.

    Cultural heritage is an important part of the knowledge that Wikipedia collects and disseminates. An image is worth a thousand words, in any language and local enthusiasts can (re)discover the cultural, historical, or scientific significance of their neighbourhood.

    The Irish contest, focussing on Ireland’s national monuments, runs from August 23-September 30.

    To find out how to take part, see http://www.wikilovesmonuments.ie/


Comments

  • #2
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    319416.png


  • #3
    bawn79
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭bawn79


    slowburner wrote: »
    319416.png

    I'm just wondering about this - I'm looking at the website and there are some pictures up already for various sites but you don't know who has put them up. Does anyone know if the people that put them up not get a credit for doing so?


  • #4
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    Well done Simon Dowling - winner of Ireland's Wiki Loves Monuments award.
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rathgall.png


  • #5
    Bonedigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 608 ✭✭✭Bonedigger


    The link appears to be down SB.
    I've seen the image on the 'Discovery Programme' facebook page - it's an excellent shot.Well done Simon!:)

    Edit:The link is up and running again - sorry!


  • #6
    Simon.d
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭Simon.d


    Thanks! Was quite the surprise to say the least..


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