Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Malta

Participating countries Wiki Loves Monuments comes to Malta! Wiki Loves Monuments, the largest photo competition in the world will be taking place in Malta for the first time this September! You are invited to take pictures of cultural heritage monuments, buildings and sites, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons throughout the month of September. Whether you consider yourself a budding photographer or if you would simply like to share those holiday snaps with the world, Wiki Loves Monuments is open to professional and amateur photographers alike. This is a great opportunity for your photos to contribute to the world's knowledge and the preservation of Malta's's cultural and historical heritage and to have your photos used throughout Wikipedia. Can I take part? Everybody can take part in Wiki Loves Monments! There is no minimum age to participate, and there is no participation fee. You don't need to be a professional photographer, nor do you need to own any expensive camera equipment. Just visit some of your local heritage sites and start snapping! Competition rules In order for your photo to be eligible for this competition, it must be: Taken and uploaded by yourself; Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons throughout September 2016; Freely licensed through a en:Creative Commons license; A photo of a monument in the list of eligible monuments. Must not contain any watermarks or other text overlay. Jury & criteria Entries will be judged according to the following three factors: Aesthetic quality (quality of photography, composition, lighting) Heritage value of subject Relevance to Wikipedia and Wiki A jury composed of experts within each of these fields was composed as follows: Charles Coleiro (heritage expert) Isabella Mallia (photographer) Mario Mintoff (photographer) Rebecca O'Neill (Wikimedia Ireland) Raffaella Zammit (Gabriel Caruana Foundation) Submissions View submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Malta. Contacts Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Malta is being organised by Wikimedia Community User Group Malta. For more information contact us through the talk page for this page or through the Wikimedia Community Malta wiki

Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photographic competition organised by Wikimedia chapters and groups that aims to promote and share knowledge about heritage sites across the world through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate in Wiki Loves Monuments. There are many historic monuments in all participating countries. The goal of Wiki Loves Monuments is to encourage people to take pictures of those monuments, and to put them under a free licence so that others may access them through the Internet. To achieve that, an international contest will take place in September 2016. This page introduces the Maltese part of this competition. In September, you may upload as many picture as you want of monuments that you have visited. Pictures don't have to be taken in September, but must be uploaded that month to be considered. At the end of the month, the contest jury will begin evaluating the photographs and will choose the best 10 pictures of the monuments in Malta, and ultimately in the world. Upload your photos Step 1: Find monuments in your locality. Check: are they in the list of monuments? Note the monument ID! Step 2: Take photos of the monuments. Take as many photos of as many monuments as you can. link=: Step 3: Classify your photos: which ID belongs to which monument? Step 4: Upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons from 1 to 30 September.