Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments in Moldova
Wiki Loves Monuments is a photography contest in which the participants upload images of items of cultural heritage at Wikimedia Commons, so that they can be subsequently used in Wikipedia's articles. The first edition took place in 2010 in the Netherlands, and became international the following year.
Moldova joined in 2021. In 2022, the local contest is held between September 1–30.
The goal of Wiki Loves Monuments Moldova contest is to keep gathering as much quality images as possible featuring cultural heritage of Moldova. By having an extensive collection of photographies, it becomes possible to illustrate lists and articles on the country's historical, architectural, and archaeological monuments.
How do I participate?[edit]
- General information
Everybody is allowed to participate, regardless of age, nationality and place of living, given they agree to publish their work under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.
- In order to participate in the contest, one needs
- to have an account at Wikimedia Commons, and to have the email activated;
- to search for a cultural heritage monument in Moldova, perhaps using the National Register or browsing the map;
- to capture the area/monument in image(s), following the rules;
- to upload the image(s) at Commons. Don't forget to add the monument's code.
List of monuments[edit]
The page ro:Registrul monumentelor Republicii Moldova ocrotite de stat is the main directory for all the district-based lists of items of cultural heritage of Moldova
History[edit]
- 2021 results (in Romanian)
2021 AIRM challenge[edit]
Parallel to the contest, 5,492 files from the CC-BY-SA collections of the Agency for Inspection and Restoration of Monuments of Moldova were uploaded to Commons and spread out within the cultural heritage Commons categories, Wikidata items, and Wikipedia lists/articles. This effort was subsequently dedicated to the late Спасимир, who was a mentor and an inspiration for the AIRM project.
Useful links[edit]
- Wiki Loves Monuments official site
- International contest page on Commons
- Moldova contest page on Facebook
- International contest page on Facebook
- Collection of articles in Romanian language to illustrate
- Wikidata-powered Map of cultural heritage items (in Romanian)