Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in the Republika Srpska

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to document and promote historic sites around the world through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate.

This year the Republika Srpska is participating through the month of September. By sharing your photos under a free license, you help document our history and share it with the rest of the world to enjoy through the internet, and get a shot at winning a prize! We will explain below how to participate, what you can win and what monument sites are eligible.

If going out to photograph, be sure to take necessary health precautions and follow the guidance of national, and local officials, starting with the COVID-19 protection guide.

   Help Wikipedia document historically significant buildings and historical sites.

   A nice challenge to improve your photography skills.

   Compete for prizes in both the national and international competitions.

There are a few rules for photos to participate in the Republika Srpska contest.

• Photos must be your own work.
• Photos may have been taken at any time (including prior to this event), but must be uploaded during Sptember 2020 to be included in the contest.
• During the upload process, you must release your photo under a free license that allows for re-use of the image (CC BY-SA license or similar)
• Photos must be uploaded through this link in order to be properly tagged for the contest (contributors who are familiar with the proper tagging procedures can manually tag their photos if they wish).
• The photo must feature a site that is identifiable and registered as a historical or cultural site by some authoritative organization (whether on the federal, tribal, state, or local levels). Examples would be the National Register of Historic Places or your local historical society. When you upload your work, be sure to provide the name of the historical site, any identifiers, and the list it is on.
• Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Correcting flaws, some color adjustments, and other minor edits are acceptable.

Next to that, there are a few practical rules:

• You should have an activated e-mail address on Wikimedia Commons so that you can be contacted if you win.
• If the photo gets deleted for any reason, it is automatically disqualified from the competition.
• You are responsible for following the law while taking and uploading the photo.

In addition, if you plan to go out to photograph sites, be sure to take necessary health precautions and follow the guidance of national and local officials, starting with the COVID-19 protection guide.

At the end of the month, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the best 10 pictures of the historic places in the Republika Srpska. The top 3 will receive monetary prizes, ant the top 10 will receive certificates, and be submitted to represent in the international finale.

TBA

Through the month of October, the Republika Srpsla jury will go through and judge all photos to determine the top-10. The following criteria are used (in no particular order):

• Composition
• Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.);
• Originality;
• Usefulness of the image for Wikipedia.
  • Note: Photos of all historical sites are valued, but photos of more uncommon and less-photographed sites will do better in judging.

If there are any doubts about the implementation of the rules, the jury decides.

Our jury will process the images through three rounds during October. At the end of this process, the jury determines the top-10. Our jury will be composed of individuals with backgrounds in art, photography, history and historical preservation, and the Wikimedia Commons.