Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Erfgoed/Belgische Erfgoedinventarisatie/Website/Introduction-EN

Welcome on the website of WikiLovesMonuments for Belgium and Luxembourg!

Do you love Wikipedia, taking photo's and recieving prices? Than WikiLovesMonuments is something for you!

WikiLovesMonuments is an event where everyone can take pictures of protected monuments. You can upload these pictures on Wikimedia Commons, a collection of free (like in freedom) mediafiles. Later on, the pictures who were taken are being judged by our professional jury. There will be prizes for the best pictures. Join us!

In Belgium this is being organised by volonteers of the Dutch, French and German Wikipedia, with support of Wikimedia Netherlands and Wikimedia France.

Europa

Participating countries

WikiLovesMonuments is being organised over several countries in Europe. It began in the Netherlands, after which many countries followed like France, Germany and others.

Join us!

1. Determine what you're going to take pictures of – Photograph a monument in Belgium of Luxembourg: Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels Capital Region
2. Take pictures – Tips for the photographing:
   • Setup the camera at the highest resolution available.
   • Take more than one picture of a monument. Later on you can chose the best one, or, if they are all good, upload them all.
   • If you take a detailphoto, take also an overviewphoto. In that way, the context will be clear.
3. Upload the pictures - To jon us with the competition, you need a (free) account on Wikimedia Commons. Never created an account on Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia? Click on this link to create an account. Please do not forget to fill in your e-mailadress, or you can't participate for the prices!
   1. Log in on Wikimedia Commons through this page.
   2. Go to the special uploadform for WikiLovesMonuments.
   3. Fill in the forms: original filename and desired filename.
   4. Click on upload.

Newest edition

Wiki Loves Monuments is an event where everyone can participate by taking pictures of listed monuments and upload them for use on Wikipedia. The contest is held throughout Europe in several countries, see the map on the right. The concept of this contest is to upload in September 2011 a maximum of photos of cultural property of national significance in Belgium and Luxembourg to make our cultural heritage visible for the public. The lists of all these items are available from this site.

All pictures will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under a free license in order to be available for any future usage. Wikimedia Commons is the online multimedia library, hosting for example all the illustration of all the Wikipedia in every language.

During September, you have the possibility to upload as many pictures as you want of monuments you visited. The pictures don't have to be taken in September, but only files that are uploaded in September count in this contest. At the end of the contest, a jury will select the nicest pictures which best represent the object. Owners of the winning pictures will receive prices and recognition during a celebration evening where all participants of the contest will be invited.