Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2011

This is a Wikimedia Commons portal page. If you want to contribute photographs, you can have a look at http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu or go to the Commons upload page directly.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 was a public photo contest around monuments, organized by Wikimedia chapters. In 2010 this was organized for the first time in the Netherlands (see Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2010 for more information), and in 2011 it was organized in 18 European countries. This portal is mainly targeted at the people organizing this contest. You can find the winning images here.

In total 169,150 pictures of European monuments were uploaded. See Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2011.

Concept

The contest is organized in a federative fashion, so the details on a national level might differ from country to country. The basic concept is that people are invited to upload images of monumental objects under a free license for usage on Wikipedia. We want to try to get complete lists of these monuments on Wikipedia, including photos - giving a great and unique overview of the cultural heritage in a country.

The concept is worked out in more detail on Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2011/Concept.

Participating countries

Participating countries 2011

The European contest was held from 1 - 30 September, unless stated otherwise national contest had the same timeframe. Only pictures uploaded between 1-30 september were eligible for the European contest.

1. Andorra
2. Austria
3. Belgium & Luxembourg
4. Denmark
5. Estonia
6. France
7. Germany
8. Hungary (21 September - 21 October)
9. Luxembourg
10. Netherlands
11. Norway
12. Poland
13. Portugal
14. Romania
15. Russia (15 September - 30 September)
16. Spain
17. Sweden
18. Switzerland (1 July - 30 September)

More detailed information on which countries did participate, and organization details are available on Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2011/Progress

Local areas

• Catalan

Timeline

The preparation for the contest began in January 2011. The contest was being held from 1 - 30 September 2011.

A timeline is available on Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2011/Timeline

For 2012 Wiki Loves Monuments activities, see Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.

Infrastructure

1. The list of monuments should be structured and there should be a infrastructure on Commons, allowing to tag the monuments with their identifier.
2. These lists will be harvested on a regular basis. The result is put in the big monuments database.
3. Tools can be created based on this database.

Statistics

In total 169.150 pictures of European monuments were uploaded.

• Need to come more

Best pictures of each country

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 winners.

Andorra (blog)	Austria	Belgium	Denmark	Estonia	France
Germany (blog)	Hungary (blog)	Luxembourg	Netherlands (more)	Norway	Poland (blog)
Portugal (blog)	Romania	Russia	Spain	Sweden (blog)	Switzerland

See also

• Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012

External links

• www.wikilovesmonuments.eu
• Mail list
• WLM in Facebook