Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Azerbaijan

The world's largest photo contest

Azerbaijan will do it again! by Interfase, July 2015. Participating countries Azerbaijani Wikipedians announce their participation in the largest photo contest in the world, Wiki Loves Monuments. Users are invited to take pictures of cultural heritage monuments, then, during the month of September, upload their best shots in Wikimedia Commons. You have pictures of monuments stalled in your computer since your last trip? This is a great opportunity to give them a second life in this Wiki Loves Monuments contest. In addition to being seen by everyone, your pictures could be included in Wikipedia and contribute to the preservation of Azerbaijan's cultural and historical heritage. Freely licensed photos collected through Wiki Loves Monuments may also be reused elsewhere than in Wikipedia. Photos may have been taken at any time. The key criteria to be eligible for the contest are that they are to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in September 2015... and that they have been taken by you, of course! Combine the pleasant and the useful There is no minimum age to participate, and there is no participation fee. Besides WLM being a competition, it is first a fun activity, ideal for families. The competition also allows us to inform our cultural heritage, while improving our photographic talents! The world's largest photo contest The organizers of the competition with the certificate of the Guinness Book of Records Launched in 2010 in the Netherlands as "Rijksmonument", meaning "monument of the nation", the contest gave us 12,500 free pictures of Dutch monuments. The success of that competition attracted the attention of several other Wikimedia chapters, and the 2011 edition of Wiki Loves Monuments extended to 18 European countries. Within a month, more than 5,000 participants upload nearly 170,000 photographs under a free licence, a world record, certified by Guinness Book of Records. The 2012 edition of the Wiki Loves Monuments left Europe, and this time 35 countries took part in the competition to beat WLM's own record: 15,000 participants uploaded 350,000 pictures on Wikimedia Commons. Volunteers The people interested to help organize the contest are : --Interfase (talk) 10:54, 3 July 2015 (UTC) --Sefer azeri (talk) 11:06, 3 July 2015 (UTC) All actions to organize the contest are coordinated on the discussion page. Your help is welcome! Related articles Wiki Loves Monuments on Wikipedia Azərbaycanca: Azərbaycan Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 müsabiqəsində iştirak edir. Azərbaycanda milli müsabiqə Azərbaycandilli Vikipediyada, Vikipediya:Viki Abidələri Sevir 2015 səhifəsində təşkil olunub. English: Azerbaijan participates in Wiki Loves Monuments 2015. The national contest in Azerbaijan is being organized within the Azerbaijani-speaking Wikipedia at Vikipediya:Viki Abidələri Sevir 2015. On-Wiki Azerbaijani Wikipedia: main page: Vikipediya:Viki Abidələri Sevir 2015 list of monuments: Abidələrin siyahısı Commons main category: Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Azerbaijan images: Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Azerbaijan Winning photos Ateshgah in Baku Photograph: Faik Nagiyev Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Shamilgala Fortress in İlisu, Qakh District Photograph: Murad Ahmadzada Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Sumug Gala Fortress in İlisu, Qakh District Photograph: Hazo hazo Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Cat statues on the building on Tower Street 19 in Old City of Baku Photograph: Interfase Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Tzitzernavank Monastery in Kosalar, Lachin District Photograph: Vahag851 Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Ulu Bridge in İlisu, Qakh District Photograph: Murad Ahmadzada Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Gulustan Castle in Shamakhi Photograph: Faik Nagiyev Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Angels on the roof of the House of Shakikhanovs in Shaki Photograph: Interfase Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 6th century bridge over Tartar River in Barda Photograph: Elmeddin82 Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0 Agha Zeynal Bathhouse in Old City of Baku Photograph: Samral Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote historic sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate. There are a lot of 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 2015. This page introduces the Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijan, and ultimately in the world. Upload your photos in September How to participate Step 1: Find monuments in your locality. Check: are they in the lists of the monuments? Note the monument ID! Step 2: Make photos of the monuments. Make as much and as good photos of as many monuments as you can. Step 3: Classify your photos: which ID belongs to which monument? Step 4: Upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons from 1 to 30 September. Freedom of Panorama Please note, that there is no yet freedom of panorama in Azerbaijan, so we can only upload photos of monuments if the architect died before 1945, or if the building was constructed before this date (if the architect is unknown). Where are the monuments? Use the map of the districts of Azerbaijan (see also this interactive map) Map of the districts of Azerbaijan Legend Absheron (monuments) Aghjabadi (monuments) Agdam (monuments) Agdash (monuments) Agstafa (monuments) Agsu (monuments) Shirvan (city) (monuments) Astara (monuments) Baku (monuments) Balakən (monuments) Barda (monuments) Beylagan (monuments) Bilasuvar (monuments) Jabrayil‎ (monuments) Jalilabad (monuments) Dashkasan (monuments) Shabran (monuments) Füzuli (monuments) Gadabay (monuments) Ganja (monuments) Goranboy (monuments) Goychay (monuments) Hajigabul (monuments) Imishli (monuments) Ismailli (monuments) Kalbajar (monuments) Kurdamir (monuments) Lachin (monuments) Lankaran (monuments) Lenkoran (city) (monuments) Lerik (monuments) Masally (monuments) Mingəçevir (monuments) Naftalan (monuments) Neftchala (monuments) Oghuz (monuments) Qabala (monuments) 38. Qakh (monuments) 39. Qazakh (monuments) 40. Gobustan‎ (monuments) 41. Quba (monuments) 42. Qubadli (monuments) 43. Qusar (monuments) 44. Saatly (monuments) 45. Sabirabad (monuments) 46. Shaki (monuments) 47. Shaki (city) (monuments) 48. Salyan (monuments) 49. Shamakhi (monuments) 50. Shamkir (monuments) 51. Samukh (monuments) 52. Siazan (monuments) 53. Sumgayit (monuments) 54. Shusha (monuments) 55. Shusha (town) (monuments) 56. Tartar (monuments) 57. Tovuz (monuments) 58. Ujar (monuments) 59. Khachmaz (monuments) 60. Khankendi (monuments) 61. Goygol (monuments) 62. Khizi (monuments) 63. Khojali (monuments) 64. Khojavend (monuments) 65. Yardymli (monuments) 66. Yevlakh (monuments) 67. Yevlakh {town) (monuments) 68. Zangilan (monuments) 69. Zaqatala (monuments) 70. Zardab (monuments) Nakhchivan Autonomus Republic Babek (monuments) Julfa (monuments) Nakhchivan (monuments) Ordubad (monuments) Sadarak (monuments) Şahbuz (monuments) Sharur (monuments) & Kangarli (monuments)