Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2022/Organise/Annoucement

2022's competition can be organized for any 30/31 days during the months of September and October.
The deadline to submit the top 10 national winners will be December 5, 2022.
National organizers should publish information (username or name) of jurors and rounds organized on this page.
We have a budget this year as well to award special prizes - please share if you have any ideas by August 31st.
And, if you are interested in organizing, please signup here.

It's that time of year again when we get started for Wiki Loves Monuments. By 2021, we have completed eleven iterations of the international edition. Thanks to all other organizers, participants, sponsors and partners, who collectively achieved this feat. Last year we received 170,000+ images.

Though it is great to see several countries recovering to normal life after a long period of lockdowns and restrictions, many countries aren't quite there yet. Since February this year, we have been organizing office hours to have inputs from community members regarding various aspects related to the competition, which also includes the timeline. The framework for 2022 is based on all consolidated feedback from these conversations and surveys we did for 2020.

Responsibility for national organizers

We would like to emphasize that the international team coordinates the national competitions: we are not qualified to tell you exactly how to organize your competition. National teams are best placed to decide whether and how to organize a competition in your country. We will try to help set an international framework, and assist in the exchange of best practices. We expect that national organizers will follow the guidelines and regulations set by their national governments and health authorities. Note that funding and WMF affiliate recognition may come with additional guidance/requirements.

Transparency of national juries

The international team has been receiving feedback over the last couple of years for better transparency of national juries, to avoid potential conflict of interest organizers may have with jurors. National organizers should now publish their information (username or name) of jurors and rounds organized at Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2022/Juries.

Extended timeline

Getting started with Wiki Loves Monuments - Wikimania 2022 recording.

Many organizers welcomed the extended timeline in the last two years. National organizers have the opportunity to choose a different range of dates for their national competition. You can pick any range of 30 or 31 days within the period of September-October 2022 as your upload dates. That means that one country does not have to use the same upload dates as another. This will allow flexibility according to the situation in various countries.

The last date for all uploads is 31 October 2022, and any uploads beyond that date will be ineligible for consideration.
The jury deadline will be December 5, 2022, for all countries.

Exchange of knowledge

National organizers innovate in many ways to make their competitions successful. While some try out new social media campaigns, some organize an interesting photo walk, and others use Wikidata to make the upload process easy. It would be helpful for other organizers to learn from these practices. Here is the page where you can share your strategies and let the community know what worked, what didn’t and any suggestions for others interested in the idea.

Special awards in 2022

We would like community members to suggest ideas for these special prizes. For example, underrepresented regions, the most numbers of unique monuments covered etc. Please send in your ideas via email or by posting on the Commons talk page by 31st of August.

Organize!

Lastly, and most importantly, if you are interested in organizing the competition for your country/region, please sign up at Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2022/Participating countries.

If you need any support with organizing, please reach out to one of the international team members, or you can also post a mailing list at wlm-global-org@lists.wmnederland.nl, or on the help desk on Wikimedia Commons.

--the International Team, 10:36, 14 August 2022 (UTC)