Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Azerbaijan

The world's largest photo contest

Azerbaijan will do it again! by Interfase, November 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 2017... 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! Volunteers The people interested to help organize the contest are : --Interfase (talk) 05:50, 3 May 2017 (UTC) --Sefer azeri (talk) 07:27, 3 September 2017 (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 2017 müsabiqəsində iştirak edir. Azərbaycanda milli müsabiqə Azərbaycandilli Vikipediyada, Vikipediya:Viki Abidələri Sevir 2017 səhifəsində təşkil olunub. English: Azerbaijan participates in Wiki Loves Monuments 2017. The national contest in Azerbaijan is being organized within the Azerbaijani-speaking Wikipedia at Vikipediya:Viki Abidələri Sevir 2017. On-Wiki Azerbaijani Wikipedia: main page: Vikipediya:Viki Abidələri Sevir 2017 list of monuments: Abidələrin siyahısı Commons main category: Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Azerbaijan images: Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Azerbaijan Banner contest Apart of 10 winning photos 3 best and quality banners for Wikivoyage project will be announced during the end of the contest (the banners should be created by uploader and uploaded in the September 2017).

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 2017. 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 1947, 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) Shaki Oghuz Gabala Ganja Goygol Goranboy Samukh Dashkesan Gadabay Shamkir Tovuz Agstafa Gazakh Kalbajar Lachin Qubadli Zangilan Jabrayil Füzuli Shusha Khojaly Khankendi Khojavend Agdam Tartar Nakhchivan Sadarak Sharur Babak Shahbuz Julfa Ordubad Mingachevir Yevlakh Agdash Barda Aghjabadi Balaken Zaqatala Qakh Gusar Guba Khachmaz Ismailli Shabran Siazan Khizi Shamakhi Agsu Gobustan Absheron Baku Sumgayit Goychay Ujar Zardab Beylagan Imishli Kurdamir Hajigabul Sabirabad Saatli Shirvan Salyan Bilasuvar Neftchala Jalilabad Masalli Yardimli Lerik Astara Lankaran Click on the name of each region to see the list of the monuments in this region. For Baku monuments you mau also use the map of the districts of Baku Binagadi Pirallahy Garadagh Nizami Narimanov Nasimi Sabayil Sabunchu Surakhani Khatai Khazar Yasamal Click on the name of each Baku district to see the list of the monuments in this district.

Winning photos

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  Prehistoric carvings of Gobustan
  Photograph: Feyzi Bagirov
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Basilica in Qum village
  Photograph: Interfase
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Maiden Tower in Baku
  Photograph: Zakir Shikhli
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Gasim bey Bath in Old City of Baku
  Photograph: AlixSaz
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  St George's Church in Gakh
  Photograph: Interfase
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Residental building on Agil Guliyev Street 11 in Baku
  Photograph: AlixSaz
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Sangachal Caravansarai in Garadagh District
  Photograph: Uzeyir A Mikayil
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Shah Sultan Husein Mosque in Absheron District
  Photograph: Qolcomaq
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Parigala in Zaqatala District
  Photograph: Interfase
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Mughan Babazanly archaeological site in Garadagh district
  Photograph: Uzeyir A Mikayil
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0