Commons:Wiki Loves Classics 2020

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Wiki Loves Classics 2020, the second edition of Wiki Loves Classics, is a photo contest whose purpose is to increase the amount of freely-licensed material related to ancient Greek and Roman monuments (and other ancient civilizations especially from the Mediterranean area) on Wikimedia Commons. It also aims to improve the quality and quantity of Wikidata items and Wikipedia articles about them, including the illustration of the items/articles related to the uploaded pictures.

Flyers

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Participating countries 2020

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All countries taking part to Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 are inserted in this table.

Here is a list of countries which certainly have items related to classical antiquity (it also include previous civilizations). Please scroll the lists in order to know the pictures of monuments that you can upload. The presence in the lists depends on the legal situation in different countries, and some countries might not take part this year and we are not encouraging an upload without a national organizer.

For every question contact us in the talk page.

Country General list of monuments All files uploaded Wiki Loves Classics files Percentage
Algeria List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 81/560 = 14.5%
Armenia List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 66/20217 = 0.3%
Croatia List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 9/161 = 5.6%
Egypt ? Uploaded files WLC files 187/896 = 20.9%
France List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 137/9877 = 1.4%
Germany List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 25/17347 = 0.1%
Greece List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 456/1780 = 25.6%
Iraq List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 36/473 = 25.6%
Ireland List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 46/922 = 5.0%
Israel ? Uploaded files WLC files 21/1577 = 1.3%
Italy List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 767/15051 = 5.1%
Jordan List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 243/1386 = 17.5%
Lebanon List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 108/240 = 45.0%
Malta List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 7/1099 = 0.4%
Morocco List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 10/444 = 2.3%
Portugal List of monuments? Uploaded files WLC files 118/14453 = 0.8%
Romania List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 55/3156 = 1.7%
Russia List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 4/25585 = 0.0%
Slovenia List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 1/664 = 0.2%
Spain List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 298/5959 = 5.0%
Ukraine List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 141/47411 = 0.3%
United Kingdom List of monuments Uploaded files WLC files 166/7676 = 2.2%
2982/176934 = 1.7% in 22 countries

Selection process

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Jury

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This was a low-profile edition because of the pandemic, Wikimedians are mostly involved in the selection processes this edition: namely 5 users out of few countries.

Categories

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We will select a winner and a runner-up for these five categories:

  • landscapes and views
  • coexistence or contrast of modern and classic
  • architectural details
  • museum collections and objects
  • epigraphs and writings

Steps

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The phases of the selection process are summarized in this subpage

Winners of our parallel competition

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Finalists of national competitions

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These photos became national finalists in 2020.

We will compare our selections with this one at the end of the process.