Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Bangladesh/Rules and FAQ/da
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There are just a few simple rules to participate in the contest:
Questions about the rules of the contest
What are the basic rules?
- All photos participating in the competition must be self-taken and self-uploaded; To be valid, each entry must be a still photograph and they should be from this list. Such entries that constitute copyright infringement and fraud will be disqualified.
- You must upload your entry to Wikimedia Commons during the month of September 2016 , to be eligible. It doesn’t matter when you took the photo, only that you upload it after 00:00 BST on 1st Sept and before the final deadline of 24:00 BST on 30th of Sept.
- The images can be edited or processed by using any software. However images with watermarks are not permissible.
- The default licence is Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0); You don't have to do anything. If you agree with the license just upload it using the upload button discibed in the main page.
- You can upload as many photographs as you can
- Please add a short description for your image; describing what is the photo about, where and when it was taken (a description box will pumping up when you upload your photo(s)). You can see pre-filled description if you use the upload button from the list.
- Participants must have an active email account, if the organizers wish to contact. If you don't configure your email with your account then go to Special:Preferences, add your email to 'Email options' section, tick the box saying 'Enable email from other users' and when you are finished click 'Save'. After this go to your inbox and verify the email. please ignore this if you configured it already.
In addition to that, by participating in this contest you give us consent to the use of the photo on social medias like, Twitter, Facebook, Vkontakte, Instagram, Google+ etc. with your name/username (Here's an example). If you're not comfortable sharing the photos in social medias, just say so by emailing us your username.
Non-eligible entries
- Personal photos; such as group photographs, modeling photographs and selfie.
- Videos and other types of moving image
- Non-photographic works such as drawings or entirely computer-generated works
Judging criteria
The jury will determine the winners of the local and international contest taking into the consideration the following criteria (in no particular order):
- Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.);
- Originality and creativity;
- Potential usefulness and overall value of the image (including its licensing) to the Wikimedia projects
Lokale præmier
The local jury will decide on awards in the following categories:
- Best image (1st prize)
- Best image (2nd prize)
- Best image (3rd prize)
- 7 other Highly Commended images
A separate prize will be awarded to the persons uploading photos of the most objects. Other than that, any participant uploading more than 5 photographs will be given certificate of participation.
- Prizes
- 1st prize: 20,000 BDT + Crest + certificate + other souvenir
- 2nd Prize: 15,000 BDT + Crest + certificate + other souvenir
- 3rd prize: 10,000 BDT + Crest + certificate + other souvenir
About International jury and award
This is an international contest and each country will submit 10 photographs (from the local contest) to the international jury. The jury then determine the winners of the final round out of the nominated images and award the prizes. Please see international selection process in here.
Ofte stillede spørgsmål (OSS)
- Can I enter even if I am not based in the Bangladesh?
- Yes, of course! Please feel free to submit photos you may have taken in the past, for example during a previous holiday in the Bangladesh.
- Am I still the copyright-holder of my images if I participate?
- Yes, It's important to note that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to this Contest.
- What should be the size of photos?
- The highest resolution available for images is more than welcome. You don't have to worry about server disk space. Please submit images that are as large as possible and do not “downsize for the web”. Wikimedia Commons is a media repository that values high resolution images for many purposes including print.
- Can I upload images that I have taken and shared in other media like Flickr?
- Yes, of course but in that case you have to change your license from 'al right reserved' to 'creative commons share-alike' where the photo was originally published.
- How can I see the photos that I've uploaded earlier?
- If you're logged in you can see the 'Uploads' link in the top right corner, click there or click here and write your exact username in the box then click 'Go'.
Det med småt
This contest is largely organized by volunteers, and the organizers reserve the right to modify these rules or to cancel the contest at their sole discretion, even after it has started. The organizers accept no responsibility for the provision by the sponsors of any prizes, nor of any liability whatsoever in respect of this contest. Neither the rules nor anything on these pages amount to an offer to create legally binding relations with any of the organizers. Members of the jury are not eligible to receive any award (although they are otherwise welcome to contribute images).