Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in the Levant

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in the Levant

Wiki Loves Monuments Levant 2015 contest is now ready to receive pictures from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. During the whole month of September participants can upload their pictures of the Levant's monuments and historical sites. Pictures may have been taken at any time but need to be uploaded before September 30, 11:59 pm to be eligible for the contest.

The only rules of the contest is that you need to have taken the picture yourself, that the subject of the picture is a historical site recognized by the government or national organization specialized in cultural or historical landmarks, or on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and that you accept to upload the picture under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Conditions participation

• participation at all stages of the Contest is purely voluntary and free
• participants must be registered to Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
• All photographs must be uploaded personally by the photographer.
• All entries must be uploaded by September 30 2015 at 23:59, to be eligible.
• all work must be licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
• The uploaded photos must be categorized with Special upload contest page to facilitate the task
• contest participants must have an active email account, if the organizers wish to contact
• each country/region can elect 10 winning photos

Ever thought of seeing your own photos on Wikipedia ?

This is your chance to take part in our annual photography competition to improve Wikipedia. The encyclopedia is visited by 500 million people every month, and needs you to help improve its photos.

Wiki Loves Monuments Levant is aimed at listed buildings and ancient monuments in the countries of the Levant, and starts on Monday 1st September. The contest is supported by Wikimedia foundation.

There are dozens of eligible sites to photograph!

It doesn't matter when your photos are taken so long as they're uploaded by the end of September. If you took some stunning pictures back in April, or five years ago, you can still upload them.

To enter, you'll need to agree to release your entries under a free licence allowing them to be freely used by anyone for any purpose, including Wikipedia. You retain copyright, and can require anyone using your images to attribute them to you as photographer.

Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is an annual international photographic competition during September, organised worldwide by the Wikipedia community members. Participants take pictures of historical monuments and heritage sites in their region, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. The aim of event is to highlight the heritage sites of the participating countries. The Levant is participating for the first time as a single entry. In previous years, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon have participated individually.

Winners of 2014 Wiki Loves Monuments Palestine

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  Port of Gaza
  Photograph: Ramez Habboub
  CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Old City of Nablus
  Photograph: DeenaAy
  CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
  Photograph: askii
  CC-BY-SA-2.0
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  Ruins in the Town of Qaffin, Tulkarm Governorate
  Photograph: Shadi abdallah
  CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Old City of Jerusalem
  Photograph: askii
  CC-BY-SA-2.0
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  Hotel in Gaza City destroyed in the 2009 Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
  Photograph: gloucester2gaza
  CC-BY-SA-2.0
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  Katholicon mosaic, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem
  Photograph: Diego Delso
  CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
  Photograph: nborun
  CC-BY-2.0
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  Jacob's Well monastery, Nablus
  Photograph: Martin Handal
  CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Calligraphy and decorations on Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
  Photograph: nborun
  CC-BY-2.0

Winners of 2014 Wiki Loves Monuments Syria

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  View of Qalaat Ibn Maan in the distance from Palmyra.
  Photograph: AnaTam
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  Ruins and left over buildings from Serjilla.
  Photograph: Dreirik
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  This is a photo of a monument in Syria identified by the ID Mansouri Mosque
  Photograph: Ahmad.aea.99
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  4.The great Umayyad mosque in Aleppo at night
  Photograph: مجد محبّك
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  5. Simeon castle in the Mount Simon, 30 km west of the city of Aleppo
  Photograph: Nour.sho
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  6. Theater at Bosra, Syria. (IV)
  Photograph: Tarawneh
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  7. قلعة الحصن - حمص - Krak des Chevaliers
  Photograph: Zuz60
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  8. This is a photo of a monument in Syria identified by the ID Great mosque of damascus
  Photograph: Tarawneh
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  9.hamma - syria
  Photograph: Sheam k
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  10.أسد آشوري- lion from assyria
  Photograph: عمر الحافظ

Winners of 2014 Wiki Loves Monuments Jordan

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  Dana, Jordan
  Photograph: jcookfisher
  Licensing: CC-BY-2.0
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  Al Hamshari Mosque, Amman
  Photograph: May Sbeit
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Ad Deir (Monastery), Petra
  Photograph: Diego Delso
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Ad Deir (Monastery), Petra
  Photograph: Susanahajer
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  King Hussain Mosque, Amman
  Photograph: Randa107
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Jerash
  Photograph: Ted Chi
  Licensing: CC-BY-2.0
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  Temple of Hercules, Amman
  Photograph: Dave_B_
  Licensing: CC-BY-2.0
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  Abdoun Bridge, Amman
  Photograph: Khaled Sharif
  Licensing: CC-BY-2.0
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  Qasr Azraq
  Photograph: DAVID HOLT
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-2.0
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  Kerak Castle
  Photograph: Dennis Jarvis
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-2.0

Winners of 2014 Wiki Loves Monuments Lebanon

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  St. Gilles citadel, also known as Qala'at Sanjil is a castle originally built in 636 on a hill in Tripoly and then expanded and reactivated by the Crusaded in 1193. It got its name from Robert of St. Gilles the leader of the first crusade.
  Photograph: Amal Charif
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Sidon Sea Castle at night. The Crusaders built the castle in the 13th century on a small island 80m away from the shores off Sidon
  Photograph: Ahmad Zaatari
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  The bridge leading to the main gate of Sidon Sea Castle
  Photograph: Sarah kanawati
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  The port at the old city of Batroun with the St. Stephens Church
  Photograph: Amal Charif
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  St. John's Church, Byblos
  Photograph: Amal Charif
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Khan El Franj (Caravanserai of the French), built by Emir Fakhreddine in the 17th century to accommodate French merchants and goods in order to develop trade with Europe.
  Photograph: Ahmad Zaatari
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  Our Lady of Lebanon, Harissa
  Photograph: Mahmoudalrawi
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  St. Stephen's Church (Batroun)
  Photograph: Amal Charif
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  St. Stephen's Church (Batroun)
  Photograph: Amal Charif
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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  The old bridge on Lake Qaraoun
  Photograph: Amal Charif
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0

Guide for 2015

Help desk

• For any queries regarding the competition please contact one of the volunteers.
• لأية استفسارات حول المسابقة يرجى الاتصال بأحد المتطوعين

Volunteers

• We're looking for volunteers who love photography and cultural heritage.
  
• نحن نبحث عن متطوعين يحبون التصوير والتراث الثقافي
• Fjmustak
• bachounda

Contributors

How to participate

Load your pictures in September 2015

'Some guidelines that improve your chances of winning the contest'

1. Choose the image of the greatest definition.
2. Picked up more than one image meme monument.
3. You can choose the best picture.
4. You can upload more than one image if the quality is good.
5. In case you are photographing the details of an architectural monument, like a house or the door, take an overall picture of the monument in question
6. Make sure to take the consent of the site owner if you want to take pictures indoors.
7. You can also participate with photos taken in previous dates, but any pictures exluent uploider before 1 September 2015

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• contest 2013 edition
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