Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 in Pakistan
WIKI LOVES FOLKLORE - 1 February to 31 March 2024
Share the intangible cultural heritage of Pakistan with the world
Wiki loves folklore is an international photographic competition to enjoy and celebrate cultural diversity from around the world through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons). Everyone can participate. Wiki loves Folklore in Pakistan is supported by Wikimedia Foundation & Open Heritage Foundation
In Pakistan, we invite people to dive into their photo archives or visit local sites with connections to Pakistani culture, folklore or storytelling and upload to win!
The basic objective of the competition is to collect photos of human cultural diversity to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. The photos provided must match the theme, including, but not limited to folk festivals, material culture, parties, weddings, traditions, dances, music, cuisine, clothing or daily life routine emphasizing on folk culture of Pakistan.
To find out about all the other national competitions taking place, visit the Wiki Loves Folklore 2024.
There is also a writing competition running throughout February and March for Feminism & Folklore (more on this on Meta-Wiki)
The competition is organized in Pakistan by: Sindhi Wikimedia, In collaboration with the International Team for Wiki Love Folklore.
Top tips
Criteria
The jury will judge individual entries/ the uploaded photos based on the following criteria (in no particular order):
- Technical quality
- Originality
- Potential usefulness and overall value of the image (including licensing) to the Wikimedia projects
General tips
- Please be respectful and considerate of all fellow photographers and all other participants.
- If you are photographing the interiors of a particular building, stop immediately if asked. Some places prohibit indoor photography, but in others you may be allowed to proceed if you ask permission.
- Do not trespass on private property (it is perfectly OK, though, to take photographs of a private place, while standing in a public place such as the street).
- Where possible, avoid photographing transport vehicles, especially their number plates.
- Please do not upload images of posters, billboards, banners, signs, or anything else having text or two-dimensional images that might be copyright-protected. This applies even to texts or photos that are in a public place and that everyone else is taking pictures of. Ancient wall paintings in churches are fine, as are photos of stained glass windows of any date.
Contest times
- February 1: The official opening of the competition and the start of uploading photos.
- March 31st: Contest closes, uploading of photos ends.
- Results announcement: National results to be declared by end of April 2024. International results will be announced by the end of July 2024 at Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 page on Commons.
(Note: Result declaration is subject to changes and may be delayed subject to unexpected circumstances.)
Jury
JogiAsad
JogiAsad is a Pakistani Wikimedian, free knowledge enthusiast, software engineer & nature photographer. He has been contributing to Wikipedia and its sister projects for more than 12 years (2011). He is a founder of Sindhi Wikimedians User group, admin of Sindhi Wikipedia. He has been an organizer and a jury member on Sindhi Wikipedia for Wikipedia Asian Month since 2015, organizer and a jury of Wikiloves Women South Asia, Wikiloves Folklore since 2020. Apart from the wiki ecosystem, he also contributes to other Open-source communities like Glosbe (the biggest community-built dictionary), Open Street Map and Internet Archive. He is being volunteering on Google translate, Google Local Guides (Level 5).
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participate
Take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons
Make sure you enter your email address on your Wikimedia account/profile otherwise we may not have a way to contact you if you win one of the prizes.
International Prizes
You can win the following prizes in the international contest:
- 1st prize: 400 USD
- 2nd prize: 300 USD
- 3rd prize: 100 USD
- Top 10 consolation prizes: 10 USD each
- Best Video prize and best Audio prize: 25 USD, 25 USD (each)
- Top uploader prize for images: First Prize 100 USD, Second prize 50 USD
- Wiki Loves Folklore Postcards to top 100 Uploaders, who have uploaded the most documents across the world
Local Prizes
You can win the following prizes in the local contest:
- 1st prize - TBD
- 2nd prize - TBD
- 3rd prize - TBD
- Consolation : Top 5 winners - TBD
- Wiki Loves Folklore Certificate for Winners
(Prizes will be given in only coupon form of your Choice)
Identify some Pakistani intangible cultural heritage
From festivals, material culture, dances, cuisine, clothing or daily life routine find inspiration for your images here.
Take photos
Take as many and as good photos as you can, try different angles. Even if the photo doesn't win you a prize, it may help Wikipedia!
Describe your images
Describe what you photographed in the image description and captions. Record the place's name, description, and date of photo.
