Wiki Loves Monuments 2014, is the world’s largest photo contest, and aims to collect images under a free license for use on Wikipedia to document historic sites, monuments, and cultural heritage and to improve coverage of the UK’s listed buildings and ancient monuments. There are tens of thousands of eligible places and a few in our immediate vicinity including Christ Church, King John’s Farm, Penn Cottage, Penn Farm and Garden Wall, The Grove and the Church of the Holy Cross, Sarratt (pictured).
As well as prizes for the best image, there is a special prize this year for the best image of a listed building on one of the ‘At Risk’ registers.
It doesn’t matter when your photos are taken so long as they are uploaded during September 2014. Don’t be put off if somebody else has uploaded a picture already, Wikipedia is always looking for more, although at the time of writing only Sarratt Church has received an entry.
In line with the charitable and educational aims of the contest, 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.
The contest is open, and entries are being accepted until 30 September 2014
For more details visit the UK competition website .
The contest is supported by the Royal Photographic Society, English Heritage, and Wikimedia UK (the UK charity that supports Wikipedia and its sister projects).