Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in India/Heritage Walk
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Contact:- wlm@wikimedia.in 
Rajgir Heritage Walk 
First Wikipedia Meetup WLM at Bhopal
Website: www.wikilovesmonuments.in
Wikimedians are organizing Heritage walk for Wiki Loves Monumnents. Dates and details will be updated as the contest progresses. Kindly watch this space or follow us on Twitter @WLMIndia to stay updated.
Please sign up for your city.
| No | Location | Date | Wikimedia Coordinator | Link | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September | Cancelled | |||
| 2 | Bhopal | September 25 | Suyash Dwivedi (talk) | Done, 14 Participants | |
| 3 | Bhubaneswar | September 25 | Sailesh Patnaik | Bhubaneswar Heritage Walk | Done, 12 Participants |
| 4 | Mangaluru | September 18 | Harriet Vidyasagar | Mangaluru Heritage Walk | Done. 16 Participants |
| 5 | September 25 | Harriet Vidyasagar | Goa Heritage Walk | Cancelled due to bad weather conditions | |
| 6 | Kalna | September 24 | Sujay Chandra | Kalna Heritage Walk | Done, 6 Participants |
| 7 | Bardhaman | September 25 | Sujay Chandra | Bardhaman Heritage Walk | Done, 6 Participants |
| 8 | Thrissur | September 18 | Manojk | Done. 4 Participants | |
| 9 | Khajuraho | September 15 | Deepa Chandran2014 | Done. 2 Participants | |
| 10 | Ernakulam | September 19 | Ranjithsiji | Done. 3 Participants | |
| 11 | Farrukhabad | September 27 | Mohammad Aqib Khan | Done. 1 Participants | |
| 12 | Angamaly | September 28 | Ranjithsiji | Done. 2 Participants |
Dos and Don'ts for the heritage-walk.
Do's:
- Bring plenty of water.
- Wear light-colored clothing and get caps.
- Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your camera skills!
- Try and take a clear shot of the building.
- Note down the list of places, names of buildings that you photograph.
- If you learn something new about a landmark/ statue/ building, do pass on the info. It would be very useful to update in the wiki pages.
- If you want to leave early, make sure you transfer your pictures to team volunteer.
Do not:
- Do not take pictures of people - To maintain a level of decency and also not to breach privacy
- Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not include personal photos.
- Personal photos will not be considered for selection.
- Do not waste time, respect the time limit.
- Do not go into people's homes to photograph.
- Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.
- Do not watermark the images you wish to upload to the Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia coordinator
- Please send a mail to wlm@wikimedia.in on your plans on heritage walk.
- Make sure that each heritage walk have at least 20 volunteer.
- Event page should be updated with the list of monuments which are planned to be covered.
- Coordinator is expected to know the basics of Wikimedia Commons.
- Expense for the snacks and refreshments can be reimbursed from WLM team.
- Goodies will be send to coordinators as per the availability.
- WLM team can reimburse upto 2000 INR per heritage walk.
- Details of local sponsors should be informed to WLM team before the event.
- Expense report from wikimedia coordinator should be sent to WLM team in this format.