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LOCAL Saturday 26 September 2020

Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba is back!

ORANJESTAD — This year Monu- Every national contest will be able and by anybody for any purpose. Monuments on Wikimedia be-
ments fund Aruba will once again to nominate some of their winning Since then, the project helped tween September 1 and 30. You
celebrate our monuments during pictures for the international con- to collect information on 1,5 mil- will be automatically participating
the monument’s month of Septem- test. These nominated pictures will lion monuments from 76 national with WLM Aruba.
ber. Normally they organize activi- be judged by the international jury, competitions − with more than 1,7 A jury of three will choose the win-
ties that connect the community which will then award extra prizes million pictures submitted by over ning picture and nominate the ten
with monuments. This year due to to the best images from all partici- 60,000 participants, adding to the best pictures to participate with
the Covid crisis they have decided pating countries. sum of all human knowledge gath- the international competition.
to only organize Wiki Loves Monu- The contest is inspired by the suc- ered on Wikipedia. For more information about the
ments (WLM). cessful 2010 pilot in the Nether- This year will be the fifth edition of competition follow our Facebook
lands, which resulted in 12,500 free- Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba and page Stichting Monumentenfonds
Wiki Loves Monuments is an inter- ly licensed images of monuments to participate is very easy, just up- Aruba or our website www.monu-
national photo contest for monu- that can now be used in Wikipedia load your best pictures of Aruban mentenfondsaruba.com.q
ments, organized by Wikimedia
this September. Wikimedia is the
movement behind Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia – a global col-
laboration authored by volunteers.
Cultural heritage is an important
part of the knowledge Wikipedia
collects and disseminates. Every-
body can contribute images as
well as write articles. An image is
worth a thousand words, in every
language at once and local en-
thusiasts can (re)discover the cul-
tural, historical, or scientific signifi-
cance of their neighborhood.
In more than 40 countries all over
the world, a national contest will
be organized with their national
monuments, partners, rules, events
and winners.