Dear Bodhisattwa , Thanks for the update.
Namaste, Rajeeb. On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 23:11, Bodhisattwa Mandal < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > This is for your information that, the organizer team has primarily sorted > the photographs, which were submitted under the WLM 2020 competition, > before our set deadline and have forwarded the sorted photographers to the > jury team for the final review. Like previous years, User:Sumitsurai is > coordinating the entire process. > > Regards, > Bodhisattwa > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 09:11 Bodhisattwa Mandal <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Wikimedians, >> >> FYI, Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India has ended on September 30, 2020. >> This year around 4500 images >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India> >> were submitted, which is lower than previous years but the low number was >> expected as COVID-19 has led to the restriction of movements preventing >> people from going outside of their homes and taking photographs. >> >> We have managed to increase the list of the non-designated monuments even >> during the competition. Thanks to Subodh Kulkarni who had held meetings >> with different municipal corporation authorities, heritage organizations >> and other like minded organizations from Maharashtra to help us prepare >> lists of monuments from Pune, Solapur, Ambajogai, Ichalkaranji, Satara etc. >> Thanks to Shyamal, who helped to connect with Uday Kumar PL from the group >> Inscription Stones of Bangalore, who are meticulously documenting >> inscription stones from all over Bangalore; WLM now have a list of >> around 50 non-designated inscription stones from there too. >> >> We have already started primary sorting of photographs from the >> organizer's side taking care of certain criteria and will continue to do so >> upto 15th October. We will then forward all the sorted photographs to the >> jury team, who will take another 15 days to complete the judging process >> and declare results by the end of the month. As always, jury decisions will >> be final. >> >> Categorization of the images properly and data related works are also >> going on simultaneously and will be done throughout the year. >> >> Like previous years, we will finish the entire judging process within the >> set deadline. >> >> Regards, >> Bodhisattwa >> (on behalf of WLM team) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 11:17, Bodhisattwa Mandal < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Wikimedians, >>> >>> We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in >>> India is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of >>> September. >>> >>> As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19, we urge >>> you to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. You do >>> not have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are >>> completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be >>> safe first! >>> >>> We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to >>> the restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness >>> about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last >>> moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook. >>> Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part. >>> You can find the video on Commons here - >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_(Promotional_video).webm >>> and on Facebook here - >>> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639 >>> >>> Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the >>> competition as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the >>> year. We heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country >>> to work on monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in >>> the event talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the >>> master list. >>> >>> Just like previous years, we again promising to wrap up everything >>> within the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to >>> keep our promise again. :-) >>> >>> Welcome you all in the competition, >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bodhisattwa >>> (On behalf of WLM India organizing team) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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