Wiki Loves Heritage 2021

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Wiki Loves Heritage is a yearly photo contest that is a spin-off, and an extension of Wiki Loves Monuments, so that movable, immaterial, maritime heritage, landscapes, and museum collections are also allowed. It was organised for the first time in 2018 by Wikimedia Belgium.

This page documents the technical side of the photo contest project.

Prize winners Wiki Loves Heritage 2021

Jury report

Purpose

From 1 July to 31 October 2021 Wikimedia Belgium organises a photo competition "Wiki Loves Heritage 2021 Belgium". All types of heritage are welcome. There are four goals:

For the photo hobbyists: a photo contest
For institutions: the possibility to do content donations
For Wikimedians: describe objects on Wikidata and Structured data on Commons, write articles on Wikipedia about Belgian heritage
For the public: discover our heritage

Structured metadata is also be collected for each photo:

Captions in different languages
"This is", a Wikidata attribute that indicates what the picture represents

Video is also accepted.

History and background

The project builds further on Wiki Loves Heritage 2018, which built further on the photo contests Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Art and Wiki Loves Public Space that were organised in previous years.

Contacts

Geertivp for WMBE

Partners

Organisations	Museums
meemoo Erfgoedcel Pajottenland Zennevallei	Industriemuseum Gent

Budget

Wiki Loves program

Timeline

1 July 2021 - Mailing start of campaign
31 October 2021 - End of campaign
Evaluation by the jury
10 February 2022 - Award ceremony Wiki Loves Heritage 2021 (together with the Public Domain Day)