Launch Event

Welcome to Wiki Loves Monuments South Africa The photo competition for monuments and heritage sites.

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Wiki Loves Monuments is a public photo competition aimed at taking photographs of cultural heritage monuments (buildings, statues, shipwrecks, etc.) and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons which is a database of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. Wikimedia South Africa organises this event for the first time in South Africa. More information

Do you want more information on the competition? Do you want to meet fellow Wikipedians, photographers, or heritage enthusiasts? Come to the WLM Launch Event on Saturday September 1, in Cape Town.

13h, Castle of Good Hope

• A guided tour in the Castle of Good Hope
• A guided tour through Cape Town

15h, Sendinggestig Museum (Old Slave Church), 40 Long Street.

Event launch at the Old Slave Church.

1. Welcoming note by Museum Curator
2. Introduction of other partners and collaborators
3. Introduction into the competition
4. Upload demonstration session
5. Netwerking event with finger dinner

RSVP

Please let us know if you will attand the activities on http://ao.co.za/M36MCO. Contact the organiser at md@wikilovesmonuments.co.za or on Ο71 491 31 38.

Our Partners 120px 120px Wikimedia South Africa 100px Wikimedia South Africa is a Wikimedia chapter for the Republic of South Africa. It is incorporated as a Section 21 non-profit-making organisation under South African law. It was founded locally on 25 February 2012 after being approved as a chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation on 26 March 2011. This chapter will promote local awareness of the projects and their proper academic use, encourage translation efforts into local languages, support the creation of local free knowledge and media and offer scholarships for promising local students. Please visit our website if you are interested in joining us. Wikimedia South Africa is an independent organisation for Wikimedia volunteers.