Photography Competition of Assamese Wikipedia, 2021/Rules
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[edit]- Images submitted from 5th Jan, 2021 till 20st Jan, 2021 will only be taken into consideration for the competition.
- To submit the photographs for competition in Wikimedia Commons a contestant must have an account in Wikimedia Projects. You need to get registered in Assamese Wikipedia and in case of any difficulty you may visit log-in help page for tutorials.
- After creating your account you can log in to Wikimedia Commons and upload photos through Upload Wizard.
- There must be a clear and concise description of the photo either in English or Assamese, but not other languages.
- One contestant can upload multiple photographs.
- Only one photograph of each contestant shall be considered for reward.
- The size of the photographs are not rigidly defined, but 640x360 px is preferable. One should not upload too big or too small photos.
- File extension of the images must be either .png or .jpg.
- The images may be coloured or B&W.
- The specified category for the photographs is Assamese Wikipedia Photography Competition 2021 and one must link his/her photos to this category.
- A descriptive title of the photos in English is preferable for global usage. For example, if you are uploading a photo of paddy fields of Nagaon, you should replace the default title such as .DSC002.jpg with View of a paddy field in Nagaon.
- There is no need to put a creative or imaginative name to the photographs.
- Once uploaded, all images will automatically come under CC-by-SA (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike) license. The uploader cannot revoke this license in future course of time. The images may be used in various wikiprojects as required.
- The image cannot be a selfie and the photographer cannot be within the frame fully or partially.
- Photos promoting defamation, nudity, discrimination, defamation or any such 'socially unacceptable message bearing' images are not acceptable. In this regard, decision taken by the judges are final and binding.
- Digital effects that compromise the originality of the photograph are not welcome.
- Images should not contain any watermark, copyright mark, photographer's name, caption, date and time stamp or any other artifacts added during post-production. Be considerate while compressing an image so that it does not reduce necessary details.
- First five prizes shall only be distributed if there are minimum ten (10) participants. In this case, consolation prizes would not be given.
- Images may be considered for prizes on the basis of quality and rarity.