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''This section was written by Daria Cybulska, Programme Manager''
''This post was written by Michael Maggs, a volunteer organiser of Wiki Loves Monuments (and Wikimedia UK Chair)''


One of Wikimedia UK’s key aims as a charity is to teach under-represented groups how to edit Wikipedia (women make up about 10% of editors), and develop under-represented content (e.g. Women in Science). Wikimedia UK has been running 'Women in Science' editathons for the last two years - one of the first ones was the much acclaimed Royal Society event to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day in 2012  ) - as a part of the wider Ada Lovelace Day celebrations.
September is your chance to take part in the annual photography competition to improve Wikipedia. The encyclopaedia is visited by 500 million people every month, and is seeking help from RPS members improve its photos.


In 2013 our editathons have expanded and received extremely positive responses from the attendees and in general. They were organised with a strong support from the Medical Research Council, which enabled us to deliver events in partnerships with other organisations who hosted them and invited people from their networks to attend. Since then we have been contacted by various organisations interested in collaborating with us further.
[http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/ Wiki Loves Monuments] is aimed at improving coverage of the UK's listed buildings and ancient monuments, and starts on Monday 1st September. The contest is supported by the [http://www.rps.org/ Royal Photographic Society], [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ English Heritage], and Wikimedia UK (the UK charity that supports Wikipedia and its sister projects).


Thanks to the popularity of these activities we decided to give more capacity for organising these diversity events (logistics can take a lot of time and effort!), and perhaps even growing the group of people who are interested and keen to be involved in this programme.
We've got lots of pictures of [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge Tower Bridge] and [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge Stonehenge], but there's so much more of the country's heritage to celebrate. There are tens of thousands of eligible sites, so check out [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/ the UK competition website] and see what's nearby. As well as prizes for the best image, we have a special prize this year for the best image of a listed building on one of the 'At Risk' registers.


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It doesn't matter when your photos are taken so long as they are uploaded during September 2014. If you took some stunning pictures back in April, or five years ago, you can still upload them.
 
In line with the charitable and educational aims of the contest, you'll need to agree to release your entries under a free licence allowing them to be freely used by anyone for any purpose, including Wikipedia. You retain copyright, and can require anyone using your images to attribute them to you as photographer.
 
Help us show off your images of your local history!
 
''The competition is open until Tuesday 30 September. You can [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/getting-started see full details of how to enter here].''
 
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