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{{Short description|Annual photography contest}}
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| begins = 1 February <ref>most common starting date</ref>
| begins = 1 February <ref>most common starting date</ref>
| ends = 28/29 February <ref>most common ending date</ref>
| ends = 31 March <ref>most common ending date</ref>
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| location = Worldwide
| location = Worldwide
| years_active = 4
| years_active = 5
| first = 2019
| first = 2019
| last = 2022
| last = 2023
| participants = [[Photographers]]
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'''Wiki Loves Folklore''' ('''WLF''') is an annual international photographic competition held during the month of February, organised worldwide by Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates across the globe. Participants take pictures of local folk culture and intangible heritage in their region, and upload them to [[Wikimedia Commons]]. The aim of event is to document folklore traditions around the world with a goal to encourage people to capture media of their local Folk culture, and to put them under a free licence which can then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lose yourself in Journey to Global Folklore with the winners of Wiki Loves Folklore |url=https://medium.com/creative-commons-we-like-to-share/lose-yourself-in-journey-to-global-folklore-with-the-winners-of-wiki-loves-folklore-843d6581d4d |website=Creative Commons: We Like to Share |access-date=15 February 2022 |language=en |date=18 October 2020}}</ref>
'''Wiki Loves Folklore''' ('''WLF''') is an annual international photographic competition held during the month of February, organised worldwide by [[Wikimedia community]] members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates and [[Wikipedia community|Wikipedians]] across the globe. Participants take pictures of local folk culture and intangible heritage in their region, and upload them to [[Wikimedia Commons]]. The aim of event is to document [[folklore]] traditions around the world with a goal to encourage people to capture media of their local Folk culture, and to put them under [[Free content|a free licence]] which can then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lose yourself in Journey to Global Folklore with the winners of Wiki Loves Folklore |url=https://medium.com/creative-commons-we-like-to-share/lose-yourself-in-journey-to-global-folklore-with-the-winners-of-wiki-loves-folklore-843d6581d4d |website=Creative Commons: We Like to Share |access-date=15 February 2022 |language=en |date=18 October 2020}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 02:51, 17 February 2024

Wiki Loves Folklore
Official logo of Wiki Loves Folklore
GenrePhotography
Begins1 February [1]
Ends31 March [2]
Location(s)Worldwide
Years active5
Inaugurated2019
Most recent2023
ParticipantsPhotographers
Organised byWikipedia community members
WebsiteWikilovesfolklore.org

Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) is an annual international photographic competition held during the month of February, organised worldwide by Wikimedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates and Wikipedians across the globe. Participants take pictures of local folk culture and intangible heritage in their region, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. The aim of event is to document folklore traditions around the world with a goal to encourage people to capture media of their local Folk culture, and to put them under a free licence which can then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.[3]

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  1. ^ most common starting date
  2. ^ most common ending date
  3. ^ "Lose yourself in Journey to Global Folklore with the winners of Wiki Loves Folklore". Creative Commons: We Like to Share. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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