Wikipedia:Wikipedia takes Asansol/Activities

These are the basic guidelines for the event.

Guidelines for the event

Backdrop activities:

• Spread word through social media
• Get contact details
• Encourage new people from outside the community to join.
• This is a team event. Teams can be comprised of maximum four-five members.

Basic requirements:

• Camera
• Walk/Vehicle to move around/ public transport/ autos are also okay.
• Disable on-image timestamps or other data that appears over-top of images.
• Please empty the memory card.

Activities:

• Assembling at B.N.R. More, Asansol at the scheduled time and date.
• The formation of groups and briefing to participants
• Be flexible and capture images of old architectures of Asansol
• Upload of pics on Wikimedia Commons

Dos and Don'ts for the photo-walk.

Do's:

• Bring plenty of water.
• Wear light-coloured clothing and get caps.
• Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your camera skills!
• Try and take a clear shot of the building.
• Note down the list of places, names of buildings that you photograph.
• If you learn something new about a monument, do pass on the info. It would be very useful to update in the Wikipedia pages.

Do not:

• Do not take pictures of people - To maintain a level of decency and also not to breach privacy
• Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not include personal photos.
• Personal photos will not be considered for selection.
• Do not waste time, respect the time limit.
• Do not go into people's homes to photograph. All photos to be monuments and memorials of Asansol listed.
• Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.
• Do not watermark the images you wish to upload to the Wikimedia Commons