Wikipedia Photo Contest Expected to be Worlds Largest [VIDEO]

Wikipedia has launched a photo contest that's expected to be the world's largest "by a large margin," the online encyclopedia says.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 encourages people to photograph monuments "of historic and cultural relevance," upload them to Wikimedia Commons under a free license, and allow Wikipedia to use them. Judges will determine the best photo submissions, narrowing them down to the top ten finalists by mid-October. An international jury will then select the grand prize winner.

The third annual competition, which takes place in September, has 30 countries participating this year. It started off in the Netherlands in 2010, expande…
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