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These are the basic guidelines for the event.

Guidelines for the event

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Backdrop activities:

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  • 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:

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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Do's:

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  • 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:

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  • 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