Wikipedia:Wikipedia Treks Sammed Sikhar/Guidelines

These are the basic guidelines for the event.

Backdrop activities:

 * Spread word through social media
 * Get contact details
 * Encourage new people from outside the community to join.

Basic requirements:

 * Digital Camera
 * Disable on-image timestamps or other data that appears over-top of images.
 * Please empty the memory card.

Activities:

 * Briefing to participants about the purpose of the exploratory trek.
 * Starting point will be declared soon
 * Upload of pics on Wikimedia Commons after completion.
 * Create new articles or improve old articles in English and at least one Indic language Wikipedia.

Do's:

 * Bring plenty of water.
 * Wear light-coloured clothing and get caps.
 * If you have trekking shoes, wear it. If not, dont worry. Sports shoes are okay.
 * Carry walking poles, if you need.
 * Click at will. Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your camera skills!
 * Try and take a clear shot of the tonks and temples.
 * Note down the list of places, names of tonks, temples and other landscapes 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.
 * Do not waste time, respect the time limit.
 * Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.
 * Do not watermark the images you wish to upload to the Wikimedia Commons.
 * Do not leave behind any garbage in the mountains. Collect them in a waste bag and when you return to a populated area, dump them in a dust bin.