Wikipedia Treks Madhyamaheshwar/Guidelines

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.

Hiking Equipment requirements

• Rucksac
• Sleeping Bag ( If you have none, bring some light blankets)
• Trekking shoes (Sports shoes are also O.K.)
• Walking poles (If you have none, try some long wooden sticks from the trail.)
• Tents (may be needed, if staying outside in the wild is planned)
• Sunglasses.
• Torches

Photographic requirements:

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

Activities:

• Brief the participants about the purpose of the exploratory trek.
• Start the trek from Uniyan at scheduled date and time.
• Upload the pics on Wikimedia Commons after completion.
• Create new articles or improve old articles in English and at least one Indic language Wikipedia.

Dos and Don'ts for the event.

Do's:

• Its a 42 km long trek through hilly areas. So, use walking poles and trekking shoes.
• Porters will not be hired. So, distribute the weight of the entire luggage of the team equally to each members.
• If someone in the team gets tired, others stop, rest and then walk.
• Always look for the weather. If it turns bad, look for natural shelters.
• Click at will. Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your camera skills!
• Try and take a clear shot.
• Note down the list of places, temples and other landscapes that you photograph.
• If you learn something new, do pass on the info. It would be very useful to update in the Wikipedia pages.

Do not:

• Do not run or leave others behind. This is not a race.
• Do not take pictures of people without permission - Always maintain a level of decency and try not to breach privacy
• Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not include personal photos.
• 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 Haridwar, dump them in a dust bin.