Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) is an annual campaign where Wikipedia editors across the world, Wikipedia language projects and communities add photos to Wikipedia articles lacking photos.
This is to promote the use of digital media files collected from various Wikimedia photography contests, photowalks organized by the Wikimedia community, on Wikipedia article pages. Photos help to grasp the reader's attention better than a wall of text, illustrate content, and make the article more instructive and engaging for readers.
Thousands of images have been donated and contributed to Wikimedia Commons via various advocacy programs, photowalks, and contests including international photography contests such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc. Yet relatively few of these photos have been used on Wikipedia articles. Today, the Wikimedia Commons hosts millions of photo images but only a tiny portion of these have been used on Wikipedia article pages. This is a huge gap that this project aims at bridging.
This Irish local edition encourages editors from anywhere in the world to improve the quality and quantity of images relating to Ireland used in relevant articles both on Wikipedia and Vicipéid from 1 July to 31 August 2021.
Before participating, it is important to read the participation instructions and rules below in their entirety. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.
[[File:Obamas at church on Inauguration Day 2013.jpg|thumb|The Obamas worship at [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] in Washington, D.C., January 2013]]
simply type The Obamas at church on Inauguration Day 2013.jpg
Images must be used on Wikipedia articles between 1st July to 31st August 2021. |
There is no limit to the number of files one can use. There are, however, different categories of prizes (see below). However, do not deface Wikipedia articles with photos. Only add a photo to an article that has no photo. |
The image must be published under a free use license or as public domain. The possible licenses are CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC-BY 4.0, CC0 1.0. |
Participants must be a registered user on any Wikimedia project. Sign in or Create a new account on Wikipedia (You can create an account on any language Wikipedia, for use in your own WP and on all Wikimedia projects). The list of all languages of Wikipedia can be found here. |
Poor or very low-quality photos are generally not acceptable.
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Participants must include the hashtag #WPWP and WPWPIE in the Edit summary of all articles improved with images in addition to a descriptive edit summary, for example "Improving with an image to infobox" #WPWP WPWPIE. Do not insert the hashtag (#WPWP) into an article. |
Basic example (producing the image at right):
[[File:Siberian Husky pho.jpg|thumb|alt= A white dog in a harness playfully nuzzles a young boy | A Siberian Husky used as a pack animal]]
File:Siberian Husky pho.jpg
The file (image) name must be exact (including capitalization, punctuation and spacing) and must include .jpg
</>, .png
or other extension. (Image:
and File:
work the same.) If Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons both have an image with the specified name, the Wikipedia version is the one that will appear in the article.thumb
is required in most casesalt=A white dog in a harness playfully nuzzles a young boy
Alt text is meant for those who cannot see the image; unlike the caption, it summarizes the image's appearance. It should comport with
accessibility guidelines and should name famous events, people and things.A Siberian Husky used as a pack animal
The
caption comes last, and gives the meaning or significance of the image.See WP:Extended image syntax for further features and options. If the image does not display after you have carefully checked the syntax, it may have been blacklisted.
Petscan may be used to find articles that don't have photos in your preferred language. The steps are highlighted below:
Once this is done, the list of articles in that category with no photos would be generated. Then go to Wikimedia Commons to search for corresponding images with the article title.
The WPWP Campaign is annual.
Winning prizes for the top three users with the most Wikipedia articles improved with photos:
Winning prize for the user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with audios:
Winning prize for the user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with videos:
Winning prize for the new user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with photos:
TBC