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{{In a nutshell|title=Wikipedia photo library workshop
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*'''Where?:''' Mozilla Spaces, 101 St. Martins Lane, Suite 300, London WC2N 4AZ
*'''When?:''' Monday 1 October 2012, 2pm-6pm 
*'''Point of contact:''' [[User:Daria Cybulska|Daria Cybulska]] or [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]]. Also 0207 065 0994 or email daria.cybulska{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk
*'''Attendance:''' Free. Participants were encouraged to bring own laptops. 
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==Summary of the event==
Many Wikipedia articles lack images, even though great images are often available. This was a workshop for people who do not have much experience of editing, but would like to help. 

What did we learn?
* What Wikipedia's image library, Wikimedia Commons is.
* How to organise images on Commons 
* How to add images from Commons onto Wikipedia
* How to add captions to images
* When we have lots of relevant images in Commons how to show this in Wikipedia 
* How to add image descriptions for blind people and those using text readers

==Attendees==
* ''Sha951''
* ''GreenSpangle''

==Further help==
===Contact the trainers present on the day===
* [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]]
* [[User:Leutha|Leutha]] ([[User talk:Leutha|Leutha]])

===Contact the Wikimedia UK office===
daria.cybulska{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0994

===Useful links to get you started on Wikimedia Commons===
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:First_steps Commons:First steps]
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Categories Commons:Categories] - not over-helpful; try S.5.1 "Categorization tips"

====and Wikipedia==== 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_tutorial Wikipedia tutorial] - A step by step guide to basic article editing
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Editing_Wikipedia Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia] - Eek, my head is starting to hurt! Too much choice.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset] - general principles; read before you start, not when you get stuck.

==Feedback from the event==
''Sample feedback'': Just a quick note to ask a favour - could you pass on my thanks to the trainers who led the learning session on Wikimedia.  I came away quite inspired!

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