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*'''Where?:''' Mozilla Spaces, 101 St. Martins Lane, Suite 300, London WC2N 4AZ
*'''Where?:''' Mozilla Spaces, 101 St. Martins Lane, Suite 300, London WC2N 4AZ
*'''When?:''' Thursday 28 June 2012, 2pm-6pm
*'''When?:''' Thursday 28 June 2012, 2pm-4pm
*'''Point of contact:''' [[User:Daria Cybulska|Daria Cybulska]] or [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]]. You can also call 0207 065 0994 or email daria.cybulska{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk
*'''Point of contact:''' [[User:Daria Cybulska|Daria Cybulska]] or [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]]. You can also call 0207 065 0994 or email daria.cybulska{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk
*'''How do I sign up?:''' http://wikiphoto-workshop.eventbrite.com/. Attendance is free, refreshments are included.  
*'''How do I sign up?:''' http://wikiphoto-workshop.eventbrite.com/. Attendance is free, refreshments are included, if you have a laptop it would be helpful to bring it.  
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Many Wikipedia articles lack images, even though great images are available. This is a workshop for people who do not have much experience of editing, but would like to help.  
Many Wikipedia articles lack images, even though great images are often available. This is a workshop for people who do not have much experience of editing, but would like to help.  


What will you learn?
What will you learn?
* What Wikipedia's image library, Wikimedia Commons is.
* What Wikipedia's image library, Wikimedia Commons is.
* How to organise images on Commons
* How to organise images on Commons  
* How to create and alter categories
* How to add images from Commons onto Wikipedia
* How to add images to Wikipedia
* How to add captions to images
* How to add captions to images
* When we have lots of relevant images in Commons how to show this in Wikipedia  
* 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
* How to add image descriptions for blind people and those using text readers
* Projects that would benefit: Commons, Wikipedia, Wiki loves Monuments (one of our big problems with WLM in the UK is that we have so many images from the Geograph that have yet to be processed, so we don't really know what monuments we still lack images for.


Success criteria: volunteers participate and start editing.
We have the room unitil 6pm so some of us may stay on less formally and perhaps create an article or two or just answer your questions.

Revision as of 18:14, 26 June 2012

Wikipedia photo library workshop - In a nutshell

  • Where?: Mozilla Spaces, 101 St. Martins Lane, Suite 300, London WC2N 4AZ
  • When?: Thursday 28 June 2012, 2pm-4pm
  • Point of contact: Daria Cybulska or WereSpielChequers. You can also call 0207 065 0994 or email daria.cybulskaatwikimedia.org.uk
  • How do I sign up?: http://wikiphoto-workshop.eventbrite.com/. Attendance is free, refreshments are included, if you have a laptop it would be helpful to bring it.

Many Wikipedia articles lack images, even though great images are often available. This is a workshop for people who do not have much experience of editing, but would like to help.

What will you 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

We have the room unitil 6pm so some of us may stay on less formally and perhaps create an article or two or just answer your questions.

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