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Wikipedia photo library workshop - In a nutshell
Where?: Mozilla Spaces, 101 St. Martins Lane, Suite 300, London WC2N 4AZ When?: Tuesday 4 December 2012, 2pm-6pm Point of contact: Daria Cybulska or WereSpielChequers. You can also call 0207 065 0994 or email daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk Participants: were encouraged to sign up here. Attendance was free, refreshments included.

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 search for images in Wikimedia Commons
How to add images to Wikipedia
How to add captions and a description for blind people to images
Projects that would benefit: Wikipedia

Attendees

If you are attending, please write your User name below - that will help us provide you with support in the future. If you don't have a user name, that's no problem, you can still attend.

Further help

Contact the trainers present on the day

Contact the Wikimedia UK office

daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0994

Useful links to get you started on Wikimedia Commons

Commons:First steps
Commons:Categories - not over-helpful; try S.5.1 "Categorization tips"

and Wikipedia

Wikipedia tutorial - A step by step guide to basic article editing
Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia - Eek, my head is starting to hurt! Too much choice.
Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset - general principles; read before you start, not when you get stuck.

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 *'''When?:''' Tuesday 4 December 2012, 2pm-6pm
 *'''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-workshop3.eventbrite.co.uk/ Here]. Attendance is free, refreshments are included, if you have a laptop it would be helpful to bring it.
+*Participants: were encouraged to sign up [http://wikiphoto-workshop3.eventbrite.co.uk/ here]. Attendance was free, refreshments included.
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 ==Summary of the event==
-This is a workshop for people who may not have ever edited Wikipedia, but would like to help. Wikimedia has acquired copies of some very large collections of photographs, some of which would make great illustrations for Wikipedia articles, and many Wikipedia articles which don't currently have any pictures could be illustrated using these images.
+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 will you learn?
 *What Wikipedia's image library, Wikimedia Commons is.
 *How to search for images in Wikimedia Commons
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 ==Attendees==
 If you are attending, please write your User name below - that will help us provide you with support in the future. If you don't have a user name, that's no problem, you can still attend.
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+*{{w|User:Andrewfwilson|Andrew Wilson}}
+*{{w|User talk:Csideras|Csideras Christos}}
 ==Further help==
 ===Contact the trainers present on the day===
 * [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]]
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 *[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==
-[[Category:Training]]
 [[Category:Training events for newcomers]]