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==Summary of the event== | |||
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. | 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 | What have we learned? | ||
* 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 | ||
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* 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 | ||
We have the | |||
==Feedback== | |||
Many thanks to everybody that attended the event. We would love to have your feedback on the workshop - please visit the [https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERIdWFkTVBFVEUyYm00Y21FVXR2T0E6MQ#gid=0| page here] to tell us what you thought of it. | |||
==Further help== | |||
===Contact the trainers present on the day=== | |||
Visit the 'Discussion' tab, and click edit to write your message to the trainer. | |||
* [[User:WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]] | |||
* [[User:HJ Mitchell|Harry Mitchell]] | |||
===Contact the Wikimedia UK office=== | |||
daria.cybulska{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0994 | |||
===Useful links to get you started on Wikimedia Commons=== | |||
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Summary of the event
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 have we learned?
- 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
Feedback
Many thanks to everybody that attended the event. We would love to have your feedback on the workshop - please visit the page here to tell us what you thought of it.
Further help
Contact the trainers present on the day
Visit the 'Discussion' tab, and click edit to write your message to the trainer.
Contact the Wikimedia UK office
daria.cybulska
wikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0994