Wikipedia and images workshop/December 2012

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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.