WikiArabia 2022/Submissions/En/The Role of Photos in Information Reliability and Credibility
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The Role of Photos in Information Reliability and Credibility of Wikipedia | ||
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| Facilitators : Isaac Olatunde | Time block : | Start : | |
| Location : | Duration : 10 minutes | ||
| Description :
Free access to reliable, quality and credible information is a fundamental human right, and information in any form (text, audio or visual) should be accurate, reliable, and credible. Photos on articles attract attraction and express the information in ways the text cannot. This impacts the reliability and credibility of the article. Millions of articles have been created by thousands of volunteers across the globe without photos illustrating them. This is a huge gap that the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) project aimed at addressing using a campaign approach |
Theme : The Role of Photos in Information Reliability and Credibility of Wikipedia | ||
| Key words : Wikipedia pages Wanting Photos | |||
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| Intended outcomes :
As the founder of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos and the global coordinator, my experience with participants shows that many Wikipedia editors aren't paying attention to the role of photos on the verifiability, reliability and credibility of Wikipedia articles. At the end of this presentation, participants would learn how quality photos impacts on readership, reliability and credibility of of Wikipedia article. | |||
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