Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 in Uganda

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 in Uganda is the second edition of an annual campaign where Wikipedia editors from the world add images to the Ugandan Wikipedia articles that are lacking images. Photographs help to grasp the reader's attention better than a wall of text, enrich and illustrate content, and make the article more instructive and engaging for readers.

This campaign is meant to promote the use of digital media files collected from various Wikimedia photography contests as well as photowalks organized by the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda.

Thousands of images have been uploaded by many volunteers on Wikimedia Commons from various advocacy programs, photowalks, and photography contests such as the international photography contests that include; Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc..

But few of those photos have been used on Wikipedia articles. Today, the Wikimedia Commons hosts millions of photo images but only a tiny portion of these have been used on Wikipedia article pages. This is a huge gap that this project aims at bridging.

How to participate

Before participating, it is important to read the participation instructions and rules below in their entirety. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.

Register using for the event: Event:Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 in Uganda

Check whether you're eligible. Eligibility rules have been revised in the 2024 edition and participants are required to have a User account that's at least a year old.

Find an article that needs a photo. There are many ways to do this. Here are some tips.

Find an appropriate image on Commons. Search for the image using the correct title or category. There are several ways to do this. See this simple media reuse guide. Here are additional tips. Please note that the purpose of an image is to increase readers' understanding of the article's subject matter, usually by directly depicting people, things, activities, and concepts described in the article. The relevant aspect of the image should be clear and central. The images must be significant and relevant in the topic's context, not primarily decorative.

On the article page, find a section where the image is relevant and helps the reader understand the subject. Click Edit and insert the image, and include a brief caption explaining what the image depicts in the article. Use the best quality images available. Poor-quality images—dark or blurry; showing the subject too small, hidden in clutter, or ambiguous; and so on—should not be used unless absolutely necessary. Think carefully about which images best illustrate the subject matter. You MUST provide an edit summary for all your edits, "Preview" and make any necessary changes. Include the hashtags #WPWP and #WPWPUG in the edit summary of all articles improved with images. Then click on "Publish changes". Please see: Guide on how to use WPWP Campaign Hashtags

Please be mindful of the image syntax! If you are going to add images to the infoboxes in articles, the syntax is a lot easier — just the filename, so rather than [[File:Obamas at church on Inauguration Day 2013.jpg|thumb|The Obamas worship at [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] in Washington, D.C., January 2013]] simply type The Obamas at church on Inauguration Day 2013.jpg

Syntax of file names and captions

Basic example (producing the image at right):

[[File:Cute boy face with butterfly.jpg|thumb|alt=A boy closely observing a butterfly|A boy closely observing a butterfly]]

File:Cute boy face with butterfly.jpg The file (image) name must be exact (including capitalization, punctuation and spacing) and must include .jpg, .png or other extension. (Image: and File: work the same.) If Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons both have an image with the specified name, the Wikipedia version is the one that will appear in the article.
thumbis required in most cases
alt=A boy closely observing a butterfly Alt text is meant for those who cannot see the image; unlike the caption, it summarizes the image's appearance. It should comport with accessibility guidelines and should name notable events, people and things.
A boy closely observing a butterfly is a caption and it comes last. It gives more information on what the image is about

See Extended image syntax on English Wikipedia for further features and options. If the image does not display after you have carefully checked the syntax, it may have been disallowed.

Campaign rules

Images must be used between 01 July to August 31, 2024.	There is no limit to the number of files one can use. There are, however, different categories of prizes. However, do not deface Wikipedia articles with photos. Only add a photo to an article that has no photo.	The image must be published under a free use license or as public domain.
Participation is only allowed for registered users. Registration can be on any Wikimedia project. Additional requirement applies to English Wikipedia only, where participants are required to have had account for at least a year to be eligible.	Poor or very low-quality photos are generally not acceptable. The image caption and description must be clear and be suitable for the article. All image additions must include a caption that describes what the image is of Images should be placed where relevant in the article Do not add photos to articles in a language you do not speak fluently. Users who repeatedly add captionless images, irrelevant images, etc. may be disqualified.	Participants must include the hashtag #WPWP and #WPWPUG in the Edit summary of all articles improved with images in addition to a descriptive edit summary, for example "Improving with an image to infobox" #WPWP. Do not insert the hashtag (#WPWP) into an article. Please see: Guide on how to use WPWP Campaign Hashtags. This Guide also explains how to use a Community-specific hashtag

Important dates

Start Date: 01/07/2024

End Date: 31 August 2024

Launch and inperson editation: 06/07/2024

Launch Event

Online Zoom link

Program

Time	Duration	Activities
8:30 - 9:00 am	30 min	Arrival and registration of participants
9:00 am - 9:30 am	30 min	Introduction to Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos and Registration on the Event Tool
9:30 am - 10: 00 am	30 min	How to add images to Wikipedia article
10:00 am - 10:30 am	30 min	Break tea
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	60 min	Edit-a-thon
12:30 pm - 01:00 pm	60 min	How to find an article without photos using Pet scan and how to find a photo to use
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	60 min	Lunch
2:00 pm - 3: 30 pm	90 min	Editathon
3:30 am - 4:00 pm	30 min	Next steps and closure

Participants

	Name	Role	Organization
1	Kataregga Geofrey	Trainer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
2	Macholi Chris Benard	Trainer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
3	Mubiru Shafik	Volunteer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
4	Ainembabazi shefrah	Volunter	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
5	Nabukenya Sandra	Volunteer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
6	Nabaggala zahara	Volunteer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
7	Rebecca Namono	Volunteer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
8	Nuwamanya Mushabe	Volunteer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
9	Njoroge Joseph	Volunteer	Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
10	Samsom Ssemakadde

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Some of the sources of images include;