Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos for Hausa Community 2021

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Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos for Hausa Community 2021

How would it be if Wikipedia articles had no images?

How would it be if you could add images to Wikipedia using available tools?

How would it be if you could win prizes for that?

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos for Hausa community is an annual campaign where Wikipedians from Hausa community add photos to wikimedia project pages without them. This is to promote the use of digital media files collected from various photography contests, organized by the Wikimedia community, on Wikipedia article pages. Photos improve readers experience, illustrate content, and make articles engaging. The campaign would also help sharpen and improve the skills of new and existing editors.

How to participate[edit]

  1. Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia (You can create account on any language Wikipedia including your own language). The list of all language Wikipedia can be found here.
  2. Find an article that needs a photo. There are many ways to do this. Here are some tips.
  3. Select the appropriate image on Commons. Click here to 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.
  4. On the article page, click Edit and insert the image selected in Step 3, including a brief caption in the WP's language. Check the display position in "Preview" and make any necessary changes. Then click on "Publish changes".
  5. Include the hashtag #WPWPHa and #WPWPha in the edit summary of all articles improved with images.
  6. You may also participate by creating new articles for quality photos.

Campaign rules[edit]


Images must be used between July 10th to August 10th 2021.

There is no limit to the number of files one can use. There are, however, different categories of prizes (see below).

The image must be published under a free use license or as public domain. The possible licenses are CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC-BY 4.0, CC0 1.0.

Participants must be a registered user on any Wikimedia project. Sign in or Create a new account on Wikipedia (You can create an account on any language Wikipedia, for use in your own WP and on all Wikimedia projects). You can findthe list of all languages of Wikipedia.

The image caption and description must be clear and be suitable for the article.

Participants should include the hashtag #WPWPHa in their Edit summary of all articles improved with images. For example: "+image #WPWPHa, +image #WPWPha"

Campaign timeline[edit]

  • Start for entries: 10th July, 2021
  • Deadline for entries: 31st August, 2021
  • Results announcement: late August, 2021

Prize categories[edit]

Winning Prizes for user(s) with the most image use on Wikipedia articles by editors from the Hausa Wikimedia Community:

  • 1st prize: 1st; Brand new Tecno Android smartphone
  • 2nd prize: Portable Wireless Control Bluetooth Speaker
  • 3rd prize: 500GB Backup External Hard Drive
  • 5 Top new users: Branded Wikipedia Shirt each.

International prize categories[edit]

Winning prizes for the top three users with the most Wikipedia articles improved with photos:

  1. 1st prize ― US $200 gift card + WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate
  2. 2nd prize ― US $150 gift card + WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate
  3. 3rd prize ― US $100 gift card + WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate

Winning prize for the user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with audios:

  • US $100 gift card + WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate

Winning prize for the user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with videos:

  • US $100 gift card + WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate

Winning prize for the new user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with photos:

  • US $100 gift card + WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate

Wiki Loves Africa prize categories[edit]

Winning prizes for the user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with images from Wiki Loves Africa. All WLA years are eligible... but the first prize will consider edits made to any language except English and French. More info and tracking here : Wiki Loves Africa/WPWP

  • 1st prize - US $100 gift card
  • 1st to 3rd prizes – WLA souvenirs

To be eligible:

  1. you must add #WLA as a hashtag to your edit (as well as #WPWP)
  2. you must have registered your account before January 2021
  3. you must have made at least 300 mainspace edits to any language Wikipedia before 1st June 2021.

Participants[edit]

A sani: participants in other WPWP contests asides the international are not eligible to participate. To participate you just need to sign up on the participants section. Got questions? Ask us at the this talk page or Click here Discussions.

To add your name, edit this section and type this #~~~~ below.

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