Wikipedia:Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021 Contest in Rwanda

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) is an annual campaign where Wikipedia editors across the world, Wikipedia language projects and communities add photos to Wikipedia articles lacking photos.

This is to promote the use of digital media files collected from various Wikimedia photography contests, photowalks organized by the Wikimedia community, on Wikipedia article pages. Photos help to grasp the reader's attention better than a wall of text, illustrate content, and make the article more instructive and engaging for readers.

Thousands of images have been donated and contributed to Wikimedia Commons via various advocacy programs, photowalks, and contests including international photography contests such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc. Yet relatively few of these 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.

This Rwandan local edition encourages editors from anywhere in the world to improve the quality and quantity of images relating to Ireland used in relevant articles on Wikipedia from 1 July to 31 August 2021.

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.

1. Sign in if you are already registered on any Wikimedia project or Create a new account on Wikipedia (you can create your account on any language Wikipedia including your own language). The list of Wikipedias in all languages can be found here.
2. Find an article that needs a photo.
3. Find an appropriate image on Commons. Search for the image using the correct title or category. 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.
4. 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 hashtag #WPWP and #WPWPRW in the edit summary of all articles improved with images. Then click on "Publish changes".
5. 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:Agaseke Monuments.jpg|thumb|Agaseke Monument at [[Gasabo district]] in Kigali]] simply type Agaseke Monuments.jpg

Campaign rules

Images must be used on Wikipedia articles between 1st July to 31st August 2021.	There is no limit to the number of files one can use. 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. 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). The list of all languages of Wikipedia can be found here.	Poor or very low-quality photos are generally not acceptable. Add ONLY relevant images on Kinyarwanda Wikipedia articles. All image additions must include a clear and be suitable Kinyarwanda caption that describes what the image is of. Images should be placed where relevant in the article. Do not add more than 3 images on a single article. NB: More than 3 images would only be allowed for an article that touch base on vast various topics. The bigger the number of articles improved, the higher the chances of winning.	Participants must include the hashtag #WPWP and WPWPRW in the Edit summary of all articles improved with images in addition to a descriptive edit summary, for example "Improving Kigali article with an image to infobox" #WPWP WPWPRW. Do not insert the hashtag (#WPWP) into an article.

Top three winners 'prizes

1. 1st prize ― US $120 worth voucher + Certificate
2. 2nd prize ― US $100 worth voucher + Certificate
3. 3rd prize ― US $80 worth voucher + Certificate