Welcome to WikiProject Photography. Our goal is the improvement of the quality and organization of Wikipedia's images.
This WikiProject's primary aim is to encourage the contribution and improvement of photographs on Wikipedia. The project seeks to act as a focal point for photographers, photo editors, and digital artists such that requests to improve articles with photographs and the photographs themselves can be dealt with in a timely manner. Hopefully this project will drive contributions in the form of "Collaboration of the Week", and act as a noticeboard for photographers and interested editors. We also hope to form a community that embraces Wikipedia:Requested pictures and other photo-matching services, as well as Featured pictures and Feature picture candidates.
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- Wikipedia:WikiProject Photography
[edit] Similar WikiProjects
WikiProject Photography is a management type WikiProject for pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia. The following illustrates the position of WikiProject Photography within the Wikipedia WikiProject lineage:
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- Creation/improvement of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
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- WikiProject Photography - Create and improve photographs
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- Graphic Lab - Improve graphical content stored on Commons and Wikipedia
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- Acquisition of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
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- Distribution of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
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- Monitoring of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
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[edit] Participants
[edit] Participants in a revival effort for WikiProject Photography
Feel free to add your name if you would like to help.
- User:John Doe or Jane Doe
- Fcb981(talk:contribs) 03:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Cacophony 04:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Chris.B 08:17, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- mikaultalk 11:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Cody Pope 15:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- NauticaShades 15:06, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Tim Pierce 14:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- --Mschel 17:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Traveler100 19:16, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
- Kralizec! (talk) 19:16, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
- Samson CJ
- Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 20:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
- Davou (Talk) (Contribs) 14:54, 06 November 2007 (UTC)
- flash19901 (Contribs) 23:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- DurovaCharge! 22:40, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Tim Ross·talk 22:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- s2art· 22:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- -- Editor at Large • talk 04:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)¶
- Mfield (talk) 02:02, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
- Msanford T 16:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- Revive the project to an active level
- Better organize graphics of Wikipedia
- Improve articles by adding useful photographs.
- Take digital photographs or high resolution photographs for articles.
- Improve quality of photographs.
- Provide a focus point for photographers, photo editors and digital artists.
- Offer a place to ask assistance for articles needing photographs.
- Provide a place where photographers can ask help from photo editors.
[edit] How You Can Help
[edit] Organizing Photo Requests
The Wikipedia requested photographs category is badly overcrowded. This category consists of all articles with an unqualified {{reqphoto}} template. These articles could instead be put into a more descriptive subcategory by adding parameters to the {{reqphoto}} template: e.g. {{reqphoto|marsupials}} or {{reqphoto|in=Upper Zomgolia}}.
At the time of this writing there are several thousand unclassified photo requests. Consider going through a few of these articles when you have time and reclassifying the photo requests appropriately.
Some tips to keep in mind:
- Stick to existing categories whenever possible. If there's already a architecture category, it's probably not necessary to create an additional category for "buildings."
- Try to think like a photographer. If you were a photographer trying to find out what images Wikipedia needs the most, where would you look? What's the most sensible way to divide up the image requests in a way that would be useful to the people who will be actually taking the pictures? A photographer might be more likely to look through "Wikipedia requested photographs of skyscrapers" than "Wikipedia requested photographs of objects made out of brick".
- Don't be afraid to take liberties with the category definitions. If you're looking at an article that does not seem to fall neatly into any category that we have, it's okay to put it in a category that's generally related to its subject matter. For example, a request for a photograph of a music studio probably fits better into the musicians category than in the architecture category -- the reason that the music studio is of interest is probably less for its physical design than in the artists who record there.
- When it is necessary to create a new category, be general. If you're reorganizing the cars category, it's probably overly specific to create a "1957 Chevrolets". A broader category for "Chevrolets" is a better place to start.
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