User:MIckStephenson/wikitography

WikiProject Photography has no spark of life at all, despite the deplorable state of image allocation in the encyclopedia. The following active (and inactive) pages are key parts of a wider effort to provide editors with a means to better illustration of their articles. A functional WikiProject Photography should be able to deal with requests in a timely manner, or at least get willing photographers linked up to searching editors. Better coordination with closely-related, active projects, including Commmons, would be a start. Many WPs tie in with the same image-related pages:
 * Graphic Lab active, mostly SVGs but could be expanded to play a more obvious part in Requested pictures
 * WikiProject Illustration not very active; most illustrators seem to be more involved with Graphic Lab
 * Photo Matching Service inactive, but useful cross-ref for ordering location photos

Strategies for improving editor/photographer communication:
 * Fulfilled picture requests inactive, should be revived with Template:Completed reqphotos
 * Requested pictures is now a directory page for finding appropriate categories, lead needs changing to reflect this
 * Draft WikiProject Photo requests to tackle overwhelmed reqphoto categories, edit templates (eg Template:reqphoto > Template:reqphotoin) etc
 * How effective is this system in getting the attention of willing photographers? > urgent photo requests should be taken directly to WikiProject:Photography, where the main page should prominently provide editors with a template to request them.
 * Do pages like this dovetail into the service?
 * WikiProject Free images neat project idea, needs plenty of help, link to it!
 * Featured articles/Image survey
 * Images with missing articles not really sure if this serves any practical use...
 * Link recent changes in all reqphoto categories to WikiProject Photography sub page to provide a one-stop checkpoint for wikitographers.
 * Advertise on other WikiProjects – committed, subject-specialist editors tend to be active participants in their respective Projects. They may well have had poor results from using in the past. Point out a more streamlined, direct access to image resources provided at WikiProject Photography.