Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Photography

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'''Welcome to sub-project Photography. Our goal is the improvement of the quality and organization of Wikipedia's images.'''

Scope
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 Requested pictures and other photo-matching services, as well as Featured pictures and Feature picture candidates.

Sub-sections

 * Wikipedia:WikiProject Photography
 * Graphic Lab - A place for listing photographs in need of enhancement.
 * Requested pictures - This is a place to ask for specific photos that you need for an article.

Similar WikiProjects
WikiProject Photography is a management type WikiProject for pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia. The following illustrates the position of WikiProject Images and Media/Photography within the Wikipedia WikiProject lineage:


 * Wikipedia maintenance
 * WikiProject Images and Media
 * Creation/improvement of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Maps - Create geographical maps
 * WikiProject Geographical coordinates - Create map coordinates
 * WikiProject Indian maps - Create maps for India-related articles
 * WikiProject OpenStreetMap - Create maps using data from OpenStreetMap
 * WikiProject Images and Media/Photography - Create and improve photographs
 * Image placeholders - Article space photo request system
 * Photo Matching Service
 * Requested pictures
 * WikiProject Panorama Welding - stitching photos together to create a panorama
 * Graphic Lab - Improve graphical content stored on Commons and Wikipedia
 * Philip Greenspun illustration project. Create and improve illustrations on Wikimedia
 * WikiProject Images and Media/Illustration taskforce - Create and improve illustrations
 * WikiProject Mathematics/Graphics - Create graphics for math-related articles
 * Acquisition of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Free book covers - Acquire covers about books in the public domain


 * Distribution of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Animated Wikipedia - Distribute Wikipedia stored animated video in Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Images and Media/Commons - Move Wikipedia stored free images to Commons.
 * WikiProject Images and Media/Free - Distribute Wikipedia stored free images in Wikipedia.
 * WikiProject Lights Camera Wiki
 * Commons:WikiProject Atlas - Organize maps included in commons as an atlas


 * Monitoring of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Images and Media

Goals

 * 1) Revive the project to an active level
 * 2) Better organize graphics of Wikipedia
 * 3) Improve articles by adding useful photographs.
 * 4) Take digital photographs or high resolution photographs for articles.
 * 5) Improve quality of photographs.
 * 6) Provide a focus point for photographers, photo editors and digital artists.
 * 7) Offer a place to ask assistance for articles needing photographs.
 * 8) Provide a place where photographers can ask help from photo editors.

Fulfilling request for photographs
In the sub-categories of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs are many requests for images. Pick a subject and reduce the number of requests.


 * Go through Category:Articles which may no longer need images and see if the image requested templates can be removed!
 * Check article to see if images have been added since the request was made.
 * Search you own collection of photographs, add to Commons or upload to Wikipedia, then add to the article.
 * Search though Commons for images that could match the request
 * Check pages of other languages of the article for useful images
 * Assess the parameters of the image requested template; can others be added or the existing refined?
 * Remove the reqphoto template when a photographic is in the article.

Organizing Photo Requests
The Wikipedia requested photographs category has additions on a daily basis. This category consists of all articles with an unqualified image requested template. These articles should be put into a more descriptive subcategory by adding parameters to the image requested template: e.g. fungi or in&#61;Upper Zomgolia.

At the moment it is easy to see new entries, so please visit regularly to keep it so.

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.
 * Add to multiple categories
 * 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.
 * Add the category to related project to-do lists and project categories so subject experts are aware of it.

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

External watchlist

 * Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Photography

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