We are slowly getting there Ziko.
Since the launch of Wiki Loves Africa in 2014, we have collected 70k
images of the African continent. Not Historical Monuments or Landmarks,
but mostly everyday life pictures.
Last year, we published an infographic to summarize the outcome of the
photo campaign :
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2020_A4_Infographic.pdf
Still a LOT to do, but already way better than a couple of years back.
The point I find the most satisfaction with is the reuse of those
pictures into Wikipedia articles.
Check out for example reuse percentage of WLA 2019 :
https://tools.wmflabs.org/glamtools/glamorous.php?doit=1&category=Images+from+Wiki+Loves+Africa+2019&use_globalusage=1&ns0=1&projects[wikipedia]=1]
("Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2019")
This is 10% and as you may see, with a HUGE margin of improvement since
most of the reuse are in French and English. I hope to see the other
languages pick up sometimes...
But it takes time and energy to go through all the images collected to
identify the best fit; so dedicated initiatives dedicated to that are
precious.
WPWP initiative [2] is very important in that regards to improve use of
all those images in Wikipedia articles.
Since you mention Klexikon, let me note that we just closed the
WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique [1] last week :)
And some countries teams are really putting a LOT of effort to
illustrate the articles written by the children, either with locally
taken pictures, or reusing Commons material (often published by
well-known wikimedians).
See for example
* Tunisia :
https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Projet:WikiChallenge_Écoles_d%27Afrique_2021/Tunisie
* Cameroun :
https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Projet:WikiChallenge_Écoles_d%27Afrique_2021/Cameroun
* Guinea :
https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Projet:WikiChallenge_Écoles_d’Afrique_2021/Guinée
There are some pretty cool pages with LOTS of illustrations.
Remaining challenges are to better categorize and describe images, which
we can do for example using the ISA tool [3]
LOT's of work to do in that direction....
And finally... identification of best pictures (featured, good etc.) so
that random visitors have more chance to stumble on them and reuse them
(except for North of Africa really doing this sorting well, most african
teams do not do it frequently, so this is another direction where we
could help)
I welcome Ghana's new initiative to give a push into a new rather poorly
explored direction yet.
Flo
[1] :
https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Projet:WikiChallenge_Écoles_d%27Afrique_2021
[2] : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2021
[3] :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:ISA_Tool/Wiki_Loves_Africa_MetaData_Weeks
Le 02/05/2021 à 12:22, Ziko van Dijk a écrit :
Hello Ruby,
Allow myself to use the occasion to emphasize how important the
campaigns for WikiAfrica/Africa Wiki are in order to provide pictures
to the wikis and to the world.
It is still difficult to find good pictures on Wikimedia Commons that
illustrate life in many African countries. I am grateful for the
pictures tourists upload, and sometimes the pictures from national or
foreign governments are quite usable. But there is something missing.
For our children‘s encyclopedia in German, Klexikon, it was a
challenge to find pictures with some diversity when we wrote the
articles about non European and non North American countries. And it
still is, or: maybe there are more suitable pictures on Commons but we
don‘t always find them because Commons as a platform itself... could
be improved in a number of ways.
But in recent years, we have seen pictures made within campaigns such
as Wiki loves women or the thematic challenges about work or transport
in Africa. Step by step, our Klexikon articles can be essentially
improved; although, there is still a certain bias towards pittoresque
churches, nice beaches and other more „tourism related objects“.
Also, we have recently added a number of videos made by WikiTongues,
another great initiative.
https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/Algerien
<https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/Algerien>
https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/Äquatorialguinea
<https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/%C3%84quatorialguinea>
https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/Liberia
<https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/Liberia>
https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/Mosambik
<https://klexikon.zum.de/wiki/Mosambik>
By the way, when I am looking for good pictures on Wikipedia (German,
English, Dutch), I see that a lot of Wikipedia articles could need an
update too - with regard to the pictures that have been made in the,
say, last 10 years or even only 5 years.
(I noticed that Commons received a lot of good pictures about e.g.
Barbados and Angola within the last 5 years only.)
So I am looking forward to the new pictures from this campaign, and to
see how they will be used for display on the wikis.
Kind regards
Ziko
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Klexikon
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Klexikon>
Ruby D-Brown <rbr...@ofwafrica.org <mailto:rbr...@ofwafrica.org>>
schrieb am So. 2. Mai 2021 um 10:38:
Dear Wikimedians,
We are happy to announce the maiden edition of the Africa Wiki
Challenge, a writing contest that calls on all Africans, people of
African descent, people that identify with the continent or any
one with an interest in Africa to contribute content about the
many things that make up the true and rich identity of the
continent (its rich and colourful cultures, history, landmarks,
education, cities, rivers, lakes, food, vegetation, etc.) from
23rd May to 30th June 2021.[1] The campaign seeks to project
stories of Africa, project its identity and help reduce the
content gap about the continent on the web.[2]
Each year, we will select a theme to guide users on what to
contribute to as part of the campaign. This year, we have
selected the theme “Landmarks in Africa”.[3] The aim is to
document all landmarks that cover historical, cultural,
geographical and places of key significance to a country or the
continent. These include but not limited to;
*
Monuments- Statues, Memorials, Historic buildings,
Archaeological sites
*
National Demarcations- Districts, Municipalities,
Metropolitan, Regions, States, etc.
*
Geographical Endowments- Mountains, Valleys, Forests,
Waterfalls, Wildlife, Beach, etc.
*
Infrastructural Developments- Roads, Hospitals, Churches,
Mosques, Schools, Rails, Water parks, Hotels, Theme parks, etc.
Individuals or affiliates are welcome to participate or support
the project. You can participate in the competition by writing new
articles or improving existing articles in the destubathon
contest.[4] Visit our participate page for more information about
how to join the competition.[5] Do you want to organise an
activity in your group/country/region? Check out our organizers
page or organizers guide for more information.[6][7]
There will be virtual office hours prior to the start and during
the campaign.[8] These office hours are opportunities to learn
more about the campaign, ask questions, or receive support.
Kindly send questions, suggestions, comments or concerns
toi...@ofwafrica.org <mailto:i...@ofwafrica.org>or visit the
campaign page on meta or on our website.[9]
Ruby Damenshie-Brown
Administrative Executive
Open Foundation West Africa
[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge>
[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjD7DqepQdg
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjD7DqepQdg>
[3 ]- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LDKzenfc4
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LDKzenfc4>
[4] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Destubathon
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Destubathon>
[5] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate>
[6] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Organize
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Organize>
[7] -
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Organisers_Guide_for_AWC.pdf
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Organisers_Guide_for_AWC.pdf>
[8] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate#Join_our_Virtual_Office_Hours
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge/Participate#Join_our_Virtual_Office_Hours>
[9] - http://awc.ofwafrica.org/ <http://awc.ofwafrica.org/>
Ruby Damenshie-Brown
Administrative Executive
Open Foundation West Africa
www.ofwafrica.org <http://www.ofwafrica.org>
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