Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Folklore 2020/Illustrate Wikipedia articles


HELP ILLUSTRATE WIKIPEDIA : EVERY YEAR, PHOTOS FROM THE CONTEST SHOULD ILLUSTRATE Wikipedia articles (*) !

Wiki Loves Folklore Illustrate Wikipedia articles is being organized from 1st August to 30th September 2020. It integrates the media files, including images and videos from the main Wiki Loves Folklore project to the relevant Wikipedia articles from Category:Images from Wiki Loves Folklore 2020. This is one of the important phase to ensure the usage of the images we received in the photo contest of 2020 from 110+ countries to be used well in the related topics in encyclopedia in different languages.

How to participate

  The images must be from Category:Images from Wiki Loves Folklore 2020. Use the image in the relevant article about Folk Culture, folklore, traditional culture, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore and tradition, including: ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, seasonal events, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, etc.

Select the appropriate image from here. There are several ways to do this. See Simple media reuse guide and Here are additional tips.

On the article page, click Edit and insert the image selected in Step 3, including a brief caption in the WP's language. Check the display position in "Preview" and make any necessary changes. Then click on "Publish changes".

Include the hashtag #WLF and #WPWP</> in the edit summary of all articles improved with images.

Campaign rules


Images must be used between 1st July to 30th September 2020.

There is no limit to the number of files one can use. There are, however, different categories of prizes (see below).

The image must be from Category:Images from Wiki Loves Folklore 2020

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.

The image caption and description must be clear and be suitable for the topic of the article.

Participants must include the hashtag #WLF and #WPWP in the Edit summary of all articles improved with images. For example: "+image #WLF"

Campaign timeline

  • Start for entries: 1st August, 2020 00:01 (UTC)
  • Deadline for entries: 30th September, 2020 23:59 (UTC)
  • Results announcement: 31st October, 2020

International prize categories

Winning prizes for the user(s) with the most number of unique Wikipedia articles improved with photos and the total number of images

  1. 1st Prize 300 USD
  2. 2nd Prize 200 USD
  3. 3rd Prize 100 USD
  4. Top 15 Consolation 10 USD each (Minimum 50 contributions)

Local prize for EnWiki

Certificates and gift coupons ($7 for top 10 each)

How to add new inspirations for more languages ?

The tool needed is the Glamify tool. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/GLAMify

How it works : for a given category on Wikimedia Commons, and based on images for articles based in a source language wikipedia, suggests images for articles based on another language Wikipedia

Option 1: Go to GLAMify and follow the steps.

Option 2: Make a request just here

The process described above could be technically improved. A Phabricator task describes the needs : https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211441

Participation to WPWP Campaign

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) is a campaign where Wikipedians across Wikipedia language projects and communities add photos to Wikipedia articles lacking images. This is to promote the use of digital media files collected from various Wikipedia 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.

Results for the campaign

International Winners Contributions
NameContributionsRefs links
Jagseer S Sidhu2068#WPWPWLF Users

#WLF Users

#WLF Statistics

#WPWPWLF Statistics

Harkawal Benipal1662
Dugal harpreet1576
Elisardojm299
Gill jassu188
Durga Soren103
Rwebogora65
Amanjot bhattal60
Simranjeet Sidhu59
Gill harmanjot50
Sumasa28
Local Winners (English) Contributions
NameContributionsRefs links
Jagseer S Sidhu209#WPWPWLF Users

#WLF Users

#WLF Statistics

#WPWPWLF Statistics

Elisardojm89
Rwebogora54
Dugal harpreet40
Harkawal Benipal20