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Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2025
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FAQ & Campaign Rules
Please do not add photos in a language you do not speak. Do not add images without a
good caption
. In your edit summary, add a good edit summary, and the hashtag #WPWP.
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos
(WPWP) is an annual campaign where Wikipedia editors across the world, Wikipedia language projects and communities add photos to
Wikipedia
articles lacking photos. This is to promote the use of digital media files collected from various Wikimedia 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.
Thousands of images have been donated and contributed to Wikimedia Commons via various advocacy programs, photowalks, and contests including international photography contests such as
Wiki Loves Monuments
Wiki Loves Africa
Wiki Loves Earth
Wiki Loves Folklore
, etc. Yet relatively few of these photos have been used on Wikipedia articles. Today, the
Wikimedia Commons
hosts millions of photo images but only a tiny portion of these have been used on Wikipedia article pages. This is a huge gap that this project aims at bridging.
How to participate
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Before participating, it is important to read the participation instructions and rules below in their entirety. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.
Check whether you're eligible. Eligibility rules were revised in the 2023 edition and participants are required to have a User account that's at least a year old to be able to participate.
if you are already registered on any Wikimedia project. The list of all languages of Wikipedia can be found
here
: one account can be used on all different language versions.
Find an article that needs a photo. There are many ways to do this.
Here are some tips
Find an appropriate image on Commons.
Search for the image
using the correct title or category. There are several ways to do this. See
this simple media reuse guide
Here are additional tips
. Please note that the purpose of an image is to increase readers' understanding of the article's subject matter, usually by directly depicting people, things, activities, and concepts described in the article. The relevant aspect of the image should be clear and central. The images must be significant and relevant in the topic's context, not primarily decorative.
On the article page, find a section where the image is relevant and helps the reader understand the subject. Click Edit and insert the image, and
include a brief caption
explaining what the image depicts in the article. Use the best quality images available. Poor-quality images—dark or blurry; showing the subject too small, hidden in clutter, or ambiguous; and so on—should not be used unless absolutely necessary. Think carefully about which images best illustrate the subject matter. You
MUST
provide an edit summary for all your edits, "Preview" and make any necessary changes. Include the hashtag
#WPWP
in the edit summary of all articles improved with images. Then click on "Publish changes". Please see:
Guide on how to use WPWP Campaign Hashtags
Please be mindful of the image syntax! If you are going to add images to the infoboxes in articles, the syntax is a lot easier — just the filename, so rather than
[[File:Obamas at church on Inauguration Day 2013.jpg|thumb|The Obamas worship at [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] in Washington, D.C., January 2013]]
simply type
The Obamas at church on Inauguration Day 2013.jpg
Syntax of file names and captions
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A Siberian Husky used as a pack animal
Basic example (producing the image at right):
[[File:Siberian Husky pho.jpg|thumb|alt=A white dog in a harness playfully nuzzles a young boy |A Siberian Husky used as a pack animal]]
File:Siberian Husky pho.jpg
The file (image) name must be exact (including capitalization, punctuation and spacing) and must include
.jpg
.png
or other extension. (
Image:
and
File:
work the same.) If Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons both have an image with the specified name, the Wikipedia version is the one that will appear in the article.
thumb
is required in most cases
alt=A white dog in a harness playfully nuzzles a young boy
Alt text is meant for those who cannot see the image; unlike the caption, it summarizes the image's
appearance
. It should comport with
accessibility guidelines
and should name famous events, people and things.
A Siberian Husky used as a pack animal
The
caption
comes last, and gives the meaning or significance of the image.
See
en:WP:Extended image syntax
for further features and options. If the image does not display after you have carefully checked the syntax, it may have been
blacklisted
For contributors to Wikidata, join the dashboard to allow your contributions be tracked. See the
Outreach Dashboard
Campaign rules
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Images must be used on Wikipedia articles between 1st July to August 31st 2025.
There is
no limit to the number of files
one can use. There are, however, different categories of prizes (see below). However, do not deface Wikipedia articles with photos. Only add a photo to an article that has no photo.
The image must be published
under a free use license
or as public domain. The possible licenses are CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, and CC0
Participants must be a registered user on any Wikimedia project for at least one year before participating. project.
on Wikipedia. You can use an account from any language Wikipedia in your own WP and on all Wikimedia projects. The list of all languages of Wikipedia can be found
here
Poor or very low-quality photos are generally not acceptable.
The image caption and description must be clear and be suitable for the article.
All image additions must include a caption that describes what the image is of.
Images should be placed where relevant in the article.
Do not add photos to articles in a language you do not speak fluently. Users who repeatedly add images without captions, irrelevant images, etc. may be disqualified.
Participants must include the hashtag
#WPWP
in the
Edit summary
of all articles improved with images in addition to a
descriptive edit summary
. for example
I added the image of an elephant to this article #WPWP
. Do not insert the hashtag (#WPWP) into an article. Please see:
Guide on how to use WPWP Campaign Hashtags
How do you want to participate in #WPWP?
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This section is designed to fit neatly with your level of participation in WPWP. Click the buttons below to discover the modes of participation.
I want to add images to articles
I want to organize WPWP
I want to share
Global Campaign timeline
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Start date
: July 1, 2025
Deadline for entries
: August 31, 2025
Results announcement
: October 10, 2025
International prize categories
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Top Country Contributor
– Given to the most active country-based community (by volume or impact);
Wikimedia Nigeria UserGroup
Best Organized Community Campaign
: For the local team with outstanding coordination, outreach, and events;
PhilWiki Community
Underrepresented Language Champion
: For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution images to small-language Wikipedias;
Derk29
Top contributor to Wikidata
: For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution images to Wikidata
Top contributor to Wikipedia
: For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution images to Wikipedia;
Nikolina Šepić
Top contributor to Wikipedia (audio)
: For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution audios to Wikipedia;
Sumita Roy Dutta
Top contributor to Wikipedia (video)
: For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution videos to Wikipedia;
Goutam1962
Best Newcomer
(Editor account created in July 2025): For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution images to Wikipedia or Wikidata
Invalid category: New editors were not eligible
Special recognition
: For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution images to Wikipedia as part of this campaign since 2020;
Goutam1962
Women and LGBT+ Contributor special award
: For a user contributing highly relevant, well-captioned, high-resolution images to women and LGBT+ related articles;
Goutam1962
. For this category, add #WLGBT as part of your edit summary. Contributions not tracked with #WLGBT would not be considered.
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