Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 in Cameroon

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Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 in Cameroon is an annual national and international campaign during which Wikipedia editors in Cameroon add photos to Wikipedia articles that are lacking them. The aim of the campaign is to promote the use of digital multimedia files collected in various photography competitions organised by the Wikimedia community on Wikipedia article pages. The photos enhance the reader's experience, illustrate the content and make the articles attractive. The campaign will also help to sharpen the skills of new and existing editors.

This is the third time that Cameroon has organised this campaign, which runs from August 1st to August 31st 2024. Wikimedians from the four centres of Cameroon (Yaoundé, Douala, Maroua and Buea) are invited to take part by illustrating content on Wikipedia with images.

How to participate

Before participating, it is important to read and understand all the participation instructions and rules below. Participants who fail to adhere to these may be disqualified.

To get involved in this international campaign. Eligibility rules were revised in the 2023 edition and participants are required to have a User account that's at least a year old.New volunteers can take part in this campaign at national level.
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

Basic example (producing the image at right):
[[File:Cute boy face with butterfly.jpg|thumb|alt=a young boy looking at a butterfly, which is perched on a flower|A boy closely observing a butterfly]]

File:Cute boy face with butterfly.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 young boy looking at a butterfly, which is perched on a flower. Alt text is meant for those who cannot see the image; unlike the caption, it summarizes the image's visual information. It should comport with accessibility guidelines and should name notable events, people and things.
A boy closely observing a butterfly is a caption and it comes last. It gives more information on what the image is about.

See Extended image syntax on English Wikipedia for further features and options. If the image does not display after you have carefully checked the syntax, it may have been disallowed.

Campaign rules

Images must be used between August 1st to August 31st 2024.	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 published under a free use license or as public domain. The possible licenses are CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC-BY 4.0, CC0 1.0.
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). You can find the list of all languages of Wikipedia.	The image caption and description must be clear and be suitable for the article.	Participants must include the hashtag #WPWP and #WPWP in the Edit summary of all articles improved with images. For example: "+image #WPWP, +image #WPWPCM"

Campaign timeline

Start date: August 1, 2024.
Deadline for entries: August 31, 2024

National Prize categories

Winning Prizes for user(s) with the most image use on Wikipedia articles by editors from the Cameroonian Wikimedia Community:

1st prize: Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate
2nd prize: Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate
3rd prize: Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate

To be eligible:

you must add #WPWPCM as a hashtag to your edit.
you must have registered your account before January 2024
you must have made at least 200 mainspace edits to any language Wikipedia before 1st June 2024.

International prize categories

Winning prizes for the top three users with the most Wikipedia articles improved with photos:

1st prize ― Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate
2nd prize ― Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate
3rd prize ― Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate

Winning prize for the user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with audios:

Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate

Winning prize for the user with the most Wikipedia articles improved with videos:

Plaque award & WPWP Souvenirs + Certificate