Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2023/Si̱sak Nang Á̱ Na Nnwuo A̱ni
1. Kwok nghwughwu!
Si̱ huni hwa yet kap gwai fwuo hu! A bye nwuo ma̱ng nyinyiit shei nkhang (nghwughwu, nghwughwu-a̱guguut ku a̱yaafail nwunwuat) na̱ byia̱ a̱ka̱ta ma̱ng a̱pyia̱ a̱lyiat ka a̱ni. Nyia̱ a̱di̱dam tazwa á̱kang nvak nwuan a̱yaangga a̱pyia̱ a̱lyiat ba. Nvak nang zi̱ bye kyiak nang kyang hwa bah a̱ni, kpa̱mkpaan nzi̱t.
Mat a̱kyokyuat nkhang ma̱ng mumwang di̱ kyiak a̱tan ghwughwu mat Komon a̱ni, nwuan tyiet huni a li:
- A na shyia̱ a̱kyokyuat nkhang á̱ghyang tazwa kwok nghwughwu a̱ji.
- Tutoriat huni di̱n Shong ni̱ nwuak tyiet hwa tazwa si̱sak nang á̱ na nkwok nghwughwu mat Wukimedia Komon a̱ni
- Di tyiet ghyáng tazwa nghwughwu
- Ma̱ng a̱yaafomat fail nang a na nyia̱ ta̱m ma̱ng a̱mba a̱ni mat kpa̱t ghwughwu, ghwughwu-a̱guguut ma̱ng a̱nwuat, mi̱ Komon
- en Francais: Atelier photographique
2. Khai si̱ ku lan yet a̱ swak a̱ni!
Nyinyiit shei nkhang ang hu maai nat Wukipedia ku wa̱i ati̱kut a̱ghyang. Khai nghwughwu ma̱ng nyinyiit shei nkhang nang a̱pyia̱ a̱lyiat ka nghwut wowot a̱ni a̱wot kikya si̱ yet a̱si̱ nang á̱ jwaat a̱ghyi tazwa a̱ni. Ma̱sa̱kut, yok khai nghwughwu ma̱ a̱di̱di̱t na tai a̱ghyang tazwa a̱pyia̱ a̱lyiat a̱nyiung a̱ni bah!
3. Ri̱jista mi̱ Komon
Ku myim a yet a̱tyu a̱ ku ri̱jista wa mu̱ Wukimedia Komon a shyia̱ nwuai a̱yangka̱nan wu a si̱ nkpa̱t ghwughwu ku kuzang tangka̱i nyinyiit shei nkhang ghyang. Nwuak a̱cucuk nyia̱ a khwuk ta̱m-i ang ji da̱nian ki̱ a yet a̱tyonyiung mi̱ á̱niet-yaa̱ywan ba, ku na vwuo nzi̱t a̱khwu di̱ lyiat ma̱ng a̱nwan bah! Fang Commons:First steps/Account mat nkhang jhyang.
4. Nwuo ma̱ng nghwughwu ang na!
Nwuo ma̱ng nghwughwu ang na ma̱ng a̱fwuop kani a si̱ nat mi̱ wat kpa̱t hu di̱di̱r. Jhyung a wa̱i ghwughwu hu a si̱ mbeang si̱sa ji̱ byia̱ a̱ka̱ta ma̱ng ghwughwu hu. LYEN: ki̱ ku na yet ang doot di̱ san za̱náng a̱byin ma̱sa̱kut nwuak a̱cucuk nyia̱ a nyia̱ ta̱m ma̱ng a̱tap-a̱cyok mami a̱kut kpa̱t wu a̱ khai a̱byin ka nang á̱ ku kyiak ghwughwu hu a̱ni.
5. Da yihwa si̱ bwat ma̱nini?
Ma̱ninika a ku ri̱jista ma̱ng Wukipedia, a̱gwai fwuo na na tyak a̱ji bah!! Á̱ mbyia̱ nkyang ma̱ a̱di̱di̱t nang a ni̱ maai nyia̱ a̱ni:
- Zop a li si̱sak nang á̱ jhyet mi̱ Komon mi̱ tutoriat jini.
- Kwok a̱ka̱sham nghwughwu á̱ghyang a nwuo ma̱ng á̱na!
- Better describe the images or add your photos to the relevant article on the Wikipedia in your language. Full webinar on the topic
- If you see that a subject that you are passionate about is not yet on Wikipedia, then you might want to consider writing an article about that subject.
- There are other photo competitions that contribute to Wikipedia - make sure you enter! Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.
How to submit a video to Wikimedia Commons
Whilst participants mostly upload pictures, other files, such as audio and video, are welcome.
For videos, please only submit files in the following formats:
- .ogg
- .ogv
- .webm
Due to complex intellectual property rights issues, Wikimedia Commons can not accept video content that is submitted in any other format.
It is recommended by the Wiki Loves Africa team that you used an off-Wiki conversion tool, such as Handbrake to convert your file to either a .webm format, before uploading the video using the Upload Wizard. It is suggested that you upload video content one video at a time.
For more information, there is a helpful how to guide on how to convert video media into these formats can be found here on Wikimedia.
If you use one of the Wikimedia-based conversion tools, such as Video2commons, then a separate upload process (separate from the upload wizard) is used. If this is the case, you MUST include these two categories when you enter the file details during the process. The two categories are Videos from Wiki Loves Africa 2023 and Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2023 in [your country] otherwise we won't know that you have uploaded them!
A tool can help you to edit videos: VideoCutTool: https://videocuttool.wmflabs.org/
VideoCutTool helps users to edit videos in commons and also converts MP4 videos on the user's device to Wikimedia Commons accepted formats. VideoCutTool is also available as a gadget in Wikimedia Commons, You can turn it on from Preferences -> Gadgets -> Check on VideoCutTool -> Save! (i.e WebM/OGV) and upload/re-upload them to Commons on-the-fly [1].
There are several other non open source options as well including Bigasoft and KdenLive.
Other interesting tips
How to choose a license for your picture?
When you upload an image from the contest page, the CC BY SA 4.0 license will be automatically applied. If you want to choose another license, consider reading Commons:First steps/License selection for more insight.
How to upload many images at the same time?
The best tool to do that is Pattypan. Check out Commons:Pattypan. However, this tool has been down for a while and may be unavailable for this year's contest. An alternative tool is OpenRefine.
How to contact the VRTS team to give license permission?
After you upload a picture, you may be contacted by a commonist who will ask you to submit an VRTS ticket, which is essentially sending an email to document the fact you are the author of this image. There is a tutorial to explain you how to do that: Category:When and how to contact OTRS (video tutorial)
How to join a webinar?
Check out this page for available webinars Wiki Loves Africa 2023/Meetings
How to attribute a picture?
En Français, ce poster peut vous être utile: File:CC CF2 Attribution Poster FR.pdf
How to add categories to your picture?
You might consider reading this page: Commons:Categories
Other things you can do
How to participate to local events?
There are online and in-person events happening in the major cities of countries across Africa. Please watch the social media channels for news about what is happening near you! Contact the teams!
How to play on ISA?
ISA is a fun, multilingual, mobile-first 'microcontributions' tool, that makes it easy for (groups of inexperienced) people to add structured data to images on Wikimedia Commons.
With ISA, you can choose a pre-defined set of images on Commons and then ask contributors to 'tag' these with multilingual structured metadata. Points are counted for each contribution, and therefore it is possible to organize 'tagging' or microcontributions competitions or challenges with ISA. More info on the ISA Tool.
You may look around and participate to one of the campaigns currently opened: https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns
Additionally, a drive is organized every year (around September-December) to improve the description of all images collected during the previous Wiki Loves Africa. Check out Commons:ISA Tool/Wiki Loves Africa MetaData Weeks.
How to nominate a picture for featured pictures?
Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures. Check out: Commons:Featured picture candidates.
See the list of all pictures uploaded in previous years: Category:Wiki Loves Africa All Images
Insert an image in a Wikipedia article
You may want to find an article without image. You can do that using PetScan.
A bye nyia̱ ta̱m ma̱ng PetScan di̱ cat a̱yaati̱kut ba̱ nwai nghwughwu a̱ni da̱ a̱lyem ka nang a cat a̱ni. Á̱ ku sai a̱yaatat ba a̱tatak:
- Da̱ nat https://petscan.wmflabs.org
- Neet di̱ tab Si̱sa, a na maai a khai zwunzwuo-a̱muup a̱lyem ang ji (kidee ar, en, fr, pt)
- Khai sa a̱yaati̱kut di̱ Wuki a̱lyem huni. Kidee sa ji "Hospitals in Benin" di̱ en:wiki
- Nyap tab "Zwa Wat" ji, a si̱ khai "Lead image=No".
- Nyap Ka̱di!.
Ka̱nang nyia̱ a̱nia, lyulyoot a̱yaati̱kut hu mi̱ sa a̱ja ku sang nghwughwu a̱ni na kin ghwut.