Have you ever wondered how come Wikipedia does not have a picture of this or that really notable person? Or the picture we have is of a really poor quality?

Since December 2024 I have been on a personal #100photowikidays challenge of contacting at least one notable person per day to ask if they have a good picture of themselves to be released under a free licence. It was a condensed in time experiment to see if people who are not Wikimedians can follow our procedures — and my conclusion is — they cannot, and we should attempt to make changes on our end to have better pictures for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

You will learn how to replicate my project in your community / country, talk through the issues of the existing processes, and brainstorm a set of solutions, so that interested communities can work on implementing them.

Chat with the Wikimedia Foundation trustees about the pressing issues facing Wikimedia.

Wikimedia Ukraine has been organising Wiki Loves photo contests for over 10 years. Our goal is to keep participants interested and involved, and maintain a good balance between retaining veteran Wiki Loves contributors and keep the contest relevant and accessible for newcomers.
We will discuss different approaches that worked in Ukraine, share ideas on how to improve different areas of Wiki Loves contests, and also hear the ideas and experiences from the audience. We want to discuss a number of problems and solutions to them, such as: building a monuments database, biases in heritage lists, getting more diverse photos, community building, attracting new participants, increasing use of images, evaluating large numbers of upload, and others.
This session will be beneficial for current or prospective organisers of Wiki Loves photo competitions all over the world.