Submissions:2025/Commons galleries

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Title:

Commons galleries

Type of session:

Lecture (15-30 min)

Session theme(s):

Missing pieces

Abstract:

While not exactly a missing piece (they exist), Commons Galleries are among the most underutilized modes of presenting information in the Wikimedia ecosystem. There are a variety of good uses for them, ranging from identification help both for our own contributors and end users (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_churches_in_Bucharest) to providing a visual overview as one of the ways to enter into a subject (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_book_illustration) to simply laying out information whose most natural form is visual (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Floating_the_Skagit_River_from_Marblemount_to_Rockport).

I propose to give some examples of excellence in this area, explain why galleries are [very] different from Commons categories, explain a few pitfalls, and make a call to action for more people to contribute in this area.

Author name(s):

Joe Mabel

Wikimedia username(s):

jmabel

Affiliated organization(s):

Cascadia Wikimedians

Estimated length of session

30 minutes

Will you be presenting remotely?

I will present in-person

Okay to livestream?

Livestreaming is okay

Previously presented?

no

Special requests:

Need ability to display from computer screen