Find and add an image to an article.
Wikipedia articles often have accompanying images that help the reader to understand what the article is describing or explaining. These images are found in the Wikimedia Commons, which is a place where people can upload photos with Creative Commons licenses that allow others to use the images freely or with specific requirements (such as attribution)
Instructions
- Browse through the HIW Author List and see which ones do not have photos.
- Search Wikimedia Commons for images of the author
- Edit the authors article
- Paste the image’s [[code]] into the article
- Publish
If you can’t find the author’s image in Wikimedia Commons (which is very likely), and you are interested in including a photograph on their page, the process is a bit more complicated, and involves gaining permission from the photographer or copyright holder. Instructions and tips on that process can be found in this document, with thanks to the University of Alberta Library for sharing.
Complete this Activity
After you have finished adding an image, let us know by tweeting out the Author page and the photo using the hashtag #HonouringIndigenousWriters.
Image Attribution: Featured photo by Laura Rivera on Unsplash