Lagos Municipalities Photowalk

"Lagos Municipalities Photowalk is a project primarily focus on engaging professional photographers in taking freely licensed high quality photographs of municipalities and associated landmarks in Lagos State"

Group of the participants at the upload session

Objective

• The aim of the project is to primarily focus on engaging professional photographers in taking freely licensed high quality photographs of municipalities and associated landmarks in Lagos State
• To take and upload images of Lagos landmarks.
• To recruit professional photographers for Wikimedia Commons
• To increase contents on Wikimedia Commons
• To improve contents on English Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia and Hausa Wikipedia

Recruit new editors

• Engage existing editors
• To create awareness about Wikimedia projects

Date

1 July - 15 July 2019

Place

Lagos, Nigeria

Photowalk

• Meeting point at two areas:

Group 1 at Alakuko busstop, Lagos by 8am Group 2 at Ojoto busstop, Lagos by 8am

• Photowalk started at 8:30 A.M.
• Briefing about what to document and introduction ” 8:00 -8:30 A.M.
• Photowalk ended at 7:00 P.M.

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Event co ordinators

• Kaizenify
• Olaniyan Olushola

Upload Session

On 5th July 2019, the upload session took in place at Amen Hall, Ogba, Lagos with 37 people in attendance.

Participants

1. Kaizenify (talk) 11:31, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
2. User:Oludeleadewalephotography
3. User:Lightfast Media
4. User:Comradeayobami
5. User:Maekawhy
6. User:Blacksaltphotography
7. User:Olatunbosun Success
8. User:Omoeko Media
9. User:Davidben zignature
10. User:Harris Jac
11. User:Signature56
12. User:Mayorace
13. User:Softwork Phototgraphy
14. User:LaLibraPoshMedia
15. User:Eighteenedition entertainment
16. User:Johnbrainyvisuals
17. User:Palmsgraphy
18. User:Targetfotografi
19. User:Teecrystal Photograpgy
20. User:Larmis Phototgraphy
21. User:Iwanjayz
22. User:Godmyhelper

• Lagos Municipalities Photowalk Upload-Sessions
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Outcome

• over 800 images of Lagos landmarks uploaded on Commons.
• value addition to through attachment of images to existing content.
• New multilingual content is being created on the basis of this event.
• Strong relationship with photography associations

• Some of the landmark images that was produced
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Followups

A WhatsApp group of all the participants was created and well maintained