Wikimedia Ghana User Group has launched a 500 Notable People In Ghana photo project.
The 500 Notable People is a photo drive project for 500 notable Ghanaians in Ghana with Wikipedia articles without photos or any Wikimedia projects, especially Wikimedia Commons.
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This project started in phases with the first phase seeing Wikimedia Ghana User Group partner with the Parliament of Ghana through its Public Relations Department.
“We want to thank Mrs Kate Addo, the Head of Public Relations for the Parliament of Ghana, for being so helpful in making sure we work together,” the Group said on Wednesday, February 2.
She is said to have helped to get all 275 members and the Speaker of Parliament’s photos donated to Wikimedia Commons, which will be used on their respective Wikipedia articles.
“Our next phase of the project is to work with musicians, actors and actresses, artistes and other notable Ghanaians in the media and entertainment session who have Wikipedia articles to be photographed by our team and images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
“We look forward to engaging with all of them in this next project phase.”
The project began in 2021.
Volunteers around the world work together to set knowledge free. They upload photos, fix typos, chase sources, write code, and start articles, all to sustain the dream of a world where every human has access to the sum of the world’s knowledge.
“Our movement aims to make sure we have a ‘world where everyone can share freely in the sum of all knowledge’.”
Wikimedia Ghana User Group is an affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organisation of Wikipedia.
Its mission is to promote Wikipedia and its sister wikis in Ghana, and for seven years, it has been recruiting, training and engaging Wikipedians.
Source: 3newscom|Ghana
