[WikiEN-l] Finding out what to take photos of

[Rory Stolzenberg]

On 12/13/06, Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Bogdan Giusca wrote:
> > I think the first fair use criterium should be more clearly written:
> > it seems that many people think that the part about a replacement
> > which could be "reasonably be found or created" excludes the variant
> > of getting out of the house and taking a picture. :-)
>
> The following isn't entirely related to the above, but I'm quoting it
> anyway because it reminded me that I was going to mention this at some
> point.
>
> So suppose an article has no picture, and a contributor wishes to add a
> picture to that one specific thing. What are the odds that this specific
> contributor gets a realistic chance of taking a photograph of the topic
> of that specific article, be it a celebrity, a sight or a building?
>
> Take me as an example. I live in [[Cambridge]]. I'm not particularly
> interested in sight-seeing or architecture, so I know little about the
> sights and buildings in this city. However, I would be happy to take
> (free-license) pictures of something in this city and upload them to
> Commons (indeed I have already done so for some of the Colleges). The
> problem (for Commons/Wikipedia) is that I don't know, and don't have
> much interest or motivation in researching, what sights or buildings
> exist in this city that don't already have a free picture on
> Commons/Wikipedia.
>
> Similarly for people. Imagine (hypothetically) that I'm planning to
> visit an event where I will likely see some celebrities. If there was a
> way for me to find out which OF THOSE celebrities don't already have a
> free picture on Commons/Wikipedia, it would be easier to know in advance
> which celebrities to focus on. The way it's now, however, I will likely
> just not care and only take images of things that /I/ want, not the
> things that Commons or Wikipedia needs.
>
> So, in summary: Commons or Wikipedia needs an organised index or
> catalogue of things that don't have a free picture. Ideally, there
> should be somewhere I can click to list the things in Cambridge that
> don't have a picture.
>
> Timwi
>
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You could start by looking at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Cambridgeshireand
its parent categories.