Update : we are going to operate a major change on projects to support new developer code, so in the meantime, our advise is for you to wait for this redesign before suggesting new projects.

General information

Projects organize and filter Fotopedia

A project is a structured selection of articles.

If you are interested in a particular topic, an projects enables you to

• group all the articles about that topic and organize them hierarchically
• quickly see which articles need contribution and contribute
• follow the activity in all the grouped articles

Projects are collaborative

A project is meant to be built by a group of people.

Building a project alone requires a lot of time. A project makes it easy to collaborate with others. You can use the forum to discuss the organization of the project, an article and photos.

Applications are built upon projects

iPad and iPhone applications like Fotopedia Heritage are built upon the structure and articles of a project, the World Heritage sites project in this case.

To become an application, a project needs to have at least 1000 photos of great quality (5000 is better) and a structure that makes it editorially interesting.

Projects are in beta

Projects are a work in progress. We have made them available as soon as possible to have your feedback and improve them with you. Please tell us about your experience of projects, issues you have encountered and ideas you have to improve them at project@fotopedia.com. We will read all your messages and do our best to make projects a great way to collaborate and build the encyclopedia.

 

Practical information

Joining a project

Anyone can join a project.

Become a member to show other members you are interested in the project. You can post in the forum to introduce yourself to them and let them know how you can help.

Once a member, you will receive updates about the project in your news and be able to keep track of the activity in the project.

Taking part in a project

As in the rest of the encyclopedia, you can take part in the project by adding photos to articles organized in the project, and by voting on the latest contributions. Each time you do so the photo you add or vote on will appear in the photo news tab. The photo news tab is specific to the project. It is the easiest way to discover recent photos worth your votes. Vote well to ensure the quality of the encyclopedia is amazing.

Use the project's forum to post about a specific article or photo and let members know what you are up to. The best way to visit an article is by using the link in the Articles section of the project. It will give you shortcuts to post in the forum about a specific photo or article.

To take part in building the structure and adding articles you'll find more information here.

Posting on a specific article

You can post in the forum about a particular article

To post about the article you can:

• select the article on the project page and click "New Post" on the bottom bar. Once the article is selected you can filter all posts about this article by ticking "Show only posts about selected article". In the example below, the Bokeh article is selected and I have filtered posts about it.

• Open the article from the project page. Click "Add post" on the top grey bar. It will take you back to the project page and let you post in this article specifically.

 

Posting on a photo

You can post on a photo in particular. When you post on a photo, the member who added it will receive your comment via email. Use this opportunity to discuss the relevance of a photo, it's compliance with the quality chart or just declare your crush on it.

To post on a photo look for the bubble icon .

You can find the icon in 2 places:

• on the photo news strip on the project page

• When you access an article via the project page, the overlay on the photo will also have this icon.

 

Creating a new project

Projects are handpicked for now.

Projects are built from the Fotopedia Client. You need to master the client in order to build a project.

First create an album using the client. There is no need to include pictures in this album, what matters is the organization of the pages, each with a relevant Wikipedia article attached. Then send us the URL of your album, together with a few lines describing the project you have in mind to project@fotopedia.com.

More information about creating projects here.

FAQs

How do I find a project?

Projects are listed on the community page.

On an article part of a project, you have links to that project in the left column.

There is no search actually.