The Image Archive is running a Wikipedia writing workshop – We are writing for the third time!

This year, we will be focussing on our professors. Your dissertation supervisor doesn’t have a Wikipedia entry yet? The article about your favourite professor could be improved? Would you like to learn from experienced Wikipedia contributors how to write and edit articles in general? And would you also like an insight into the ETH Library’s Image Archive?

Writing biographical articles and exchanging knowledge with others
Wikipedian external pageHadicall_made and the Image Archive are jointly offering a writing workshop on the topic of ETH portraits. The meet-up will give experienced Wikipedians an opportunity to meet institutions from the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives and museums), while newcomers to Wikipedia learn how to edit and write articles. There will also be plenty of time for casual exchange.

WikiProject ETH Portraits
“Is your Wikipedia article still missing a portrait? The ETH Library’s Image Archive team would be happy to help!” With this slogan, we hope to encourage professors of ETH Zurich to submit their portrait photos. The goal of the external pageWikiProjects ETH Portraitscall_made is to add as many images as possible to Wikipedia articles and write any articles that may be missing.

We have been able to identify around 2,000 historical, retired and active professors. There are 1,400 Wikipedia articles about them in German, English and French. Around 1,500 portrait photos are already available in external pageWikimedia Commonscall_made They can be added to the corresponding Wikipedia articles.

Become a Wikipedian!
Would you enjoy writing biographical articles about the ETH professors for Wikipedia or adding images to existing articles? We have plenty of image material and writing resources for you.

The Wikipedia portrait and writing workshop will take place in the Reading Room Collections and Archives in the main building of ETH Zurich (H floor) on Saturday, 03 June 2023 from 10.00 a.m. Up to 20 participants may join the event. We look forward to receiving your registration by email to: .

For programme details, see the external pageWikipediacall_made.

Are you keen to prepare in advance? For inspiration, you can look at the external pageWikipedia-tutorialcall_made and the external pageVideo tutorial by "Frauen für Wikipedia" (SRF)call_made.

Create a external pageWikipedia user accountcall_made ahead of time if you don't already have one.

Image Archive
As a visual memory, ETH Library’s Image Archive has extensive and valuable holdings of more than three and a half million historical photographs. A large selection of them has been digitised. You can search the images in external pageETH Library @ swisscoverycall_made or on E-Pics Image Archive Online.