Hi @Mike_Peel - I think this would be great to do as a long unconference session, maybe on Friday morning after the opening session? We can block out a full hour for the workshop.

That would be great @debt, thanks!

Hi! This session will be 45 minutes from 11:45-12:30pm on Friday, May 2nd. Please refer to the program for updated details. Thank you!

At the start of the session we talked through the examples of:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_Wikimedia_Hackathon_(MP)_2024_139.jpg - we have many photos of hackathon attendees like this on Commons
• Such as at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024_-_Closing_session
• And https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024_-_Opening_session
• Some of these are categorised as showing people: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:People_at_Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024
• Some have named people at the event, e.g., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Andrew_Lih_at_Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024
• Some Wikimedians have Commons categories like https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Andrew_Lih - and Wikidata items like https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1113332
• Andrew's notable, so he has no escape from a Commons category and Wikidata item
• What about less notable attendees? E..g., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Valerio_Bozzolan & https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125953097
• Should all attendees have Commons categories and Wikidata items? Or should only some have them? What about descriptions?

There was a lot of conversation. Some of the outcomes were (with thanks to Vira for some of the notes):

• Tell users to categorise themselves (e.g., in 'Category:Name at Wikimedia Hackathon 2024", which is less potentially controversial than just 'Category:Name') - it's an indication to others who can then create the overall category and Wikidata item
• If you're in doubt whether a person should be newly categorised, play safe and don't create a category; there are other things to do on Commons
• If you want to, you may contact a person and ask them
• Public figures have no choice *shrug*
• Maybe there should be a separate colour of lanyard for people that are happy to be photographed at the event but not identified
• Maybe event organisers should more specifically make sure that permission is given to name attendees in photograph metadata
• Example of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Informed_consent_to_be_photographed.pdf used by VisibleWikiWomen
• Maybe AI in the future will just identify everyone anyway...

The discussion should be ongoing at this and future events, there are no definite answers here yet. Other attendees should also feel free to add their thoughts here!