how do you get a pic into an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadowsakura321 ( talk • contribs)
Hi,
I recently uploaded an image under the name of Yeniceri_aga.jpg. Its url was Image:Yeniceri_aga.jpg before it was deleted. I found this image in the Turkish Wikipedia and so far as I could see it had no license problems. The url of the image in Turkish Wiki is: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/tr/7/73/Yeniceri_aga.jpg
I think I made a mistake with licensing while I uploaded this image. Could you please explain to me what I could do with the licensing in the next upload attempt? Thanks. -- Chapultepec 00:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know where they got the image in Turkish Wiki, but I found nearly the same in lexicorient.com. The url is : http://lexicorient.com/e.o/janissaries.htm In fact I saw the picture in another web site as well, but I cannot locate its place for the moment. Regards. -- Chapultepec 03:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
The diagrams latex package by Taylor ( http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pt/diagrams/) places limits on its use. In particular it says that commercial use is only reasonable for academic purposes, and has a condition that a copy of any published book using the package be sent to the packages author - see page 28 of http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pt/diagrams/manual.pdf) for details. I am aware of at least one page limit(category theory) on which images have been made using this package - If one looks at the information related to the first image - the source code is for this package (though no direct reference is made to it). Also I'd suspect other similar diagrams with letters and arrows (commutative diagrams) on other maths pages which have been copyrighted as self-made will have used this package but have made no reference to how the pictures themselves were made.
This seems like it might be a breach of copyright on the part of the person using the package, for though they are not using the image for commercial purposes. They are giving anyone else the permission to use it for commericial purposes. Also the license of the program states that it cannot be used for military purpose, but as far as I am aware, the gpl license specifically says that limits cannot be placed on who can use a document. The question is whether the images themselves are affected by this breach of copyright or whether it's just the case that people who have made the images have breached the copyright on the use of the package, and that is the end of it.
This issue could arise in regard to an other program that places limits on its use. Has it been come across before.
There are several alternatives to this package, though I think some of them aren't quite so simple to use, and may be slightly more ugly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alexwright ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC).
I wasn't talking about the license of the program in someway infecting the licence of the images made with it. In the situation I was talking about the license for the use of the program said
By making something available with no copyright, or under the GFDL you are (in theory) breaking all of these terms. I'd be inclined to agree with you that the copyright of the images shouldn't be affected, I was just wondering whether it could. I suppose the only question is:
"Does using a program illegally to make media that you then release under some license affect in any way the legal status of media produced?"
If the answer is a straight-out no then all is well.
Your analogy to Photoshop is exactly the same situation, in so far as then you have no rights to use Photoshop. I suppose the only difference is the license here places explicit restrictions on the copyright you are allowed to use. ( Alexwright 13:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC))
I need a tag for the Formulism symbol:
Formulism isn't really a religion, more of a philosophy, so I guess it would be something like the Taiji symbol, however the taiji is so old that it's in public domain, while this one's just a few years old. It was suggested that it was marked as a "seal", however, seals seem to be more like governmental seals and stuff. I don't know how to tag this one.
Ion seal 14:14, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Mary Ward.jpg I got a message on my talk page that this was missing copyright information, but it is clearly tagged being in the public domain, what is the problem; what do I need to add? MHDIV ??gl??n??(r)d( Suggestion?| wanna chat?) 22:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
The image, Image:Nguyen Minh Triet.jpg, was one I uploaded without asking permission from the original page's webmaster. I figured it'd be better to turn myself in than try to cover it up and get banned. Special Penguin 23:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, guys/gals! Special Penguin 21:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Howdy. I've looked through wikipedia over and again looking for the right thing to do, but I'm at a complete loss. I know, and have used before, a very good image on the TISM article which has now been deleted because of copyright. Even after a dispute, which went unheard. Anyhoo, I've got a question which needs asking, and that is if we can use a copyrighted image (such as an album cover, or screenshot of a tv show) for improving the articles quality, why can we not use a copyrighted image of a band just standing there? I did contact the author who was willing to have it used on wikipedia, though he did not state so under any free licence. Would you answer the above question please and also provide any information on how to add a publicity image to a page? I also tried to add a "Press Quality Image" from Snowman's official "image gallery" portion of their website to the band, Snowman's page, but that was also deleted. I'm miffed. - Gohst 03:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
This image is about a living author.
Hi, User:Gvanrossum wants a new image to be added to the Guido van Rossum article. On Talk:Guido van Rossum he says:
I'm not sure if he has permission to relicense the image or if he just has permission to upload it to Wikipedia. Assuming it's the latter, would it be OK to upload a low-res version under fair use? Thank you. -- Kjoon lee 03:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I would like somebody to review this image, which I uploaded. A previous mug shot (presumabley the same one) was deleted from Commons, but I am not certain why. It left a redlink in the article. It seems to be an obvious public domain image, but given that one was deleted, and the non-en Wikipedia's (the "all-free" wikipedias) seem to have no image of him at all, maybe there's a problem with this image, that I'm unaware of. -- Rob 07:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IMAGE OF A HOSTESS AND IT SHOULD NOT BE DELETED. THANKS!
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.110.20.233 ( talk) 16:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC).
I welcome comments and advice.
I uploaded an image supplied by the subject of my article. See Lin Hatfield Dodds. I assumed that she was giving me permission to put it up for use at Wikipedia, because we'd talked about that use of the image. Hence, I applied the "non-commercial and/or educational purposes" tag because this seemed to fit what she was doing in allowing me to put the image on Wikipedia. (I did not look up the exact details of this at the time!)
The image was promptly tagged for rapid deletion (i.e. removed) from Wikipedia by an Administrator.
I think that tags such as this should be coded in some way so they can be used ONLY in combination with other tags. It's slightly ridiculous to allow a tag to be used (i.e. not greyed out) when its use will result in the image being removed soon afterwards.
I have advised the subject on some other copyright tags and am awaiting her choice. I suggested a combination of: "fair use" ('promotional' plus a 'with permission' tag), "cc-by-sa-2.5|subject's name", and "CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat|credit to and copyright of subject's name".
Also see this issue at the topic "For Wikipedia only" and fair use above.
Peter Ellis 23:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Skancke-skjold.JPG is my family's coat of arms, how do I tag it to avoid having it removed for "copyright reasons"? If anyone have copyrights on our coat of arms then its me and my family. How do I solve this issue? Manxruler 03:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
The original "creator" of the image is probably my family association. They have created a lot of images of the coat of arms over the years. But the coat of arms is mine, my ancestry, my blood. If its a question of the specific person who created the digital image if it, I guess I'll just have to take my own copy off the wall and scan it, create another one. If that would fix the problem. My point: Its my coat of arms. Manxruler 03:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Here's where I got it: http://flammensorden.laiv.org/ridderne/index.htm This guy Øyvind Moe claims to belong to my family, and he might very well be a relative. Manxruler 03:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Skancke-skjold.JPG Is the copyright stuff ok now? Manxruler 18:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
So, if I make a free-licence version of my coat of arms myself and then upload it, its all good? Manxruler 08:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Is this image OK? I think I selected the wrong copyright option. Can you change it? Details of copyright held by Jaguar is at the bottom of the image. Thanks. MonkeyMumford 13:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:LogoSadat.gif —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mgenena ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
How do I make my images Wikipeida Legal? Can you send me an example? -- Reynosojonny 18:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to know if I can add some pictures to some articles onto the Wikipedia website? I would like to add some pictures of the TV movie "Splash, Too" but I can't seem to do so. I would also like to add a picture to the Superboy (TV series) article. HOw can I do this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Queen of Swords ( talk • contribs) 08:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC).
Hi to everone, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Boilerplate_request_for_permission#Informal_.28images.29 I find no e-mail address to which the foto owner should send his permission like in the German Wikipedia which requests to mail it to info-de@wikimedia.org. Can you please help me to whom the owner should address? Will it be sufficient if he sends the following text?
"I own the copyright to the image peyman_tonbak_green.jpg at http://nasehpour.tripod.com/peyman/. I grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, no Back-Cover Texts, and subject to disclaimers found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GFDL."
And which copyright tag may I apply then to the image?
Hoping for quick help before it might be deleted. Thanks! -- VulpesE 14:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Would you please help me? I've written a number of entries in architctural history and can't seem to grasp the right formular for using illustrations. Would you be so kind as to look at the illustrations on my entry for the German arhcitect Constantin Lipsius. I found a couple of great images from a local German website. They are clearly promotional images for a regional tourism website, and very probably amateur. I would think they would be thrilled to have the images used elsewhere and I would be happy to ask them.
If they do agree, how does that info get entered?
Should I not look for images on the net for future entries?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
AppliedIconology 03:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I have uploaded image:Tomas Sedlon.jpg. As I am not familiar with English Wikipedia (I am Czech nationality), would you please check it and choose right license for my picture. It is portrait of my great grand-father painting from my grand-uncle and the picture is taken by me. Thanks for your help Bohemianroots 08:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Though the painting, "After Howard Hodgkin or One Sunny Day" in File:HPIMosacropped.jpg.and the actual jpg image belongs to me, the uploading process went wrong: the image is not where I intended it to go, and the copyright tag is wrong. So may I please ask you to DELETE [[image:HPIMosacropped.jpg.], and when I know more about uploading processes and the copyrighting, I will try again..
Please respond on my talk page.
Many thanks!
21:52, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
This image was taken from the band's MySpace page. The photo in question had a comment reading, and I quote: "New Promo Logo - Put It On Your Page!!"
With that said, would that not throw the photo under the "The copyright holder gave me permission to use this work in Wikipedia articles" category? -- ARandomHeretic 09:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
( edit; please send notifications to my talk. )
I am trying to participate in the Wikipedia project by including some anatomical reconstructions I have done (i.e. I am the sole copyright holder) of prehistoric animals (e.g. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Bambiraptor_skeletal_reconstruction.jpg ) but I am being told that they will all be deleted unless I put them in the public domain or open source it. This is ludicrous; My livelyhood is made off of these, and there is no way I can allow them to be used in (additional) commercial projects without permission. Why am I unable to provide such permission (e.g. onetime use and/or free for educational/non-commercial use) to Wikipedia? There must be a way around this nonsense that prevents authors from sharing their own content for the benefit of education. Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shartman1976 ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
But this makes no sense! Educational-use images CAN be used in "a freely reusable encyclopedia." They just can't be used by a separate commercial entitity. Unless Wikipedia has aspirations of selling its content to a provider, how could this matter? Plus, looking over the 5 pillars of Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars) not allowing educational images specifically violates pillar 1 (by making it impossible to aquire some types of needed explanatory images, specifically in the sciences where you cannot photograph some subjects) and implicitly violates pillar number 2 (because it is not "neutral" to exclude the very people - scientific illustrators - that are most qualified to provide the images).
What's more, it does not actually violate Pillar #3, which refers to text content. There is nothing in pillar 3 that should prevent posting educationally/non-commerically based images as long as they don't contain text, expecially in lieu of the damage done to pillars 1 &2.
Getting on to pillar 5, it's clear that this is a case where Wikipedia should be flexible; it will improve the quality of the encyclopedia, it removes a bias against academic interaction, and it need not in any way impair the "free-ness" of Wikipedia. If there are particular issues I am sure a solution can be arrived at, but this dialogue really sbould stay alive until this problem is solved. Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Shartman1976 ( talk • contribs)
Ok, this is getting frustrating. I realize it's currently "official policy" and have read the relevant policy pages, but it needs to be changed. The whole point of Wikipedia (re: wikipedia's own pillar page) is that policy is flexible and that bad rules can be changed, and in this case the policy directly contradicts some of the founding pillars of the wiki. It makes Wikipedia a poorer encyclopedia, and biases who can contribute to the project, period. They question is, how do we fix it, while keeping it to the spirit of pillar 3?
How about creating a hybrid license that, for example, ok's any form of on-line referencing system, or only restricts the use for print and tv? Feel free to throw all the problems at me, but this has to be solved; otherwise there is nothing but an overly zealous application of the letter of Pillar 3 over the spirit of pillars 1, 2, and 5. Seriously, what can be DONE? Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Shartman1976 ( talk • contribs)
Sorry about the lack of tildes, I'm still new to the markup language rules and decorum. Second, thank you for the time and manner in which you are responding. While I realize and support the purpose of Wikipedia (e.g. a free, publicly edited compendium of knowledge), it was not founded soley on GDFL, and as the tagging page shows, educational and non-commercial licenses were allowed for most of the site's history. Reading your user page I see you have your own thoughts (fairly well elucidated) as to how the wikipedia project is inherently "anti-expert". As an expert in this particular field, I agree, and have no particular problem with that (although I can be persistent and belligerant, when the occasion arises). But surely you don't want to intentionally bias the wiki against experts when it isn't necessary? The wiki was NOT founded on GNU/public domain-only licensing, and there is no reason there cannot be a separate licensing model that protects Wikipedia, achieves the original goals of free use, while simply not giving carte blanche to any given publisher/merchandiser to make a buck at the expense of those who would donate their time to inform the public? Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
No offense, but that's disengenuous. At least as recently as as July of 2005 the five pillars page still provided for licensed work with permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Five_pillars&oldid=19978617 Indeed, the five pillars don't even show up until early 2005. When the Wikipedia:Copyrights page was created (2002) it clearly stated:
"Wikipedia should not contain any material that violates the copyrights of others. Please do not put copyrighted material into Wikipedia without permission. Works in the public domain can be used freely; works from copyrighted sources that grant permission for use can often be used, but additional steps may be required such as crediting the original author. If you obtain permission to use a copyrighted work, please note that fact (along with names and dates) in the talk page of the article." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Copyrights&oldid=66730)
It is simply not true that Wikipedia was created with the idea to exclude educational/non-commercial images. More over, excluding them makes Wikipedia a poorer resource for learning. It's not "upsetting", it's simply factually incorrect that Wikipedia was founded on the idea that all images had to be GNU or public-domain lincensed, as preserved beautifully within the wiki's own history tracker. Excluding free images that are better for educational purposes simply because they are not GFDL is allowing an overlyzealous interpretation of the idea of "free" triumph over the actual founding ideas behind Wikipedia that it be a free source of knowledge, and that any user should be allowed to contribute as long they don't violate copyright law. So...how do we go about changing this? Shartman1976 15:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I got a notification about a coat of arms image I uploaded ( image:Wapenstoedenrode.png), it used the coat of arms template as copyright notice. My question is twofold: first what is the apropiate copyright tag? Who holds the copyright for a municipality coat of arms? There is bound to be a general tag for this such as the 'logo' tag. I visited the coat of arms page and found many of the samples on that page to have their copyright tags removed -and therefore marked for deletion. I'm afraid not all people who uploaded those images at the time are active and it would be a shame to lose these images just because they are wrongly tagged. If there is a better tag than the 'coat of arms' copyright tag, why aren't those copyright tages simply replaced by a more suitable tag? If the images matched the 'coat of arms' tag then they would surely match the 'better' tag? Felsir 13:28, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
This IS a logo. How on earth do I add a copyright tag ... whatever the tag actually is? John Oakley (I cannot sign here, can I; that is; I cannot physically sign on the computer screen. Presumably 'signing' must mean something else?)
I'm interested in uploading my photos to Wikipedia, but I don't know how I should release it.
In short, I'd like to retain copyright and not anyone can use it. Right now I'm just setting the permission to "No, you cannot use this without permission." and source as me... but I keep getting a notice that I have to attach the source and copyright status. What action should I take? - RemoteCar
I'm not sure what copyright or license I should use for a portrait photo of myself ( Image:JackyTar.jpg). The photo was paid for by the military, but is not an official DND photo (which are those taken by military or government photographers, and are Crown property). The photo in question was taken as part of a graduation parade photo package and a print plus the negative was given to me. As near as I can figure, the photo is essentially a course graduation gift and therefore my property. Any help gratefully received.
-- Jackytar 21:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
According to my communications with Prof. Duesberg, who owns the image in question, he would like a Creative Commons Attributions-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 license. However, the only Wikipedia tag that I've been able to find is for the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license. ô¿ô 13:56, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have just uploaded Image:Paganreconstruction (2).gif. This was created by Gary Malkin who I have contacted & he has given his permission for the image to be used on Pagans Hill Roman Temple I tried to tag this appropriately but it automatically added a speedy deletion message. What tag should I use?— Rod talk 23:00, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello I am a new user, and it is a little bit difficult to read all the manual.
The question is the following. I am a fan of Annabel Port. In wikipedia there is a description of Annabel Port, she works in Virgin Radio. I though that it would be a good idea to put her picture in the description.
Now what do I have to do to make the things in the write way.
It would be very nice if you can explain it to me.
Best regards
Javier A. Chomer
i got the following inscrutable message about an image on a page i maintain:
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Thanks for uploading Image:P9promo1.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:
1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template. 2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.
Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Chowbok ? 22:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
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however clicking on any links relating to the image results in a no such image error, and the message is incredibly unclear. the image uploaded was a promotional photo for the band the article is about, properly credited to the photographer. said photographer has licensed the image to be used for whatever as long as she's credited. perhaps i put the wrong kind of copyright notice on it, but now i can't even get to the image and i'm not sure where to get it again. any ideas?
Structurefall 04:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)--
I got a note from Orphanbot today telling me that "The Image:Izumi Curtis (FMA).JPG has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image". This srikes me as odd since the page has an external link to the site where I found the image. Do I need to do more than just provide an external link, or is this a false posotive from Orphanbot? TomStar81 ( Talk) 18:38, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia,
I'm trying to set up pages for a UK magazine, website and it's associated brands as I am the web editor for the product and want the world to know about it. On looking at the 'Upload file' page in the Toolbox I am completely confused as to:
1. How to upload copyrighted files which I have permission to use 2. What tags I should be using for these copyrighted images 3. How I can upload the files so that it isn't for the public domain
Can you help?
Many thanks
-- Matchmagazine 14:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Dear Folks
I've uploaded an image (Sz4s2.jpeg) to Wikipedia which I intend to include in an article I'm still editing.
I obtained the image from the person the page is about. She grants her permission for Wikipedia to use it.
But I have no idea how I can 'tag' the image so that Wikipedia will not automatically delete it.
Can you help, please?
Sincerely
Daniel Abondolo
Regarding Paul Jacobs (organist), specifically the image used in that article: I work for an artist management agency, which happens to represent Paul Jacobs. The image was provided by Paul for whatever use we wish--which mostly means that we use it in advertising and promotion--and in this case, he wishes for it to be used as part of his page on Wikipedia. How should I go about tagging this image and others like it so that it will not be deleted? It's all a bit confusing for a first-time contributor such as myself! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nate Howe ( talk • contribs) 17:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC).
How can we save this image Image:Gold_Coast_LGA.JPG from being deleted? The specific address from where the picture was obtained has been cited and referenced. Please advise. 202.86.115.66 00:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Please let me know if I have added the correct tag information Fragilethreads 05:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Please let me know if I have added the correct tag for this image Fragilethreads 05:12, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
This images is from 1977 supposed to be a work of User:Nadia Kittel. It is made with a Canon PowerShot A500 series camera. Some kind of time machine? I think it is just photographed from an old magazine or something like that. Reason for deletion? Geo-Loge 22:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
How can I upload images that I own the copyright of and still maintain anonymity as a user? The questions about source seem to require me to give my name. Harkey Lodger 12:26, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you,I think I've got the picture now!! Harkey Lodger 11:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I recently used a picture of the Czechoslovakian flag in a userbox i made, and now it wont show up. Please fix this. Yelir55 21:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
My image Image:Voldemort (GOF).jpg does not have a tag as of. I do not know what to put on, I got it from Toyfare.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LordVoldemort13 ( talk • contribs) 02:28, 12 January 2007 (UTC).
It's for the Voldemort article. I thought it'd be a good image, since it entirely covers what Voldemort look like....
Hi, I own the copyright of the images which I have submitted and I have put my name Adam Murray below them but you are sending me emails about untagged images, please could you correct this. Kind Regards Adam —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Murraypaul66 ( talk • contribs) 19:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC).
I added 4 images (logos) at Star Academy Lebanon the images are not tagged, those are official logos from the official Star Academy Show, & fair to use.
I wanted to tag my images after I uploaded them but the system here is kinda confusing, I wish if you could make a page for all the uploaded images by the user so he can edit, tag or delete his own images in an easier way, thanx alot for cooperating! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Froozeen ( talk • contribs) 02:58, 13 January 2007 (UTC).
Hello, I'm new to making pages on Wikipedia and I made the mistake of uploading an image, Image:KumsusanMemorialPalace.jpg, in which I didn't ask the main source beforehand for permission. I did email the source site about it, but I had already made the mistake of uploading one of their images into Wikipedia. Instead of getting into unwanted copyright troubles, I'd rather play it safe and have the image removed. Can you please delete the image?
SquareBorn 07:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
File:Omer Hussain.jpg. File:Majid Haq.jpg.
Hi, I am new to Wikipedia and have tried to upload a picture, but it was removed due to copyright, but I do not know what to do! I took the picture from the cricket scotland website, but am unsure as to how to use the image. Please help.
Aisha
I have a question about Image:TGOLPRESS.jpg. The image is released as a promotion picture by Sony BMG Greece to promote artist Elena Paparizou. It is also a picture from her most current album The Game of Love. I put my source of the picture on the picture page, and stated it is promotional and put a promotional tag, but its fair use is disputed. Could you shed some light on this? The picture is the most recent picture of the singer, and is even displayed on the singers official myspace as well as on her official web-site. Thanks. Greekboy 20:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
How does that work? A picture I uploaded ( Image:Miraclemart.jpg) is of a building from a number of years ago...the company has been long gone...how do I indicate that in an image tag? Tenspeeder 05:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
I wonder if I could have some advice on the use of galleries of album covers in "discographies" in band articles? It has come up on The Beatles and Red Hot Chili Peppers recently. In each case, as well as on the individual article on each album, some users want to use the covers on a separate "Discography of..." article, and also in the main band article. My stance has been that this is not good fair use; am I being too strict in my interpretation of
"This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers
and
"Cover art: Cover art from various items, for identification and critical commentary (not for identification without critical commentary)."?
Best wishes, -- Guinnog 10:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
1) I am talking to some artists and photographers, who are interested in releasing some images on their own web sites under GFDL and/or Creative Commons, which wikipedia could then use. The question is, if a low res image is released, is the licence restricted to that low res image, or is it then considered to be applicable to any resolution of the same image?
2) If a cropped image is released, presumably the licence applies only to the part of the image shown?
Thank you 172.203.102.152 20:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
That's not a very helpful answer. This whole page is about legal advice. All of the stuff on wikipedia about Fair Use is concerning legality. Is there anyone who does know the answer to this simple question as to whether it is the image itself that is licensed or the specific file that is licensed? Put it this way, if someone uploads a low res file to wikipedia under GDFL, and an editor happens to find a high res file somewhere else on the web, is wikipedia entitled to use that higher res file also under GDFL, or would that need a separate licence? Thank you. 172.203.102.152 22:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. I have looked through wikipedia and this question doesn't seem to have arisen, but it does seem that it is the image that is licensed and not the file. In that case, if the GFDL were attached to a low res image and an editor found a higher res version somewhere else (even if it said it was copyright), then wikipedia could still use it under GDFL. If anyone else has any thoughts on this matter (without legal liability of course) it would be appreciated. It is an important consideration for an artist, because then they relinquish all reproduction rights permanently. 172.203.102.152 22:32, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
I had a school logo deleted due to copyright tagging problems. The image was [4] Can someone suggest how I can put it back and have it meet the necessary requirements? (I had it tagged as a crest when it got deleted) thanks, -- James R. Skinner 21:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello. This note is regarding a message from User:Mecu about Image:Sharon Sayles Belton.jpg which he or she tagged "Replaceable fair use". I have added "Replaceable fair use disputed" and a talk page. The image is believed to be an official government portrait posted on an official government Web site, later removed when the official was voted out of office. Can you tell me please if this will be allowed? Please reply either here or on the image talk page (and not on my talk page). I know a little about fair use and this seems to be a good case, although I am not a lawyer. Thanks for your time. - Susanlesch 16:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded this pic should it be deleted yes or no ? Youngsticks 14:07, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I need help tagging my image for my recent entry for Scott A. Jones. The image is labeled as follows:
[Image:Scott Jones in Theater 2.jpg]
Thanks,
-- Meggos2006 17:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded an image which was given me by the peroson depicted in it. She has released all rights of its use.
I did not wish to commit vandalism. I am just trying to get the image up legally.
What do I need to do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Abondolo ( talk • contribs).
What is the proper license for a photo from my family memorabilia? I am willing to place the photo in the public domain. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RogerTaft ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC).
I just uploaded and used Image:Apdex_Logo.PNG in the article about Apdex.
I also added the statement that "Intended usage is patterned on the articles for other standards organizations such as IEEE and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)."
I read the guidelines as saying that using an organization's logo to illustrate an article about that organization was fair use. Please explain what else I need to do to provide acceptable "rationale". Chris Loosley 01:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
I wish to add a free to use copyright tag to Image:ARRSE Stool Chart.png but don't know what code to add.
Could you help me please?
Thanks
I made the article, and added this picture Image:Pine_Belt.jpg.
I got a message saying the licensing was bad. I changed it. Could someone tell me if it is sufficient?
How do I make my image on the G&L in accordance with your policy? I took the picture and will share it if source is included. What do you recommend?
Dillivered
I am not sure what is wrong with it but I got notified. --Shaericell ( Userpage| Talk| E-mail| Triplets) 03:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I want to add this picture off the Steeler's website, but unfortunately I am being told I am incorrectly adding the picture with the copyright. So manybe someone could tell me how to go through with this process and I'll glady comply. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stillers36 ( talk • contribs) 01:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC).
I uploaded Image:Hofmeyr Skull.jpg. I found it here: [ http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/2854.php]. The page says :
Usage Restrictions: None
I'm not sure what license that would translate to. Please will a license expert help me decide if this can be on Wikipedia, and under what license. Gary van der Merwe ( Talk) 10:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Gary van der Merwe ( Talk) 11:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
I took a photo of my popcorn maker this morning, because I thought it might be appropriate for the "popcorn" article. I have also discovered that there is an article called "Popcorn maker". I took the photo so that it could be used on Wikipedia; I don't want to keep the copyright myself. However, the licensing tags are very confusing, and I did not select any. I have now received an automated notice on my discussion page, telling me that I need to add a tag. Can somebody help, please? In particular I'm confused by the difference between "free licenses" and "public domain", which I found on one of the links in the automated notice. The image is called Image:Popcornmaker.jpg. I have not yet attempted to add it to the article(s). I have a lot of other images that I'd like to give to Wikipedia, but I want to make sure I'm doing it properly. Thank you. ElinorD 23:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. I have released it into the public domain, using the tag that you suggested. ElinorD 00:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll take a look. ElinorD 01:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I want to know how to upload images from websites without them being deleted, how can I do that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Support wikipedia ( talk • contribs) 00:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
I just joined Wikipedia as a new user today. I have been directed to this website many times in my research of WWII Marine Bombing Squadron VMB-611, of which my father was a PBJ pilot and went MIA in 1945. My thoughts and goal is to create an article on VMB-611 history, but I have a lot to learn to post it here. In respect to my uploading the above jpg file, Black Seahorse 1 jpg, it was something I just tried and now I have been notified of no copyright tag. I have to learn, but I have numerous items of memorabilia, including photos, that I have on personal file. These items are not copyrighted, nor are not "public domain" as they date back to over 60 years and are private collections. So, if I want to upload any of these items (that mostly are scanned from original documents or photos), what do I need to do to satisfy Wikipedia requirements, yet share to its users what I want to share with them? SeahorseBlue 04:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)SeahorseBlue
I uploaded Image:Gil_Elvgren.jpg recently, and tried to follow the fair use and copyright policies. I found the picture at The Pin-Up Files Elvgren Page, and enhanced it a bit to use in a WIP biography article which I'm writing while I learn on how to write for Wikipedia. The image is of dubious source, copyright is not specified, but I think Wikipedia could use it in the biography of this person under fair use. I think I placed the fair use rationale and copyright tag appropiately, but a bot left me a message saying that I should indicate its copyright. I'm really new and just learning, and after re-reading the fair use and copyright pages, and reviewed again the fair use tags, I'm lost. Could anyone explain me, first what I did wrong, and second, which are the right tags I should use for this image? TIA. -- Pi 09:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi.I took the above image from the online version of a newspaper. Under what category do I tag it and how do I find out its copyright status? Shreyas310 11:12, 26 January 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shreyas310 ( talk • contribs) 11:10, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
Should such things as DVD covers, CD covers etc still state the source and a fair use rationale in each case. It does say this on the Template:DVDcover tag. I noticed several images uploaded by User:Vintagekits where he has failed to include the source or a rationale and flagged this up. However he was deleted the warnings and stated he doesn't need a source or rationale for such images. See for example Image:Steve Collins.jpg Astrotrain 12:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I have added the copyright and image tag. I want to know how to publish my page so that everyone can look it up on Wikipedia. Right now, its not published yet.
I've read through many of your help pages but dont get a straight answer about publishing. Please just tell me how and I will do it.
Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Newsroom ( talk • contribs) 22:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC).
Could someone check my tagging on Image:LENE2.jpg and amend it to something more appropiate if needed.
Thanks
joly
Wwwhatsup 22:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but is it possible to use SVG images under fair use? #3 of the fair use criteria says that the image should be low resolution, but shrinking the size of an SVG doesn't appear to actually change detail of the image since, according to Scalable Vector Graphics, "the vector image can be scaled continuously". So doesn't this mean that no matter the resolution, an SVG is inappropriate for fair use? ShadowHalo 08:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I have a photo posted that is a screen grab I made from something that was broadcast on television. It is of the person the page is about. While there are photographs of him available on the internet, they are copyrighted by the photographer or publication, so I did not use one of those. I felt that 'fair use' would cover the screen capture, but if I must request permission from his employer (the network) I will. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CLDelmar ( talk • contribs) 08:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC).
An image, which I own and created was accused of being stolen by the user Riurik. How do I stop a malicious user from flagging every single one of my pictures and wikipedia edits?
The source is from a website I also own: http://www.lvivlviv.com/pics/neo-nazis/neo-nazi-symbology/neo-nazi-symbology.jpg
I added a CC 2.5 tag with attribution with an explanation that I own/created the image. Is this enough to remove the flag?
Thanks, Graham Wellington 18:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I created 2 images and want to copyright them, but do't know what licence to use. Also, how do you delete a picture? Image:GRAM_Logo.gif Image:Rumor_Productions_Logo.gif —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ryan Keyes ( talk • contribs) 02:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
Image:John Ogonowski.jpg has been labeled GFDL by the uploader. But the photo appears to have been taken from the web (the photo obviously looks like a retaken photo of an old, slightly crumpled photo, and a google image search for "John Ogonowski" shows the image on many sites - the only places that attribute give credit to AP). It should probably be a copyrighted fair use tag. What's the process for dealing with something like this? Thanks -- Siobhan Hansa 00:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Canada,_Routes_of_Explorers,1497_to_1905.jpg Need a little help on this license. NRCan says it free to use, but that if you are using for commercial purposes you should contact them for the most up to date version? (I believe if you look at most free pictured republished and provided by the government that is the standard procedure to ensure accuracy. The image is free for personal use. Hence I made my own version of this file and have decided to release the modified version under GFDL. (see what files link here in the image link afformentioned). Thank you! -- CyclePat 05:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I think that I have over-written this photo as it already exsisted in Wikipedia. Can you help?
( Agljones 10:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC))
Hello -- I posted an image I photographed in 1998 on Baranof Island, Alaska. I posted the photographer's credit. It is my image -- what more do I need to do? Thanks, Barbara Carder.
I am a living person and here is my resume: http://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/bcarderresume.pdf
RE: "Green Cleaning" image of trees - taken in 1998 by Barbara Carder -- what else do I need to do to verify that I am a living person, etc.? http://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/bcarderresume.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbaracarder ( talk • contribs)
What about photographs/digital scans of Graffiti? The artist(s) would be releasing it into public domain, or would they? What about the person that made the image? Cheers, Dfrg. msc 22:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded Image:Seven Chaos Emeralds.jpg by a user known as Mephitinae (yes I gave her (???) credit)
It can be found here: [8]
The problem is that while it seems that it can be under free license or public domain, the author has said nothing against or for her work being used on other sites. I'm confused. Can someone help, and how do I put the copyright tags on uploaded pictures? ChromeWulf ZX 00:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Can you tell me if the works of Philip Boileau are under copyright or renewal or are they in the public domain? Thanks, Terry Sita —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Terry07S ( talk • contribs) 00:35, 30 January 2007 (UTC).
I got this message on my user page "Thanks for uploading Image:Agasse, Jacques-Laurent ~ The Playground, 1830, oil on canvas, Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur1.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.
For more information on using images, see the following pages:
* Wikipedia:Image use policy * Wikipedia:Image copyright tags
This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 01:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)"
But I had put that the artist who created the image has been dead for more than 100 years, what tag do I need? How do i add it?
any help would be greatly apreciated
this is in regards to this image Image:Agasse,_Jacques-Laurent_~_The_Playground,_1830,_oil_on_canvas,_Oskar_Reinhart_Collection,_Winterthur1.jpg
--DrewWiki 01:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Tag it with {{PD-art}} but that has been done so there is nothing more you need to do. Geni 14:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Webheader1.jpg
I put up several photos of KEEN athletes and activities. KEEN owns these photos, but I'm not sure what tpye of tag to use. KEEN is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization. Help?
-- Jafralady 13:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
how do you get a pic into an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadowsakura321 ( talk • contribs)
Hi,
I recently uploaded an image under the name of Yeniceri_aga.jpg. Its url was Image:Yeniceri_aga.jpg before it was deleted. I found this image in the Turkish Wikipedia and so far as I could see it had no license problems. The url of the image in Turkish Wiki is: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/tr/7/73/Yeniceri_aga.jpg
I think I made a mistake with licensing while I uploaded this image. Could you please explain to me what I could do with the licensing in the next upload attempt? Thanks. -- Chapultepec 00:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know where they got the image in Turkish Wiki, but I found nearly the same in lexicorient.com. The url is : http://lexicorient.com/e.o/janissaries.htm In fact I saw the picture in another web site as well, but I cannot locate its place for the moment. Regards. -- Chapultepec 03:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
The diagrams latex package by Taylor ( http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pt/diagrams/) places limits on its use. In particular it says that commercial use is only reasonable for academic purposes, and has a condition that a copy of any published book using the package be sent to the packages author - see page 28 of http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pt/diagrams/manual.pdf) for details. I am aware of at least one page limit(category theory) on which images have been made using this package - If one looks at the information related to the first image - the source code is for this package (though no direct reference is made to it). Also I'd suspect other similar diagrams with letters and arrows (commutative diagrams) on other maths pages which have been copyrighted as self-made will have used this package but have made no reference to how the pictures themselves were made.
This seems like it might be a breach of copyright on the part of the person using the package, for though they are not using the image for commercial purposes. They are giving anyone else the permission to use it for commericial purposes. Also the license of the program states that it cannot be used for military purpose, but as far as I am aware, the gpl license specifically says that limits cannot be placed on who can use a document. The question is whether the images themselves are affected by this breach of copyright or whether it's just the case that people who have made the images have breached the copyright on the use of the package, and that is the end of it.
This issue could arise in regard to an other program that places limits on its use. Has it been come across before.
There are several alternatives to this package, though I think some of them aren't quite so simple to use, and may be slightly more ugly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alexwright ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC).
I wasn't talking about the license of the program in someway infecting the licence of the images made with it. In the situation I was talking about the license for the use of the program said
By making something available with no copyright, or under the GFDL you are (in theory) breaking all of these terms. I'd be inclined to agree with you that the copyright of the images shouldn't be affected, I was just wondering whether it could. I suppose the only question is:
"Does using a program illegally to make media that you then release under some license affect in any way the legal status of media produced?"
If the answer is a straight-out no then all is well.
Your analogy to Photoshop is exactly the same situation, in so far as then you have no rights to use Photoshop. I suppose the only difference is the license here places explicit restrictions on the copyright you are allowed to use. ( Alexwright 13:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC))
I need a tag for the Formulism symbol:
Formulism isn't really a religion, more of a philosophy, so I guess it would be something like the Taiji symbol, however the taiji is so old that it's in public domain, while this one's just a few years old. It was suggested that it was marked as a "seal", however, seals seem to be more like governmental seals and stuff. I don't know how to tag this one.
Ion seal 14:14, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Mary Ward.jpg I got a message on my talk page that this was missing copyright information, but it is clearly tagged being in the public domain, what is the problem; what do I need to add? MHDIV ??gl??n??(r)d( Suggestion?| wanna chat?) 22:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
The image, Image:Nguyen Minh Triet.jpg, was one I uploaded without asking permission from the original page's webmaster. I figured it'd be better to turn myself in than try to cover it up and get banned. Special Penguin 23:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, guys/gals! Special Penguin 21:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Howdy. I've looked through wikipedia over and again looking for the right thing to do, but I'm at a complete loss. I know, and have used before, a very good image on the TISM article which has now been deleted because of copyright. Even after a dispute, which went unheard. Anyhoo, I've got a question which needs asking, and that is if we can use a copyrighted image (such as an album cover, or screenshot of a tv show) for improving the articles quality, why can we not use a copyrighted image of a band just standing there? I did contact the author who was willing to have it used on wikipedia, though he did not state so under any free licence. Would you answer the above question please and also provide any information on how to add a publicity image to a page? I also tried to add a "Press Quality Image" from Snowman's official "image gallery" portion of their website to the band, Snowman's page, but that was also deleted. I'm miffed. - Gohst 03:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
This image is about a living author.
Hi, User:Gvanrossum wants a new image to be added to the Guido van Rossum article. On Talk:Guido van Rossum he says:
I'm not sure if he has permission to relicense the image or if he just has permission to upload it to Wikipedia. Assuming it's the latter, would it be OK to upload a low-res version under fair use? Thank you. -- Kjoon lee 03:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I would like somebody to review this image, which I uploaded. A previous mug shot (presumabley the same one) was deleted from Commons, but I am not certain why. It left a redlink in the article. It seems to be an obvious public domain image, but given that one was deleted, and the non-en Wikipedia's (the "all-free" wikipedias) seem to have no image of him at all, maybe there's a problem with this image, that I'm unaware of. -- Rob 07:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IMAGE OF A HOSTESS AND IT SHOULD NOT BE DELETED. THANKS!
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.110.20.233 ( talk) 16:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC).
I welcome comments and advice.
I uploaded an image supplied by the subject of my article. See Lin Hatfield Dodds. I assumed that she was giving me permission to put it up for use at Wikipedia, because we'd talked about that use of the image. Hence, I applied the "non-commercial and/or educational purposes" tag because this seemed to fit what she was doing in allowing me to put the image on Wikipedia. (I did not look up the exact details of this at the time!)
The image was promptly tagged for rapid deletion (i.e. removed) from Wikipedia by an Administrator.
I think that tags such as this should be coded in some way so they can be used ONLY in combination with other tags. It's slightly ridiculous to allow a tag to be used (i.e. not greyed out) when its use will result in the image being removed soon afterwards.
I have advised the subject on some other copyright tags and am awaiting her choice. I suggested a combination of: "fair use" ('promotional' plus a 'with permission' tag), "cc-by-sa-2.5|subject's name", and "CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat|credit to and copyright of subject's name".
Also see this issue at the topic "For Wikipedia only" and fair use above.
Peter Ellis 23:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Skancke-skjold.JPG is my family's coat of arms, how do I tag it to avoid having it removed for "copyright reasons"? If anyone have copyrights on our coat of arms then its me and my family. How do I solve this issue? Manxruler 03:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
The original "creator" of the image is probably my family association. They have created a lot of images of the coat of arms over the years. But the coat of arms is mine, my ancestry, my blood. If its a question of the specific person who created the digital image if it, I guess I'll just have to take my own copy off the wall and scan it, create another one. If that would fix the problem. My point: Its my coat of arms. Manxruler 03:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Here's where I got it: http://flammensorden.laiv.org/ridderne/index.htm This guy Øyvind Moe claims to belong to my family, and he might very well be a relative. Manxruler 03:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Skancke-skjold.JPG Is the copyright stuff ok now? Manxruler 18:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
So, if I make a free-licence version of my coat of arms myself and then upload it, its all good? Manxruler 08:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Is this image OK? I think I selected the wrong copyright option. Can you change it? Details of copyright held by Jaguar is at the bottom of the image. Thanks. MonkeyMumford 13:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:LogoSadat.gif —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mgenena ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
How do I make my images Wikipeida Legal? Can you send me an example? -- Reynosojonny 18:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to know if I can add some pictures to some articles onto the Wikipedia website? I would like to add some pictures of the TV movie "Splash, Too" but I can't seem to do so. I would also like to add a picture to the Superboy (TV series) article. HOw can I do this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Queen of Swords ( talk • contribs) 08:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC).
Hi to everone, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Boilerplate_request_for_permission#Informal_.28images.29 I find no e-mail address to which the foto owner should send his permission like in the German Wikipedia which requests to mail it to info-de@wikimedia.org. Can you please help me to whom the owner should address? Will it be sufficient if he sends the following text?
"I own the copyright to the image peyman_tonbak_green.jpg at http://nasehpour.tripod.com/peyman/. I grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, no Back-Cover Texts, and subject to disclaimers found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GFDL."
And which copyright tag may I apply then to the image?
Hoping for quick help before it might be deleted. Thanks! -- VulpesE 14:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Would you please help me? I've written a number of entries in architctural history and can't seem to grasp the right formular for using illustrations. Would you be so kind as to look at the illustrations on my entry for the German arhcitect Constantin Lipsius. I found a couple of great images from a local German website. They are clearly promotional images for a regional tourism website, and very probably amateur. I would think they would be thrilled to have the images used elsewhere and I would be happy to ask them.
If they do agree, how does that info get entered?
Should I not look for images on the net for future entries?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
AppliedIconology 03:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I have uploaded image:Tomas Sedlon.jpg. As I am not familiar with English Wikipedia (I am Czech nationality), would you please check it and choose right license for my picture. It is portrait of my great grand-father painting from my grand-uncle and the picture is taken by me. Thanks for your help Bohemianroots 08:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Though the painting, "After Howard Hodgkin or One Sunny Day" in File:HPIMosacropped.jpg.and the actual jpg image belongs to me, the uploading process went wrong: the image is not where I intended it to go, and the copyright tag is wrong. So may I please ask you to DELETE [[image:HPIMosacropped.jpg.], and when I know more about uploading processes and the copyrighting, I will try again..
Please respond on my talk page.
Many thanks!
21:52, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
This image was taken from the band's MySpace page. The photo in question had a comment reading, and I quote: "New Promo Logo - Put It On Your Page!!"
With that said, would that not throw the photo under the "The copyright holder gave me permission to use this work in Wikipedia articles" category? -- ARandomHeretic 09:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
( edit; please send notifications to my talk. )
I am trying to participate in the Wikipedia project by including some anatomical reconstructions I have done (i.e. I am the sole copyright holder) of prehistoric animals (e.g. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Bambiraptor_skeletal_reconstruction.jpg ) but I am being told that they will all be deleted unless I put them in the public domain or open source it. This is ludicrous; My livelyhood is made off of these, and there is no way I can allow them to be used in (additional) commercial projects without permission. Why am I unable to provide such permission (e.g. onetime use and/or free for educational/non-commercial use) to Wikipedia? There must be a way around this nonsense that prevents authors from sharing their own content for the benefit of education. Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shartman1976 ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
But this makes no sense! Educational-use images CAN be used in "a freely reusable encyclopedia." They just can't be used by a separate commercial entitity. Unless Wikipedia has aspirations of selling its content to a provider, how could this matter? Plus, looking over the 5 pillars of Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars) not allowing educational images specifically violates pillar 1 (by making it impossible to aquire some types of needed explanatory images, specifically in the sciences where you cannot photograph some subjects) and implicitly violates pillar number 2 (because it is not "neutral" to exclude the very people - scientific illustrators - that are most qualified to provide the images).
What's more, it does not actually violate Pillar #3, which refers to text content. There is nothing in pillar 3 that should prevent posting educationally/non-commerically based images as long as they don't contain text, expecially in lieu of the damage done to pillars 1 &2.
Getting on to pillar 5, it's clear that this is a case where Wikipedia should be flexible; it will improve the quality of the encyclopedia, it removes a bias against academic interaction, and it need not in any way impair the "free-ness" of Wikipedia. If there are particular issues I am sure a solution can be arrived at, but this dialogue really sbould stay alive until this problem is solved. Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Shartman1976 ( talk • contribs)
Ok, this is getting frustrating. I realize it's currently "official policy" and have read the relevant policy pages, but it needs to be changed. The whole point of Wikipedia (re: wikipedia's own pillar page) is that policy is flexible and that bad rules can be changed, and in this case the policy directly contradicts some of the founding pillars of the wiki. It makes Wikipedia a poorer encyclopedia, and biases who can contribute to the project, period. They question is, how do we fix it, while keeping it to the spirit of pillar 3?
How about creating a hybrid license that, for example, ok's any form of on-line referencing system, or only restricts the use for print and tv? Feel free to throw all the problems at me, but this has to be solved; otherwise there is nothing but an overly zealous application of the letter of Pillar 3 over the spirit of pillars 1, 2, and 5. Seriously, what can be DONE? Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Shartman1976 ( talk • contribs)
Sorry about the lack of tildes, I'm still new to the markup language rules and decorum. Second, thank you for the time and manner in which you are responding. While I realize and support the purpose of Wikipedia (e.g. a free, publicly edited compendium of knowledge), it was not founded soley on GDFL, and as the tagging page shows, educational and non-commercial licenses were allowed for most of the site's history. Reading your user page I see you have your own thoughts (fairly well elucidated) as to how the wikipedia project is inherently "anti-expert". As an expert in this particular field, I agree, and have no particular problem with that (although I can be persistent and belligerant, when the occasion arises). But surely you don't want to intentionally bias the wiki against experts when it isn't necessary? The wiki was NOT founded on GNU/public domain-only licensing, and there is no reason there cannot be a separate licensing model that protects Wikipedia, achieves the original goals of free use, while simply not giving carte blanche to any given publisher/merchandiser to make a buck at the expense of those who would donate their time to inform the public? Shartman1976 21:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
No offense, but that's disengenuous. At least as recently as as July of 2005 the five pillars page still provided for licensed work with permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Five_pillars&oldid=19978617 Indeed, the five pillars don't even show up until early 2005. When the Wikipedia:Copyrights page was created (2002) it clearly stated:
"Wikipedia should not contain any material that violates the copyrights of others. Please do not put copyrighted material into Wikipedia without permission. Works in the public domain can be used freely; works from copyrighted sources that grant permission for use can often be used, but additional steps may be required such as crediting the original author. If you obtain permission to use a copyrighted work, please note that fact (along with names and dates) in the talk page of the article." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Copyrights&oldid=66730)
It is simply not true that Wikipedia was created with the idea to exclude educational/non-commercial images. More over, excluding them makes Wikipedia a poorer resource for learning. It's not "upsetting", it's simply factually incorrect that Wikipedia was founded on the idea that all images had to be GNU or public-domain lincensed, as preserved beautifully within the wiki's own history tracker. Excluding free images that are better for educational purposes simply because they are not GFDL is allowing an overlyzealous interpretation of the idea of "free" triumph over the actual founding ideas behind Wikipedia that it be a free source of knowledge, and that any user should be allowed to contribute as long they don't violate copyright law. So...how do we go about changing this? Shartman1976 15:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I got a notification about a coat of arms image I uploaded ( image:Wapenstoedenrode.png), it used the coat of arms template as copyright notice. My question is twofold: first what is the apropiate copyright tag? Who holds the copyright for a municipality coat of arms? There is bound to be a general tag for this such as the 'logo' tag. I visited the coat of arms page and found many of the samples on that page to have their copyright tags removed -and therefore marked for deletion. I'm afraid not all people who uploaded those images at the time are active and it would be a shame to lose these images just because they are wrongly tagged. If there is a better tag than the 'coat of arms' copyright tag, why aren't those copyright tages simply replaced by a more suitable tag? If the images matched the 'coat of arms' tag then they would surely match the 'better' tag? Felsir 13:28, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
This IS a logo. How on earth do I add a copyright tag ... whatever the tag actually is? John Oakley (I cannot sign here, can I; that is; I cannot physically sign on the computer screen. Presumably 'signing' must mean something else?)
I'm interested in uploading my photos to Wikipedia, but I don't know how I should release it.
In short, I'd like to retain copyright and not anyone can use it. Right now I'm just setting the permission to "No, you cannot use this without permission." and source as me... but I keep getting a notice that I have to attach the source and copyright status. What action should I take? - RemoteCar
I'm not sure what copyright or license I should use for a portrait photo of myself ( Image:JackyTar.jpg). The photo was paid for by the military, but is not an official DND photo (which are those taken by military or government photographers, and are Crown property). The photo in question was taken as part of a graduation parade photo package and a print plus the negative was given to me. As near as I can figure, the photo is essentially a course graduation gift and therefore my property. Any help gratefully received.
-- Jackytar 21:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
According to my communications with Prof. Duesberg, who owns the image in question, he would like a Creative Commons Attributions-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 license. However, the only Wikipedia tag that I've been able to find is for the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license. ô¿ô 13:56, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have just uploaded Image:Paganreconstruction (2).gif. This was created by Gary Malkin who I have contacted & he has given his permission for the image to be used on Pagans Hill Roman Temple I tried to tag this appropriately but it automatically added a speedy deletion message. What tag should I use?— Rod talk 23:00, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello I am a new user, and it is a little bit difficult to read all the manual.
The question is the following. I am a fan of Annabel Port. In wikipedia there is a description of Annabel Port, she works in Virgin Radio. I though that it would be a good idea to put her picture in the description.
Now what do I have to do to make the things in the write way.
It would be very nice if you can explain it to me.
Best regards
Javier A. Chomer
i got the following inscrutable message about an image on a page i maintain:
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Thanks for uploading Image:P9promo1.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:
1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template. 2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.
Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Chowbok ? 22:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
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however clicking on any links relating to the image results in a no such image error, and the message is incredibly unclear. the image uploaded was a promotional photo for the band the article is about, properly credited to the photographer. said photographer has licensed the image to be used for whatever as long as she's credited. perhaps i put the wrong kind of copyright notice on it, but now i can't even get to the image and i'm not sure where to get it again. any ideas?
Structurefall 04:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)--
I got a note from Orphanbot today telling me that "The Image:Izumi Curtis (FMA).JPG has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image". This srikes me as odd since the page has an external link to the site where I found the image. Do I need to do more than just provide an external link, or is this a false posotive from Orphanbot? TomStar81 ( Talk) 18:38, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia,
I'm trying to set up pages for a UK magazine, website and it's associated brands as I am the web editor for the product and want the world to know about it. On looking at the 'Upload file' page in the Toolbox I am completely confused as to:
1. How to upload copyrighted files which I have permission to use 2. What tags I should be using for these copyrighted images 3. How I can upload the files so that it isn't for the public domain
Can you help?
Many thanks
-- Matchmagazine 14:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Dear Folks
I've uploaded an image (Sz4s2.jpeg) to Wikipedia which I intend to include in an article I'm still editing.
I obtained the image from the person the page is about. She grants her permission for Wikipedia to use it.
But I have no idea how I can 'tag' the image so that Wikipedia will not automatically delete it.
Can you help, please?
Sincerely
Daniel Abondolo
Regarding Paul Jacobs (organist), specifically the image used in that article: I work for an artist management agency, which happens to represent Paul Jacobs. The image was provided by Paul for whatever use we wish--which mostly means that we use it in advertising and promotion--and in this case, he wishes for it to be used as part of his page on Wikipedia. How should I go about tagging this image and others like it so that it will not be deleted? It's all a bit confusing for a first-time contributor such as myself! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nate Howe ( talk • contribs) 17:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC).
How can we save this image Image:Gold_Coast_LGA.JPG from being deleted? The specific address from where the picture was obtained has been cited and referenced. Please advise. 202.86.115.66 00:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Please let me know if I have added the correct tag information Fragilethreads 05:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Please let me know if I have added the correct tag for this image Fragilethreads 05:12, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
This images is from 1977 supposed to be a work of User:Nadia Kittel. It is made with a Canon PowerShot A500 series camera. Some kind of time machine? I think it is just photographed from an old magazine or something like that. Reason for deletion? Geo-Loge 22:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
How can I upload images that I own the copyright of and still maintain anonymity as a user? The questions about source seem to require me to give my name. Harkey Lodger 12:26, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you,I think I've got the picture now!! Harkey Lodger 11:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I recently used a picture of the Czechoslovakian flag in a userbox i made, and now it wont show up. Please fix this. Yelir55 21:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
My image Image:Voldemort (GOF).jpg does not have a tag as of. I do not know what to put on, I got it from Toyfare.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LordVoldemort13 ( talk • contribs) 02:28, 12 January 2007 (UTC).
It's for the Voldemort article. I thought it'd be a good image, since it entirely covers what Voldemort look like....
Hi, I own the copyright of the images which I have submitted and I have put my name Adam Murray below them but you are sending me emails about untagged images, please could you correct this. Kind Regards Adam —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Murraypaul66 ( talk • contribs) 19:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC).
I added 4 images (logos) at Star Academy Lebanon the images are not tagged, those are official logos from the official Star Academy Show, & fair to use.
I wanted to tag my images after I uploaded them but the system here is kinda confusing, I wish if you could make a page for all the uploaded images by the user so he can edit, tag or delete his own images in an easier way, thanx alot for cooperating! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Froozeen ( talk • contribs) 02:58, 13 January 2007 (UTC).
Hello, I'm new to making pages on Wikipedia and I made the mistake of uploading an image, Image:KumsusanMemorialPalace.jpg, in which I didn't ask the main source beforehand for permission. I did email the source site about it, but I had already made the mistake of uploading one of their images into Wikipedia. Instead of getting into unwanted copyright troubles, I'd rather play it safe and have the image removed. Can you please delete the image?
SquareBorn 07:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
File:Omer Hussain.jpg. File:Majid Haq.jpg.
Hi, I am new to Wikipedia and have tried to upload a picture, but it was removed due to copyright, but I do not know what to do! I took the picture from the cricket scotland website, but am unsure as to how to use the image. Please help.
Aisha
I have a question about Image:TGOLPRESS.jpg. The image is released as a promotion picture by Sony BMG Greece to promote artist Elena Paparizou. It is also a picture from her most current album The Game of Love. I put my source of the picture on the picture page, and stated it is promotional and put a promotional tag, but its fair use is disputed. Could you shed some light on this? The picture is the most recent picture of the singer, and is even displayed on the singers official myspace as well as on her official web-site. Thanks. Greekboy 20:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
How does that work? A picture I uploaded ( Image:Miraclemart.jpg) is of a building from a number of years ago...the company has been long gone...how do I indicate that in an image tag? Tenspeeder 05:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
I wonder if I could have some advice on the use of galleries of album covers in "discographies" in band articles? It has come up on The Beatles and Red Hot Chili Peppers recently. In each case, as well as on the individual article on each album, some users want to use the covers on a separate "Discography of..." article, and also in the main band article. My stance has been that this is not good fair use; am I being too strict in my interpretation of
"This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers
and
"Cover art: Cover art from various items, for identification and critical commentary (not for identification without critical commentary)."?
Best wishes, -- Guinnog 10:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
1) I am talking to some artists and photographers, who are interested in releasing some images on their own web sites under GFDL and/or Creative Commons, which wikipedia could then use. The question is, if a low res image is released, is the licence restricted to that low res image, or is it then considered to be applicable to any resolution of the same image?
2) If a cropped image is released, presumably the licence applies only to the part of the image shown?
Thank you 172.203.102.152 20:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
That's not a very helpful answer. This whole page is about legal advice. All of the stuff on wikipedia about Fair Use is concerning legality. Is there anyone who does know the answer to this simple question as to whether it is the image itself that is licensed or the specific file that is licensed? Put it this way, if someone uploads a low res file to wikipedia under GDFL, and an editor happens to find a high res file somewhere else on the web, is wikipedia entitled to use that higher res file also under GDFL, or would that need a separate licence? Thank you. 172.203.102.152 22:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. I have looked through wikipedia and this question doesn't seem to have arisen, but it does seem that it is the image that is licensed and not the file. In that case, if the GFDL were attached to a low res image and an editor found a higher res version somewhere else (even if it said it was copyright), then wikipedia could still use it under GDFL. If anyone else has any thoughts on this matter (without legal liability of course) it would be appreciated. It is an important consideration for an artist, because then they relinquish all reproduction rights permanently. 172.203.102.152 22:32, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
I had a school logo deleted due to copyright tagging problems. The image was [4] Can someone suggest how I can put it back and have it meet the necessary requirements? (I had it tagged as a crest when it got deleted) thanks, -- James R. Skinner 21:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello. This note is regarding a message from User:Mecu about Image:Sharon Sayles Belton.jpg which he or she tagged "Replaceable fair use". I have added "Replaceable fair use disputed" and a talk page. The image is believed to be an official government portrait posted on an official government Web site, later removed when the official was voted out of office. Can you tell me please if this will be allowed? Please reply either here or on the image talk page (and not on my talk page). I know a little about fair use and this seems to be a good case, although I am not a lawyer. Thanks for your time. - Susanlesch 16:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded this pic should it be deleted yes or no ? Youngsticks 14:07, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I need help tagging my image for my recent entry for Scott A. Jones. The image is labeled as follows:
[Image:Scott Jones in Theater 2.jpg]
Thanks,
-- Meggos2006 17:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded an image which was given me by the peroson depicted in it. She has released all rights of its use.
I did not wish to commit vandalism. I am just trying to get the image up legally.
What do I need to do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Abondolo ( talk • contribs).
What is the proper license for a photo from my family memorabilia? I am willing to place the photo in the public domain. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RogerTaft ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC).
I just uploaded and used Image:Apdex_Logo.PNG in the article about Apdex.
I also added the statement that "Intended usage is patterned on the articles for other standards organizations such as IEEE and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)."
I read the guidelines as saying that using an organization's logo to illustrate an article about that organization was fair use. Please explain what else I need to do to provide acceptable "rationale". Chris Loosley 01:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
I wish to add a free to use copyright tag to Image:ARRSE Stool Chart.png but don't know what code to add.
Could you help me please?
Thanks
I made the article, and added this picture Image:Pine_Belt.jpg.
I got a message saying the licensing was bad. I changed it. Could someone tell me if it is sufficient?
How do I make my image on the G&L in accordance with your policy? I took the picture and will share it if source is included. What do you recommend?
Dillivered
I am not sure what is wrong with it but I got notified. --Shaericell ( Userpage| Talk| E-mail| Triplets) 03:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I want to add this picture off the Steeler's website, but unfortunately I am being told I am incorrectly adding the picture with the copyright. So manybe someone could tell me how to go through with this process and I'll glady comply. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stillers36 ( talk • contribs) 01:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC).
I uploaded Image:Hofmeyr Skull.jpg. I found it here: [ http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/2854.php]. The page says :
Usage Restrictions: None
I'm not sure what license that would translate to. Please will a license expert help me decide if this can be on Wikipedia, and under what license. Gary van der Merwe ( Talk) 10:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Gary van der Merwe ( Talk) 11:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
I took a photo of my popcorn maker this morning, because I thought it might be appropriate for the "popcorn" article. I have also discovered that there is an article called "Popcorn maker". I took the photo so that it could be used on Wikipedia; I don't want to keep the copyright myself. However, the licensing tags are very confusing, and I did not select any. I have now received an automated notice on my discussion page, telling me that I need to add a tag. Can somebody help, please? In particular I'm confused by the difference between "free licenses" and "public domain", which I found on one of the links in the automated notice. The image is called Image:Popcornmaker.jpg. I have not yet attempted to add it to the article(s). I have a lot of other images that I'd like to give to Wikipedia, but I want to make sure I'm doing it properly. Thank you. ElinorD 23:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. I have released it into the public domain, using the tag that you suggested. ElinorD 00:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll take a look. ElinorD 01:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I want to know how to upload images from websites without them being deleted, how can I do that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Support wikipedia ( talk • contribs) 00:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
I just joined Wikipedia as a new user today. I have been directed to this website many times in my research of WWII Marine Bombing Squadron VMB-611, of which my father was a PBJ pilot and went MIA in 1945. My thoughts and goal is to create an article on VMB-611 history, but I have a lot to learn to post it here. In respect to my uploading the above jpg file, Black Seahorse 1 jpg, it was something I just tried and now I have been notified of no copyright tag. I have to learn, but I have numerous items of memorabilia, including photos, that I have on personal file. These items are not copyrighted, nor are not "public domain" as they date back to over 60 years and are private collections. So, if I want to upload any of these items (that mostly are scanned from original documents or photos), what do I need to do to satisfy Wikipedia requirements, yet share to its users what I want to share with them? SeahorseBlue 04:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)SeahorseBlue
I uploaded Image:Gil_Elvgren.jpg recently, and tried to follow the fair use and copyright policies. I found the picture at The Pin-Up Files Elvgren Page, and enhanced it a bit to use in a WIP biography article which I'm writing while I learn on how to write for Wikipedia. The image is of dubious source, copyright is not specified, but I think Wikipedia could use it in the biography of this person under fair use. I think I placed the fair use rationale and copyright tag appropiately, but a bot left me a message saying that I should indicate its copyright. I'm really new and just learning, and after re-reading the fair use and copyright pages, and reviewed again the fair use tags, I'm lost. Could anyone explain me, first what I did wrong, and second, which are the right tags I should use for this image? TIA. -- Pi 09:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi.I took the above image from the online version of a newspaper. Under what category do I tag it and how do I find out its copyright status? Shreyas310 11:12, 26 January 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shreyas310 ( talk • contribs) 11:10, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
Should such things as DVD covers, CD covers etc still state the source and a fair use rationale in each case. It does say this on the Template:DVDcover tag. I noticed several images uploaded by User:Vintagekits where he has failed to include the source or a rationale and flagged this up. However he was deleted the warnings and stated he doesn't need a source or rationale for such images. See for example Image:Steve Collins.jpg Astrotrain 12:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I have added the copyright and image tag. I want to know how to publish my page so that everyone can look it up on Wikipedia. Right now, its not published yet.
I've read through many of your help pages but dont get a straight answer about publishing. Please just tell me how and I will do it.
Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Newsroom ( talk • contribs) 22:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC).
Could someone check my tagging on Image:LENE2.jpg and amend it to something more appropiate if needed.
Thanks
joly
Wwwhatsup 22:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but is it possible to use SVG images under fair use? #3 of the fair use criteria says that the image should be low resolution, but shrinking the size of an SVG doesn't appear to actually change detail of the image since, according to Scalable Vector Graphics, "the vector image can be scaled continuously". So doesn't this mean that no matter the resolution, an SVG is inappropriate for fair use? ShadowHalo 08:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I have a photo posted that is a screen grab I made from something that was broadcast on television. It is of the person the page is about. While there are photographs of him available on the internet, they are copyrighted by the photographer or publication, so I did not use one of those. I felt that 'fair use' would cover the screen capture, but if I must request permission from his employer (the network) I will. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CLDelmar ( talk • contribs) 08:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC).
An image, which I own and created was accused of being stolen by the user Riurik. How do I stop a malicious user from flagging every single one of my pictures and wikipedia edits?
The source is from a website I also own: http://www.lvivlviv.com/pics/neo-nazis/neo-nazi-symbology/neo-nazi-symbology.jpg
I added a CC 2.5 tag with attribution with an explanation that I own/created the image. Is this enough to remove the flag?
Thanks, Graham Wellington 18:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I created 2 images and want to copyright them, but do't know what licence to use. Also, how do you delete a picture? Image:GRAM_Logo.gif Image:Rumor_Productions_Logo.gif —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ryan Keyes ( talk • contribs) 02:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
Image:John Ogonowski.jpg has been labeled GFDL by the uploader. But the photo appears to have been taken from the web (the photo obviously looks like a retaken photo of an old, slightly crumpled photo, and a google image search for "John Ogonowski" shows the image on many sites - the only places that attribute give credit to AP). It should probably be a copyrighted fair use tag. What's the process for dealing with something like this? Thanks -- Siobhan Hansa 00:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Canada,_Routes_of_Explorers,1497_to_1905.jpg Need a little help on this license. NRCan says it free to use, but that if you are using for commercial purposes you should contact them for the most up to date version? (I believe if you look at most free pictured republished and provided by the government that is the standard procedure to ensure accuracy. The image is free for personal use. Hence I made my own version of this file and have decided to release the modified version under GFDL. (see what files link here in the image link afformentioned). Thank you! -- CyclePat 05:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I think that I have over-written this photo as it already exsisted in Wikipedia. Can you help?
( Agljones 10:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC))
Hello -- I posted an image I photographed in 1998 on Baranof Island, Alaska. I posted the photographer's credit. It is my image -- what more do I need to do? Thanks, Barbara Carder.
I am a living person and here is my resume: http://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/bcarderresume.pdf
RE: "Green Cleaning" image of trees - taken in 1998 by Barbara Carder -- what else do I need to do to verify that I am a living person, etc.? http://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/bcarderresume.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbaracarder ( talk • contribs)
What about photographs/digital scans of Graffiti? The artist(s) would be releasing it into public domain, or would they? What about the person that made the image? Cheers, Dfrg. msc 22:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded Image:Seven Chaos Emeralds.jpg by a user known as Mephitinae (yes I gave her (???) credit)
It can be found here: [8]
The problem is that while it seems that it can be under free license or public domain, the author has said nothing against or for her work being used on other sites. I'm confused. Can someone help, and how do I put the copyright tags on uploaded pictures? ChromeWulf ZX 00:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Can you tell me if the works of Philip Boileau are under copyright or renewal or are they in the public domain? Thanks, Terry Sita —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Terry07S ( talk • contribs) 00:35, 30 January 2007 (UTC).
I got this message on my user page "Thanks for uploading Image:Agasse, Jacques-Laurent ~ The Playground, 1830, oil on canvas, Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur1.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.
For more information on using images, see the following pages:
* Wikipedia:Image use policy * Wikipedia:Image copyright tags
This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 01:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)"
But I had put that the artist who created the image has been dead for more than 100 years, what tag do I need? How do i add it?
any help would be greatly apreciated
this is in regards to this image Image:Agasse,_Jacques-Laurent_~_The_Playground,_1830,_oil_on_canvas,_Oskar_Reinhart_Collection,_Winterthur1.jpg
--DrewWiki 01:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Tag it with {{PD-art}} but that has been done so there is nothing more you need to do. Geni 14:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Image:Webheader1.jpg
I put up several photos of KEEN athletes and activities. KEEN owns these photos, but I'm not sure what tpye of tag to use. KEEN is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization. Help?
-- Jafralady 13:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)