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Content uploaded to Wikimedia Commons is freely available for anyone to copy, edit, and use, providing they use the same copyright and they provide attribution. For this reason, copyrighted material may only be uploaded to Commons if it is out of copyright or has a copyright that allows this. Wikipedia also allows some Fair use that are not allowed on Commons, but only under certain special circumstances and for the illustration of specific articles.
Unless you are uploading fair use images it is best to load images to Commons rather than Wikipedia, once they are on Commons they can easily be used by all language versions of Wikipedia and on many other projects.
Images need meaningful names, the more meaningful the more likely they are to be used. Giving them that name before uploading is easier than naming them after uploading. Images need categories, and you should include at least one when you load it. You can add more later, but uploading an image without categories will look problematic to some and may cause others to waste their time trying to identify your photos. If you are loading photos taken in a particular museum or gallery consider including them in a category for that collection. Other relevant categories would be for the creator of the artwork, the era and or artistic style, subject and material. Image need descriptions. This is an opportunity to thank the institution for allowing photography, and to explain the subject of the image and give other information. When uploading a closely related group of images such as several views of a particular statue it can be easier to create a category for the statue on commons and load them all with that category rather than add the same set of categories to each image.
{{Non-free use rationale | Description = <List title of work, artist, date, date of photo & side of the work the image is showing.> | Source = <Direct link to the same image on Flickr.> | Article = <The exact title of your article that the image will be in.> | Portion = The image shows one side of the copyrighted work of art. | Low resolution = Yes | Purpose = The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the artwork. | Replaceability = There is no free equivalent of this artwork's image, so it cannot be replaced by a free image. | Other information = The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work in a negative way or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. }} ===Licensing=== {{Non-free 3D art}} 6. Edit the sections of the template that are in <brackets> with information specific to your artwork. Be sure to remove the <brackets> after you update this information.
12. Create an image size for the "image_size" slot. Try 200px or 320px. Keeping it smaller is more appropriate for non-free images.
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Main page | Get started | Task Forces | Resources | Showcase | Discuss |
Content uploaded to Wikimedia Commons is freely available for anyone to copy, edit, and use, providing they use the same copyright and they provide attribution. For this reason, copyrighted material may only be uploaded to Commons if it is out of copyright or has a copyright that allows this. Wikipedia also allows some Fair use that are not allowed on Commons, but only under certain special circumstances and for the illustration of specific articles.
Unless you are uploading fair use images it is best to load images to Commons rather than Wikipedia, once they are on Commons they can easily be used by all language versions of Wikipedia and on many other projects.
Images need meaningful names, the more meaningful the more likely they are to be used. Giving them that name before uploading is easier than naming them after uploading. Images need categories, and you should include at least one when you load it. You can add more later, but uploading an image without categories will look problematic to some and may cause others to waste their time trying to identify your photos. If you are loading photos taken in a particular museum or gallery consider including them in a category for that collection. Other relevant categories would be for the creator of the artwork, the era and or artistic style, subject and material. Image need descriptions. This is an opportunity to thank the institution for allowing photography, and to explain the subject of the image and give other information. When uploading a closely related group of images such as several views of a particular statue it can be easier to create a category for the statue on commons and load them all with that category rather than add the same set of categories to each image.
{{Non-free use rationale | Description = <List title of work, artist, date, date of photo & side of the work the image is showing.> | Source = <Direct link to the same image on Flickr.> | Article = <The exact title of your article that the image will be in.> | Portion = The image shows one side of the copyrighted work of art. | Low resolution = Yes | Purpose = The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the artwork. | Replaceability = There is no free equivalent of this artwork's image, so it cannot be replaced by a free image. | Other information = The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work in a negative way or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. }} ===Licensing=== {{Non-free 3D art}} 6. Edit the sections of the template that are in <brackets> with information specific to your artwork. Be sure to remove the <brackets> after you update this information.
12. Create an image size for the "image_size" slot. Try 200px or 320px. Keeping it smaller is more appropriate for non-free images.
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