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I think it maybe time to think about archiving this page into multiply sections. Details on how to do this can be found at Wikipedia:How_to_archive_a_talk_page ( Peachey88 10:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC))
a lot of creative common sites, pictures, search engines @ http://www.graphicsngraphicdesign.com/freestockphotos-graphicdesigners/
I will be in Vienna starting this week and i'll definitely be taking a few high-res pics of Haus-Wittgenstein for submission here.
I removed from the request for "human" the phrase "preferably an aborigen in traditional garb." Maybe just excessive PC, but i don't think it was very flattering to aborigens anywhere.
So, humans. Just anybody? Zanimum
As posted to wikipedia-l, I think it would also be nice if photographers who are willing to take on smaller tasks could list themselves on the page (with wiki names or real names, but preferably with their location), so that they can be more spontaneously contacted if necessary. Also, it would be nice if people who are planning to shoot a certain location/place/thing/event could add their name below the request ("working on it") so that the effort isn't duplicated.
It would be great to turn this into more of a team effort with real humans interacting with each other instead of just a list with the results trickling in more or less anonymously. Also, instead of just removing completed requests, how about moving them to a separate page? "Finished tasks" or something like that. This kind of stuff is important for motivation. -- Eloquence 21:02 Oct 30, 2002 (UTC)
I would like to post an image of an actual "captcha" from the yahoo email registration, since it would serve well as an example. I believe that such use would be considered "fair use" under copyright law. However, I cannot truthfully say that "I affirm that the copyright holder of this file agrees to license it under the terms of the Wikipedia copyright." and am thus prevented from uploading it.
QUestion -- when images are uplaoded, is there any documentation required to show that they are PD? JHK
Fixed the Jolly Roger. Going to transfer my rat picture from the Swedish Wikipedia. // Liftarn
Probably many of you know this, but let me just tell the others about it: If you go to Google [2], then click on Images, you'll be able to search for everything - from a simple screwdriver to an image of the White House! -- webkid 23:19, 12 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I would be happy to take a picture of my XBOX, but I don't have a digital camera. Would this pose a problem in terms of quality? (I have a good-quality scanner and a normal camera) - Frazzydee 20:12, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
The number of articles is going up fast, but the number of images is not. There are many images about cities, persons, maps; but too few for mathematical objects and "simple things" like screws, windows, chairs,... I would count that as the weakest link for Wikipedia.
I put the comment here as a reminder to Wikipedians. Upload more useful pictures! (I will later, after I get a digicam :P) wshun 01:25, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I'd agree; it seems that the images of mundane stuff are often overlooked. This is partly the reason I started an attempt at Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration, to kind of bring together the various attempts at illustrating Wikipedia. Please feel free to offer your suggestions there! -- Wapcaplet 01:52, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I'm always trying to take pictures for Wikipedia. I've done Winchester Cathedral, just because I was walking past one day on my way to college. I do try to do some mundane stuff too, like mirror, but screws and things aren't very interesting to photograph. CGS 08:55, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC).
It seems like quite a few of these requests have been fulfilled. Or at least it seems that way to me, but I have no idea if the images on the pages are what the person who requested them had in mind. It'd be nice if whomever requested them, removed the request once they were satisfied, but lacking that, should we start to remove some of the entries (maybe move them to Wikipedia:Fulfilled picture requests)? That way, those that are most needed will stand out. Dori 03:35, Nov 15, 2003 (UTC)
Someone requested: *A picture for Crushing by elephant.
Um, I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to see an actual picture of someone being crushed by an elephant, but then what? Gawping spectators? I'm really not sure what would apply here. Lee M 01:12, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians, I am a newcommer and am very impressed with this fantastic collective Free Encyclopedia. I would be honnored to make contributions to it, graphics wise, but first I need to now if the format I use and specialize in is suitable for your programm scince I have not seen it in the list of requested formats.
I work with SWF format, wich is a open format. My original technical illustrations and animations uses vectors wich produces very light weight files for fast downloads.
Here is an example showing the innerworkings of a Manual Transmission. It is fully interactive and make only 37K. A single picture (still) would be at around only 2K. http://www3.lino.sympatico.ca/geebee/custom/transmis.htm
I also produce JPGs and PNGs , but mostly I do in SWF because of vectors been so light.
If you find the format acceptable, then I would be happy to contribute as much as I can. I have many already done and some of the requests I see here I can produce quite easily and to top quality.
Best regards, and bravo for this wonderfull project that is, in my opinion, totally in tune with the real nature and purpose of the Internet.
-Geebee
I have added a lot of pictures for featuring but i think it would be better to add my gallery page User:Chmouel/Images instead of bunch of pictures. WDYT ? -- Chmouel Boudjnah 20:35, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be easier to archive the entire thing and start afresh with new requests? Dori | Talk 05:49, Feb 17, 2004 (UTC)
I have done a major clean up, including the guidelines at the beginning. I also expanded blanket requests for photos of all cats etc, checking which pages actually (a) have articles and (b) have no pictures yet. I also checked all entries if they have a picture already. Looks better now, I think -- Chris 73 | Talk 04:12, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
There seem to be heaps of Wiki pages that describe geographic locations or would benefit greatly from geographic maps. Someone with a copyright-free atlas could really improve many pages. Is there such a project anyone is working on? I couldn't find any reference to any.
Zuytdorp Survivor 01:39, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)
A very small (starting) collection of knots (all either Puplic Domain or GNU FDL) can be found here. If you have special not fullfilled wishes for knot drawings, please tell me which you wish first on my german discussion page and I'll do my best ;-). Since I'm German I won't know all knot names if they are not in "Bedford: The Knot Book" - in that case a link to some properitary web illustration might be a help for me (of course I'll draw my own illustration and won't use that).
For the German Wikipedia most of your illustrations are unluckily not usable, since it is often not clear which licence state the illustration has. (There is an agreement, that we don't use "fair use" and similar.) So if your knot pictures *are* in truth PD or GNU FDL, it would be nice to recognise that more easily.... -- Hella 23:08, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
With as long as this page is getting, I think it best to stick to a policy of removing requests when they are fulfilled. If someone simply posts a note saying "OK, I fulfilled this request" then there's not much reason for the request to remain here. Fulfilled requests can, of course, go to Wikipedia:Fulfilled picture requests. -- Wapcaplet 03:09, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
I think it might be useful to make a page specifically about the details of contributing pictures as a photographer, with specific examples. The information on this seems scattered right now, and I think it would be helpful to have it all in one place so photographers know exactly what to do and how to do it.
For example, I was wondering:
Information that would be combed together for this section:
Jeff 06:48, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
What are the objections to the Wikipedia:Requested_pictures#Drugs sections? The notice on WP:RP only says avoid blanket requests. Wikipedia:WikiProject Drugs is going to need images pretty much indefinitely. At the moment there are only a few specific requests; more are likely to be added later. It's most useful to leave the request in a place where it will be seen by the rest of Wikipedia. -- Eequor 00:15, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
====Drug photographs====
(
Please obtain these legally. To improve or replaceNew imagesFulfilled |
there is no such an image File:No image yet.gif neither File:No image yet.jpg why it says so in the page?
They are placeholders; as it says at the top of the page:
I'm not sure why there are JPEG and GIF versions. Anyhow, the idea is to link to that placeholder from articles that need images; they will then show up as "What links here" for that image. -- Wapcaplet 20:36, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I noticed in one of the articles I had been looking in on that someone added a "photo" that was actually a jpg or gif of a record-album cover from the late '80s. Another article has a picture of an author that I'm certain was on the back flap of one of his books.
Are these okay? It seems to me that they might be okay (i.e., non-infringing) because they are drawn from a sort of "publicity" usage and have thus been out in public. On the other hand, they may not be okay (non-infringing). Can anyone tell me? (J.R.)
I wonder if this page and all other languages should just be redirected to the commons page? I just found this page on french wikipedia fr:Utilisateur:Cdang/gallerie that has all kinds of useful images, including some that I saw requested elsewhere, but I bet no one on the english wikipedia ever notices them. - Omegatron 18:12, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
Just a heads up... -- AllyUnion (talk) 23:43, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I have made a category for the reqimage template which is Category:Articles needing images. This would fill up quickly. I propose we will have sub categories for this. For example, sub category for requesting images of people, another for maps, another for screen shots and so on. In this way, it will be similar to stubbing. - Zondor 15:29, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
I propose we update the current template and add {{reqimgbox}} as a new
template.
Please see my
proposal and talk pages:
Reqimage,
Articles needing images. Original proposal, on the Reqimage talk page, made on (02:20, 22 May 2005 (UTC)). Thank you <>
Who 22:16, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
Where should I request? -- Northernwolves 20:11, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This category is too big to be useful. A drawer is just looking for things to draw, just as a mapmaker ( Category:Wikipedia map requests) is looking for things to map, etc. Lumping all of these into "pictures" is no longer a useful way to work. Do others agree that this needs to be split? - St| eve 17:58, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure if a note should go on the main page or not, but there is a category set up for images on Wikipedia which are currently tagged as "fair use" but could be plausibly re-created as "free" images. One thing desperately needed are free photographs of different makes of modern U.S. automobiles (almost any variety is needed), for example, and there are a number of maps which could have their informational content re-drawn onto free outlines, etc. See Category:Fair use image replacement request. Thanks. -- Fastfission 03:45, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Is it part of Wikipedia politics to try to have (at least) one image per article ?
I have a good bunch photo I've made that could illustrate some articles: comics covers, Subbuteo players (could illustrate evolution), Field Hockey crosses from the 50s, 70s,..., Lincoln cars pictures, ... and I'm wondering whether it is a good idea to upload some of them. Lvr 17:27, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
It would be nice if there were a subset of this page for diagrams in particular. The reason is because at the moment it is impossible for me, without going through the whole list, to see which of these are diagram entries, and I think setting those aside would get them filled quicker. The reasoning is simple: any user with some ability at Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape can create a diagram (especially if the requester gives an example from the web of what type of thing they are looking for), whereas there is simply no way I could ever fulfill some of the photography requests and very unlikely I'd be able to fill the basic image requests. There are a lot of Wikipedians with grpahic design ability, this should be encouraged in some way... -- Fastfission 02:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Uploaded an image of Bisto gravy to the Bisto page. Spark13579 04:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Since you can only take a photo of something that exists near to you (and there are tens of thousands of geo-stubs lacking pictures), can I suggest subcategorizing this category?
Any thoughts? TheGrappler 18:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The following comment was copied from the village pump [4] by TheGrappler 05:47, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Depending on how much effort is spent tagging articles that could do with an image (at the moment, not a lot - my guess is that 100,000+ pages fit this description!) the lists could become too large for general subpages. I buy the logic that it is more important to establish diagrams and geography sorting. As for whether images should be uploaded to Commons instead, the Wikipedia upload page already states that for PD/GFDL images, that is preferred. Making that clear in the image request templates/categories/subpages too would be A Good Thing in my opinion. Linking with Commons image requests - hmm, not sure what's the best way to do this, though again, it's a very sensible idea. It may be even more important to try to link to WikiProjects and indeed other Wikipedias (where the same watchlist-problem exists). I also am under the impression that pages most likely to be "watchlisted" will tend to be more specific. I suspect many more Italy-dwellers will watchlist a "Requested images in Italy" than a "Requested images in Europe". I am still wondering whether a neat trick may be to use category pages to store a list too - this seems like twice the effort, but what I am envisaging might work like this:
So major or specific requests cause changes in the category that would make it noticed on the watchlist. "Minor", non-urgent additions, like adding a stub article on the hamlet of Smallfoo, Foovillia, may well not warrant an inclusion on the main list, but when a Foovillian who lives near Smallfoo checks over the category (perhaps alerted by the addition of Mr X. to the main list), Smallfoo's request will also be visible. Does this sound like a viable approach? TheGrappler 17:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I've created the above cat and started to add images to it. The specific map desired by the requestor may not be present but there are maps of Chicago on the project. Meanwhile, I'm working on at least one generalized blank map of the city that others can use to create more specialized maps to suit. John Reid 01:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
This page would be more useful if it was split up into a single page of photos that could be taken in many different places (eg, sports, activities, foods, etc), and those that effectively have to come from one place (eg, Eiffel Tower, photo of Greenwich...). These would each appear on a page by place. Then, photographers could more easily find photos that they would be capable of taking. There's absolutely no point me even looking at bridges in America. Whereas a bridge in France I could potentially visit and take a photo of. And a photo of an orange, anyone could take. So, to summarise:
Gee I'm smart, I see this is covered above :) Will look at commons and these cats.
Stevage 14:28, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone object to the removal of links in the titles? For example, the title of the people section has a link to people. It's somewhat confusing, at least to me. Since titles are not usually linked, I expect it to go somewhere useful, like a subpage of the Requested Pictures article or something. It looks like they're all common words that anyone would know and the actual pictures requested are linked. Do they serve a useful purpose or will I have to seek psychotherapy for my irrational link expectations? -- Kjkolb 12:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
I could post images but I for one don't make my own graphics nor do I have any contact with others who design their own graphics. If you are able to obtain or make your own graphics of Marth (no fanart), than I'd like to ask if someone could replace the "No Image Yet" spaces with the images as told in the captions. Remember they must BE of Marth only! ~ SamusFan80 (7:39pm MT, May 29, 2006)
I have found an extensive collection of public domain images provided by the US government. [5] Lawilkin 18:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I have added the image request for CapTel USB, however, I doubt the fruit of the effort, considering FCC prohibits relay providers and telecommunications access programs from disclosing their customers, unless someone happens to know a CapTel USB user by sheer dumb luck and has their permission to photograph the user during a conversation. I also doubt the success of replacing the other fair use images, but any attempts add any images to the article are appreciated. Taric25 18:31, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Please see this thread, which explains everything :) Thanks -- Quiddity 03:53, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
→ Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab#Merge with Wikipedia:Requested pictures
If I take an image from a site, and heavily edit it, does it then become "my" image, and do I then have the rights to it? Where is the line drawn? Paul Haymon 05:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I have tried to find a list of required math pictures (not photoes, but draiwings of some math objects - maybe I can help with some), and was unable to find it. Seems that on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_images there is a link 2.26 Mathematics going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_images#Mathematics where is a second link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures#Mathematics_2 This seems to be a broken link. Anyway, neither link contain some actual requests that I expected (like: draw a diagram that is illustrating this or this theorem or smth like this). I am new to Wikipedia, so maybe doing something wrong, please, give me a correct link in this case. Thank you and sorry for my bad English.
A lot of requests on this page have been fulfilled and just struck out instead of removed. In a few days I intend to go through this page and removed all the requests that have been fulfilled. Thoughts? -- Banana 19:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
I think it maybe time to think about archiving this page into multiply sections. Details on how to do this can be found at Wikipedia:How_to_archive_a_talk_page ( Peachey88 10:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC))
a lot of creative common sites, pictures, search engines @ http://www.graphicsngraphicdesign.com/freestockphotos-graphicdesigners/
I will be in Vienna starting this week and i'll definitely be taking a few high-res pics of Haus-Wittgenstein for submission here.
I removed from the request for "human" the phrase "preferably an aborigen in traditional garb." Maybe just excessive PC, but i don't think it was very flattering to aborigens anywhere.
So, humans. Just anybody? Zanimum
As posted to wikipedia-l, I think it would also be nice if photographers who are willing to take on smaller tasks could list themselves on the page (with wiki names or real names, but preferably with their location), so that they can be more spontaneously contacted if necessary. Also, it would be nice if people who are planning to shoot a certain location/place/thing/event could add their name below the request ("working on it") so that the effort isn't duplicated.
It would be great to turn this into more of a team effort with real humans interacting with each other instead of just a list with the results trickling in more or less anonymously. Also, instead of just removing completed requests, how about moving them to a separate page? "Finished tasks" or something like that. This kind of stuff is important for motivation. -- Eloquence 21:02 Oct 30, 2002 (UTC)
I would like to post an image of an actual "captcha" from the yahoo email registration, since it would serve well as an example. I believe that such use would be considered "fair use" under copyright law. However, I cannot truthfully say that "I affirm that the copyright holder of this file agrees to license it under the terms of the Wikipedia copyright." and am thus prevented from uploading it.
QUestion -- when images are uplaoded, is there any documentation required to show that they are PD? JHK
Fixed the Jolly Roger. Going to transfer my rat picture from the Swedish Wikipedia. // Liftarn
Probably many of you know this, but let me just tell the others about it: If you go to Google [2], then click on Images, you'll be able to search for everything - from a simple screwdriver to an image of the White House! -- webkid 23:19, 12 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I would be happy to take a picture of my XBOX, but I don't have a digital camera. Would this pose a problem in terms of quality? (I have a good-quality scanner and a normal camera) - Frazzydee 20:12, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
The number of articles is going up fast, but the number of images is not. There are many images about cities, persons, maps; but too few for mathematical objects and "simple things" like screws, windows, chairs,... I would count that as the weakest link for Wikipedia.
I put the comment here as a reminder to Wikipedians. Upload more useful pictures! (I will later, after I get a digicam :P) wshun 01:25, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I'd agree; it seems that the images of mundane stuff are often overlooked. This is partly the reason I started an attempt at Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration, to kind of bring together the various attempts at illustrating Wikipedia. Please feel free to offer your suggestions there! -- Wapcaplet 01:52, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I'm always trying to take pictures for Wikipedia. I've done Winchester Cathedral, just because I was walking past one day on my way to college. I do try to do some mundane stuff too, like mirror, but screws and things aren't very interesting to photograph. CGS 08:55, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC).
It seems like quite a few of these requests have been fulfilled. Or at least it seems that way to me, but I have no idea if the images on the pages are what the person who requested them had in mind. It'd be nice if whomever requested them, removed the request once they were satisfied, but lacking that, should we start to remove some of the entries (maybe move them to Wikipedia:Fulfilled picture requests)? That way, those that are most needed will stand out. Dori 03:35, Nov 15, 2003 (UTC)
Someone requested: *A picture for Crushing by elephant.
Um, I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to see an actual picture of someone being crushed by an elephant, but then what? Gawping spectators? I'm really not sure what would apply here. Lee M 01:12, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians, I am a newcommer and am very impressed with this fantastic collective Free Encyclopedia. I would be honnored to make contributions to it, graphics wise, but first I need to now if the format I use and specialize in is suitable for your programm scince I have not seen it in the list of requested formats.
I work with SWF format, wich is a open format. My original technical illustrations and animations uses vectors wich produces very light weight files for fast downloads.
Here is an example showing the innerworkings of a Manual Transmission. It is fully interactive and make only 37K. A single picture (still) would be at around only 2K. http://www3.lino.sympatico.ca/geebee/custom/transmis.htm
I also produce JPGs and PNGs , but mostly I do in SWF because of vectors been so light.
If you find the format acceptable, then I would be happy to contribute as much as I can. I have many already done and some of the requests I see here I can produce quite easily and to top quality.
Best regards, and bravo for this wonderfull project that is, in my opinion, totally in tune with the real nature and purpose of the Internet.
-Geebee
I have added a lot of pictures for featuring but i think it would be better to add my gallery page User:Chmouel/Images instead of bunch of pictures. WDYT ? -- Chmouel Boudjnah 20:35, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be easier to archive the entire thing and start afresh with new requests? Dori | Talk 05:49, Feb 17, 2004 (UTC)
I have done a major clean up, including the guidelines at the beginning. I also expanded blanket requests for photos of all cats etc, checking which pages actually (a) have articles and (b) have no pictures yet. I also checked all entries if they have a picture already. Looks better now, I think -- Chris 73 | Talk 04:12, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
There seem to be heaps of Wiki pages that describe geographic locations or would benefit greatly from geographic maps. Someone with a copyright-free atlas could really improve many pages. Is there such a project anyone is working on? I couldn't find any reference to any.
Zuytdorp Survivor 01:39, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)
A very small (starting) collection of knots (all either Puplic Domain or GNU FDL) can be found here. If you have special not fullfilled wishes for knot drawings, please tell me which you wish first on my german discussion page and I'll do my best ;-). Since I'm German I won't know all knot names if they are not in "Bedford: The Knot Book" - in that case a link to some properitary web illustration might be a help for me (of course I'll draw my own illustration and won't use that).
For the German Wikipedia most of your illustrations are unluckily not usable, since it is often not clear which licence state the illustration has. (There is an agreement, that we don't use "fair use" and similar.) So if your knot pictures *are* in truth PD or GNU FDL, it would be nice to recognise that more easily.... -- Hella 23:08, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
With as long as this page is getting, I think it best to stick to a policy of removing requests when they are fulfilled. If someone simply posts a note saying "OK, I fulfilled this request" then there's not much reason for the request to remain here. Fulfilled requests can, of course, go to Wikipedia:Fulfilled picture requests. -- Wapcaplet 03:09, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
I think it might be useful to make a page specifically about the details of contributing pictures as a photographer, with specific examples. The information on this seems scattered right now, and I think it would be helpful to have it all in one place so photographers know exactly what to do and how to do it.
For example, I was wondering:
Information that would be combed together for this section:
Jeff 06:48, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
What are the objections to the Wikipedia:Requested_pictures#Drugs sections? The notice on WP:RP only says avoid blanket requests. Wikipedia:WikiProject Drugs is going to need images pretty much indefinitely. At the moment there are only a few specific requests; more are likely to be added later. It's most useful to leave the request in a place where it will be seen by the rest of Wikipedia. -- Eequor 00:15, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
====Drug photographs====
(
Please obtain these legally. To improve or replaceNew imagesFulfilled |
there is no such an image File:No image yet.gif neither File:No image yet.jpg why it says so in the page?
They are placeholders; as it says at the top of the page:
I'm not sure why there are JPEG and GIF versions. Anyhow, the idea is to link to that placeholder from articles that need images; they will then show up as "What links here" for that image. -- Wapcaplet 20:36, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I noticed in one of the articles I had been looking in on that someone added a "photo" that was actually a jpg or gif of a record-album cover from the late '80s. Another article has a picture of an author that I'm certain was on the back flap of one of his books.
Are these okay? It seems to me that they might be okay (i.e., non-infringing) because they are drawn from a sort of "publicity" usage and have thus been out in public. On the other hand, they may not be okay (non-infringing). Can anyone tell me? (J.R.)
I wonder if this page and all other languages should just be redirected to the commons page? I just found this page on french wikipedia fr:Utilisateur:Cdang/gallerie that has all kinds of useful images, including some that I saw requested elsewhere, but I bet no one on the english wikipedia ever notices them. - Omegatron 18:12, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
Just a heads up... -- AllyUnion (talk) 23:43, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I have made a category for the reqimage template which is Category:Articles needing images. This would fill up quickly. I propose we will have sub categories for this. For example, sub category for requesting images of people, another for maps, another for screen shots and so on. In this way, it will be similar to stubbing. - Zondor 15:29, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
I propose we update the current template and add {{reqimgbox}} as a new
template.
Please see my
proposal and talk pages:
Reqimage,
Articles needing images. Original proposal, on the Reqimage talk page, made on (02:20, 22 May 2005 (UTC)). Thank you <>
Who 22:16, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
Where should I request? -- Northernwolves 20:11, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This category is too big to be useful. A drawer is just looking for things to draw, just as a mapmaker ( Category:Wikipedia map requests) is looking for things to map, etc. Lumping all of these into "pictures" is no longer a useful way to work. Do others agree that this needs to be split? - St| eve 17:58, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure if a note should go on the main page or not, but there is a category set up for images on Wikipedia which are currently tagged as "fair use" but could be plausibly re-created as "free" images. One thing desperately needed are free photographs of different makes of modern U.S. automobiles (almost any variety is needed), for example, and there are a number of maps which could have their informational content re-drawn onto free outlines, etc. See Category:Fair use image replacement request. Thanks. -- Fastfission 03:45, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Is it part of Wikipedia politics to try to have (at least) one image per article ?
I have a good bunch photo I've made that could illustrate some articles: comics covers, Subbuteo players (could illustrate evolution), Field Hockey crosses from the 50s, 70s,..., Lincoln cars pictures, ... and I'm wondering whether it is a good idea to upload some of them. Lvr 17:27, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
It would be nice if there were a subset of this page for diagrams in particular. The reason is because at the moment it is impossible for me, without going through the whole list, to see which of these are diagram entries, and I think setting those aside would get them filled quicker. The reasoning is simple: any user with some ability at Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape can create a diagram (especially if the requester gives an example from the web of what type of thing they are looking for), whereas there is simply no way I could ever fulfill some of the photography requests and very unlikely I'd be able to fill the basic image requests. There are a lot of Wikipedians with grpahic design ability, this should be encouraged in some way... -- Fastfission 02:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Uploaded an image of Bisto gravy to the Bisto page. Spark13579 04:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Since you can only take a photo of something that exists near to you (and there are tens of thousands of geo-stubs lacking pictures), can I suggest subcategorizing this category?
Any thoughts? TheGrappler 18:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The following comment was copied from the village pump [4] by TheGrappler 05:47, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Depending on how much effort is spent tagging articles that could do with an image (at the moment, not a lot - my guess is that 100,000+ pages fit this description!) the lists could become too large for general subpages. I buy the logic that it is more important to establish diagrams and geography sorting. As for whether images should be uploaded to Commons instead, the Wikipedia upload page already states that for PD/GFDL images, that is preferred. Making that clear in the image request templates/categories/subpages too would be A Good Thing in my opinion. Linking with Commons image requests - hmm, not sure what's the best way to do this, though again, it's a very sensible idea. It may be even more important to try to link to WikiProjects and indeed other Wikipedias (where the same watchlist-problem exists). I also am under the impression that pages most likely to be "watchlisted" will tend to be more specific. I suspect many more Italy-dwellers will watchlist a "Requested images in Italy" than a "Requested images in Europe". I am still wondering whether a neat trick may be to use category pages to store a list too - this seems like twice the effort, but what I am envisaging might work like this:
So major or specific requests cause changes in the category that would make it noticed on the watchlist. "Minor", non-urgent additions, like adding a stub article on the hamlet of Smallfoo, Foovillia, may well not warrant an inclusion on the main list, but when a Foovillian who lives near Smallfoo checks over the category (perhaps alerted by the addition of Mr X. to the main list), Smallfoo's request will also be visible. Does this sound like a viable approach? TheGrappler 17:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I've created the above cat and started to add images to it. The specific map desired by the requestor may not be present but there are maps of Chicago on the project. Meanwhile, I'm working on at least one generalized blank map of the city that others can use to create more specialized maps to suit. John Reid 01:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
This page would be more useful if it was split up into a single page of photos that could be taken in many different places (eg, sports, activities, foods, etc), and those that effectively have to come from one place (eg, Eiffel Tower, photo of Greenwich...). These would each appear on a page by place. Then, photographers could more easily find photos that they would be capable of taking. There's absolutely no point me even looking at bridges in America. Whereas a bridge in France I could potentially visit and take a photo of. And a photo of an orange, anyone could take. So, to summarise:
Gee I'm smart, I see this is covered above :) Will look at commons and these cats.
Stevage 14:28, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone object to the removal of links in the titles? For example, the title of the people section has a link to people. It's somewhat confusing, at least to me. Since titles are not usually linked, I expect it to go somewhere useful, like a subpage of the Requested Pictures article or something. It looks like they're all common words that anyone would know and the actual pictures requested are linked. Do they serve a useful purpose or will I have to seek psychotherapy for my irrational link expectations? -- Kjkolb 12:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
I could post images but I for one don't make my own graphics nor do I have any contact with others who design their own graphics. If you are able to obtain or make your own graphics of Marth (no fanart), than I'd like to ask if someone could replace the "No Image Yet" spaces with the images as told in the captions. Remember they must BE of Marth only! ~ SamusFan80 (7:39pm MT, May 29, 2006)
I have found an extensive collection of public domain images provided by the US government. [5] Lawilkin 18:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I have added the image request for CapTel USB, however, I doubt the fruit of the effort, considering FCC prohibits relay providers and telecommunications access programs from disclosing their customers, unless someone happens to know a CapTel USB user by sheer dumb luck and has their permission to photograph the user during a conversation. I also doubt the success of replacing the other fair use images, but any attempts add any images to the article are appreciated. Taric25 18:31, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Please see this thread, which explains everything :) Thanks -- Quiddity 03:53, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
→ Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab#Merge with Wikipedia:Requested pictures
If I take an image from a site, and heavily edit it, does it then become "my" image, and do I then have the rights to it? Where is the line drawn? Paul Haymon 05:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I have tried to find a list of required math pictures (not photoes, but draiwings of some math objects - maybe I can help with some), and was unable to find it. Seems that on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_images there is a link 2.26 Mathematics going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_images#Mathematics where is a second link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures#Mathematics_2 This seems to be a broken link. Anyway, neither link contain some actual requests that I expected (like: draw a diagram that is illustrating this or this theorem or smth like this). I am new to Wikipedia, so maybe doing something wrong, please, give me a correct link in this case. Thank you and sorry for my bad English.
A lot of requests on this page have been fulfilled and just struck out instead of removed. In a few days I intend to go through this page and removed all the requests that have been fulfilled. Thoughts? -- Banana 19:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)