Images in Articles

[Dwaraka Nath]

Hey all,

On a sudden thought, do you think we should include images for the articles? 

Dwarak.
http://www.dwarak.in

[Faisal Aziz]

Hi Dwaraka, its really a good idea but i am worried about images used in article,as most of the guys are unaware of cc licence,it will be great as far as they use their own graphics bt again it will be an overhead for reviewers to verify images that is open or under cc licence.

IMO, we can use mozilla logos for relavant articles.

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[Prakash Neupane]

Dwarika, i think image should be used in article but as per Faisal, main
consider should be in copyright.

In wikipedia common is the repository of image, they maintain the
guidelines to ensure it.

Thanks
Prakash Neupane

[Dwaraka Nath]

Hey Faisal and Prakash,

Totally agree in with you on this : Licensing images as per the guidelines.

How about we prepare a set of guidelines that the writer/localizer can follow to upload images to the wiki? I think a set of "understandable Do's and Don'ts will work." What say?

Dwarak.
http://www.dwarak.in

[Dwaraka Nath]

[Prakash Neupane]

Dwarik

My point is let make clear what to upload and what not to, like:

1. You can upload that you have created yourself[like you snap, you sketch].
2. You can´t upload other works or inspired from others.
3. You can upload other works if they give you permission
4. You can upload historic pic(150 yrs old pics)

These are not complete guidelines but this point helps to understand .

Thanks
Prakash Neupane

[Faisal Aziz]

Hi Dwaraka and Prakash,

I think we can stick to the
policies<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy>like
Wikipedia,

Copyright and licensing

Before you upload an image, make sure that the image falls in one of the
four categories:

- *Own work*: You own all rights to the image, usually meaning that you
created it entirely yourself.
(example<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caldwell_courthouse_2005.jpg>,
see below for
details<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#User-created_images>
)
- *Freely licensed*: You can prove that the copyright holder has
released the image under an acceptable free
license<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Free_licenses>.
Note that images that are licensed for use only on Wikipedia, or only for
non-commercial or educational use, or under a license that doesn't allow
for the creation of modified/derived works, are unsuitable.
(example<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big_red_boat_1998.jpg>,
see below for
details<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Free_licenses>
)
- *Public domain*: You can prove that the image is in the public
domain<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain>,
i.e. free of all copyrights.
(example<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vehicle_simulator.jpg>,
see below for
details<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Public_domain>
)
- *Fair use*: You believe that the image meets the special conditions
for non-free content <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NFC>, which
exceptionally allow the use of unlicensed material, and you can provide an
explicit non-free use
rationale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content>explaining
why and how you intend to use it.
(example <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dewan_negara.jpg>, see below
for details<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Fair_use_images>
)

Always note the image's copyright status on the image description
page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_description_page>,
and provide specific details about the image's origin. An Image copyright
tag <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags> provides
a standard template for the licensing of the image. The image summary
provides necessary details to support the use of the image copyright tag.
An image summary should contain the following:
*Description:* The subject of the image*Origin (source):* The copyright
holder of the image or URL of the web page the image came from*Author:* The
original creator of the image, especially if different from the copyright
holder*Permission:* Who or what law or policy gives permission to post on
Wikipedia with the selected image copyright tag

In addition, the summary might also contain the following, where
appropriate:
*Date:* Date the image was created. The more exact, the
better*Location:*Where the image was created. The more exact the
better
*Other versions of this file:* Directs users to derivatives of the image if
they exist on Wikipedia More information on how to provide a good
description of the image's origin

- A good description of the origin for an image from an internet
location is to point to the HTML page that contains the image (
http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=3097) and *not* directly to the
image itself: (
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_021028-N-3228G-006.jpg
).
- A good description of the origin for an image from a book is to
provide full a bibliographic citation for the book (Author, Title, ISBN
number, page number(s), date of copyright, publisher information, etc.) and
*not* just title and author.
- A good description of the origin for a self-created image is to state
"It is my own work." and *not* just use a tag that indicates it is your
own work ({{self <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Self>}} or {{
PD-self <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-self>}} for examples).



I hope this will help contributors to use images fairly in articles.

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*Faisal Aziz* <https://reps.mozilla.org/u/FaisalAziz/>
REMO
Pune
Mozilla India
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