Chitrapa

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Self-portrait of photographer with friend.
Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas (November 2006).

At some point, the gate keepers of Wikipedia will recognized that ALL images should contain some sort of photo credit. Like any other form of art, a photographer should be given credit for his or her efforts. Additionally, for places such as a war zone, an individual who risk his or her life to capture an image should be noted for their work. There's a big difference between a picture of some mundane location in middle America and a photograph that captures a moment in time on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq.

Photographers and/or photojournalists, recognizing the value of Wikipedia as a place to publish their work, may start becoming major contributors to this growing corner of cyberspace.

Indeed, in regards to written articles, Wikipedia could/would gain greater credibility if significant contributors (i.e. writers/authors) would be required to use their real names. While Wikipedia is not an actual newspaper or book, the idea of attribution remains ones of the major pillars of publishing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalistic_ethics

What if it was discovered that Ann Coulter wrote an article on Wikipedia using a fictitious name (i.e. such as Chitrapa), how would that impact the future editorial content of Wikipedia?

Additionally, in order to save itself from possible...future...Copyright legal headaches, Wikipedia should require that ALL uploaded images contain the author's name. As Wikipedia moves forward in its development as a new medium of information, a serious discussion needs to take place regarding the attribution of material (i.e. both print and visual) contained within these pages. Only when that happens will Wikipedia move forward to its next level of development.

Anyhow, in the interest of Wiki-Peace, I've removed ALL the photo credits from each and every submitted caption. Until I reach 1,001 active photo submissions, I'll refrain from battling over the merits of this issue...
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Credits in photo captions

Because you have voiced your opinion on such matters in the past, I thought you would like to know that consensus is trying to be reached on this issue at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Photograph_attribution_in_image_captions. (Mind meal (talk) 22:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC))

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question regarding one of your images

First, I'd like to say "Thank you" for uploading some of your fantastic photographs. My question regards one of them: Image:MarineBand001b.jpg. I'd like to confirm the information in the origional upload log: you took the photo, and the name I can credit is "Peter Rimar"? Second, can you give me more context to this photo? Where was it taken? What was the event?
The reason I ask is that I'd like to eventually feature it on the United States Marine Corps Portal, and I need to provide proper crediting and context. Thanks! bahamut0013♠♣ 18:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

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Photos

I just wanted to say that I am impressed by your photography --Guerillero | My Talk 22:22, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

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Re: File:IraqiVillage.jpg

UPDATED on July 7th, 2021:

Here's the link to my archive dot org account: https://archive.org/details/@peter_rimar
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