Zizanie13
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Hello!
Thanks for uploading some pictures to Wikipedia. I wanted to make sure you were aware of some of the requirements and good practices for uploaded images.
- Pick an image name.
- When uploading an image, pick a file name that is descriptive, and unique. Remember that many images may be uploaded about the same topic, and remember that names are case sensitive.
- Source the image.
- On the image description page, explain where the image came from. If you created the image yourself, then say so. If it's from the web, give a URL. If it's a screenshot of a movie or game, or a scan from a book, give the title.
- Provide copyright and license information.
- This part is a little bit trickier, but it's very important. The copyright of the image generally belongs to whomever created it.
- If it's a photograph you took, or an image you created (modifying an image that already exists doesn't count) in software like Photoshop or GIMP, then you own the copyright. To upload it to Wikipedia, you must agree to license it under the GFDL (which allows anyone to use it, but requires that they give credit to the original author and requires that any further edit to the image be licensed under the GFDL as well) or release it into the public domain (which allows anyone to use it for any purpose without restriction.) Do this by placing an appropriate tag on the image description page, like {{GFDL}} or {{PD}}. Be sure to mention that you created the image. If you're using {{PD}}, you may also want to use {{NoRightsReserved}}, since there is some dispute as to whether one may grant items into the public domain.
- If you didn't create the image, or the copyright somehow belongs to another party (like a screenshot, which you might "create", but the copyright belongs to the author of the movie or video game), then you need to find another tag that describes the copyright status of the image. Images used on Wikipedia need to be free for our use and the use of sites which reproduce our content. This means that images cannot have a restriction such as "only for use by Wikipedia", or "for non-commercial use only", or "for educational use". Images without a free license may be usable in certain articles under fair use, but such a use should be justified on the image description page.
- Describe the image.
- To another reader, the image may not be immediately understood. A caption in an article doesn't explain the image to a visitor who sees it on its image page. Put a brief explanation of what is in the image on the image description page, similar to what you might include in a caption on an article.
Some links to Wikipedia pages on this subject:
Copyrights, Copyright tags, Fair use, Image description page, Public domain, Images for deletion, Possibly unfree images, Copyright problems, Uploading images
Thanks again for your contributions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at my talk page. feydey 19:37, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello Zizanie, and thanks for starting CIOMS/RUCAM scale for us. I tried to clean up the formatting, but since I'm not familiar with the content, I'm not sure that I got the right answers. (I'm also trying to figure out the last detail of table formatting -- I think the empty cells are supposed to be merged with their neighbors).
Would you mind taking a look at it and letting me know whether I've screwed up any of the content in the course of dealing with the formatting? Accuracy matters much more than aesthetics, and I want to make sure that I haven't introduced errors. You can leave a note for me here or on the article's talk page. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
PS: You can ignore the above notes about possible deletion. That's all been taken care of, and the admin who reviewed it very kindly left a note at WP:MED to see whether the formatting could be fixed. You are, BTW, invited to keep the doctors' mess on your watchlist if you have an interest in medicine-related articles. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:18, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks! I've corrected the scale according to the information you sent me. I really appreciate your help with the content. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)