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borders.png". Check whether there are already maps of Africa in Knowledge (XXG). Then decide whether your map should replace one (in each article that uses it) or be additional. In the first case give it exactly the same name, otherwise a suitable other name. Avoid special characters in filenames or excessively long filenames, though, as that might make it difficult for some users to download the files onto their machines. Every letter of a file name – including the extension – is case sensitive: "Africa.png" is considered
551:) should be as "free" as Knowledge (XXG)'s content—both to keep Knowledge (XXG)'s own legal status secure and to allow as much re-use of Knowledge (XXG) content as possible. For example, Knowledge (XXG) can accept images under CC-BY-SA (Attribution-Share Alike) as a free license, but not CC-BY-SA-NC (Attribution-Share Alike-Non-Commercial). A list of possible licenses which are considered "free enough" for Knowledge (XXG) are listed at 24: 87: 673:. The US has a high threshold, whereas the UK has a lower one, following a "sweat of the brow" standard. In such cases, an image that is copyrighted in its home country, but ineligible for copyright in the US may be uploaded locally on the English Knowledge (XXG) as a public domain image using a tag such as 1494:
The subject of the image. This should explain what the picture is of (ideally linking the article(s) it would be used on), and other identifying information that is not covered by the bullets below. For example, a picture of a person taken at a public event will often identify that event and the date
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If an image requires consent, but consent cannot be obtained, there are several options. For example, identifying features can be blurred, pixelated, or obscured so that the person is no longer identifiable. Also, the picture may be re-taken at a different angle, perhaps so that the subject's face is
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You may use the same name in the case of a different image that replaces the old one, and also if you make an improved version of the same image – perhaps a scanned image that you scanned again with a better quality scanner, or you used a better way of reducing the original in scale – then upload it
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The extent to which a particular photograph is "unfair" or "intrusive" will depend on the nature of the shot, whether it was taken in a public or private place, the title/description, and on the type of subject (e.g. a celebrity, a non-famous person, etc.). This is all a matter of degree. A secretly
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and is illegal. Media which are mistagged as non-free or are a flagrant copyright violation can be removed on sight. Editors who notice correctable errors in non-free tags or rationales are urged to fix them, if able. Voluntarily fixing such problems is helpful to Knowledge (XXG), though many errors
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Another factor to consider is the established reliability and past respect for copyright of the source of publication of a photo. Some tabloid newspapers and magazines have had legal issues with respect of original copyright for sake of getting their stories out, and images from such sources may be
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If an article has a compatible free license, this doesn't necessarily mean that all images in this article have the same free license. Despite the general freedom granted by the free license, there might be specific components that are copyrighted and these copyrighted components should be clearly
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Images with you, friends or family prominently featured in a way that distracts from the image topic are not recommended for the main namespace. These images are considered self-promotion and the Knowledge (XXG) community has repeatedly reached consensus to delete such images. Using such images on
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for an example montage.) The components of a collage or montage, as well as the collage or montage itself, must be properly licensed; and (as with galleries) fair-use components are rarely appropriate, as each non-free image used in the creation of the montage contributes towards consideration of
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The purpose of an image is to increase readers' understanding of the article's subject matter, usually by directly depicting people, things, activities, and concepts described in the article. The relevant aspect of the image should be clear and central. Guidance for selecting images when multiple
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Additionally, user-made images may be wholly original. In such cases, the image should be primarily serving an educational purpose, and not as a means of self-promotion of the user's artistic skills. The subject to be illustrated should be clearly identifiable in context, and should not be overly
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outlines these clauses per jurisdiction. The shape and design of utilitarian objects, such as cars, furniture, and tools, are generally considered uncopyrightable, allowing such photos to be put into the public domain or freely licensed; however this does not extend to decorative features such as
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Privacy disclosure statement: for image file formats JPG and PNG all EXIF metadata in the uploaded image is publicly visible on all Knowledge (XXG) and associated websites. This includes your location, the date and time the image was recorded and the make and model of your camera or smartphone.
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Photographs of three-dimensional objects almost always generate a new copyright, though others may continue to hold copyright in items depicted in such photographs. Whether the photo carries the copyright of the object photographed depends on numerous factors. For three-dimensional art and
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Descriptive file names are also useful. A map of Africa could be called "Africa.png", but quite likely more maps of Africa will be useful in Knowledge (XXG), so it is good to be more specific in a meaningful way, e.g. "Africa political map Jan. 2012.png", or "Africa political map with red
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and are therefore not copyrightable, fall instead into the public domain. For instance, images that consist only of simple typeface are generally public domain (though they may yet be trademarked). Editors must be aware of the origin country of the image, as the threshold of originality
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Public domain images are not copyrighted, and copyright law does not restrict their use in any way. Knowledge (XXG) pages, including non-English language pages, are hosted on a server in the United States, so US law governs whether a Knowledge (XXG) image is in the public domain.
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mean that it is "free content" or acceptable for use on Knowledge (XXG). The vast majority of images on the internet are copyrighted and cannot be used here – even if there is not a copyright notice, it is automatically copyrighted from the moment of creation. When in doubt, do
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In general, if you have a good image that is in the wrong format, convert it to the correct format before uploading. However, if you find a map, flag, etc. in JPEG format, only convert it to PNG if this reduces the file size. For further advice on converting JPEG to PNG, see
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for details. An example of an exception might be a gallery of comparable screenshots from a video game as it appears on two different platforms, provided that the differences are relevant (e.g., if the article discusses a controversy in the gaming press about the matter).
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Within reason, crop an image to remove irrelevant areas. But do not "throw away information"; for example, if a photograph shows George Washington and Abraham Lincoln together at a birthday party, and the article you're working on requires only Lincoln, consider uploading
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with the same title as the old one. This allows people to easily compare the two images, and avoids the need to delete images or change articles. However, this is not possible if the format is changed, since then at least the extension part of the name has to be changed.
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The servers automatically handle the scaling of images (whatever their original size) to the sizes called for in particular articles, so it is neither necessary nor desirable to upload separate reduced-size or reduced-quality "thumbnail" versions, although compressing
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used, the resulting image should usually be no more than 500 pixels tall and no more than 400 pixels wide, for comfortable display on the smallest devices "in common use" (though this may still cause viewing difficulties on some unusual displays). To convert a
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makes it easy to use a PNG overlay on top of a JPEG image, the Knowledge (XXG) software does not allow such a technique. Thus, both parts must be in the same file, and either the quality of one part will suffer, or the file size will be unnecessarily large.
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identified as being excluded from the free license. Even in free articles, always check image captions for statements like "Reprinted with permission from" or "©-Copyright holder", which signal that these images are not covered by the overall free license.
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taken shot of a celebrity caught in an embarrassing position in a public place may well be acceptable to the community; a similar shot of an anonymous member of the public may or may not be acceptable, depending on what is shown and how it is presented.
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When taking pictures of identifiable people, the subject's consent is not usually needed for straightforward photographs taken in a public place, but is often needed for photographs taken in a private place. This type of consent is sometimes called a
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may be appropriate in some Knowledge (XXG) articles if a collection of images can illustrate aspects of a subject that cannot be easily or adequately described by text or individual images. Just as we seek to ensure that the prose of an article is
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the original image and the crop of Lincoln. Also, if an image has captions as an inherent part of the artwork (as with book illustrations, early cartoons, many lithographs, etc.), don't crop them, or upload the original uncropped version as well.
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Inline animations should be used sparingly; a static image with a link to the animation is preferred unless the animation has a very small file size. Keep in mind the problems with print compatibility mentioned elsewhere on this page.
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to display multiple photos is discouraged. The method is not suitable for printing and also is not user-friendly (users cannot save individual images and have to wait before being able to view images while other images cycle round).
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Knowledge (XXG) and its sister projects are repositories of knowledge, so images should be uploaded at high resolution whether or not this seems "necessary" for the use immediately contemplated‍—‌"saving server space" is
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Defamation may arise not only from the content of the image itself but also from its description and title when uploaded. An image of an identified unknown individual may be unexceptional on its own, but with the title
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Fair-use images should almost never be included as part of a general image gallery, because their "fair use" status depends on their proper use in the context of an article (as part of analysis or criticism). See
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There are a limited number of types of images that are illegal as they are not considered protected speech within the United States' First Amendment, such as child pornography. These images are unacceptable under
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Images should be captioned to explain their relevance to the article subject and to the theme of the gallery, and the gallery itself should be appropriately titled (unless its theme is clear from context). See
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Generally speaking, you should not contribute images consisting solely of formatted or unformatted text, tables, or mathematical formulas. In most cases these can instead be typed directly into an article in
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User-made images can also include the recreation of graphs, charts, drawings, and maps directly from available data, as long as the user-created format does not mimic the exact style of the original work.
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pages following the instructions in the tag. This process may be used for images that are low quality, obsolete, unencyclopedic, likely to remain unused, or whose use under the non-free content rules is
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Images may be placed into the public domain by their creators, or they may be public domain because they are ineligible for copyright or because their copyright expired. In the US as of January 1, 2024,
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and used under fair use, the uploaded image must be as low-resolution as possible consistent with its fair-use rationale, to prevent use of Knowledge (XXG)'s copy as a substitute for the original work.
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are single images that illustrate multiple closely related concepts, where overlapping or similar careful placement of component images is necessary to illustrate a point in an encyclopedic way. (See
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may be impossible to fix, such as the original source or copyright owner. A user may be banned for repeatedly uploading material which is neither free nor follows the required for non-free images.
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can be used not only for thumbnails but for certain other images that serve much the same function as thumbnails but do not need frames around them or captions below them. In these cases add
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logos incidentally (or purposely if the image is either freely licensed, covered under freedom of panorama, or being too simple to be copyrightable). If this is the case, please tag it with
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on any work published anywhere before January 1, 1929. Although US copyrights have also expired for many works published since then, the rules for determining expiration are complex; see
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website were coded as JPEG, but are now coded as GIF. To update these photos, download the GIF picture from the CIA Factbook, resave it in PNG format, and upload it to Knowledge (XXG).
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For an image from a book this is ideally page number and full bibliographic information (author, title, ISBN number, page number(s), date of copyright, publisher information, etc.).
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rights. Because of this, certain uses of such images may still be prohibited without the agreement of the depicted person, or the holder of other non-copyright related rights.
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to meet the goals of a free content work, the English Knowledge (XXG) has adopted a purposely-stricter standard for fair-use of copyrighted images and other works, called the
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necessarily create a new copyright—copyright is generated only by instances of "creativity", and not by the amount of labor which went into the creation of the work.
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scaling factor. This allows article editors to adjust the user's "base" image-size preference, according to the characteristics of a particular image. For example:
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Be aware that just because a freely licensed image may be available at Commons, it may still be inappropriate to use on the English Knowledge (XXG) due to our
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If you create an image that contains text, please also upload a version without any text. It will help Wikipedians translate your image into other languages.
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format instead of GIF. Ogg does not allow an animation to play automatically on page loading, but it can contain audio and has generally better resolution.
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artistic elements on the object's surfaces like an artistic painting on a car's hood. If you have questions in respect to this, please ask the regulars at
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Try to avoid editing JPEGs too frequently—each edit creates more loss of quality. If you can find an original of a photograph in 16-bit or 24-bit PNG or
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do not generate new copyrights—they merely inherit the copyright status of the image they are reproducing. For example, a straight-on photograph of the
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Generally, a gallery or cluster of images should not be added so long as there is space for images to be effectively presented adjacent to text. A
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free enough for Knowledge (XXG)'s usages or goals and will be deleted. In short, Knowledge (XXG) media (with the exception of "fair use" media—see
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images, fully describe images' origins and copyright details on their description pages, and try to make images as useful and reusable as possible.
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of the images. Disagreements about gallery image sizes should be settled like any other editing dispute, by discussion on the article talk page.
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to an article or section within an article while avoiding similar or repetitive images, unless a point of contrast or comparison is being made.
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If an article seems to have too many images for its present text, consider moving some of them temporarily to the talk page, possibly using the
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projects, each of which may have its own content policies, and many of which differ significantly from those of the English Knowledge (XXG).
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with a GFDL license is used under a non-free rationale it does not have to be scaled down, but other non-free limitations will still apply.
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metadata in uploaded images – such as time data and the make, model, and location of the device capturing the image – is publicly visible.
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Consider contacting the user who uploaded the image, telling them of your concerns. You may be able to resolve the issue at this point.
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Articles consisting entirely or primarily of galleries are discouraged, as the Commons is intended for such collections of images. One
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Not all legally obtained photographs of individuals are acceptable. The following types of image are normally considered unacceptable:
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should be used, thereby respecting the user's base preference (which may have been selected for that user's particular devices). If
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might be used for an image with little detail, which can be adequately displayed "25% smaller than the user generally specified".
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to consider: if, due to its content, such a gallery would only lend itself to a title along the lines of "Gallery" or "Images of
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Photographs of two-dimensional objects such as paintings in a museum often do not create a new copyright (see the section on the
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at which the image was created, if applicable and available. This can be as specific as a GPS-derived longitude and latitude.
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copyrighted elements do not affect the copyright of the photograph; such a photo may still be licensed freely. For example,
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of a gallery should be understood as simply the size that images are presented as if nothing else is specified, not as the
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Some subjects easily lend themselves to image-heavy articles for which image galleries are suitable, such as plants (e.g.,
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might be used for an image with fine detail, so that it will be rendered "40% larger than the user generally specified".
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not to use a gallery of group members as the lead image for articles about large groups of people such as ethnicities.
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These are categories which are matters of common decency rather than law. They find a reflection in the wording of the
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The content was licensed on or after 1 August 2021. The licensing date is considered, not the creation or upload date.
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If the file is tagged as freely licensed but you have reasons to suspect this tagging is false: list the file under
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declare that commercial use and modification is permitted. If it does not so declare, you must assume that you may
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for an example of an informative and well-crafted gallery. Be aware different screen size and browsers may affect
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of the event. (This is different from the image's caption or alt-text, and might be more descriptive than these.)
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In all these cases, the file will be deleted by an administrator after a waiting period of a few days or a week.
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Such images can include photographs which you yourself took. The legal rights for images generally lie with the
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may be useful as well for simple subjects (where PNG would result in a smaller file without degrading quality).
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in photographs, where the copyrighted element is visible but not the focus of the photograph. In such cases,
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be used in articles (not e.g. talk pages or user pages), as specified in the image's fair-use rationale; and
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which forces a fixed image width measured in pixels, disregarding the user's image size preference setting.
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Who or what law or policy gives permission to post on Knowledge (XXG) with the selected image copyright tag
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Works must usually entail a minimum amount of creativity to be copyrightable. Those that fail to meet this
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can be considered free despite the numerous advertising signs in sight, as these ads are considered to be
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In articles that have several images, they are typically placed individually near the relevant text (see
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The content is not a software logo, diagram or screenshot that is extracted from a GFDL software manual.
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below), as, within the United States, these are considered "slavish copies" without any creativity (see
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In each case, give proper notification to the uploader, following the instructions in the deletion tag.
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In the US, reproductions of two-dimensional public domain artwork do not generate a new copyright; see
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There are a variety of non-copyright laws which may affect the photographer, the uploader and/or the
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a valid consideration in general, though there is a 1,000MB (1GB) limit. Exception: If the image is
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If you strongly suspect an image is a copyright infringement, you should list it for deletion; see
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For a self-created image, state "Own work" (in addition to an appropriate copyright tag, such as
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the image was created, if available; a full date, if available, is better than simply the year
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for recommendations on the best markup to use. Images should be placed in articles following
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GFDL content may still be usable under the non-free content policy. If a work that is not a
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Before you upload an image, make sure that the image falls in one of the four categories:
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Use of copyrighted material under an invalid claim of a non-free rationale constitutes
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The original creator of the image (especially if different from the copyright holder).
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Knowledge (XXG) encourages users to upload their own images. All user-created images
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fair-use images become subject to deletion if not actually used in an article‍—‌see
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from "Africa.PNG". For uniformity, lower case file name extensions are recommended.
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of the source(s) of the original data when uploading such images. See, for example
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Same if you think it should be deleted for some other reason: list the file under
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Inside buildings in areas freely accessible to the public (e.g. a foyer or lobby)
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To actually delete an image after following the above procedure, you must be an
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and published elsewhere with a copyright notice should be listed for deletion.
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Nudes, underwear or swimsuit shots, unless obviously taken in a public place
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An anonymous person in a public place, especially as part of a larger crowd
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is a place where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy, while a
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Stand-alone lead images (not in an infobox) should also be no wider than
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present, but no multiplier given) multiplies the width by 0.75 by default
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Those that unreasonably intrude into the subject's private or family life
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The content is primarily a photograph, painting, drawing, audio or video.
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architecture such as buildings in public spaces, each country has unique
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problematic to use on Knowledge (XXG) for both legal and moral reasons.
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on Knowledge (XXG) e.g. cropped or uncropped, retouched or unretouched.
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Long-lens images, taken from afar, of an individual in a private place
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completely absent) multiplies the width by 1.0 (i.e. changes nothing)
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For information on media in general (images, sound files, etc.), see
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It may be preferable to convert a long or color-rich animation to
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Knowledge (XXG) desires freely licensed images over non-free ones
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