User talk:Gryllida/Archives/2009

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I've got a global account. I want to change the appearance setting of all wikis. But there are 43 of them. What can I do?

Sorry, but we don't have global preferences yet (except for passwords, of course). You'll have to change the setting on all 43 wikis separately. :-( Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 05:58, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

{{helpme}} I've found (in Google) and uploaded the image File:Robert_Rauschenberg.jpg. The following images are also available: [3] [4] [5] [6] Which one should I use? How do I learn the copyrights? Gryllida (talk) 03:45, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Although I cannot speak Russian, I note that, at the end of those pages, it says "© 2001—2009" - so I suspect that those images are copyright and therefore cannot be used. Wikipedia can only use images that are explicitly stated to be free of copyright conditions; if they are on the internet, and they do not clearly state that they are either 'public domain' or licenced under other appropriate terms such as 'Creative commons', then they cannot be used.

See Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial.  Chzz  ►  03:54, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

This is a Search Results page at Yandex. Please see the links which are present near the images to go to the pages the images are from. Which images of the list can I use? Gryllida (talk) 04:35, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Refs [7] [8] [9] [10]

3 of those links have clear copyright notices, and I cannot see on any of them a clear statement saying that they are licenced as either public domain or under an appropriate 'creative commons' licence - therefore, without some explicit statement that the images are available, we cannot use them.  Chzz  ►  04:46, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Where can I get free / public images except for Wikimedia commons? Gryllida (talk) 04:54, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

You could try using flickr and going into 'advanced', and checking all 3 boxes near the bottom, ie "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content", "Find content to use commercially" and "Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon" - that will then show images that can be uploaded. For example, this is the appropriate search for 'sausage'.

There are also options in Google image search; under their advanced image search there is an option to "Usage Rights:Return images that are..." and a drop-down showing "labeled for commercial use with modification". Example

http://images.google.co.uk/images?as_q=sausage&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&um=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgtype=&imgsz=&imgw=&imgh=&imgar=&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=(cc_publicdomain|cc_attribute|cc_sharealike).-(cc_noncommercial|cc_nonderived)&safe=images&as_st=y

here.

Sadly, finding appropriately licenced images is one of the greatest challenges that we face.

Another option is to write to someone who has an image, and ask them for permission to use it. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission; I have my own text that I use for this purpose, in user:chzz/help/myboilerplate - if a copyright holder sends that text via email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, with their name and the date completed an an image attached, then we can use it.

I hope that helps a bit; for more help, you can always talk to us live, with this or this.  Chzz  ►  05:07, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

P.S. There is also Wikipedia:Requested images, where you can ask for more help finding pictures.  Chzz  ►  05:10, 29 September 2009 (UTC)