UniWiki:Manual of Style/Images: Difference between revisions

Line 142:

==== Finding images on the Internet ====

~~{{selfref|~~For further information, see: [[Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial|Finding images tutorial]]}}

:''For further information, see: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial|Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial]]''

An extensive list of free image resources by topic can be found at: [[Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|Public domain image resources]]. In addition to [[Wikimedia Commons]], the [[:m:Toolserver|Wikimedia Toolserver]] has a [[tools:~magnus/fist.php|Free Image Search Tool]] (FIST), which automatically culls free images from the [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|Wikimedia sister projects]], [[Flickr]] and a few other sites. Several other useful, general purpose [[image search]] engines include: [[Google Image Search]], [[Picsearch]] and [[Pixsta]]. [[Creative Commons]] licensed images with ''Attribution'' and ''Attribution-ShareAlike'' as their license may be used on ~~Wikipedia~~. '''Images with any license restricting commercial use or the creation of derivative works may not be used on Wikipedia'''.

An extensive list of free image resources by topic can be found at: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|Public domain image resources]]. Several other useful, general purpose [[Wikipedia:Image search|image search]] engines include: [[Wikipedia:Google Image Search|Google Image Search]], [[Wikipedia:Picsearch|Picsearch]] and [[Wikipedia:Pixsta|Pixsta]]. [[Wikipedia:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] licensed images with ''Attribution'' and ''Attribution-ShareAlike'' as their license may be used on the UniWiki. '''Images with any license restricting commercial use or the creation of derivative works may not be used on Wikipedia'''.

The Creative Commons site has a [http://search.creativecommons.org/ search page] that can be used as a starting point to find suitably licensed images; make sure you check both the checkboxes "use for commercial purposes" and "modify, adapt, or build upon".

If you find an image on the Internet that is not available freely, you can email the copyright owner and ask for their permission to release it under a suitable license, adapting the [[Wikipedia:boilerplate request for permission|boilerplate request for permission]]. If you cannot find a suitable image, you may also list your request at [[Wikipedia:Requested pictures]], so that another contributor may find or create a suitable image.

====Requesting images from others====

@@ Line 142: / Line 142: @@
 ==== Finding images on the Internet ====
-{{selfref|For further information, see: [[Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial|Finding images tutorial]]}}
+:''For further information, see: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial|Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial]]''
-An extensive list of free image resources by topic can be found at: [[Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|Public domain image resources]]. In addition to [[Wikimedia Commons]], the [[:m:Toolserver|Wikimedia Toolserver]] has a [[tools:~magnus/fist.php|Free Image Search Tool]] (FIST), which automatically culls free images from the [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|Wikimedia sister projects]], [[Flickr]] and a few other sites. Several other useful, general purpose [[image search]] engines include: [[Google Image Search]], [[Picsearch]] and [[Pixsta]]. [[Creative Commons]] licensed images with ''Attribution'' and ''Attribution-ShareAlike'' as their license may be used on Wikipedia. '''Images with any license restricting commercial use or the creation of derivative works may not be used on Wikipedia'''.
+An extensive list of free image resources by topic can be found at: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|Public domain image resources]]. Several other useful, general purpose [[Wikipedia:Image search|image search]] engines include: [[Wikipedia:Google Image Search|Google Image Search]], [[Wikipedia:Picsearch|Picsearch]] and [[Wikipedia:Pixsta|Pixsta]]. [[Wikipedia:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] licensed images with ''Attribution'' and ''Attribution-ShareAlike'' as their license may be used on the UniWiki. '''Images with any license restricting commercial use or the creation of derivative works may not be used on Wikipedia'''.
 The Creative Commons site has a [http://search.creativecommons.org/ search page] that can be used as a starting point to find suitably licensed images; make sure you check both the checkboxes "use for commercial purposes" and "modify, adapt, or build upon".
-If you find an image on the Internet that is not available freely, you can email the copyright owner and ask for their permission to release it under a suitable license, adapting the [[Wikipedia:boilerplate request for permission|boilerplate request for permission]]. If you cannot find a suitable image, you may also list your request at [[Wikipedia:Requested pictures]], so that another contributor may find or create a suitable image.
 ====Requesting images from others====