For this category of people we have OTRS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS#Licensing_images:_when_do_I_contact_OTRS.3F :)
If you want to cut the queue, just contact a volunteer to have the ticket processed. Strainu 2013/10/11 David Gerard <[email protected]>: > I just got a phone call and followup email today asking about how to > upload a photo to be on a Wikipedia article. > > This has got to be an incredibly common request. What's a standardised > way to handle it? > > Here's the text I wrote back with: > > === > OK - the key point with contributing a picture to Wikipedia, or rather > to Wikimedia Commons, is that you are contributing it to the world - > under a free licence. > > (You can't contribute a picture "for use in Wikipedia" - Wikipedia > doesn't accept those. It needs pictures of living people to be under a > licence where literally anyone can use it.) > > So, you need the person or body who owns the copyright in the picture > to contribute it under a free licence. This means you lose control > over the picture, but it does contribute it to the world. This does > not control unpleasant reuses - so be very sure you think this is a > good idea. > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Contributing_your_own_work > > This works quite well in my experience for promotional photos. It will > rapidly become *the* picture people use. > > Creative Commons by-sa is a good licence, I think - anyone can use it, > but anyone can reuse it. > > Once a picture is uploaded to Commons, it can be used on Wikipedia articles. > === > > - But there's got to be a better text and/or page I could refer them to ... > > Assume the person this is for knows very little about Wikipedia or > content freedom. > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
