http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission is from the otherside of the table but might be useful
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Strainu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
