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Commons is built from the donated works of thousands of volunteers. By contributing your own photos and other files, you're helping to improve Wikipedia and build a common resource that is used by by educational websites, news media, bloggers, artists, filmmakers, students, teachers, and many others.
Commons is built from the donated works of thousands of volunteers. By contributing your own photos and other files, you're helping to improve Wikipedia and build a common resource that is used by by educational websites, news media, bloggers, artists, filmmakers, students, teachers, and many others.
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====Puzzly====
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[Puzzly, proudly holding a photo of a puzzle-bug]
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I took this great photo of a wikipede. I should put it up on Wikipedia!
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First, I'll need to upload it to Wikimedia Commons.
==Contributing to Commons==
==Contributing to Commons==
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However, there are some exceptions.
However, there are some exceptions.
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You can upload someone else's work if the author granted permission for anyone to use, copy, modify, and sell it. [rewrite to be more specific, noting the typical situation of permission granted via free license]
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You can upload someone else's work if the author granted permission for anyone to use, copy, modify, and sell it—by releasing it under a free license.
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You can upload your photographs of old art, statues, and buildings (usually over 150 years old). [rewrite to explain public domain, briefly]
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You can upload someone else's work if it is in the public domain (usually over 150 years old).
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You can upload your photographs of public domain works, such as old buildings, statues, and art. [rewrite to explain public domain, briefly]
SIDEBAR: [something about the complexity of copyright law, and the odd variety of other exceptions]
SIDEBAR: [something about the complexity of copyright law, and the odd variety of other exceptions]
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* Wikimedia Foundation - The nonprofit charitable organization that runs Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, and other educational projects. Wikimedia Foundation is based in San Francisco, California. Its mission is "to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally."
* Wikimedia Foundation - The nonprofit charitable organization that runs Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, and other educational projects. Wikimedia Foundation is based in San Francisco, California. Its mission is "to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally."
* Talk pages - A page on a wiki (such as Commons) to discuss the corresponding article or file with others. Each file on Commons has a Talk page, which can be found by clicking the "Discussion" tab at the top left the page.
* Talk pages - A page on a wiki (such as Commons) to discuss the corresponding article or file with others. Each file on Commons has a Talk page, which can be found by clicking the "Discussion" tab at the top left the page.
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===Is it public domain?===
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Public domain is complicated, and varies by country and by the type of work. But here are a few rules of thumb. A work is public domain if:
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* it was published in the United States before 1923
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* it was published outside of the United States and the author has been dead for more than 70 years
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* it is a work of the United States Federal Government
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* the author explicitly released it to the public domain
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SIDEBAR: For more details on what is and is not public domain, see the page [[Help:Public domain]] on Wikimedia Commons.
==How to upload a file==
==How to upload a file==
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# You'll see a link to the file page (where you can return to edit the description or see where on Wikipedia it is used), as well as wiki code you can use to add the file to a Wikipedia article.
# You'll see a link to the file page (where you can return to edit the description or see where on Wikipedia it is used), as well as wiki code you can use to add the file to a Wikipedia article.
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===Free licenses===
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[graphic of Puzzly typing in the description of the wikipede on a computer screen: "A young wikipede crawling across..."]
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==Free licenses==
The person who creates a work is the owner of the work's copyright – which literally means "the right to copy" – unless they produced it on behalf of an organization or legally transferred the right to somebody else.
The person who creates a work is the owner of the work's copyright – which literally means "the right to copy" – unless they produced it on behalf of an organization or legally transferred the right to somebody else.
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* releases any modifications under the same license (''ShareAlike'', also known as ''copyleft'').
* releases any modifications under the same license (''ShareAlike'', also known as ''copyleft'').
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====Other free licenses====
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====Puzzly====
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Puzzly saying: "When I upload this to Commons with the CC-BY-SA license, it means anyone can use it and share it."
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===Other free licenses===
Some people wish to share their works with even fewer restrictions. If you want to get credit when people use your work, but you don't mind if someone modifies or remixes it without sharing their new derivative work under the same terms, you can use the Creative Commons Attribution license, which doesn't have the ShareAlike requirement. And if you want to release your work with no restrictions at all without requiring people credit you for your work, you can use CC0 public domain dedication to waive all your rights to it.
Some people wish to share their works with even fewer restrictions. If you want to get credit when people use your work, but you don't mind if someone modifies or remixes it without sharing their new derivative work under the same terms, you can use the Creative Commons Attribution license, which doesn't have the ShareAlike requirement. And if you want to release your work with no restrictions at all without requiring people credit you for your work, you can use CC0 public domain dedication to waive all your rights to it.
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*iOS QR code and link
*iOS QR code and link
*Android QR code and link
*Android QR code and link
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====Puzzly====
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[Puzzly taking a photo with a smartphone, no caption.]
==Using files on Wikipedia==
==Using files on Wikipedia==
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[will this be obsoleted by the VE?]
[will this be obsoleted by the VE?]
The basic format for putting an image or media file into an article is like this:
The basic format for putting an image or media file into an article is like this:
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Insert the code into a Wikipedia article by placing it within the article text, wherever you want it to appear. [Diagram showing the insertion of image code above a paragraph of wikitext, and the parsed result with the image next to the paragraph]
Insert the code into a Wikipedia article by placing it within the article text, wherever you want it to appear. [Diagram showing the insertion of image code above a paragraph of wikitext, and the parsed result with the image next to the paragraph]
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====Puzzly====
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Puzzly, muttering to himself: "Let's see... I'll add my photo right ''here''. Copy the code. Paste it in the article. Add the caption. And... ''Save''! "
==Using files on other sites==
==Using files on other sites==
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*link to the specific license
*link to the specific license
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If you want to embed an image file directly from Wikipedia, you can use the code provided by the [globe icon]"Use this file" link on the file page.
If you want to embed an image file directly from Wikipedia, you can use the code provided by the [globe icon]"Use this file" link on the file page.
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* modifying already existing commons photos
* modifying already existing commons photos
* what are vector graphics?
* what are vector graphics?
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==Finding free photos==
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shorter version of [[w:User:Sage Ross (WMF)/commons]]
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