Creative Commons Images
Wikipedia is not allowing us to upload Creative Commons photos from Cinema Politica - what do we need to do?
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When a work uses a Creative Commons license, it includes up to four different restrictions:
BY - Attribution is required.
SA - Modifications of the work must be released with the same license it uses.
NC - Commercial use of the work is not allowed.
ND - Use is permitted, but not modification.
Only BY and SA are accepted on Wikimedia Commons. There are a variety of reasons for that, but because Cinema Politica uses BY-NC on their Flickr stream (at least for all those I checked), they violate the Wikimedia licensing rules and will have to be deleted, unfortunately.
There's a bit more about this on page 10 of the Illustrating Wikipedia handout.
- How do I add an image? How do I add a picture to a Wikipedia article?
- Can I add Creative Commons licensed images to articles?
- Can I insert an image of a book cover?
- How do I upload a picture? How do I upload my photos to Wikipedia? How do I upload an image to Commons?
- How do I find pictures to add to my article
- I found an image on this website that would be great for this article. Can I upload it?
- What kinds of images can I use?
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Asked: 2017-04-04 18:20:39 -0500
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Last updated: Jul 25 '17