User talk:Seb-Gibbs

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[edit] Potassium

Thanks for your addition to the Potassium article. I'm wondering whether you could change the text "1/2 c." to a more internationally familiar value. I assume that you mean "a half cup", which is mainly used in the U.S. and not in Europe. Can I suggest that you base the list on the amount of potassium in 100g of food. Regards. -- MightyWarrior (talk) 11:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-static mat

The image Image:Antistatic-mat.gif that you uploaded was licensed (an image license says where and under what conditions the image may be used) only for use on Wikipedia. While this may seem an appropriate way to license images, Wikipedia aims to be reusable so that it could be printed by someone or put on disc etc. That means that an image permitted for use on Wikipedia could not be reproduced. Also, while Wikipedia isn't commercial, images that aren't permitted for commercial use aren't allowed either because it is designed to be re-usable by anyone, even if that is for commercial gains.

In order to use an image on Wikipedia, there may only be a few restrictions on its re-use. It would be hard to explain, so I will provide examples of licenses that are allowed, hopefully this will make it easier to understand:

  • Public domain: This means the image is completely free, the person who made it has released all rights so that anyone can use it for any purpose with no restrictions.
  • Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY): Anyone can use it for any purpose, the only condition is that the original author of the image must be credited.
  • Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike (CC-BY-SA): Anyone can use it for any purpose, the only conditions are that the original author of the image must be credited and when re-used it must be under the same license. This means you can't edit the picture and then make it copyright.

These are the preferred licenses, and while there are more, they are very similar to these in conditions. If you own the rights to the image, then you may license it under one of these licenses (or similar)and it can be uploaded to Wikipedia. If you do not, you could take a photo of an antistatic mat and license it as you choose. I hope it's not too much to take in, I was very confused at first, but I now find myself explaining licensing to many others. If you have more questions feel free to ask. Happy New Year! James086Talk | Email 02:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)