User talk:Teamhero

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Hello!

Thanks for uploading some pictures to Wikipedia. I wanted to make sure you were aware of some of the requirements and good practices for uploaded images.

• Pick an image name.

When uploading an image, pick a file name that is descriptive, and unique. Remember that many images may be uploaded about the same topic, and remember that names are case sensitive.

• Source the image.

On the image description page, explain where the image came from. If you created the image yourself, then say so. If it's from the web, give a URL. If it's a screenshot of a movie or game, or a scan from a book, give the title.

• Provide copyright and license information.

This part is a little bit trickier, but it's very important. The copyright of the image generally belongs to whomever created it.

If it's a photograph you took, or an image you created (modifying an image that already exists doesn't count) in software like Photoshop or GIMP, then you own the copyright. To upload it to Wikipedia, you must agree to license it under the GFDL (which allows anyone to use it, but requires that they give credit to the original author and requires that any further edit to the image be licensed under the GFDL as well) or release it into the public domain (which allows anyone to use it for any purpose without restriction.) Do this by placing an appropriate tag on the image description page, like {{GFDL}} or {{PD}}. Be sure to mention that you created the image. If you're using {{PD}}, you may also want to use {{NoRightsReserved}}, since there is some dispute as to whether one may grant items into the public domain.

If you didn't create the image, or the copyright somehow belongs to another party (like a screenshot, which you might "create", but the copyright belongs to the author of the movie or video game), then you need to find another tag that describes the copyright status of the image. Images used on Wikipedia need to be free for our use and the use of sites which reproduce our content. This means that images cannot have a restriction such as "only for use by Wikipedia", or "for non-commercial use only", or "for educational use". Images without a free license may be usable in certain articles under fair use, but such a use should be justified on the image description page.

• Describe the image.

To another reader, the image may not be immediately understood. A caption in an article doesn't explain the image to a visitor who sees it on its image page. Put a brief explanation of what is in the image on the image description page, similar to what you might include in a caption on an article.

Some links to Wikipedia pages on this subject:

Copyrights, Copyright tags, Fair use, Image description page, Public domain, Images for deletion, Possibly unfree images, Copyright problems, Uploading images

Thanks again for your contributions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at my talk page. Ytny 04:13, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:TimCahill.jpg

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Joseph yobo.jpg

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Leon Osman.jpg

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Anichebe.jpg

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Arteta.jpg

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Duncan ferguson.jpg

[edit] Your photos

Well, the problem is that anyone can do an image search, download photos, upload them to Wikipedia and say, "I took the photos". What you need to do is provide more information on the photo, like the place and date where you took the photo, the name of the photographer (in your case, you), technical details about the photo (you can refer to Wikipedia:Image description page#What to include on an image description page). And you can also link to high res version of the picture.

Once you've done that, you can go to Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images#August 17 and ask to keep the images.

However, unfortunately, you seem to have given up the copyright on some of the pictures, including [1], [2] and [3], so it doesn't look like you can claim {{GFDL-self}} on those pictures.

If you have any questions, you can go here or reply to me. Thanks. Ytny 16:16, 17 August 2006 (UTC)