Scarlight
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Please link images
editHello - thank you for providing images to the wikimedia commons. Please keep in mind that images uploaded to the commons should be useful to all users of wikimedia projects - this is possible only if the images can be found by other people. To allow others to find the images you uploaded here, the images should be in some place that can be found by navigating the category structure. This means that you should either place the images on topic pages (galleries) or put the images directly into a category, or do both (see Commons:Categories). To find good categories for your images, the CommonSense tool may help. You can find a convenient overview of your uploaded files here: Gallery
The important point is that the images should be placed in the general structure somewhere. There is a large number of completely unsorted images on the commons right now. If you would like to help to place some of those images where they can be found, please do! Thank you. Samulili 10:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:BYwork.jpg
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Thanks for uploading Image:BYwork.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.
If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Samulili 10:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- To verify that the image is old enough to be in the Public domain, you need to add a) the name of photographer (to know that he died more than 70 years ago) or b) when the image was taken. Depending on where the photograph was first published, less than 70 years may be required and b) may be enough information. -Samulili 11:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- The photograph was taken between 1910 and 1920, the exact date is not known. Ben Yehuda died in 1922. I don't know the photographer's name but I'm certain it's in public domain. Scarlight 06:17, 20 June 2006 (UTC)