User talk:Scixx
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I just recieved the notice that if I get more content deleted, I will be banned. Before just moments ago, no "new messages" tab came up, so I did not know there was a problem with my pictures, so I posted more, as at the time, I did not know of the warning, so I am probably going to be banned for something I didn't know I did???
Jens58 wrote: Hi Scixx, as far as I recall, the problem was that you didn't give a proper license with your pictures. In order to have pictures on Wikipedia, they need to be relevant and (more or less) public domain. It would not be OK to use copyrighted material. If you use your own pictures, you'll have to chose a license, which allows your pictures to be used here. (Normally when uploading pictures, you will see some options on that.)
Maybe check out some other companies' articles and see, how it's done there. E.g. in the Stora Enso article:
Jens (talk) 10:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
I still don't understand how you show (or even check in the first place if there is) a license. Scixx (talk) 14:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
- Go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/, create an account and log in.
- On the left hand side, click on 'upload file'.
- If you want to upload photos (which you made/created yourself), use the 'It is entirely my own work' option.
- Follow the instructions and quite at the bottom, you can select the appropiate "Licensing:" from a drop down menu. The recommended option is: 'Multi License with CC-BY-SA-3.0 and GFDL....'
More information can be found at Commons:Licensing.
PS If you didn't take the photo yourself or if it isn't mentioned that the photo is some sort of public domain, you can be quite sure that it belongs someone else (copyright) and you are not allowed to use it...
Jens (talk) 00:24, 12 August 2009 (UTC)