Wikipedia:Upload/Flickr
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| rowspan="2" style="padding-right:10px" | 75px | style="font-size:x-large; line-height:normal" | There are various tools available for quickly uploading pictures from Flickr at Commons:Flickr_files#Uploading_images. The easiest way is to simply use UploadWizard. |
| style="font-size:larger; line-height:normal; padding-left:5%; padding-right:5%" | The Wikimedia Commons is a collection of freely licensed images shared by all Wikimedia projects. When you upload an image to Commons, it will automatically be available here under the same filename. |
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| style="font-size:x-large; text-align:center;" | Uploading a work found on Flickr |
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| This guidance only applies to uploading a work found on [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=&l=commderiv&ss=2&ct=6&mt=all&w=all&adv=1 Flickr] created by someone else (not you).
In any image page in [https://www.flickr.com Flickr] there is "License" section on the right hand side of the page. This section contains the copyright information which is important for you. Flickr images have [https://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/license 7 different license options]. There is also a public domain collection, [https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage Flickr: The Commons], uploaded by participating organizations. 2 of the 6 [https://creativecommons.org/about/licenses Creative Commons (CC) licensing options] are OK here: |
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| 25px BY means the image license requires [https://creativecommons.org/about/licenses attribution], as in an image is "BY" a certain person. 25px SA is for [https://creativecommons.org/about/licenses "Share Alike"]. 25px NC is for [https://creativecommons.org/about/licenses non-commercial] use only and is NOT OK. 25px ND is [https://creativecommons.org/about/licenses no derivative] works and is NOT OK. |
| If the image is not OK, consider asking the author to release their work under a free license such as [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 CC-BY] (Creative Commons Attribution license), or [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC-BY-SA] (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike). See also Commons:VRT. |
| Flickr can [https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons search its images by license]. Click the "see more" links for each license. See the [https://www.flickr.com/search/advanced advanced search] also. The Creative Commons search options are at the bottom.
You may wish to read the Wikimedia Commons' guide to help check if the images you are uploading are permitted. Here is a list and table of old and new versions of Creative Commons licenses that are accepted at the Wikimedia Commons. |
Note: For questions or comments about this upload page please go to its talk page.
Upload to Commons (recommended)
Upload locally (not recommended)