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*Use "image" for public domain photos credited only to the provider
*Use "image" for public domain photos credited only to the provider


==How to add the credit line==
==How to add a credit line==
To add credit lines:  
To add credit lines:  


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2. Add by copying and pasting in the code and credited party as in the below.  Follow the pattern in the examples.  See how it appears in situ to the right.
2. Add by copying and pasting in the code and credited party as in the below.  Follow the pattern in the examples.  See how it appears in situ to the right.
===Creative Commons family of licenses===
[[Image:U2 Live in Toronto 2005 (3).jpg|right|thumb|360px|This is how credit lines appear. Note how the text is gray.{{U2 Live in Toronto 2005 (3).jpg/credit}}]]
[[Image:U2 Live in Toronto 2005 (3).jpg|right|thumb|360px|This is how credit lines appear. Note how the text is gray.{{U2 Live in Toronto 2005 (3).jpg/credit}}]]
*{{Tl|CC-image}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-image|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-image|Jane Doe}}
*{{Tl|CC-photo}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-photo|organization.org}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-photo|organization.org}}
===Public Domain===
[[Image:Amesservants.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Public domain image credited only to providing source.{{Amesservants.jpg/credit}}]]
*{{Tl|PD-photo}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-photo|John Doe / Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-photo|John Doe / Acme Museum}}
*{{Tl|PD-image}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-image|Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-image|Acme Museum}}


===Attribution===
===Attribution===
[[Image:R32-pn.jpg|right|thumb|333px|Attribution photo.{{R32-pn.jpg/credit}}]]
*{{Tl|Attribution-image}}<BR>
*{{Tl|Attribution-image}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{Attribution-image|John Doe}}</nowiki></code><BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{Attribution-image|John Doe}}</nowiki></code><BR>
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**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{Attribution-photo|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{Attribution-photo|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{Attribution-photo|Jane Doe}}
**'''Returns:''' {{Attribution-photo|Jane Doe}}
[[Image:R32-pn.jpg|right|thumb|333px|Attribution photo.{{R32-pn.jpg/credit}}]]
===Creative Commons family===
*{{Tl|CC-image}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-image|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-image|Jane Doe}}
[[Image:Amesservants.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Public domain image credited only to providing source.{{Amesservants.jpg/credit}}]]


===GNU family===
[[Image:Oxygen phase diagram.png|right|thumb|333px|A GFDL image.{{Oxygen phase diagram.png/credit}}]]
*{{Tl|GNU-image}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{GNU-image|science.org}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{GNU-image|science.org}}


*{{Tl|CC-photo}}<BR>
*{{Tl|GNU-photo}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-photo|organization.org}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{GNU-photo|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-photo|organization.org}}
**'''Returns:''' {{GNU-photo|Jane Doe}}


*{{Tl|CC-anon-image}} - use in the rare instance the attribution is requested removed by the copyright holder<BR>
===Non-free copyrighted materials (everything except the above falls under this category)===
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-anon-image}} </nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-anon-image}}
 
*{{Tl|CC-anon-photo}} - use in the rare instance the attribution is requested removed by the copyright holder<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-anon-photo}}</nowiki></code>
[[Image:Oxygen phase diagram.png|right|thumb|333px|A GFDL image.{{Oxygen phase diagram.png/credit}}]]
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-anon-photo}}
 
===Copyrighted stuff===
*{{Tl|C-photo}}<BR>
*{{Tl|C-photo}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{C-photo|John Doe}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{C-photo|John Doe}}</nowiki></code>
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**'''Returns:''' {{C-image|Jane Doe}}
**'''Returns:''' {{C-image|Jane Doe}}


[[Image:Pol-peas.jpg|thumb|300px|This image is attributed simply as "PD Image" (rather than to Google Books, which is embarrassing to some) and is footnoted to the actual book source it appeared in.<ref>in Henry Sutherland Edwards, ''The Polish Captivity'' (1863) p. 175 at  [http://books.google.com/books?id=Hag2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=intitle:polish&num=30&as_brr=1#PPA115,M1]
==Less commonly used credit lines==
</ref>{{Pol-peas.jpg/credit}}]]
===Creative Commons, removal of attribution requested===
The Creative Commons family of licenses gives the author the right to request removal of credit. Such requests are rare but can be be made to the constabulary (in the future to media-assets@citizendium.org) who will honor and keep a record of such requests.  


*{{Tl|C-courtesy-photo}} - use if the copyright holder normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
*{{Tl|CC-anon-photo}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{C-courtesy-photo|Associated Press}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-anon-photo}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{C-courtesy-photo|Associated Press}}  
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-anon-photo}}


*{{Tl|C-courtesy-image}} - use if the copyright holder normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
*{{Tl|CC-anon-image}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{C-courtesy-image|photostock.com}}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{CC-anon-image}} </nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{C-courtesy-image|photostock.com}}
**'''Returns:''' {{CC-anon-image}}  


===GNU family===
===Special public domain situations===
*{{Tl|GNU-image}}<BR>
[[Image:Pol-peas.jpg|thumb|300px|This image is attributed simply as "PD Image" (rather than to Google Books, which is embarrassing to some) and is footnoted to the actual book source it appeared in.<ref>in Henry Sutherland Edwards, ''The Polish Captivity'' (1863) p. 175 at  [http://books.google.com/books?id=Hag2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=intitle:polish&num=30&as_brr=1#PPA115,M1]
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{GNU-image|science.org}}</nowiki></code>
</ref>{{Pol-peas.jpg/credit}}]]
[[Image:Johannes Diderik van der Waals photographic portrait.jpg|right|thumb|222px|Fuzzy provenance, so we avoid taking a position on the matter.{{Johannes Diderik van der Waals photographic portrait.jpg/credit}}]]
*{{Tl|PD-anon-photo}} - use when not attributing a public domain photo<BR>
**'''Returns:''' {{GNU-image|science.org}}
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-anon-photo}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-anon-photo}}


*{{Tl|GNU-photo}}<BR>
*{{Tl|PD-anon-image}} - use when not attributing a public domain image<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{GNU-photo|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{GNU-photo|Jane Doe}}
 
===Public Domain===
*{{Tl|PD-photo}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-photo|John Doe / Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-photo|John Doe / Acme Museum}}
 
*{{Tl|PD-image}} - use regardless of image type when credited only to the provider <BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-image|Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-image|Acme Museum}}
 
*{{Tl|PD-anon-image}}<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-anon-image}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-anon-image}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-anon-image}}
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-anon-image}}


*{{Tl|PD-anon-photo}}<BR>
*{{Tl|PD-courtesy-photo}} - use if the provider normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-anon-photo}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-courtesy-photo|Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-anon-photo}}
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-courtesy-photo|Acme Museum}}


*{{Tl|PD-courtesy-image}} - use if the provider normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
*{{Tl|PD-courtesy-image}} - use if the provider normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
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**'''Returns:''' {{PD-courtesy-image|Acme Library}}  
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-courtesy-image|Acme Library}}  


*{{Tl|PD-courtesy-photo}} - use if the provider normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
===Special situations with copyrighted materials===
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{PD-courtesy-photo|Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
*{{Tl|C-courtesy-photo}} - use if the copyright holder normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
**'''Returns:''' {{PD-courtesy-photo|Acme Museum}}
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{C-courtesy-photo|Associated Press}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{C-courtesy-photo|Associated Press}}
 
*{{Tl|C-courtesy-image}} - use if the copyright holder normally charges a fee but waives it<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{C-courtesy-image|photostock.com}}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{C-courtesy-image|photostock.com}}
[[Image:Johannes Diderik van der Waals photographic portrait.jpg|right|thumb|222px|Fuzzy provenance, so we avoid taking a position on the matter.{{Johannes Diderik van der Waals photographic portrait.jpg/credit}}]]


===When the provenance cannot be ascertained===
===Orphans&mdash;when the provenance cannot be ascertained===
*{{Tl|?-photo}} - Rarely used. Provenance uncertain, though we've tried; probably used under fair use<BR>
*{{Tl|?-photo}} - Rarely used. Provenance uncertain, though we've tried; probably used under fair use<BR>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{?-photo|Acme Archives}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{?-photo|Acme Archives}}</nowiki></code>
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**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{Fuzzy-image|Zenith Archives}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Add:''' <code><nowiki>{{Fuzzy-image|Zenith Archives}}</nowiki></code>
**'''Returns:''' {{?-image|Zenith Archives}}
**'''Returns:''' {{?-image|Zenith Archives}}
==Removal of credit lines for open content licensed media&mdash;how to opt out==
Some open content licenses (for example the Creative Commons family of licenses) give the author the right to request removal of credit. Such requests should be made to the constabulary (in the future to media-assets@citizendium.org) who will keep a record of such requests. The requests will naturally be respected by Citizendium.


==About crediting public domain media==
==About crediting public domain media==

Revision as of 03:17, 20 October 2007

Under discussion at http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1263.0.html
Crediting images within articles is like providing an open door for providers to happily contribute their best to the project.(CC) Photo: Brian Yap

Giving credit to real-named persons or entities in credit lines beneath images is an appropriate way to honor them as content providers and can serve as a very important incentive for high quality media contributions, usages without fees, and goodwill toward the project (see this photographer's views on the matter, for example). Accordingly, and to provide this, as well as to provide a standardized and consistent look to all CZ articles and to facilitate ease of enforcement of this and other media policies concurrently, all images and other media appearing in Citizendium articles should be credited to the image provider within the image caption within the article, with two occasional exceptions. How to credit media providers within articles, and the exceptions when you should not, are described below.

Is it an image or a photo?

  • Use "image" for non-photographic images
  • Use "photo" for photographs
  • Use "image" for public domain photos credited only to the provider

How to add a credit line

To add credit lines:

1. Click on the Metadata.png (it stands for "metadata") on the image information template

Metadata-illustration-images.png

2. Add by copying and pasting in the code and credited party as in the below. Follow the pattern in the examples. See how it appears in situ to the right.

Creative Commons family of licenses

This is how credit lines appear. Note how the text is gray.(CC) Photo: Ian Muttoo

Public Domain

Public domain image credited only to providing source.(PD) Photo: Easton Historical Society

Attribution

Attribution photo. © Photo: Jeff Dean

GNU family

A GFDL image.GNU Image

Non-free copyrighted materials (everything except the above falls under this category)

Less commonly used credit lines

Creative Commons, removal of attribution requested

The Creative Commons family of licenses gives the author the right to request removal of credit. Such requests are rare but can be be made to the constabulary (in the future to media-assets@citizendium.org) who will honor and keep a record of such requests.

Special public domain situations

This image is attributed simply as "PD Image" (rather than to Google Books, which is embarrassing to some) and is footnoted to the actual book source it appeared in.[1]PD Image

Special situations with copyrighted materials

Fuzzy provenance, so we avoid taking a position on the matter.(?) Image: University of Amsterdam Archives

Orphans—when the provenance cannot be ascertained

  • {{?-photo}} - Rarely used. Provenance uncertain, though we've tried; probably used under fair use
  • {{?-image}} - Rarely used. Provenance uncertain, though we've tried; probably used under fair use

About crediting public domain media

How to credit providers of Public Domain media within image boxes depends upon the specific instance of it; all should be credited, although not always to a named person.

Images obtained from museums or other collections-holders, for example, should usually be credited to both the original author (unless unknown) and to the museum or other provider of the work. Crediting original authors provides readers with very useful information, and crediting providers is frequently a terms of use requirement—or a fully proper courtesy, irregardless—plus it provides various incentives to providers that are very beneficial to Citizendium.[2]

However, there are two exceptions to crediting specifically the provider of an instance of public domain media within articles.

  1. Authors of recent images released into the "Public Domain" should be assumed to not want credit within articles, as that may be a principle reason why they released their work into the Public Domain. Such media must still be credited to the author on the image description page.
  2. Instances of public domain media may sometimes have been acquired from a source that would lower the prestigiousness of CZ if credited within an image box within an article. To avoid this perception, these too may be credited simply {{PD-anon-image}} within the article's image box. The source from which the image was acquired must irregardless be documented on the image description page and perhaps cited in a footnote.

Bear in mind that media by pseudonymous persons should still be avoided, barring unusual and rare circumstances.

Crediting media uploaded by CZ contributors

Citizendium contributors who upload their own photos should also be credited within the image caption, unless they opt out of this on the image's description page. Please keep CZ:Policy on Self-Promotion in mind when using your own photos—the choice of photos should be based upon quality and licensing alone, not upon the name of the photographer. Given this, it is not considered self-promotion to credit your own images within articles.

Alternate design plan?

Also see idea for Alternate design layout for credit lines.

  1. ↑ in Henry Sutherland Edwards, The Polish Captivity (1863) p. 175 at [1]
  2. ↑ Museums should not be viewed and accorded as adversaries but as partners with Citizendium in providing content to the public, so that formal partnerships will be more much more likely to develop.
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