MediaWiki:Uploadtext
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Upload files under the Creative Commons attribution-share-alike license:
DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION! |
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A preferred (optimal) upload format for images in order of preferred file formats is suggested to be like:
→ ? ─ already in vector format ─────────────────────────── original file format plus │ (Inkscape, OpenOffice Draw, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic), PNG │ Visio, Powerpoint, CorelDraw, │ Adobe Illustrator, Freehand, …) └ else │ color? (16 Mio) ├── …or… ──┬ photo? ────────────────── JPG (98%), PNG, TIFF │ gray? (256 colors) ├─ graphic/color fields? ── PNG, TIFF; only exceptionally JPG (98%) │ ├── diagram/line drawing? ─ PNG, TIFF; avoid JPG! │ └─── icon? ──────────────── PNG; avoid JPG! └── BW ────────────────── diagram/line drawing? ─── PNG, TIFF (1 Bit) |
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Please use the → template “Metadata” when providing your media files. It is designed for supplying information and ‘automatic’ → categorisation for uploaded files and helps your fellow campaigners to retrieve it…;-). Image meta data can look for instance like: {{Metadata | Type = StillImage | Title = Short title | Content Modification = if modified | Description = a more detailed description | Scientific Names = Genus species | Common Names = {{de | Alpen-Flachbärlapp }} | Metadata Language= en | Language = zxx | Creators = [[User:XYZ]] | Subject Category = (main) subject category | General Keywords = Schematic drawings, Morphological details, SVG Flora }} To view or search previously uploaded files go to the list of uploaded files, (re)uploads are also logged in the upload log, deletions in the deletion log. To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms:
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