How Can I Tell If I Aleady Uploaded A Picture To Flickr.com

Shortcuts: COM:F • COM:FLICKR Flickr allows free hosting of imagery under a variety of licenses, some free and some non-free. Flickr allows its users to select the license of their option and to alter information technology at any time, without whatever logs of the prior copyright status of the image. This ways there is no like shooting fish in a barrel way to bank check whether an image currently marked as not-gratuitous was uploaded nether a complimentary license. This tin cause problems for the employ of these images on Wikimedia projects.

Flickr paradigm info	License	License tag
Some rights reserved	Attribution	{{Cc-by-two.0}}
Some rights reserved	Attribution-ShareAlike	{{Cc-by-sa-2.0}}
Public domain	Public Domain Dedication (CC0)	{{Cc-zero}}
United States regime work	Usa government work	{{PD-USGov}}, Category:PD-USGov license tags
No known copyright restrictions	Unclear	{{Flickr-no known copyright restrictions}} Preferably add a tag like {{PD-old-70}} or {{PD-US-expired}}
No rights reserved	Public Domain	{{PD-writer}} or {{PD-copyright holder}} (retired past Artistic Commons)
Public domain	Public Domain Work (PDM)	{{PD-one-time-70}}, {{PD-US-expired}}, USGov, etc. when labeling existing public domain works {{PDMark-owner}} when Flickr uploader is clearly the copyright holder, and non yourself {{Cc-cipher}} when Flickr uploader is clearly yourself, better to also do catechumen on Flickr
All rights reserved	None	NOT OK
Some rights reserved	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs	NOT OK
Some rights reserved	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike	Non OK
Some rights reserved	Attribution-NonCommercial	NOT OK
Some rights reserved	Attribution-NoDerivs	Non OK

License review [edit]

See as well: Commons:License review.

Commons uses a review process for verifying the copyright status of images uploaded from Flickr, which allows for the verification of freely licensed images by a bot or trusted user (admins and customs approved users), too equally the identification of images where the Commons license is different. This method cannot tell if the prototype was ever freely available.

Questionable Flickr images [edit]

Some Flickr users may upload images they don't have the rights to and and so incorrectly license those images as gratis. When Commons users with Flickr accounts do this in an endeavor to upload non-free photos to Commons, this is known every bit "Flickr washing". Commons:Questionable Flickr images lists Flickr users and discussions where we have ended that certain images marked equally freely licensed on Flickr are too questionably licensed for Wikimedia Commons.

Guidelines [edit]

• Images should exist tagged with {{Flickrreview}} for review by FlickreviewR 2 or an ambassador.
• Images verified as freely bachelor should exist considered free, even if the license on Flickr changes.
• Images which are no longer freely available at time of review should be marked as maybe unfree pending a decision on what to practice with them on Commons talk:Flickr files.

Static links [edit]

1 problem when checking licenses of images coming from Flickr is some users provide the static link to the image on Flickr, instead of the description folio showing the license. That makes the verification very difficult because you take to search Flickr images hoping you'll find the good tag that volition lead you lot to the skilful image.

For reviewers, hither is an easy style to discover the description page from a static link: Extract the image ID from the static URL and append it to https://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=. For instance, the clarification page of https://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/357298706_b406a56e06.jpg is available at https://world wide web.flickr.com/photograph.gne?id=357298706.

Alternatively, use Flinfo and only input the static URL. Flinfo knows how to deal with a broad variety of Flickr URLs. (Past the way: it can also retrieve data near images from other repositories, such equally Picasa or panoramio.)

Other useful resources are the description of the file (not posts, but the resources themselves) naming scheme, and the API test tool.

Transmission [edit]

Public Domain Mark [edit]

The Public Domain Mark (PDM) is a tool made by Creative Eatables to mark works that are already known to be office of the public domain, but it does not specify why those works are in the public domain. Some photographers marker their own photographs with the PDM, assertive that they are releasing their piece of work into the public domain. Afterwards multiple discussions,^[1] the consensus on Commons is that while Public Domain Mark is not intended to be used as a license, it is reasonable to conclude that when an writer applies PDM to their own work, they are declaring their work to be in the public domain.

• If an individual selects PDM for their ain work, utilise {{PDMark-possessor}}. Practice not use {{PD-author}}, {{PD-copyright holder}} or {{Cc-zero}}.

PDM is ofttimes used on Flickr for works which are ineligible for copyright or where the copyright has expired. For example:

• If the work appears to exist one-time (at least a few decades), licenses similar {{PD-Italy}}, {{PD-onetime-70}} or {{PD-Usa-expired}} may use.
• Usa authorities departments, like The states Diplomatic mission Canada: Select the appropriate PD-USGov license tag.
• State regime departments in some United states of america states, similar California Section of Fish and Wildlife: Select the appropriate state PD- license tag.

Such works tin can be uploaded, but you must figure out showtime what license applies! If you need assistance, enquire on the copyright hamlet pump.

The Commons on Flickr [edit]

The Eatables on Flickr hosts a number of files from various institutions that state that they have "No known copyright restrictions".

What this ways for Wikimedia Commons is unclear, and be aware that some institutions (such as the Smithsonian Institution's Terms of Utilise) flatly contradict "No known copyright restrictions", asserting copyright and "No commercial use". Ane must thus be cautious near uploading such images to Wikimedia Commons.

See: {{Flickr-no known copyright restrictions}} and mail on commons-l, with discussion by George Oates, Flickr employee heading The Commons, expressing some reservations (The Commons on Flickr announcement).

Searching Flickr [edit]

A bully way of finding images on Flickr that can exist uploaded to Commons is by using their search tools. Y'all can starting time on a uncomplicated search (limited to freely licensed images), then enter a query.

Or, on the Avant-garde Search screen, select the "Any license" option and and so choose "Commercial use & mods immune" from the bill of fare so that the setting reads "Commercial utilize & mods immune" instead of the "Any license" default. You can too search past specific licenses, such equally by-2.0 or by-sa-2.0.

Magnus' FlickrFree tool shows the last 500 complimentary-license images uploaded to Flickr and lets you easily import them to Commons.

Also the {{Flickr free}} template lets you search for images under either license.

Changing licenses [edit]

Even of those images with Creative Commons licenses (a small minority), only about 20 % have a Eatables-compatible license (brown and yellow sectors, see image).

If a file on Flickr is non licensed under CC-Past (Attribution) or CC-BY-SA (Attribution and Share Alike) or CC0 (Public Domain Dedication) or marked with the Public Domain Mark, information technology is ordinarily not allowed on Commons. However, considering a copyright holder can change the license of their work, asking them to release their epitome under a Commons-compatible license is a possibility. Such requests are best made by sending a mail to the Flickr user from inside the Flickr website. Yous volition demand a Yahoo! business relationship to do this (every bit Flickr is function of Yahoo!). For more assist, see Commons:Flickr files/Appeal for license modify.

It is possible that the license of a CC-BY(-SA) or CC0 or PDM prototype may be changed on Flickr afterwards it has been uploaded to Eatables and verified. Flickr users are allowed to change the licenses of their works. It is of import to notation, though, that once a work has been made bachelor under a given license, the copyright holder cannot legally change or revoke the license on copies of that work. Thus, an image originally licensed every bit CC-By and uploaded to Commons under that license (and verified), simply later inverse on Flickr to All Rights Reserved, may remain on Commons under the CC-Past license. Such a situation is undesirable, of class, and politely asking the Flickr user to reconsider may be a practiced idea. In the concurrently, you may tag the file with {{Flickr-change-of-license}} to indicate the license disparity.

If a Flickr user changes their piece of work'south license to a freer version (e.thou. CC-By-SA to CC-By), the copy on Eatables may exist updated to utilise this new license. Simply remove the existing Flickr review template and request a new review with {{Flickrreview}}. As above, all the same, if the Flickr user changes the license to a less-free version (e.g. CC-BY to CC-BY-SA), Commons is not required to match this as the freer license is not revocable.

Uploading images [edit]

Shortcut: Utilize Magnus' upload tool (described below)

Guidelines [edit]

When y'all're uploading images from Flickr, please:

• Upload the largest version of the image, and
• Use the Flinfo tool for providing an already filled out version of Template:Data for a picture at Flickr. Input the prototype ID, or the full URL of a Flickr image. Flinfo can besides handle static Flickr URLs.
• It would be polite and collegial to exit a comment on the image's Flickr folio stating that it was uploaded to Commons. If the user has disabled commenting, consider sending them a message via FlickrMail instead.
• If an prototype is simply bachelor at a depression resolution, the user may have original-resolution photos on their local disk, so in addition to uploading a depression-resolution version, contact them to ask if they tin can transport yous higher-resolution photos.

Tools [edit]

Easy to utilise:

• Magnus' Flickr2Commons upload tool (instant copying; simply "condom" files)
• The Upload Wizard (all users, formerly all autopatrolled users can import from Flickr)
• Flickr Dashboard for editing a photo's metadata on Flickr and Commons at the same time.

Less like shooting fish in a barrel:

• Eatables upload course: Upload work from Flickr (requires downloading the image to your computer and then uploading it); Flominator'south Flinfo assists
• Odie5533's F2ComButton uses a greasemonkey script to help in uploading. I option fills out nigh of the upload class for you lot, another option aids in using Magnus' tool in a higher place.

Video [edit]

A video uploaded from Flickr. Flickr has many short videos like this.

See as well: Eatables:Video.

Flickr at present allows video files to be uploaded. However, these cannot currently be transferred easily like photos can. To get an uploadable copy of the video you can either download it or inquire the uploader to provide you with a copy (e. g., by email). To download them, use the Flickr api explorer. Enter the id of the video (the number in the url). In the result look for "Site MP4" and download the url in the "source" field. Because these files are in MP4 format which is not accepted on Eatables, they must first exist converted before upload is possible (encounter Help:Converting video for options).

Videos can be uploaded from the Upload work from Flickr page.

Alternatively, toollabs:video2commons can exist used to automate much of the transferring process.

Meet also [edit]

• Eatables:Editor'southward alphabetize to Commons: Flickr – links relating to Flickr in the Editor's index to Commons
• User:FlickreviewR/bad-authors

References [edit]

1. ↑ Village pump discussion creating PDMark-owner

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr_files

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