Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Maintenance/Images for cleanup
Many of us have photographs which could be used on Wikipedia, but we just don't quite know of what they are. When requesting comment on an image, include any information you do know about the picture, such as the approximate date and place it was taken, and what you need to know.
To request new pictures and diagrams, see Wikipedia:Requested pictures.
How to add your query
If you have problems formatting your question, someone else will probably fix it. However, you may find it useful to copy this form and paste it in the edit box:
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===[[:Image:FILENAME.JPG|Name of image]]===
[[Image:FILENAME.JPG|thumb|CAPTION]]
Add what you know about the image here,
and ask your question. - ~~~~
* Follow-up replies go here.
Pictures
From the leftovers of Wikipedia. These flowers from Belize aren't named yet. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 15:22, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)
This is an image of the Surrey Coat of Arms. After a bit of prodding around, I found a few other versions (including a better one). Is there a standard procedure for dealing with this situation (i.e. using the best looking/least copyrighted version)?
Full details here. - Chris Bradshaw 23:01, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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- This page is not for listing possible copyright problems or untagged images. For those, go to Wikipedia:Possible copyright infringements and Wikipedia:Untagged Images.
If you find an image that needs improvement, add {{ifc}} to its description page. A few words about how you would like to see the image improved will also help.
Images tagged with {{ifc}} can be found at Category:Images for cleanup.
Some common image flaws for which this tag is appropriate:
- Images with unnecessary borders
- JPEG images that should be PNG (see Wikipedia:Image use policy#Format)
- Certain images (practically anything but photos) look and work better as PNG. These generally include flags, graphics, icons, diagrams and certain screenshots (such as from old video or arcade games.)
- Example: this should be this
- What to do: remake the image or retouch it (making it sharp) using image editing software. More information can be found at Wikipedia:How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG.
- Note: you should not convert JPEG files into PNG files, since this won't improve quality and will just make a larger file.
- PNG photos that should be JPEG.
- PNG is not an efficient format for photographs. These should be converted to JPEG to save space.
- What to do: save the PNG on your computer, open it with an image editing program and save or export the file in JPEG format. Try saving with different quality settings and choose the lowest quality (highest compression) that maintains the appearance of the image.
- Pictures that need to be retouched, trimmed and scaled.
- These include images with captions that are too small to read or photos that contain irrelevant surroundings. Dark and unclear pictures should also be properly modified. Background color of graphics and diagrams should be white.
- Example: this should be this
- Example: certain pictures can have irrelevant or ambiguous details removed. See: Image:BDSM_collar_back.jpg
- Low quality pictures
- Some pictures just aren't pretty looking, and new versions with higher quality should be found and used instead.
- What to do: make or look for a substitute. Be very careful if you use the image search feature in most search engines; the vast majority of pictures on the Internet will be unsuitable for the Commons because of copyright problems.
