User talk:Steven McGee

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I would like to add pictures of the cannons

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I would like to add pictures of these cannons Please help me with...

Steven McGee (talk) 12:11, 22 October 2016 (UTC) Steven McGee[reply]

Adding images is somewhat tricky due to copyright issues. If you took the photos yourself and are willing to release them under a free license that allows everybody to re-use and modify them for any purpose, including commercial purposes, you can upload them to the Wikimedia Commons via their Upload Wizard. If you didn't take them yourself, you will need to ascertain that the copyright holder has released them under a free license compatible with Wikipedia's needs (essentially, a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license or something similar or less restrictive). See WP:Requesting copyright permission for advice on how to contact copyright holders.

Once the image is uploaded, the picture tutorial explains, with examples, how to display it within a Wikipedia article. Huon (talk) 12:34, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I have tried uploading the pictures and it says "retry failed uploads" but it will not allow or take me back to edit a retry. Is there somewhere I can send the pictures and someone else upload them that is more proficient than me. mackay65@comcast.net Please help me with...

Steven McGee (talk) 15:22, 22 October 2016 (UTC) Steven McGee[reply]

There is WP:Files for upload, but for obvious reasons it requires the images to already be available online. If you have a Flickr account you can upload them there and release them under an appropriate free license. You could also put them on other file sharing sites but would need to provide evidence of the licensing - it's not enough to upload the images in some place and to then declare on Wikipedia that they are freely licensed.

As an alternative, you can send the images along with a permission form (such as this one) to permissions-commons

wikimedia.org and ask people there to upload the images on your behalf. Huon (talk) 15:35, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I think I screwed up the Adrian, Michigan page. I added the land patent of Addison Comstock but it changed the "History" heading and the ability to make future edits of that section. It came out in the explanation of the patent as "Tis" instead of THIS a copy of.... and I can't go back and edit. Please help me with...

Steven McGee (talk) 11:16, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Steven McGee[reply]

I've fixed the heading now. You inserted the picture inside the header, which made it disappear. Also, there's no need to add words like "this is a...", the caption needs just to describe the image (e.g. "Airbus 320 during flight"). —Hexafluoride ^{Ping me if you need help, or post on my talk} 12:26, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

October 2016[edit]

Hello, I'm Amaury. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Adrian, Michigan— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Amaury (talk | contribs) 15:28, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Image without license[edit]

Unspecified source/license for File:Company Fire.jpeg[edit]

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