Talk:Zip Goes a Million

Images
The "Just the Ticket" website has a lot of great images we can use in the article.-- Mamma Rose ( Sing out, Louise! ) 17:55, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I suspect that those images are not in the public domain. One (and only one) can be used under the WP:NFCC rules, but Wikipedia's image polices are ludicrously restrictive (and lots of editors interpret them to be even more restrictive in their application), so be careful.  I don't want to deal with this - that's why I usually work on older topics where the images are in public domain.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:03, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Which one could we use? I was under the impression that pictures before 1960 were automatically free. (Or did I read it wrong?)-- Mamma Rose ( Sing out, Louise! ) 18:06, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * No, before 1923 is usually OK, but anything published after 1923 is under copyright unless the creators have relinquished their rights. This is very rare with respect to commercial materials connected with musicals. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:10, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, OK. We can use the sheet music cover though, right?-- Mamma Rose ( Sing out, Louise! ) 18:12, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, but only if you upload it correctly, with the template for the fair use summary filled in completely.  The photo of the three men in the article, however, might be appropriately used (also with Fair User Summaries) for the writers' articles. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:14, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I think we should ask someone with better knowledge about images to check it for us.-- Mamma Rose ( Sing out, Louise! ) 18:18, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Haha! I have lots of experience with images on Wikipedia.  That's why I don't want to be involved with it. :-)~  (As I mentioned above, though, you will be able to use one of the images, if you upload it with the proper fair use summary.  By all means get someone to help you with this if you have not done it before. I don't mean to discourage you from doing it, it's just that I don't want to be involved in this task.) -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:24, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Copyright problem fixed
It is very important not to copy and paste copyrighted materials into articles. The plot summary from here was a clear copyright infringement. Please read WP:COPYVIO. All materials in the articles should be written in your own words or direct, properly attributed quotes. I rewrote it, but it is too short and needs to be expanded to give a more thorough summary of the story. The best way to do this for plot summaries is to read the script and summarize it, but another reasonable way is to find a couple of plot summaries and then use those to help you write one in your own words. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:04, 17 June 2011 (UTC)