User:Bodnotbod/Flickr

The purpose of this page is for me to draw up a message suitable for posting as a comment beneath a photo hosted on Flickr that I would like to see in Wikipedia.

Needs much more work:
 * Cut down length of message
 * Better to give a step by step tutorial on how to upload and then insert image into article.
 * Eg
 * Suggest their choices when they get to the licensing drop-down box (ie, those under I took this photograph type licenses.
 * Give basic image syntax
 * Advise to place "I have placed an image into the article, I invite other users to position / format it for me as I am a new to Wikipedia" in edit summary.

Message begins
Hello,

I am a long-standing contributor to Wikipedia. I saw the photo above and thought it would make a great addition to Wikipedia's article on insert article name at:

Insert article URL

I note that your licensing terms do not allow me to use the picture without your permission and would therefore like to invite you to add the photo to Wikipedia yourself.

About Wikipedia:

The English edition of Wikipedia can be found at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

And has received extremely broad press attention, including coverage by:

The BBC

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Anews.bbc.co.uk%20wikipedia

The Times in England

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7947-1187423,00.html

And all other major news outlets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Press_coverage

The English edition of Wikipedia alone is currently the 45th most visited website in the world according to Alexa:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/?url=en.wikipedia.org

So your picture has the potential to reach a wide audience.

In order to add the image I invite you to read the following:

About images in Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Images

To upload an image you would need to visit this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload

And you would also have to release your picture under Wikipedia's licensing terms, which you may wish to consider carefully before doing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights

I hope you will consider contributing your photograph.

Best wishes,

Bodnotbod