Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Photo requests



Welcome to the WikiProject:Germany photographs and images project.

This is an effort to provide guidelines and information for participants specifically interested in providing images and requesting images on German topics. Please use article "Talk" pages for issues revolving around ONLY that SPECIFIC article.

Main articles

 * Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Germany
 * Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Germany

Providing photographs, screenshots and other media images

 * Uploading
 * to Commons
 * to English Wikipedia

When getting a photo, it's preferable to have a GNU Free Documentation License.

Requesting photographs and images
Tips:
 * Add a subject as well to the reqphoto template, it will then come to the attention of more people in other WikiProjects. For example.
 * See sub-categories of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs for possibilities.
 * Use the of= parameter in reqphoto if it is a specific image you require.
 * Add geographical coordinates to the article so people can look by region.

Addressing requests
The aim is to reduce the list of requested photographs.
 * Get out there and explore the country. Check for requests near where you are with the Google map of requests.
 * Look through your photo collection.
 * Check article to see if pictures have been added since the request was made. If so remove the request for photo template.
 * Look on the web for images
 * Search in Commons for appropriate images
 * Look in other language Wikipedia pages, particularly the German site for images
 * Look on the internet. For example with FIST
 * Add co-ordinates to articles of places if missing.
 * Coord
 * Add additional subject categories to the reqphoto template
 * Add Commonscat template to articles where there is a Commons Category.
 * Add Commonscat template to articles where there is a Commons Category.

Adding images to article pages
Here are a few quick tips. For details on adding images to pages see Picture tutorial.


 * Good overview picture for the infobox
 * Thumb nail image that people to click to full image of.
 * [[Image: name.jpg |thumb| title ]]
 * Sized image
 * [[Image: name.jpg |right]]
 * Wide image
 * Gallery
 * Gallery
 * Gallery

Related WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Photography

Copyright laws

 * Copyright law of Germany
 * Freedom of panorama Panoramafreiheit