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== Adding images[[File:howToPageImageButton.JPG|frame|To add an image, cick on this icon when you are in the Edit view.]] ==
== Adding images ==


'''Warning: you MUST hold the copyright for any images you upload (ie, have created the image yourself). The only exception is for open licensed images where you understand the copyright. If in doubt, do not upload them!'''
# Go to the [[Special:Upload | File Upload page]] to upload one image, or go to the [[Special:UploadWizard| Upload Wizard]] if you have several images to upload.
# You will be invited to name the image. Please include the street number, and the date if possible, in the image filename. If it's an external image of the building to be featured on the main 'streetview', then it's important that images are named in this format: streetNumber-year-month-day.fileformat. For example, an image of the Excelsior cafe in 1972 (address: 250 Cowley Road) should be named: 250-1972.png
# In the description, give the name of the copyright holder (the person who took the image), and specify what license it is to be published under. See the [[Copyright | Copyright page]] to understand the options.
# Finally, insert the image into the relevant page. For example, to put the Excelsior cafe image into the page for 250 Cowley Road, go to https://www.cowleyroad.org/wiki/index.php?title=250


Please ensure your images are no more than 600px wide in their largest dimension before uploading them. Then, go to the page where you want to add the image and click the Edit tab. When you are in the Edit view click on the small 'image' icon (this is illustrated in the image to the right). A pop up box will appear. In the 'Image filename' field, type the name you want your image to have. This should preferably include the address number, and the date when it was made. In the bottom left of the pop up box there is a 'Special Type' field - click here and select 'Frame' from the dropdown list. (This will ensure the image is aligned neatly to the right of the page.) You should also add a caption in the 'Caption' field, again including the date and a brief description. Then click 'OK'. In the normal page view you will then see your image name appear in red. Click on this and it will take you to a form where you can upload your image. Once uploaded, when you navigate back to the page you should see your image.
Once you are on the right page, click Edit tab, switch to Wikitext editor, then add the file using this format:
 
<nowiki>[[File:mypicture.png|frame| Caption text]]</nowiki>
 
For the Excelsior image, this would mean you type:
 
<nowiki>[[File:250-1972.png|frame| This image shows the Excelsior cafe in its heyday in 1972]]</nowiki>
 
Save your changes, and the image should now appear in a frame to the right of the page, with a caption. Lovely!
 
==Assigning images to pages==
 
There are usually some images on the wiki which have been uploaded, but not yet used on a page, so they are unlikely to be seen by people browsing the website.
A good job for wiki volunteers is to regularly check the [[Special:UnusedFiles|list of unused files]] and either insert them into a page (instructions above), or if they are a duplicate, to delete them.


== Understanding copyright ==
== Understanding copyright ==


CowleyRoad.org is an open access archive, and our vision is to create an [https://opensource.org/ open source] collection of material which is freely available for community use and re-use. Therefore, we encourage you to add material for which you are the copyright holder, so that the community can freely access your images and recollections in futre. When you upload images you have a choice as to what license you release your image under. Be sure to see the [[Copyright|Copyright]] page to understand what and how you are sharing.
CowleyRoad.org is an open access archive, and our vision is to create a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-culture_movement 'free culture'] collection of material which is freely available for community use and re-use. Therefore, we encourage you to add material for which you are the copyright holder, so that the community can freely access your images and recollections in future.
 
When you take a photo or write some text, you are automatically the copyright holder. You do not need to register the work or otherwise indicate copyright; you get it automatically. Copyright means that nobody else can make copies of that work (including sharing it online, or showing it in a presentation, or re-using it in a project), unless you give explicit permission. Copyright in most cases lasts for your whole life and then 70 years after your death. This poses a problem if you want your work to be shared and viewed by others.
 
If you want your work to be shareable, you need to state explicitly that you are happy with this, by applying a special ''copyright license''. This project uses Creative Commons licenses. When you upload images, you will be invited to choose which Creative Commons license you want to release your work under.
 
Be sure to see the [[Copyright|Copyright]] page to understand what these licenses mean.
 
You are ''not'' permitted to upload anything to this website for which you are not the copyright holder. The only exception is for open licensed work where you understand and are in compliance with the copyright license, OR for old images where the copyright has definitely expired. In this case, you should use the 'CC0 public domain' license when uploading, because you will not be the copyright holder.


== Editing guidelines ==
== Editing guidelines ==
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<nowiki>''this''</nowiki>
<nowiki>''this''</nowiki>


To add an image to a page in the Wikitext editor, type this:
See this [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting guide to wiki markup] for more detail.
<nowiki>[[File:myImage.png|frame| Caption text]]</nowiki>


Please include the street number, and the date if possible, in the image filename. For example, to upload an image of the Excelsior cafe in 1972 you would type:
[[Category:Pages with broken file links]]
 
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<nowiki>[[File:250-1972.png|frame| 1972: The Excelsior cafe in its heyday]]</nowiki>
 
See this [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting guide to wiki markup] for more detail.
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