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:'''''Under discussion at http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1263.0.html'''''

'''''Please note that this page is out of date, and the process of adding credit lines is now much simpler.'''''

{{Image|Open_Door_in_China.jpg|right|320px|Crediting images within articles is like providing an open door for providers to happily contribute their best to the project.}}

Giving credit to real-named persons or entities in credit lines beneath images is an appropriate way to honor them as content providers and can serve as a very important incentive for high quality media contributions, usages without fees, and goodwill toward the project (see [http://duncandavidson.com/archives/564 this photographer's views] on the matter, for example).  Moreover, in the case of printed articles, it provides at least very basic information about the authorship and licensing of images that appear, and therby helps prevent the creation of [[orphan works]].

To provide this, as well as to provide a standardized and consistent look to all CZ articles and to facilitate ease of enforcement of media policies, all images and other media appearing in Citizendium articles should be credited to the image provider(s) ''within the image caption within the article'', with two occasional exceptions.  

'''Crediting media providers within articles is very easy because simple directions accompany each upload done with the [[CZ:Upload-Wizard]].'''  The below explanations are now significantly automated.  

Bear in mind that media by pseudonymous persons should be avoided, barring unusual and rare circumstances.

=How to add a credit line=
To add credit lines: 

1. '''At the image page''', on the [[:Template:Image notes|image information template]], click <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">☑&nbsp;<small>ADD CREDIT</small></span>.  See screenshot below.
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[[Image:Credit-line-click.png]]
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2. '''Add by copying and pasting''' in the code and credited party as in the below.  Follow the pattern in the examples.  See how it appears in situ to the right.

==Creative Commons family of licenses==
{{Image|U2 Live in Toronto 2005 (3).jpg|right|250px|This is how credit lines appear. Note how the text is gray.}}
The entire Creative Commons family of licenses are credited the same.  The exception is the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication], which should be treated as public domain. 
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{| border="1" cellpadding="9"
|+ <B>For Creative Commons family of licenses:</B>
! <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow">Paste in:</font> !! Displays as: !! Notes:
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|CC|Photo|John Doe}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|CC|Photo|John Doe}} || <small>
*Use for photographs
*Substitute John Doe with appropriate party  
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|CC|Image|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|CC|Image|Jane Doe}} || <small>
*Use for images
*Substitute Jane Doe with appropriate party
|}
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The above should cover probably 99.9% of all Creative Commons media.  [[If an author of a Creative Commons work requests removal of attribution]], as the licenses allow them to do, ''constables only'' place <code><nowiki>{{creditline|CC|Image}}</nowiki></code> (with no name) and lock the credit page.

==Public Domain==
{{Image|Amesservants.jpg|right|190px|Public domain image credited only to providing source.}}
[[Image:Pol-peas.jpg|thumb|190px|{{Pol-peas.jpg/credit}}<br/>Attributed simply as "PD Image" and footnoted to the book in which it appeared.<ref>in Henry Sutherland Edwards, ''The Polish Captivity'' (1863) p. 175 at  [http://books.google.com/books?id=Hag2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=intitle:polish&num=30&as_brr=1#PPA115,M1]
</ref>]]
*'''Media obtained from museums or other collections-holders''' should usually be credited to ''both'' the original author (unless unknown) and to the museum or other provider of the work, always to at least the provider
*'''Authors of recent images "released to the public domain"''' should be assumed to '''not want''' credit within articles.  Use <code><nowiki>{{creditline|PD}}</nowiki></code>.  Such media must still be credited to the author on the image description page, however.
*'''Instances at editor discretion''' may warrant <code><nowiki>{{creditline|PD}}</nowiki></code>.
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{| border="1" cellpadding="9"
|+ <B>For Public Domain media:</B>
! <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow">Paste in:</font> !! Displays as: !! Notes:
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|PD|Photo|John Doe / Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|PD|Photo|John Doe / Acme Museum}} || <small>
*Use for photographs
*Substitute John Doe / Acme Museum with Author / Provider</small> 
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|PD|Image|Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|PD|Image|Acme Museum}}  || <small>
*Use for images
*Substitute Jane Doe with appropriate party.</small> 
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|PD}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|PD}}  || <small>Use for: 
*Photos and images "released to the public domain" by recent authors
*At editor discretion</small> 
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|PD|Photo courtesy of|Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|PD|Photo courtesy of|Acme Museum}}  || <small>Use if: 
*Provider usually charges a fee but waived it
*The provider requests this language</small> 
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|PD|Image courtesy of|Zenith Library of Philosophy}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|PD|Image courtesy of|Zenith Library of Philosophy}}  || <small>Use if: 
*Provider usually charges a fee but waived it
*The provider requests this language</small> 
|}
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==Attribution==
{{Image|PepperThreeAmigosSerrano.jpg|right|200px|Attribution photo.}}
{| border="1" cellpadding="9"
|+ <B>For self-released "Attribution Required" media:</B>
! <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow">Paste in:</font> !! Displays as: !! Notes:
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|A|Photo|John Doe}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|A|Photo|Jane Doe}} || <small>
*Use for photographs
*Substitute John Doe with appropriate party  
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|A|Image|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|A|Image|Jane Doe}} || <small>
*Use for images
*Substitute Jane Doe with appropriate party 
|}
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==GNU family of licenses==
{{Image|Oxygen phase diagram.png|right|200px|A GFDL image.}}
The entire GNU family of licenses are credited the same. 

{| border="1" cellpadding="9"
|+ <B>For GNU family of licenses:</B>
! <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow">Paste in:</font> !! Displays as: !! Notes:
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|GNU|Photo|John Doe}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|GNU|Photo|Jane Doe}} || <small>
*Use for photographs
*Substitute John Doe with appropriate party  
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|GNU|Image|Jane Doe}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|GNU|Image|Jane Doe}} || <small>
*Use for images
*Substitute Jane Doe with appropriate party 
|}
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== Non-free copyrighted materials ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="9"
|+ <B>Non-free copyrighted materials:</B>
! <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow">Paste in:</font> !! Displays as: !! Notes:
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|C|Photo|John Doe}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|C|Photo|John Doe}} || <small>
*Use for photographs
*Substitute John Doe with appropriate party</small> 
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|C|Image|Doe Collection}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|C|Image|Doe Collection}}  || <small>
*Use for images
*Substitute Jane Doe with appropriate party</small> 
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|C|Photo courtesy of|Zenith Photos}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|C|Photo courtesy of|Zenith Photos}}  || <small>Use if: 
*Provider usually charges a fee but waived it!</small> 
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|C|Image courtesy of|Acme Collections}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|C|Image courtesy of|Acme Collections}}  || <small>Use if: 
*Provider usually charges a fee but waived it!</small> 
|}
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==Special cases==
'''The below tags should only be used after discussion with the [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup|Media Assets Workgroup]].'''  Just make a [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup/Help_requests|Help request]]. 

=== Orphan works ===
[[Image:Johannes Diderik van der Waals photographic portrait.jpg|right|thumb|150px|{{Johannes Diderik van der Waals photographic portrait.jpg/credit}}<br/>[[Fair use]] claims are thought to be bolstered if the work is an [[orphan works|orphan work]] and you document your reasonably diligent efforts at locating the copyright holder.]]
[[Orphan works]] used under a fair use rational are a special case.  
{| border="1" cellpadding="9"
|+ <B>For orphaned works:</B>
! <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow">Paste in:</font> !! Displays as: !! Notes:
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|?|Photo|Zenith Collections}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|?|Photo|Zenith Collections}} || <small>First make a [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup/Help_requests|Help request]] with the [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup|Media Assets Workgroup]].   
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|?|Image|Acme Museum}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|?|Image|Acme Museum}} || <small>First make a [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup/Help_requests|Help request]] with the [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup|Media Assets Workgroup]].   
|-
! <code><nowiki>{{creditline|?}}</nowiki></code>
| {{creditline|?}} || <small>First make a [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup/Help_requests|Help request]] with the [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup|Media Assets Workgroup]].   

|}
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=Guidance on galleries=
===Mixed galleries===
Galleries with images from mixed sources and/or authors should be credited just the same as images within articles. Alternatively, mixed galleries may be broken into sections and handled as with single author galleries, below.

===Single author galleries===
Galleries of artwork about a named photographer or artist should be credited to only the provider of the images, unless all images are from the same source.  In that instance, simply notate the provider atop the page or section.  The title of the gallery provides the attribution to the artist.  In cases where the artist and provider are the same, no credit lines are required.

=Crediting media uploaded by CZ contributors=
Citizendium contributors who upload their own photos should be credited within the image caption just the same, unless they specifically opt out of this under terms of the license of their media.  

It is ''not'' considered self-promotion to credit your own images within articles.  Still, keep [[CZ:Policy on Self-Promotion]] in mind when using your own photos.  Photos should be chosen based upon quality and licensing alone, not upon the name of the photographer.

=Alternate design plan?=
Also see idea for [[User:Stephen_Ewen/Scratch_Pad5|Alternate design layout for credit lines]].

=References=
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[[Category:Media Assets Workgroup]]
[[Category:All Media Policies]]