User talk:Dikjenkins1

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I've tried to offer good quality photos before in support of existing articles but for the life of me I cannot get through all of the links and dead ends. Tell me Mike, simply, can I offer the image originally suggested an hour ago?

I can't find my original message to Wiki even when I visit My Talk where i'd assume it to be.

Do you have my initial offer?

Is Wikipedia interested in this image?

What's my next action and will I ever find my link and message I gave you initially an hour ago?

Dikjenkins1 (talk) 18:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your original message is at Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests#Good quality photographs to offer. Somebody with more expertise in the uploading of photos should be along to help soon; but remember that we are all volunteers (I'm on my lunch hour right now, for example) and may not respond instantaneously. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:12, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Dikjenkins1, we're always looking for good-quality photographs. The only thing that stops some contributions is our policy that, precisely as is the case with contributions made by the millions of volunteer contributions of text, the images must be licensed in a way that allows them to be freely used on and off Wikipedia, such as putting the photos in the public domain, or licensing them with the CC-SY-BA Creative Commons license. Try the upload wizard here, and leave a note on my talk page if you run into any sticking points. Once an image is uploaded and tagged, I'll be glad to show you how to add it to an article. Thank you! --joe decker ^{talk to me} 18:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Spectacular surfing shot, nice! --joe decker ^{talk to me} 19:00, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Imaging helps

(Dikjenkins1 try the following and good luck! Shearonink (talk) 21:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC))[reply]
To use a picture on Wikipedia, we need permission from whoever owns it.

If it is your OWN picture - then you can just upload it yourself, at "Commons", saying "It is entirely my own work" - at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Upload .

If any of your questions about how to insert images into an article aren't answered in these instructions, please refer to Help:Files and to Help:Contents/Images and media for a master-listing of all pertinent image-use links.
Hope this helps, Shearonink (talk) 21:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a photographer but not a writer. I'd simply like to see Wiki use my photo in your related articles.

How does X work?

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To say that I don't follow most of the procedures here would be an understatement. I did manage to upload a single image and I did this because I learned after reading the page having to do with N1K2-J Japanese aircraft, this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K

I had hopes that someone within the Wiki organization would somehow see this image and want to include it on this page. After spending an hour or more on the Wiki site reading lots of information I'm of the opinion that won't happen. I believe you want me to edit the page in reference and include/insert it in the article. I am a photographer but not a writer so the suggestion that I modify/edit someone's work is not something I wish to do unless the steps are simple. I've read the suggested procedures for adding/inserting my image in the article and it is not clear to me.

This photograph represents one of only four of this particular configuration of airplane in existence in the world and that to me makes it a valued photograph because of the quality of this high dynamic range image.

Can someone offer specific instructions on how to accomplish the task of displaying my photograph in the above mentioned article? If not I have no idea what will become of it on Wikipedia.

Dikjenkins1 (talk) 13:59, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Do you mean this image, on commons? If you want to add it to an article, you do it by adding the code to the article in question: [[File:N1K2-J Shiden Kai.jpg|thumb|left|caption]]. You can change "left" to "right" to move it to a different side of the article, and replace "caption" with a caption (naturally). Also, where you place the code in the text determines where it will show up - if you place it at the start of a specific paragraph, it will display next to the paragraph and so on.

We're more than happy for you to upload your work and give us the permissions to use it in articles. The chances of someone seeing the image and knowing what article it would be best in are small, and we're not an organization, just a bunch of volunteers. I think I've understood your question correctly, but if I haven't, feel free to replace the helpme tag, or you can ask me anything at my talk page. :) ^OohBunnies! Leave a message 16:13, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ain't never too late to learn new tricks. Alright, I think I know where you want to put the image. In the section 343 Kotukai, right? Next to the title of that section, there's an [edit] button. If you hit that, it'll open up that section for editing. You said you wanted to put the image directly underneath the image of the 343 Kokutai's Shiden-Kai on display? All you need to do is put the code for your image just below the code for the 343 Kokutai's Shiden-Kai on display.

The code for your image is: [[File:N1K2-J Shiden Kai.jpg|thumb|right|caption]]. If you copy that code and put it underneath the code for the other image, your photo will show up underneath the other image. ^OohBunnies! Leave a message 22:45, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks just fine to me. Remember, be bold, it's unlikely that you'll break anything. :) ^OohBunnies! Leave a message 02:00, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]