User talk:Smorris80

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Hello, I am an online ambassador who you can ask about anything by using my talk page, or email if you do not want others to see what you want to say. I will also be keeping an eye on what what editing you do on Wikipedia in this course, and will lend a hand or have a chat. I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia and can make a difference to our content! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:24, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sam *waving* (Le.brianna (talk) 00:16, 31 January 2012 (UTC))[reply]

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Getting free images

Regarding your query on how to get "free" images- you can run an advanced search on Flickr for creative commons licenses (with full freedom - ie including commercial usage) - some results include http://www.flickr.com/photos/usacehq/5486018377/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/usacehq/5905263661/ which are by Federal agencies in the USA. Photos from the USFWS would be in the public domain too. Good luck, will look over your other query on referencing soon. Shyamal (talk) 11:19, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Shyamal I got written permission to use a photo on my page.

My question is where would I upload this image, I was given written permission to use it but I would think it would still be Mr. Lang's work and still copyrighted for any other reproduction other than the use on the Emergency Wetlands Act of 1986 page on Wikipedia. What do I need to do? Smorris80 (talk) 21:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That statement would make the image "non-free" and would not be permissible on commons.wikimedia.org - There are suitable images on Flickr - see the results of this search and any of those would be uploadable to Wikimedia Commons (a sister site that allows the same images to be used in all language versions of Wikipedias), which is where you would upload them. Shyamal (talk) 01:43, 10 March 2012 (UTC) PS- I am moving this from my page to yours, since you may not have acquired the habit of looking at your "watchlist". Shyamal (talk) 04:56, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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