I wanted to post this on Village Pump but, after Bogdan's query, I will ask this question here. Is it appropriate to indicate in image captions the website from which a photograph is taken? The way it is done on [[Nestor Kukolnik]] or [[Taganrog Museum of Art]]? It seems to me odd to advertise image copyright holders in Wikipedia articles. Andrey
On 12/21/06, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote:
I noticed that some people add credits of photos inside the articles, saying that CC-BY requires attribution.
Shouldn't photo credits be allowed *only* in the image description page?
I don't see why images would have a special status when compared to text contributions, the credits for which are found also a click away, in the edit history.
AFAIK, there's no policy disallowing photo credits, but there should be one clear policy to discourage that -- it would also be a place to point people when asking about that. :-)
(I'm not referring to photos by famous photographers who have their own articles, but to photos uploaded by users or found on Flickr)
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