Imran Ghory wrote:
Maybe wikipedia should have a "request a photo/picture" page, where people can put requests for photos to accompany articles. Especially when dealing with monuments/buildings/objects in museum.
What it also needs is a list of public domain image sources that people can use to find copyright free images to upload. I was just looking at a public site that I saw somebody else using and I'm sure there are a thousand pics there that we could use... the problem is wading through and finding them, and recognising them when you see them because most of them are not labelled or categorised.
I found two public domain image sites yesterday:
http://GIMP-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/ (massive but largely uncatalogued public domain library)
http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/omc_intro.html (automatic public domain map-generating program)
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm (US navy archive of public domain ship photos)
I'm sure there are many more out there...