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That is not true: there are very good free images as shown by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">Wikipedia:Featured pictures</a>. In the case of replaceable images, it is possible that a promotional image will look better than free versions. However, it is important to teach editors that a difference in quality between promotional and free images is acceptable.</dd></dl></li> <li>Handle free image requests to the media, keeping a record of conversations between the WikiProject and third parties, and ensuring the correct attribution of images in this way delivered. <dl><dd>Believing that, if contacted with the right approach, publicists would release a promotional image under a free license, this WikiProject will try to convince them into offering a free image.</dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Tasks_to_do" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tasks_to_do"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tasks_to_do"></span>Tasks to do<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tasks_to_do"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Tasks_to_do","replies":[]}}--></div> <ul><li>Polish scope and guidelines</li> <li>Create a table explaining the differences between the different free licenses, focusing on images.</li> <li>Generate a small list of mature articles currently without free images.</li> <li>Create a generic letter aimed at publishers to request free images. <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_15#"Powerful_enough_to_demand"_a_"free"_photo?" title="User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 15">Jimbo Wales is willing</a> to send it to publicists for Hollywood stars.</li> <li>Coordinate better with <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="commons:">Commmons</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Importance_of_freedom" data-mw-thread-id="h-Importance_of_freedom"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Importance_of_freedom"></span>Importance of freedom<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Importance_of_freedom"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Importance_of_freedom","replies":[]}}--></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Fair use">Wikipedia:Fair use</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Wikipedia:Five pillars</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Requesting_images" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requesting_images"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requesting_images"></span>Requesting images<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requesting_images"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Requesting_images","replies":["h-Steps_to_request-Requesting_images","h-Request_example-Requesting_images"]}}--></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission" title="Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission">Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steps_to_request" data-mw-thread-id="h-Steps_to_request-Requesting_images"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Steps_to_request-Requesting_images"></span>Steps to request<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Steps_to_request-Requesting_images"></span></h3></div> <p>Following are listed the steps to request an image. </p> <ol><li>Inform intention at the announcement board (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Free_images/Announcements" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Announcements">Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Announcements</a>). This will prevent clashes with other contributors, check for precedents, and try to find the right approach to the organization/subject.</li> <li>Create a organization/company subpage (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Free_images/Contacts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Contacts">Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Contacts</a>) if it does not exist, and update the contact index to include it (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Free_images/Contacts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Contacts">Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Contacts</a>).</li> <li>Create a petition by using the petition template (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Free_images/Petition_template" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Petition template">Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images/Petition template</a>) in the company subpage.</li> <li>Once the petition is ready, send it to the contact, keeping track of the different movements in the petition subpage.</li> <li>If the petition is successful, give full details of the addition to Wikimedia Foundation, add the given image to the gallery of the petition and the contact, and upload the image to <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Request_example" data-mw-thread-id="h-Request_example-Requesting_images"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Request_example-Requesting_images"></span>Request example<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Request_example-Requesting_images"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Example_requests_for_permission" title="Wikipedia:Example requests for permission">Wikipedia:Example requests for permission</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Participants" data-mw-thread-id="h-Participants"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Participants"></span>Participants<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Participants"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Participants","replies":["h-Userbox-Participants"]}}--></div> <p>Please add yourself by adding <i>* ~~~</i> below, in alphabetical order. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Busterandbillie" title="User:Busterandbillie">Busterandbillie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Consequentially" title="User:Consequentially">Consequentially</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Countincr" title="User:Countincr">Countincr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Garion96" title="User:Garion96">Garion96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Gmaxwell" title="User:Gmaxwell">Gmaxwell</a></li> <li><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><a href="/wiki/User:Howcheng" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Howcheng"><span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span></a></b> <small>{<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Howcheng" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Howcheng">chat</a>}</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Jkelly" title="User:Jkelly">Jkelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Matthew" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Matthew">Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Peregrine_Fisher" title="User:Peregrine Fisher">Peregrine Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Pharos" title="User:Pharos">Pharos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:ReyBrujo" title="User:ReyBrujo">ReyBrujo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:ShadowHalo" class="mw-redirect" title="User:ShadowHalo">ShadowHalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Ned_Scott" title="User:Ned Scott">Ned Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:ElinorD" title="User:ElinorD">ElinorD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Zscout370" title="User:Zscout370">User:Zscout370</a> <small><sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Zscout370" title="User talk:Zscout370">(Return Fire)</a></sup></small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Userbox" data-mw-thread-id="h-Userbox-Participants"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Userbox-Participants"></span>Userbox<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Userbox-Participants"></span></h3></div> <p>To add the userbox to your user page, use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_WPFI" title="Template:User WPFI">User WPFI</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. It will produce the following: </p> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #000;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:white;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:white;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Definition_of_Free_Cultural_Works_logo_notext.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Definition_of_Free_Cultural_Works_logo_notext.svg/40px-Definition_of_Free_Cultural_Works_logo_notext.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Definition_of_Free_Cultural_Works_logo_notext.svg/60px-Definition_of_Free_Cultural_Works_logo_notext.svg.png 1.5x, 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requested images</a> and <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Picture_requests" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Picture requests">Commons:Category:Picture requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Wikipedia:Five pillars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission" title="Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission">Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Example_requests_for_permission" title="Wikipedia:Example requests for permission">Wikipedia:Example requests for permission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Fair use">Wikipedia:Fair use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles/Image_survey" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles/Image survey">Wikipedia:Featured articles/Image survey</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Email_templates#Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries" class="extiw" title="commons:Commons:Email templates">Declaration of consent for all enquiries</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Replaceability_of_fair-use_images" title="Wikipedia:Replaceability of fair-use images">Wikipedia:Replaceability of fair-use images</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Reqfreephoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Reqfreephoto (page does not exist)">Template:Reqfreephoto</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Reqfreephotoin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Reqfreephotoin (page does not exist)">Template:Reqfreephotoin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fair_use" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use">Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use</a></li> <li><a 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