Help:Images

Image management within Antwiki follows the protocols of Mediawiki. See Mediawiki for details (or Images and other uploaded files for a more general discussion).

The gallery of images and image file list show files recently added to Antwiki.

Preparing for Uploading
There are a few steps to take before you begin uploading an image.


 * Be sure this is an image you have permission to use


 * Decide on the copyright you want to assign to your work.


 * Have your image in a form (image size and file size) that is acceptable for use in Antwiki


 * You may want to prepare information for your image. It is possible to attach metadata to your image file or prepare the summary information text that can be uploaded and included with your image upload (see below).

The Upload Page and Image Information
From the Toolbox menu on the left side of the website, click on "Upload file." This will bring you to the Special:Upload page.

Choose a file to upload, using the browse button from the Source File section of the webpage.

You can change the file name of the image you are uploading by typing in a new name in the Destination filename area.

The summary box is where you can add information about the image. This information will be shown on the webpage that is created for your photo when you upload the file.

Summary Box Image Information
You should include a number of important pieces of information with your image. These include the photographer, date, etc.

Here is an example of a summary box entry:

The image below was uploaded using the text above. You can see the image page and how this information is rendered here: or by clicking on the image (a default behavior for any image that is shown on an Antwiki webpage).



There are four main parts to entering image information.

Information Template
The template includes the following fields: * Description * Source * Date * Author * Permission

The data/information is entered by adding text after the = sign in this form (the information template):

The permission field can be left blank if you want to use the default Antwiki permissions (see below):

You can add specimen data by including another line to the information template, like the example shown below, and replacing "xxxxx" with your specimen information:

You can find more information about each of these fields at the Template:Information/doc page.

Georeference Data
Including a line like the following anywhere on a page:

produces:

The georeference information can be viewed in a variety of mapping programs. Click on the lat/long listing to see a large table of possibilities or just click on the one of text options listed further to the right of the georeference box to see a specific rendering of the mapped location.

An alternative input option:

Categories
Add whatever categories seem sensible. Categorizing your image can be a bit of extra work but it does help others to find all the great photos you contribute to Antwiki. Every category listed on an image page creates, or adds to, a gallery-of-images page for each category. The image given above for example is shown on this image category page:.

We strongly suggest that any image of an ant include a category for the species name or, if not identified to species, a genus category. For example, the following image is placed into three categories:



You can look at each of these category pages to see how these get sorted out with similarly categorized pages and files.
 * Category:Aphaenogaster
 * Category:Aphaenogaster kimberleyensis
 * Category:automontage image

Copyright/Permissions
You can use the drop-down list under the Summary field (at the bottom of the Upload file page) to choose the type of license you would like to apply to the uploaded file.


 * Creative Commons Attribution License - Template:Cc-by
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License - Template:Cc-by-sa
 * Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License - Template:Cc-by-nd
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License - Template:Cc-by-nc
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike License - Template:Cc-by-nc-sa
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License - Template:Cc-by-nc-nd
 * Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Dedication - Template:Cc-zero
 * Public Domain Statement - Template:Cc-pd

If you do not select a copyright/permissions option the default Antwiki copyright will be applied. This default is permission to use the image in any manner provided there is attribution given to the author and Antwiki.

Need Revision
There is also an interesting page about adding pictures to a wiki at Quality and Description.

other image related tasks, and other pages to look over, towards the bottom of this page: Sandbox/images

InstantCommons
Antwiki has enabled the Mediawiki InstantCommons. This means that all images found in Mediawiki Commons can be accessed in the same way as images uploaded directly into Antwiki. This saves considerable time and effort and minimises duplication.

One caution is that if you try to upload an image that is already found in Mediawiki Commons you will get a "duplicate file found" warning, even though the image hasn't been uploaded to Antwiki. While you can ignore this warning and add this second copy, it would be better to abort the upload and use the Mediawiki Commons copy instead.

Copyright templates
Templates have been created to document the copyright status of uploaded files. The most appropriate license can be included in the "Comments" section for image, together with additional details as required. The current templates include:


 * Creative Commons Attribution License - Template:Cc-by
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License - Template:Cc-by-sa
 * Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License - Template:Cc-by-nd
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License - Template:Cc-by-nc
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike License - Template:Cc-by-nc-sa
 * Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License - Template:Cc-by-nc-nd
 * Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Dedication - Template:Cc-zero
 * Public Domain Statement - Template:Cc-pd

When uploading images using Special:Upload these licences can be selected using the drop-down list under the Summary field.

Bulk uploads
If you are uploading only a few images then it is best to use the normal image upload page. However, if you have a large number of images to upload then Antwiki management (those with access to the server) can use the maintenance script ImportImages to upload any number of images in a single operation. We can also add metadata (attribution notes, copyright conditions, etc.) at the same time. See ImportImages for instructions on preparing these metadata files.

If you have a large image collection let us known and we'll discuss the details of organising a bulk upload.

Geographic location - Geocoding
Place is important, even for images. It is highly recommended that geographic information be added to images where possible. Please see the Location template documentation for details of how this information should be recorded within the Information template.

For a more extensive discussion of geooding see Geocoding at Wikimedia Commons.