I'd like to propose that Simple Wikipedia should dedicate itself to using only freely available images - those found on the Wikimedia Commons. I feel this is important because one of Simple's purposes is to provide text for easy translation. Because our articles are so strongly meant for easy re-use, we should provide relevant images that are also. I am confident that, now that the Commons has grown to 400,000 media files and is still growing, that all of our image needs can be met.
To accomplish this, the first step would be to request that the developers close off image uploading. I believe they can leave it open for admins, who may need to upload images for special purposes (like the site's logo). After that, we can begin reviewing each image currently in use, starting with those marked "fair use" or with no copyright tags. We'll also change the internal system messages, help pages, and image policy to reflect this change and make the new procedure easy for new users. -- Netoholic @ 07:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
I guess the other issue is fair use and other pics that can't be put on commons. Now, I tend to believe Simple can serve its purpose without the 'pop culture'-related images, like movie posters, album covers, and poke-digi-anime-mon ones. But there are still things like seals and coats of arms of governmental entities that would be nice to have, but often aren't commons-compatible. Freshstart 07:04, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
If uploading images on simple is banned, could it be easier if the devs could disable file uploading altogether from the server level? --LBMixPro<talk|to|me> 22:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
And by user images, I mean images of/by users for their user page. There are several images (see Special:Newimages) already uploaded that I've not removed yet during the "purge" as a result of our image use policy. Should these and future images be allowed to remain? License-wise, we could make people move them to Commons, and that's what I think we should do, but is there any compelling reason to allow user images here? -- Netoholic @ 23:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Should these be uploaded to Commons as well? Or can they remain uploaded on Simple? Maxim(talk) (contributions) 01:06, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
This removes stuff like pictures related to classic video games and company logos (including TV stations). Commons says that anything that has been copyrighted in the last forty years or more should not even be represented. That restricts articles to things that have not been sold by and large. I would like to suggest that anything that is more than a copyrighted picture be possible to provide a picture of. I have missed the boat on this rapidly growing wiki procedure. Many words are copyrighted but are decripions of other things. Coke (a sort of coal), Visa (passport aproval), and many simple images such as the AVG logo. ~ R.T.G 00:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I already knew it was banned but why? Why is uploading on Simple English Wikipedia banned? Claimgoal 03:59, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
The Manual Of Style:Captions link under See Also refers to a section of the manual of style (Captions) that does not exist. It should likely be removed as it appears that captions are covered under the Images portion, which is linked in See Also already. 128.218.230.133 (talk) 21:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Does the English Wikipedia policy "Wikipedia is not censored" apply in Simple Wikipedia? I note that the policy "Wikipedia:How to write Simple English articles" states that "Other readers [of Simple English Wikipedia] may be young (they may be children)". If that is the case, should explicit images (such as the one at "Erection") be avoided? I don't have a problem with such images personally, but wonder if there is a usage policy on this. I've been updating the articles "Ejaculation" and "Sex organ" and have generally tried to avoid such images in case they're regarded as inappropriate. — Cheers, Truth's Out There –talk– 23:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
The English Wikipedia allows images under fair use, why is the Simple English Wikipedia different. As I can see, it should be allowed here too. Stuff like screenshots etc. are under fair use and can't be uploaded into commons. Techman224 (talk) 14:48, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
I say we should re-visit the Commons-only policy. This policy was made in 2006, by three users and it may not be consensus now. The simple English Wikipedia should be easy for people who don't speak English well to understand. Pictures help this, and the more choices we have for pictures, the better it will be for the encyclopedia.
I think we are working to educate people, and if an image would be fair-use on the Simple English Wikipedia, it will be fair use for other educational purposes. The text we use will always be completely free, and the most important thing for Simple English Wikipedia should be to make good articles. Our articles should be easier to use than the English Wikipedia, and not letting ourself use fair-use images makes this harder. --Quintucket (talk) 15:59, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
I Agree with this We Could Create More Pages And be A more Complete Educational Resource if we allow fair use images . --Rancalred (talk) 23:03, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the proposal, however there should be rules for uploading and the use of the pictures per laws. We should have uploading images as a privilege, similar to "rollback", "patrolled", "adminship", etc. We wouldn't want IPs and new editors to upload pictures without even reading the rules and guidelines, believing that its the same as enWP. We should also nominate someone who will review all uploaded images to make sure they meet the criteria. This way a backlog and concerns over the number of fair use wouldn't happen. I can't think of anything else for now, but these are the main ones we should consider when and if the proposal is accepted by the community. Best, Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 23:49, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
We Cant do that because of the way the software is written but we could add upload to importer rights and nominate some importer's to be reviewers --Rancalred (talk) 19:10, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Did this ever get implemented? This is rather important for things like company logos that aren't in the Commons since they are non-free. Brayman30 (talk)
Can I upload a photo please Kobi56ssj7 (talk) 08:47, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Images can be uploaded at Wikimedia Commons, you don’t have to upload them here. Please read WP:UPLOAD if you need any help. C4Bomb2024 (talk) 08:56, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
How do you upload a logo i noticed that some articles dont have logos and the egular English version has then also checked commons and its not there Isla (talk) 10:39, 23 January 2024 (UTC)