Simply re-tracing a copyrighted image or diagram does not necessarily create a new copyright—copyright is generated only by instances of "creativity", and not by the amount of labor which went into the creation of the work.
Photographs of two-dimensional objects such as paintings in a museum often do not create a new copyright (see the section on the public domain below), as, within the United States, these are considered "slavish copies" without any creativity (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).
The shape and design of utilitarian objects, such as cars, furniture, and tools, are generally considered uncopyrightable, allowing such photos to be put into the public domain or freely licensed; however this does not extend to decorative features such as artistic elements on the object's surfaces like an artistic painting on a car's hood.
User-made images can also include the recreation of graphs, charts, drawings, and maps directly from available data, as long as the user-created format does not mimic the exact style of the original work.
In such cases, the image should be primarily serving an educational purpose, and not as a means of self-promotion of the user's artistic skills.
When making user-made diagrams or similar images, try not to use color alone to convey information, as it is inaccessible in many situations.
Marginal cases (such as major AI enhancement or where an AI-generated image of a living person is itself notable) are subject to case-by-case consensus.
Exceptions may be made for historic images when the credit or title forms an integral part of the composition.
Historical images in the public domain sometimes are out of focus, display dye dropouts, dust or scratches or evidence of the printing process used.
Be aware that just because a freely licensed image may be available at Commons, it may still be inappropriate to use on the English Wikipedia due to our policy on living persons.
Commons is a shared media repository for Wikimedia Foundation projects, each of which may have its own content policies, and many of which differ significantly from those of the English Wikipedia.
An image of an identified unknown individual may be unexceptional on its own, but with the title "A drug-dealer" there may be potential defamation issues in at least some countries.
Another factor to consider is the established reliability and past respect for copyright of the source of publication of a photo.
There are a limited number of types of images that are illegal as they are not considered protected speech within the United States' First Amendment, such as child pornography.
They find a reflection in the wording of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 12: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation".
The extent to which a particular photograph is "unfair" or "intrusive" will depend on the nature of the shot, whether it was taken in a public or private place, the title/description, and on the type of subject (e.g. a celebrity, a non-famous person, etc.).
This includes your location, the date and time the image was recorded and the make and model of your camera or smartphone.
In most cases these can instead be typed directly into an article in wiki markup (possibly using MediaWiki's special syntax for tables, math).
To update these photos, download the GIF picture from the CIA Factbook, convert it into a PNG, and upload it to Wikipedia.
A limited variety of edits (crops, rotation, flips) can be performed losslessly using jpegcrop (Windows) or jpegtran (other); try to use this where possible.
Though CSS makes it easy to use a PNG overlay on top of a JPEG image, the Wikipedia software does not allow such a technique.
Also, if an image has captions as an inherent part of the artwork (as with book illustrations, early cartoons, many lithographs, etc.
Ogg does not allow an animation to play automatically on page loading, but it can contain audio and has generally better resolution.
Wikipedia and its sister projects are repositories of knowledge, so images should be uploaded at high resolution whether or not this seems "necessary" for the use immediately contemplated—"saving server space" is not a valid consideration in general, though there is a 1,000 MB (1 GB) limit.
Wikipedia is not censored, and explicit or even shocking pictures may serve an encyclopedic purpose, but editors should take care not to use such images simply to bring attention to an article.
Just as we seek to ensure that the prose of an article is clear, precise and engaging, galleries should be similarly well-crafted.
Be aware different screen size and browsers may affect accessibility for some readers even with a well-crafted gallery.
Some subjects easily lend themselves to image-heavy articles for which image galleries are suitable, such as plants (e.g., Lily), fashion (e.g., Wedding dress), and the visual arts (e.g., Oil painting).
Disagreements about gallery image sizes should be settled like any other editing dispute, by discussion on the article talk page.
If an article seems to have too many images for its present text, consider moving some of them temporarily to the talk page, possibly using the