User talk:Jermed2001

Welcome
Hi, and welcome to The Sims Wiki, Jermed2001 ! Thanks for your edit to the Curtis Ryan/Player stories page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything about the wiki! (If you have questions about the game, please ask them in our Questions forum.) -- Random Ranaun (Talk) 13:15, January 12, 2011

Images
We appreciate the images you've contributed to the wiki, however it seems you forgot to add some essential information to them. To find images you've uploaded, see your contributions.

If you have any further questions about this message or this wiki, feel free to contact me on my talk page. a_morris (talk) 22:06, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

Help with copyrights
I noticed that you had said that you would likely not upload images due to not understanding how to properly add copyright information.

First off, the whole purpose behind this is to respect copyright and the holders of that copyright. Since many of our images relate to The Sims series, likely many images uploaded are Copyrighted by Electronic Arts, Inc. To make it simple, keep this rule in mind: If a picture is from any of the games, contains Sims, contains PlumbBobs or shows box art for a game, it is copyrighted by EA. IF a picture is one of your own creation, you can assign the license (i.e. you're the copyright holder).

If you've gotten the picture from somewhere else, it gets a little more complicated. Often, images coming from Wikipedia or WikiMedia have licenses that allow the images to be re-used. Since the images uploaded there aren't owned by either Wikipedia or Wikimedia, it is important to follow the license of whatever image you get. Sometimes, you can use images that don't have an apparent license if you can justify their use. For example, if you upload an image of something and place it in an article where it has relevance, you can argue that your use of that image is fair and doesn't infringe on the copyright holder (this is the principle of Fair Use).

I know this seems a little complex at first, but myself and other administrators are around if you have questions or if you make a mistake while uploading (we've all made the same mistakes ourselves in the past). Just remember when you're uploading the photo to select an option from the Licensing drop-down menu, otherwise the photo won't be assigned a license.

So, don't be afraid to upload images, as I'm sure you'll eventually figure it out.

Have a good day! -  LostInRiverview talk · blog 17:27, February 12, 2011 (UTC)