MediaWiki:Uploadtext

Before uploading

Follow our image use policy and our community guidelines.

Upload only material that is relevant to American Girl Wiki and that you have a lawful basis to publish. Finding an image online, giving credit, or using it without making money does not by itself establish permission.

Required information

Use the file description or summary field to document:

• Description: What the image shows and why it is relevant.
• Source: The original source URL or publication details. For your own work, state "Own work."
• Creator: The photographer, artist, or other creator, where known.
• Copyright owner: The rights holder, where known and different from the creator.
• Date: The creation or publication date, where known.
• Rights status: The exact license and version, supported public-domain status, permission, or applicable legal exception.
• Attribution: Any required credit or copyright notices.
• Use justification: For non-free material, the intended article or articles and a specific explanation of the use.

Unknown ownership does not make material public domain. The wiki's text license does not automatically apply to images.

If permission was provided privately, send supporting correspondence to legal@americangirl.wiki. Do not publish private correspondence or personal contact details in the file description.

Non-free images and fair use

For copyrighted images used without permission under a fair use claim, explain the justification for each intended article.

Identify the purpose served by the image, why a reasonably available free alternative would not serve that purpose, why the amount and quality used are appropriate, and why the use is not expected to substitute for the original work or harm its relevant market.

Use only what is reasonably necessary, including reduced-resolution images where appropriate. Statements such as "fair use," "educational purposes," or "no copyright infringement intended" are not sufficient by themselves.

See our fair use requirements.

AI-generated or AI-altered images

AI-generated artwork and substantially AI-altered images are strongly discouraged as article illustrations.

If such an image is used, clearly identify it as generated or altered on its file description page and in its article caption. Document the source, relevant alterations, and tool used where known.

Do not present generated images as authentic photographs, official artwork, or evidence of a real doll, outfit, accessory, book cover, or other item.

Follow our AI-image guidelines and the same rights-documentation requirements that apply to other images.

Uploading and using a file

1. Choose the file to upload.
2. Use a descriptive destination filename.
3. Complete the file description with the required source and rights information.
4. Review the information before submitting.

To display an uploaded image in an article, use:

[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|A descriptive caption.]]

Browse existing files at Special:ListFiles. Upload activity is recorded in the upload log.

Administrators may request additional information or remove files with missing or inadequate rights documentation or use justification.

For infringement reports, see Project:Copyright and takedown requests.