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Uploading images to Wikipedia is a matter of: clearly establishing that the copyright status of each intended upload is appropriate for a free-content encyclopedia; and then; uploading the image with clear labeling as to its origin and copyright status. If you want to upload multiple images using the New wizard, use Commons:Special:UploadWizard.
Removal of non-free images. The ninth item of Wikipedia’s policy for non-free content states that non-free images should only be used in the article namespace (not disambiguation pages), and goes further into the underlying reasons for the policy.
This page describes the process for deleting images hosted on the English Wikipedia – for deletion of images hosted at Wikimedia Commons, see Commons:Deletion policy. If an image is available on both projects, and it is deleted here, it's a good idea to also bring it up for deletion on Commons.
Update your AOL profile image. As part of the updated account settings and info page, AOL lets you personalize your account by adding or updating a picture to your profile.
To help Wikipedia, search for free images, especially for living persons, existing buildings, and places—but don't upload a non-free image just because the article doesn't have one right now; we can (and will) wait for a free image to be created or released.
If you hold the copyright to an image (e.g. you photographed or drew it yourself) and would like Wikipedia to be able to use it, you will need to release it under a free licence, such as the GNU Free Documentation License or the Creative Commons Attribution or Attribution/Share-alike licenses (versions 3.0 and earlier), which allow everyone to ...
This page sets out the policies towards images —including format, content, and copyright issues. For information on media in general (images, sound files, etc.), see Help:Creation and usage of media files. For information on uploading, see Wikipedia:Uploading images, or go directly to Special:Upload .
My intention is to avoid editors downloading the Commons image, modifying it to remove the background and then uploading a new (PNG or SVG) image and then deleting the original. In the case where no better original image is available I cannot see why deletion is a good idea.
This page gives an overview of how images are used in Wikipedia; for more information, see Image use policy and see Help:Files on how to upload and include an image.
Cropping is the removal of unwanted outer areas from a photographic or illustrated image. The process usually consists of the removal of some of the peripheral areas of an image to remove extraneous visual data from the picture, improve its framing, change the aspect ratio, or accentuate